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TEA gathers in St Louis to set out agenda for 2016
POSTED 13 Jan 2016 . BY Tom Anstey
The Grand Hall Experience in St. Louis’s Union Station by Technomedia Solutions received the 2015 THEA Award for Outstanding Achievement Live Show and the IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Show Production and Entertainment/Displays and Sets
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is gearing up for a meeting of industry colleagues and peers, following the body’s 2016 Strategic Planning Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, US.

The annual strategy meeting brings together key representatives of TEA's four geographic divisions and TEA Committee chairs to discuss the year ahead.

Following the meeting, a mixer event will take place inside the THEA Award-winning Grand Hall at St Louis Union Station. The event will include a mix of TEA international and divisional board members, as well as a number of industry professionals.

The free-to-attend mixer event takes place on 14 January between 6pm - 9pm. For more information, click here.

In addition to the Thea Awards and TEA Summit, the TEA has a number dates set through the year, including several mixers, SATE academy days, and the 2016 SATE conference on experience design.
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TEA gathers in St Louis to set out agenda for 2016
POSTED 13 Jan 2016 . BY Tom Anstey
The Grand Hall Experience in St. Louis’s Union Station by Technomedia Solutions received the 2015 THEA Award for Outstanding Achievement Live Show and the IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Show Production and Entertainment/Displays and Sets
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is gearing up for a meeting of industry colleagues and peers, following the body’s 2016 Strategic Planning Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, US.

The annual strategy meeting brings together key representatives of TEA's four geographic divisions and TEA Committee chairs to discuss the year ahead.

Following the meeting, a mixer event will take place inside the THEA Award-winning Grand Hall at St Louis Union Station. The event will include a mix of TEA international and divisional board members, as well as a number of industry professionals.

The free-to-attend mixer event takes place on 14 January between 6pm - 9pm. For more information, click here.

In addition to the Thea Awards and TEA Summit, the TEA has a number dates set through the year, including several mixers, SATE academy days, and the 2016 SATE conference on experience design.
RELATED STORIES
IAAPA 2015: Keith James wins lifetime achievement Thea award


Keith James, CEO of Jack Rouse Associates, won a lifetime achievement award from the Themed Entertainments Association (TEA) yesterday.
TEA SATE Academy Day coming to Milan Expo in September


The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is holding another of its SATE (Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience) Academy Days in September, this time hosted at the 2015 Milan Expo.
TEA to host SATE Academy Day at Europa Park in June


The Themed Entertainment Association’s (TEA) Europe and Middle East Division will hold a SATE (Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience) Academy Day in June hosted at Germany’s Europa Park.
TEA Academy Day to take place in Tivoli Gardens next week


The Themed Entertainment Association’s (TEA) latest SATE Academy Day is set to take place on Thursday and Friday of next week, when the event – free to attend for TEA members – travels to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
MORE NEWS
Rainer Maelzer joins Therme Group as chief entertainment officer
Rainer Maelzer, an experiential entertainment innovator, has been appointed chief entertainment officer by Therme Group.
Movie Park Germany reveals new Paramount attraction as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester reveals 90:90 strategy – 90 per cent of the UK population within a 90-minute drive of a Therme
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK. 
Efteling expands family offer with new Hooghmoed drop tower
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David & Lynn Willrich started the Company over thirty years ago, from the Audio Visual Department [more...]
ProSlide Technology, Inc.

A former national ski team racer, ProSlide® CEO Rick Hunter’s goal has been to integrate the smoot [more...]
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Iconic Liverpool attraction opens door to new operators
An opportunity to reimagine one of the UK’s most recognisable towers has been formally opened by Rivington Hark, as St Johns Beacon invites operators and partners to shape its next phase. [more...]
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