THE
CALENDAR
1906
F•bruary 7-9
Amusement Operators Expo (AOE
'86). Mardi Gras weekend . Sheraton
New Orleans Hotel. New Orleans.
LA. Telephone 504/ 488-700J for
information.
European distributors gathered in London. England. for the Williams distributors
meetmg Among the nations represented were:
France. Spain. Germany. Belgium. England. and Italy.
Williams holds
distributors meeting
Williams Electronics held a Euro-
pean distributors meeting at The
Claridges Hotel in London. England. in
early September with Williams' dis-
tributors from every major European
country.
According to Joe Dillon. vice presi-
dent of sales and marketing .tor
Williams. the main purpose of the
meeting was to focus attention on pin-
ball and in particular Comet as an
important product in Ieday's distribu-
torship and to affirm Williams future
product plans.
Dillon stated. "With the dollar
declining and the tremendous accep-
tance of pinballs like Space Shuttle.
Sorcerer. and now Comet. the distrib-
utor/ operator cannot miss this oppor-
tunity for profit "
The meeting included a free
exchange of product ideas and sug-
gestions. Distributors endorsed Wil-
liams continuing product plan to
concentrate in the mechanical area
with ongoing in-house video equip-
ment on new concepts and supported
their endorsement with record setting
orders for Comet.
Individual meetings with distribu-
tor principals were held over the next
two days. giving Williams executives a
clearer picture of European marketing
needs.
Among those attending were :
Marcel Valeta Coma and Enrique
Olivera Casaucau. Cirsa. Spain; E.
Dhont and C. Van Brabant. Belgium; D.
Salmon and S. Leivoux. Players
Special Di1fusion. France; H. Rosenz-
weig. Nova Apparate. Germany; R.
PLAY METER, November 1, 1985
March 4-5
International Gaming Duslness Expo-
sition. Tropicana Hotel and Country
Club, Los Vegas. Nevada. USA. Con-
tact Conference Management Cor·
porotion. 17 Washington Street. P.O .
Box 4990. Norwalk. Connecticut
06856. Telephone: 20J/852-0500.
Telex 284997.
Deith. Deith Leisure. England; R.
Pasleau. V . Bosquin. and V . Bosquin.
Jr .. Seeben. Belgium; and J. Quadri.
Quabek. Italy.
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March 7-9
Amusement Showcase International.
Expocentre . Ch icago . Contact
Glasgow-Erlkson Inc.. 72J 7 Lake
Street. River Forest. Illinois 60J05.
Telephone J12/771-J290.
F AVA announces first
vending trade show
March 1 4-16
South Caroline Coin Operators Asso-
ciation annual convention and trade
show, The Carolina Inn . 9J7
Assembly St.. Columb ia South
Carolina. Contact Helen G. Sikes.
80J/ 254-4444.
The Florida Amusement Vending
Association (FAVA) has announced
plans for the first vending-only trade
show to begin February 7. 1986. at the
Hilton Inn Florida Center in Orlando.
Fla.
Participants in the trade show will
be within minutes of Florida's hottest
attractions. including: Sea World. Wet
n' Wild. Wall Disney World. Epcot
Center. Circus World. Cypress Gar-
dens. and the Kennedy Space Center.
Attendees can expect knowledge-
able seminar speakers and a wide
array of exhibitors.
The F AVA Vending Trade Show is a
first for the association and executive
director Robert Rhinehart. Jr. has
high expectations for its impact. The
design ol the convention is to help
those involved to evaluate. gain per-
spective. and structure success. then
power-boost back into business.
Look lor further details in upcom-
ing issues of Play Meter.
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Seaburg expands
distributor coverage
Bob Breither. director of marketing
lor See burg Phonograph Corporation.
has announced the appointment ol
S.O.S. Distributing. Denver. Colo .. as an
authorized Seeburg distributor for the
lnt•matlonal Shows
D•c•m~r 10-1:»
Foro inexpo. Le Dourget, Paris.
Contact T echnoexpo. 8 Rue de Ia
Michodiere. 75002 Paris. Telephone
(1 ) 742 9256
1906
January 1 :t-16
ATE I. Olympia . London. Contact
Amusement Trades Exhibitions. 122
Clapham Common North Side.
London SW 4 9SP. Telephone 01 -228
4107.
Janaury 2:»-25
IMA. Messegelande. Frankfurt, West
Germany. Contact Heckmann
GmbH. Messen and Ausstellungen.
Kapellenstr. 47. 0 -6200 Wiesboden.
West Germany. Telephone 06121/
524071 . Telex 04186518.
F•bruary 10-20
Northern Amusement Exhibition.
Winter Gardens. Dlackpool. Contact
First Leisure Corporation, Winter
Gardens. Dla ckpool. Telephone
025J-29J002.
March 12-1 :»
Coin Op 86. Burlington Hotel. Dublin,
Ireland. Contact SOL Exhibitions Ltd ..
18 Main Street. Rathfamham. Dublin
14. Telephone 900600.
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