If you're in the FUN business, you are one of us.  Please click on the "About Us" link to the left to learn more about the IALEI family...staff and board of directors.

The IALEI website is full of valuable information.  You will find educational programs, training manuals, special programs designed to help you build and operate a most profitable entertainment and leisure business.  Here you will find information regarding some of the special programs that IALEI offers. You can find out more about these programs by clicking the products buttons on the left.

We are also happy to provide our "Members Only" section a wealth of additional information about out industry.  If you are a member, just click on the Members Login navigation bar to the left and enter your information as provided by the IALEI headquarters.

Welcome to the IALEI website...where FUN is SERIOUS business!

What can IALEI offer you - the entertainment center owner or manager, the supplier who sells to this market, the developer who is planning to enter the business?

At IALEI we focus on just one thing - helping our members be more successful in their businesses. Most member facilities have more than one attraction; many have half a dozen or more. Sometimes these facilities grew out of one primary attraction and expanded into a multiple attraction facility. IALEI will help you maximize results in an individual attraction or show you how to make them work together to give you a better result.

Do you wonder how to increase group sales; have sensational - and sensationally profitable - birthday parties; whether or not to add a new attraction; where to find a new product; how to check out the product itself for reliability, profitability, reputation of the manufacturer; how to hire and keep the best employees; how to compensate them; what benefits to offer; how to train them effectively; how to schedule them for maximum efficiency and customer service; how to how to cut the profits of your "silent partner" by reducing employee theft; how to increase sales and profits in your food and beverage operation; how to use financial reports to make better business decisions? In short, IALEI is there to help you answer all the questions you have as a manager of an entertainment facility.

But let's get specific:

• IALEI is known for its educational programming. The FUN EXPO Academy program is second to none in the value of its content. The 2004 FUN EXPO academy offered more than 50 separate sessions. Check this out on the Education page of our site.
• IALEI's how-to manuals focus on providing information on key topics that will
  allow you, the manager, to fine tune your operation - or revamp it. Written by IALEI member volunteers who have expertise in the various topics, they are a wealth of practical, tested ideas and information. Each IALEI member receives one manual free with their membership - and a new one each year when they renew. Others are available at special member prices. See our products page for detailed information.
• IALEI's website has a special "Members Only" section on its website. Here you will find a list of other members. You can call any of them, identify yourself as a fellow Association member and ask their experience with a product or attraction you may be considering. Information your competition down the street won't share!! You'll also find news, articles, even wit and wisdom.
• IALEI's website also offers you, as a member, its "Hot Line" service. Call or e-mail your questions. You'll get a prompt response from an individual identified by IALEI as expert in that area.
• Check out IALEI's insurance program. More than half of our member facilities have the insurance program endorsed by IALEI and offered through Sterling & Sterling. By using our group buying power we are able to negotiate the best possible rates for the highest quality coverage. Call Sterling & Sterling (Angelo Caleca or Tom Clemente at 1-516-487-0300).  Savings on insurance could be many times your annual dues.
• IALEI is proud of its individual, personal attention to your questions and concerns. Call us anytime and we will answer your questions or refer you to sources that can.
• IALEI's Membership Directory and Buyers Guide is available online or can be mailed. The information in it is updated frequently on the website. Here you will find the Buyers Guide that will direct you to suppliers of specific products or providers of services. Here you'll find a complete list of other operators with whom you can network by picking up the phone.
• IALEI's monthly newsletter Fun Extra keeps members abreast of industry and Association news and provides ideas and information on our industry. Classified ads are offered free to IALEI Operator members both in the newsletter and on the website. 
• IALEI has special services geared just for Supplier and Developer members.

Here are a few of the businesses who are IALEI members:

• Family Entertainment Centers (FEC) Laser Tag Centers
• Go-kart Tracks
• Batting Cages
• Arcades Shopping Centers
• Golf Courses
• Bowling Greens
• Ice Skating Centers
• Paintball Fields
• Action Sport Parks
• Skateboard Parks
• Children's Museums
• Miniature Golf Courses
• Children Entertainment Centers (CEC)
• Sports Parks
• Water Parks
• Campgrounds
• Restaurants
• Amusement Parks
• Roller Skating Centers
• High-tech Entertainment Centers
• Parks & Recreation Departments
• YOUR BUSINESS GOES HERE!

If you find your business listed above, if you want to maximize your business success, join IALEI today. See application elsewhere on this site, or call us toll-free (USA and Canada) at 1-888-464-6498. Or fax us at 717-533-0535.