ATTENDEE INFO
2011 Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO Looks to the Future of the Adult Nightclub IndustryGENERATION NEXT, with a focus on the future of the adult nightclub industry in general and the next wave of club ownership and management in particular, will be the theme of the 19th Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO this August 21-24, 2011 at the luxurious Mirage Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
For 19 years, ED Publications, the adult nightclub industry’s trade magazine, has produced the Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO, the only national convention and tradeshow for the multi-billion-dollar gentlemen’s club industry. The EXPO draws more than 3,000 attendees, including over 1,700 club owners, general managers, and club personnel from individual clubs and club chains. Other EXPO attendees include liquor, beer and wine distributors; food and beverage companies; club furnishings and bar products companies; attorneys, architects, club brokers and insurance specialists; and sound, lighting and staging companies.
“This year, 2011, marks the 20-Year Anniversary of ED Publications as the industry’s trade magazine, and over the past two decades, we have seen a lot of changes in our industry,” says ED Publisher Don Waitt. “These aren’t the Charlie’s Angels big-hair days anymore; we’re in the Facebook world today, so it makes sense at this year’s EXPO to focus on what the future holds for our industry.”Tying in with the GENERATION NEXT theme, the EXPO’s popular series of Industry Workshops for club general managers and other club personnel will follow an “Old School Versus New School” format to compare the best styles of management and marketing from then and now. The new technologies available to club owners will be addressed in a “21st Century Toys” panel session, and the convention’s team of top-ranked First Amendment attorneys will field a “Future Law” panel session.
“As more of our industry’s founders and leaders approach retirement age and their sons and daughters and most valued employees start to take over club operations, it will also be interesting to see how this ‘Next Generation’ of club operators run the business compared to how their predecessors did it,” says Waitt. With that in mind, a highlight of EXPO 2011 will be the “Changing of the Guard” panel session where current club owners and their children who are also in the business will debate management styles and philosophies.
After a long run at the spectacular Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, the EXPO moved last year to Mandalay’s sister property, The Mirage Resort & Casino. Attendee response was so favorable, that the 2011 EXPO will again be held at The Mirage, where the hotel is offering EXPO attendees an incredibly discounted $85-per-night room rate (call 800-499-6311 and ask for EXPO room rate).
Even with three days of workshops and panel sessions and two days of a 350-booth tradeshow, it’s not all business at EXPO 2011. They don’t call Las Vegas “Sin City” for nothing, and the EXPO’s lively group of club owners and entertainers are treated to two nights of private, industry parties at Vegas’s hottest nightspots, and also to ED Publications’ 2011 Awards Show in a Vegas showroom hosted by a nationally known comedian.Take some time to surf this website to examine the coverage from past EXPOs to see the power of this once-a-year show, and be sure to stop back often as we post more details on what will be on tap at EXPO 2011. Below is the tentative agenda for EXPO 2011.
TENTATIVE AGENDA:
SUNDAY, August 21
3-6 pm Pre-registration
4-6 pm ACE National Board Meeting
6-8 pm ACE National Reception
MONDAY, August 22
9 am-7 pm Registration Desk open
The “Old School/New School” Workshop Series
1-2 pm re: Your Customers
2-3 pm re: Your Entertainers
3-4 pm re: Your Staff
9 pm-Midnight Opening Night Party
TUESDAY, August 23
9 am-7 pm Registration Desk open
10-11 am Continental Breakfast
The Generation Next Sessions Part 1:
10:30-12:00 pm Keynote Address: Tim Kirkland and the
GenX “Recruit, Engage & Retain” Secret
12:00-1 pm The “Changing of the Guard” Panel
1-6 pm Tradeshow open
8-9 pm Exotic Dancer Awards Reception
8-11 pm Exotic Dancer Awards Show
WEDNESDAY, August 24
10 am-6 pm Registration desk open
11-Noon Continental Breakfast
The Generation Next Sessions Part 2:
11:30-12:30 pm The “One Step Ahead” Panel
12:30-2 pm “Law & the Future” Panel
2-6 pm Tradeshow open
8-11 pm Closing Night Industry Appreciation Party
3-6 pm Pre-registration
4-6 pm ACE National Board Meeting
6-8 pm ACE National Reception
MONDAY, August 22
9 am-7 pm Registration Desk open
The “Old School/New School” Workshop Series
1-2 pm re: Your Customers
2-3 pm re: Your Entertainers
3-4 pm re: Your Staff
9 pm-Midnight Opening Night Party
TUESDAY, August 23
9 am-7 pm Registration Desk open
10-11 am Continental Breakfast
The Generation Next Sessions Part 1:
10:30-12:00 pm Keynote Address: Tim Kirkland and the
GenX “Recruit, Engage & Retain” Secret
12:00-1 pm The “Changing of the Guard” Panel
1-6 pm Tradeshow open
8-9 pm Exotic Dancer Awards Reception
8-11 pm Exotic Dancer Awards Show
WEDNESDAY, August 24
10 am-6 pm Registration desk open
11-Noon Continental Breakfast
The Generation Next Sessions Part 2:
11:30-12:30 pm The “One Step Ahead” Panel
12:30-2 pm “Law & the Future” Panel
2-6 pm Tradeshow open
8-11 pm Closing Night Industry Appreciation Party
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WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS ...
