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Lock specialist Camlock Systems has launched its all-new website, which has the entire content available in French, German, Italian, Spanish and English.

The new website has over 2,000 web pages, 26 times more than Camlock’s previous site, and features comprehensive information on the company’s entire product range.

British tourism chiefs want Alastair Darling to reduce VAT to the same levels as European competitors to stem a spiraling decline in UK destinations and attractions. The deficit between how much foreign visitors spend in the UK and how much UK tourists spend abroad has risen from £3.9 billion to £19.4 billion since 1996, while the UK’s overall share of world tourism has shrunk to 4.5%.

Sound Leisure will attend the Dubai Entertainment Leisure and Amusement Show (DEAL) this month and is looking for a partner in the region to sell its range of hand-crafted Nostalgia boxes. Sound Leisure will be showing a combination of CD and Ipod models at the show and believes that the high quality workmanship of the range will prove popular with customers in Dubai and surrounding areas.

The Mary Openshaw Memorial Award For Excellence was inaugurated at Ireland's AmEx 2004 in memory of the late Mary Openshaw, the renowned journalist, based in Brussels, Belgium, who served the international amusement industry for over 35 years. The first recipient of the award was Eduardo Antoja, President of Euromat; the second was Mike Nevin, Managing Director of Namco Europe; the third was Hans Rosenzweig, former President of Euromat and the fourth recipient was well-known industry personality Shane Breaks.

Money Controls has the largest selection of hoppers in the industry, and two, the Compact Range and the Combi Hopper System, feature strongly on the company’s stand at Enada Primavera in Rimini.

Nmi is extending its business in Europe. Since the end of 2007, the company has started to provide market access to the UK. “Considering the interest of many manufacturers for our services, we can conclude that we fill a need for accurate testing, internationally accepted test reports and approval on a short timescale for the UK and for Europe in general,” said new Senior Product Manager Jeroen Rommerts.

Namco Europe Limited has underlined its intentions to expand into new business sectors adding British Kiddie Rides specialist Amutec to the existing business. The deal comprises the purchase of the Amutec name and a 10,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, together with expansive assets.

Konami is taking a leap of faith into a new product category as it releases its first game for the Skill With Prizes Terminal market- “Frogger- Hop Trivia”. The Frogger brand is instantly recognisable, from the 1981 classic to the more recent releases on game consoles, and will be used to launch Konami’s new direction in the SWP market.

Games Media, has entered into a three-year exclusive licensing arrangement with Hasbro, Inc. for amusement with prize (AWP) and skill with prize (SWP) gaming machines in the UK and Ireland.

Funworld is making the betting business one of its focal points. With its private brand, BET-solutions, the company supplies state-owned as well as private betting providers with the complete technological infrastructure required for the successful management of sports bets.

The fastest-growing bookmaker in Britain and trading division of Gala Coral Group Ltd, Coral Racing, is highlighting the excitement and real-time action inherent in gambling with the help of Vikuiti Rear Projection Film from 3M, the diversified technology company.

Company figures show Gamestec’s new GO 4 terminals are raising average takings for independent LBO’s by over 20% compared with Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs).

The Gaming Option 4 terminals are based on a mix of the Gambling Commission’s new category B2 and B3 £500 jackpot games designed for the Licensed Betting Office (LBO) market.

Bell-Fruit Games and Cometa Wireless last month signed a partnership agreement to bring Happy Fruits, one of Bell-Fruit's most popular gaming brands, to mobile users worldwide.

The deal allows Cometa to create a version of Happy Fruits machines specifically for mobile phones. This is the first Bell-Fruit game to move into the rapidly evolving mobile gaming market.

Barcrest Group has appointed Tim Kennedy to the position of Sales and Commercial Director for Barcrest Group. He will take up the appointment on May 5, 2008 and in this role will take overall responsibility for sales and commercial matters on behalf of the Barcrest Group business.

At the ATEI Bally Wulff Entertainment invited international guests and co-operative partners to its annual trade fair party. This year, Notting Hill’s First Floor restaurant was turned into a Bally Wulff dancefloor on the second evening of the trade show.

After an exceptionally good Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 as a result of the new domestic gaming regulations, the family-managed Gauselmann Group exceeded revenues of one billion again in FY 2007. The earnings were maintained at the level of the prior year.