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Mark your
calendars! The 2008 Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners Expo
will be August 24-27 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
in Las Vegas. For the second year, the Expo will be held in
conjunction with the STOREROTICA Convention and Tradeshow
for the adult retail industry. For the latest details on Expo
2008, log on to www.ExoticDancer.com
or call ED Publications at (727) 726-3592.
And for a look at a recap of the highlights from the 2007
Gentlemen’s Club Owners Expo, please take a minute to
read the news release below.
Taya Parker, Vegas’
Spearmint Rhino and PT’s chain win big at the 10th Annual
Adult Nightclub & Exotic Dancer Awards Show
Adult club industry celebrates 15
Years of the Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO
It was a year of special anniversaries for EXOTIC DANCER Publications,
producers of both the Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners
EXPO and the Annual Adult Nightclub & Exotic Dancer Awards
Show, and both events proved to historic celebrations of the
multi-billion-dollar adult nightclub industry’s only
national convention and national awards show. The 15th Annual
EXPO was held at the Mandalay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas
from August 27-29, 2007, while the 10th Annual Awards Show
graced the stage at Vegas’ Orleans Showroom on August
29th.
“We are proud to have served the adult nightclub industry
for as long as we have, and look forward to producing the
industry’s national convention and awards show for many
years to come,” says EXOTIC DANCER’s Publisher
Don Waitt, noting that the company has also produced the industry’s
only trade magazines for over 18 years. “We enjoyed
celebrating our anniversaries with thousands of adult club
executives, entertainers and other industry professionals
from across the country. It was truly a memorable experience.”
For feature entertainer Taya Parker, the Spearmint Rhino gentlemen’s
club in Las Vegas and the PT’s Showclubs/VCG Holding
club chain—and for several others—the 10th Annual
Awards Show proved to be a very memorable experience indeed.
Taya was presented with the coveted EXOTIC DANCER’S
“Entertainer of the Year” Award, signifying her
position as the top feature entertainer in the adult nightclub
industry. Vegas’ Spearmint Rhino was honored with the
“Overall Gentlemen’s Club of the Year” Award,
while the PT’s chain (which owns and operates several
clubs across the country including some Penthouse Club locations)
took home the “Club Chain of the Year” Award.
The 10th Annual Adult Nightclub & Exotic Dancer Awards
Show was hosted by popular comedian Robert Schimmel, and included
17 awards that were presented to adult nightclubs, feature
entertainers and other industry pros from across the country.
Among the award winners was rock band Motley Crue, who was
inducted into the EXOTIC DANCER Hall of Fame for their song
“Girls, Girls, Girls,” the most popular song in
the history of the adult nightclub industry. Crue vocalist
Vince Neil was on hand to accept the award on behalf of the
band. (A complete list of award winners is included in this
press release.)
The Annual Awards Show was the crowning event of the 15th
Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners EXPO, an event that includes
three full days of panel sessions and workshops, a 250-booth
tradeshow, and evening parties at some of Las Vegas’s
most prominent gentlemen’s clubs including Scores Las
Vegas and Sin Gentlemen’s Club, which will soon reopen
as the brand new Penthouse Club.
City Attorney, City Councilman
urge club execs to “Get political” at EXPO ‘07
“You must get involved in the political process”
— that was the overriding theme which dominated the
panel sessions and workshops at EXPO 2007. Several industry
experts, including Florida City Attorney Michael Kahn, former
Charlotte City Councilman Patrick Cannon, leading First Amendment
attorneys and members of the Association of Club Executives
(ACE), the national trade association for the adult club industry,
urged club executives and industry pros to be proactive—rather
than reactive—in their battles against the foes of adult
entertainment. The most notable of those foes, they explained,
is the Citizens for Community Values (CCV), a religious and
political lobbying organization that has sponsored restrictive
anti-adult legislation in cities and states across the country,
legislation aimed at putting adult nightclubs out of business.
EXPO ’07 joined by
1st Annual STOREROTICA Convention
In addition to the EXPO’s packed agenda of events, EXPO
attendees were also invited to all of the events of the 1st
Annual STOREROTICA Convention, a brand new national convention
& tradeshow for the multi-billion-dollar adult retail
industry. STOREROTICA was produced by TEEZE and ASB (Adult
Store Buyer) magazines, both of which are affiliates of EXOTIC
DANCER Publications.
The sold-out STOREROTICA tradeshow was directly across the
hall from the EXPO tradeshow, and featured exhibitors including
intimate apparel companies, adult product vendors and adult
film companies. STOREROTICA also featured its own full slate
of panel sessions, workshops and seminars, along with nightly
parties including the 1st Annual STOREROTICA Awards Show.
For more information on the Annual Adult Nightclub & Exotic
Dancer Awards Show, the Annual Gentlemen’s Club Owners
EXPO, the Annual STOREROTICA Convention or EXOTIC DANCER Publications,
please contact Associate Publisher Dave Manack at (727) 726-3592,
email dave@exoticdancer.com,
or visit www.ExoticDancer.com.
Exotic Dancer’s 10th
Annual Adult Nightclub & Exotic Dancer Awards Show
[Categories & Winners]
Entertainer of the Year: Taya Parker
Adult Movie Feature of the Year: Jesse Jane
Newcomer Feature of the Year: Keira Riley
Club Owner’s Favorite Feature of the Year: Kloey Love
Club of the Year/Northeast: Cadillac Lounge, Providence, RI
Club of the Year/Mideast: Penthouse Club, E. St. Louis, IL
Club of the Year/Southeast: Tootsie’s, Miami, FL
Club of the Year/Central: The Men’s Club, Houston, TX
Club of the Year/Southwest: Club Paradise, Las Vegas, NV
Club of the Year/Northwest: Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club,
San Francisco, CA
“Feature” Club of the Year: Pink Pony, Atlanta,
GA
Overall Gentlemen’s Club of the Year: Spearmint Rhino,
Las Vegas, NV
Club Chain of the Year: PT’s/VCG Holding
Industry Innovator: Larry Kaplan (ACE of Michigan, ACE of
California)
Hall of Fame: Motley Crue
Hall of Fame: Jerry Reid of the Pure Gold club chain
“Cool” New Product of the Year: Platinum Stages
(photos)
Club Chain: Troy Lowrie & Mike Ocello of the PT’s
VCG Holding club chain
Taya: Taya Parker, winner of the 2007 ED’s Entertainer
of the Year Award
Vince Neil/Hall of Fame Award Winner
Spearmint Rhino: Winner of Overall Gentlemen’s Club
of the Year, accompanied by adult film star Jesse Jane |
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