News
2010 Season |
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| February | PRELIMINARY RESULTS for the year ended 31 October 2009 published
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2009 Season |
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| November | Come and see Lo-Q at the IAAPA Show in Las Vegas. We can be found on Booth 4022. Lo-Q are proud to be sponsoring the International Business Lounge. |
| September | Lo-Q will be attending the EAS show in Amsterdam on 30th September until 2nd October. Also, Leonard Sim will be presenting at Leisure Industry Week on the Ticketing & Attraction Affiliate Marketing Panel at the NEC Birmingham 11:45-12:45 on 23rd September. Come and see us |
| June | Come and see Lo-Q at the Asian Attractions Expo 2009 in South Korea on 10th-12th June |
| May | Paul Ryder, Publisher at Park World Magazine took his family to LEGOLAND® Windsor and was kind enough to tell us about his day: “It helped us plan our day and my two small children really appreciated the flexibility Q-bot gave us, to fill our time with fun - rather than standing in a queue.” |
| May | Parque Isla Mágica, Seville, Text-Q contract agreed |
| May | This article (pdf) was written by Tom Bulford and published in the May 2009 edition of Red Hot Penny Shares, for more information please click here: http://www.fleetstreetinvest.co.uk/investment-services/red-hot-penny-shares.html |
| April | Flamingo Land, UK, contract agreed - Lo-Q's Text-Q system branded as 'Q' Buster opened on the 8th April |
| April | PRELIMINARY RESULTS for the year ended 31 December 2008 published |
| April | Come and meet Lo-Q during the Master Investor Show on the 25th. We have booked a meeting room at the Hilton Islington, please let us know if you are able to join us for a light lunch |
| April | Mirabilandia, Italy opened on 11th April. They have branded their Q-bot system as VPass |
| March | LEGOLAND® Windsor - the Q-bot system branded as Q-BOT re-opens to the public |
| March | Mirabilandia, Italy contract agreed |
| March | Flashpass users are now able to use the Q-bot at Six Flags Magic Mountain |
| February | Six Flags Discovery Kingdom joins the Lo-Q family. Three other Q-bot enabled Six Flags parks re-open for the season |
| January | Trading Announcement - trading is expected to be in line with guidance given in November, when we announced that our trading was significantly ahead of market expectations |
2008 Season |
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| December | Dreamworld, Australia Q-bot trial agreement announced - the Q-bot system branded as Q4U opened on the 18th December |
| November | Leonard Sim interviewed by Funworld Magazine pdf |
| November | Lo-Q attended the IAAPA show in Orlando, Florida |
| November | Lo-Q expects 2008 profits to be no less than £1.85m |
| November | Six Flags Agreement extended by 4 years, with the addition of a further 2 parks |
| November | Lo-Q partner with Irisys, producer of overhead infra-red people counting equipment |
| September | As full time operation in the parks winds down, trading remains good as shown in the trading statement published, to announce that expected profits for 2008 will be twice the previous market expectation. The statement included a positive statement from Mark Shapiro, President of Six Flags Inc. |
| September | Lo-Q attended the EAS show in Munich where Leonard Sim presented a talk on Managing Queue Line Systems |
| September | Six Flags Great Adventure awards Lo-Q Operations Partner of the Year Award |
| August | Interim results published |
| August | MILESTONE - 1,000,000 users in one year! |
| August | MILESTONE - 3,000,000 guests have used Q-bots to get out of line |
| July | Lo-Q attend Asian Attractions Expo 2008 in Macau, China |
| July | Q-bot rentals in most parks looking strong |
| June | The Daily Mail featured the Q-bot and Claudia Schiffer's visit to LEGOLAND® |
| May | All parks now open and showing encouraging signs |
April |
Opportunity to meet Lo-Q during the Master Investor Show - Lo-Q hired a meeting room in the Hilton Hotel next door, where we organised a light lunch. |
April |
Lo-Q announces a profitable 2007 REPORT & ACCOUNTS |
| March | LEGOLAND® our first European park goes live on park opening day, as does a new USA park, Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio |
| March | MILESTONE - 10 parks in operation |
| February | An article about our LEGOLAND® deployment appeared in Computer Weekly |
February |
Colin Robertson announced as sales director |
February |
LEGOLAND® Windsor contract agreed |
| January | Lo-Q attend EAS show in Nice, France |
January |
Six Flags extended the contract to a three year term. We have added another park for 2008 and will be converting parks to VQ²º²º so we have a busy install period |
2007 Season |
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December |
We have booked up four trade shows for 2008 including the IAAPA in the far east as VQ²º²º meets world-wide radio regulations |
November |
This year's IAAPA show was one of the busiest for us for many years, with a lot of interest in VQ²º²º |
| November | Lo-Q acquires Text-Q Reservations System from Avius |
October |
Q-bots sales do well in Fright Fest, helped by the weather |
September |
Good weather means sales a little ahead of the plan for this traditionally quiet month |
August |
Lo-Q was mentioned on central Florida's largest News TV channel. (CF News13). The reporter gives our US website link and is seen using a VQ²º²º Qbot in Dollywood - Summer vacation |
July |
Last year's poorest performing park has already generated revenue beyond that which they made in 2006 |
July |
Weather holds back growth after an outstanding June |
July |
All 8 parks fully operational - VQ²º²º running in three. |
April |
Six Flags contract completed - two additional parks (near Chicago and in Montreal added) |
March |
New sales locations completed in Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags Great Adventure |
March |
Bilingual version of the Q-bot completed |
February |
Dollywood contract signed |
February |
New Q-bot hardware completed by the engineering team |
January |
Lo-Q will be operating all Six Flags parks this year |
Previous News Highlights (pdf)
Recent Announcements
Other Publications
- November 2009 Newsletter (pdf link)
- Media Backgrounder (pdf link)
Testimonials
- ‘Once you experience Flash Pass, you realise the value that it provides’
- ‘Flash Pass has made my visits at Six Flags New England that more enjoyable’
- ‘I use the time not waiting in the regular queue line to walk around the park’
- ‘I'll never come to the park without one’
- ‘Very good idea - worked well and we managed to fit so much more into the day.’
- ‘Fantastic! As annual pass holders, we have been on more rides thanks to Q-bot than ever before! Thank you.’
- ‘Avoided queuing in the rain.’
