Active Interest Media (El Segundo, CA), a producer of enthusiast media and events, has acquired Yachting Promotions, Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) from investment firm Wind Point Partners (Chicago, IL).Active Interest Media (El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , CA), a producer of enthusiast A person who enjoys using computers and electronic equipment. Enthusiasts like technology and are willing to learn more of the ins and outs of a product than the average consumer, who just wants to use it. An enthusiast is more like a "prosumer." See consumer and prosumer. media and events, has acquired Yachting Promotions, Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) from investment firm Wind Point Partners (Chicago, IL). No terms were given. Yachting Promotions produces five major annual boat shows, including the Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. International Boat Show, the largest in-water boat show in the world. Other acquired assets include the Miami Yacht yacht: see motorboating; sailing. yacht Sail- or motor-driven vessel used for racing or recreation. The term is popularly applied to large recreational engine-powered boats; the sailboats known as yachts and used for racing are usually light and and Brokerage Show, the Palm Beach Boat Show, the St. Petersburg Fall Show and the Suncoast Boat Show. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion