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IAAPA Expo Europe 2023 Spotlights Vienna

IAAPA Expo Europe is set to showcase the latest innovations and inspirations for the global attractions industry when doors open in just five weeks in Vienna, Austria.

IAAPA Names Clover as Official Partner

IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry, announced today a new official partner agreement with Clover, a point-of-sale and business management platform from Fiserv, a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions.

Education, Yoga, Teens Are Top Planned Programs in 2023

Some 41.5% of respondents in 2023 said they had plans to add more programming options to their facilities’ lineup over the next three years. This is up substantially from 2022, when 35.7% had such plans. The most commonly planned program additions were educational programs, mind-body balance programs like yoga, and teen programming.

Pickleball Needs $900 Million Investment to Keep Up With Demand

The 2023 State of Pickleball: Participation & Infrastructure Report highlights the investment needed to keep up with pickleball’s meteoric rise, leveraging data never available before. This in-depth analysis of pickleball participation and facilities in the United States is a joint effort of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) and Pickleheads, an online platform for pickleball. As cited in SFIA’s Topline Participation Report, pickleball has seen an incredible increase in the U.S., rising by an astonishing 158.6% over three years.