As producers of industry conventions for more than 25 years, we know that the formula for a successful event means offering attendees a show that is informative, enlightening, educational—and fun! That’s why we produce our shows in Las Vegas. That’s why we hold our panel sessions and seminars in the morning and early afternoon, and then do the Tradeshow late afternoon and early evening with plenty of music and cocktails. Our Tradeshows are parties unto themselves, and we have found that a relaxed setting appeals to the vendors manning the booths and the buyers walking the aisles.
EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS:
Register before May 30 and get your EXPO badge for $299, a $60 savings off the regular Attendee registration rate of $359 per person.
AWARDS SHOW TICKET DISCOUNT:
While online or on the phone, be sure to order your awards show tickets for the 2011 EXOTIC DANCER Awards Show on Tuesday night during EXPO 2011; awards show tickets are regularly $89 each, but can be bought at the discounted rate of $69 per ticket through May 30.
REDUCED HOTEL ROOM RATES:
To book your EXPO 2011 hotel room, please call our room reservations specialists toll-free at Casablanca Express at (877) 509-2510, Extension #2982, or email Tom Brown at tom@casablancaexpress.com. They can also assist you with discounted airline reservations. Be sure to ask for the special “Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO” room rate of $85 per night. (EXPO 2011 rates are $85 a night Sunday to Thursday, Aug.21-25, but are $125 a night on Saturday, Aug.20) For a look at the luxurious sleeping rooms at The Mirage, as well as all of their restaurants, nightclubs and other great amenities, log on to http://www.mirage.com/
THE WORKSHOPS:
Get your pen and notepad ready—this series of one-hour workshops will be packed with hands-on, critical information for club owners, general managers and other key club staff. Our impressive lineup of workshop speakers will be providing expert advice on specific areas of club operations, advice that will help you—and your staff—operate your club more profitably, efficiently and safely.
As producers of industry conventions for more than 25 years, we know that the formula for a successful event means offering attendees a show that is informative, enlightening, educational—and fun! That’s why we produce our shows in Las Vegas. That’s why we hold our panel sessions and seminars in the morning and early afternoon, and then do the Tradeshow late afternoon and early evening with plenty of music and cocktails. Our Tradeshows are parties unto themselves, and we have found that a relaxed setting appeals to the vendors manning the booths and the buyers walking the aisles.
EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS:
Register before May 30 and get your EXPO badge for $299, a $60 savings off the regular Attendee registration rate of $359 per person.
AWARDS SHOW TICKET DISCOUNT:
While online or on the phone, be sure to order your awards show tickets for the 2011 EXOTIC DANCER Awards Show on Tuesday night during EXPO 2011; awards show tickets are regularly $89 each, but can be bought at the discounted rate of $69 per ticket through May 30.
REDUCED HOTEL ROOM RATES:
To book your EXPO 2011 hotel room, please call our room reservations specialists toll-free at Casablanca Express at (877) 509-2510, Extension #2982, or email Tom Brown at tom@casablancaexpress.com. They can also assist you with discounted airline reservations. Be sure to ask for the special “Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO” room rate of $85 per night. (EXPO 2011 rates are $85 a night Sunday to Thursday, Aug.21-25, but are $125 a night on Saturday, Aug.20) For a look at the luxurious sleeping rooms at The Mirage, as well as all of their restaurants, nightclubs and other great amenities, log on to http://www.mirage.com/
THE WORKSHOPS:
Get your pen and notepad ready—this series of one-hour workshops will be packed with hands-on, critical information for club owners, general managers and other key club staff. Our impressive lineup of workshop speakers will be providing expert advice on specific areas of club operations, advice that will help you—and your staff—operate your club more profitably, efficiently and safely.
For detailed editorial coverage of each of the EXPO 2010 Workshops and Panel Sessions, click the images below:
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