Leisure Industry Week (LIW: 8-10 October 2002, NEC, Birmingham) - a key event for all aspects of the out-of-home leisure industry has a new format for 2002 with five dedicated shows and a wealth of ideas and products to make leisure businesses more efficient, attractive and profitable.

Body & Soul: As the largest health and fitness event in Europe, Body & Soul at LIW encompasses all the equipment, technologies, trends and services in the health and fitness market.

FamilyLand: this event is dedicated to family leisure activities. Along with new demonstration plots showing rides in action, visitors will also discover children's play equipment, inflatables, theme park rides, and ideas for animation, costumes, theming and special effects.

Food for Leisure: This covers everything from vending and beverage machines to convenience foods and dedicated leisure catering facilities. In addition, the LIW Menus for Venues profit centre provides inspiration for popular catering facilities such as juice bars, coffee bars and podium cooking.

Leisure Solutions: This event is dedicated to the numerous ancillary products and services needed to run any successful leisure operation and includes everything from computers and software to security, ticketing and communication systems.

Leisure Environments: Packed with ideas and techniques to make a leisure operation a place people want to stay. For restaurants and theme parks to fitness centres and retail developments, this show encompasses all aspects of lighting and sound enhancements, as well as ideas for architecture, interior design and furniture.(Lee Baldock)


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