Amusement Park News

  Today, Rhode Island Novelty, one of the largest plus and plush and novelty distributors in the US, sent an email to its customers announcing price reductions on incoming imports.  The e-mail stated: "After see-sawing most of the summer, ocean freight costs are on a solid downward trend, and we expect this to continue through the fall. In August alone, we were able to reduce the pricing on over 300 items as we received them. The average case price decrease on those items was 6.5%. We will continue to review the landed costs on all items as we receive them.  Last December our average container cost from China was almost $20,000 with some containers being in the mid $20's, whereas this past August, the container costs averaged just over $13,000 ($11k-$15k.) Although the current container cost is still significantly higher than our pre-Covid cost of +/- $3,200, we are pleased with the trend.  Aside from the freight space and ocean freight cost challenges, production has ...   [read more]

  Washington D.C. - The Seasonal Employment Alliance (SEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Warren, president of Kiawah Island Golf Resort, as the next SEA Board Chairman. Warren succeeds Michael Wood, owner of Wood Entertainment of San Antonio, TX. Wood served as Chairman since the organization’s founding in 2017. Under Wood’s leadership, SEA has grown from a few hundred members to over 2,500 members across all industry occupations. SEA is now the largest and most active H-2B grassroots advocacy association.Says Roger Warren, “I am honored to accept the position of Chairman of the Seasonal Employment Alliance. Thank you to Michael Wood for his leadership the last five years and his dedication to obtaining an H-2B fix. In his five years as chairman, SEA has gone from a start-up to the preeminent H-2B association. As Chairman, I will look to build upon the foundation Michael laid. I believe, largely thanks to SEA’s grassroots efforts, that we are ...   [read more]