The activity of dragon boat racing pre-dates biblical times. Originating in China, the tradition of dragon boat racing has developed into a festival setting saluting cultural heritage, group participation, team building and community participation. Currently, Canada and Facility Marketing Group Inc. are driving forces in the development of dragon boat festival activity. The concept is growing at a rate of thirty percent per year and is now internationally recognized as the fastest growing water sport/festival activity in the world.

Dragon Boats are the largest flat-bottomed racing canoes in the world with a length of forty-eight (48) feet. Teams of twenty paddlers, one steerperson, and a drummer propel Dragon boats. The activity is of particular interest to corporations that wish to provide a positive team building atmosphere for their employees while being associated with a high profile community event.

Currently in North America every major city has or is planning a dragon boat festival. Facility Marketing Group Inc. is a driving force in the development, planning, marketing and execution of dragon boat events. The company owns it's own fleet of dragon boats and has all the expertise to operate a successful event and consult to the industry.

Consulting Services

Facility Marketing Group Inc. has been producing dragon boat festivals with great success for a number of years. This experience allows the company to consult with communities and organizations wishing to bring dragon boating to their marketplace. With full time staff specializing in all aspects of dragon boat festival development, Facility Marketing Group Inc. can offer event organizers a unique and qualified expertise in developing a dragon boat festival.

Although each request for consulting services is unique, the services offered by Facility Marketing Group Inc. tend to focus on four skills:

1	Developments of marketing initiatives, action plans and the execution of same to fully market the event in the community being served.
2	To develop and manage the festival component of a successful dragon boat event
3	Manage all on-water activity including site selection, team training, "train the trainers", race management, results and safety.
4	Provide complete festival and event management skills training to local organizers.

Facility Marketing Group Inc. believes that the goal of an Events Consultant is to show the local organizers how they can successfully operate and market their event. To that end it is not the aim of the company to be involved in the local groups' dragon boat festival over the long term. To the contrary, the goal of the company is to pass on years of experience in profitable development and management of a dragon boat event for the betterment of the local organizers and community they serve.

Equipment Leasing

Facility Marketing Group Inc. is proud to own and operate one of the most modern and up-to-date fleet of dragon boats in North America. These dragon boats are operated using the best equipment available in the industry and maintained by our own dragon boat technician on-site at every event. To remain in the leasing business one must provide a top quality, well-maintained product. Facility Marketing Group Inc. accomplishes this through a program of regular maintenance and up-keep of it's fleet of dragon boats. Part of this attention to detail includes a complete overhaul and refurbishing of every dragon boat every off-season.

Completely equipped dragon boats include top of the line dragon boat paddles, drums, lifejackets, steer oars, heads and tails and safety equipment. Spare equipment is always added to each order to avoid delays, due to misplaced equipment. Facility Marketing Group Inc. dragon boat technician is on-site for every event to assist in placement of equipment and provide instant repairs, if need be.

Facility Marketing Group Inc. leases dragon boats in fourteen day time periods, under the following schedule:

One to four fully equipped dragon boats	$1000.00 per boat
Five or more fully equipped dragon boats	$750.00 per boat

This rate does not include transportation, technician travel and expenses, insurance or loading and unloading. Facility Marketing Group Inc. will be pleased to assist event organizers with transportation and insurance arrangements.

Corporate Overview

Facility Marketing Group Inc. is a full service, Events Company offering event management, marketing, planning, execution and consulting services. With offices in Regina Saskatchewan, and corporate in Winnipeg Manitoba, Facility Marketing Group Inc. provides service throughout North America. The company is well served by fourteen event professionals and hires many specialized and companies in all market areas.

Facility Marketing Group Inc. began operations in 1991 and is incorporated to conduct business in both Canada and the United States. Corporate offices located at 692 Osborne Street Winnipeg Manitoba R3L 2B9. The company is completely debt free and has enjoyed cash flows that have enabled growth, both in terms of market share and positioning.

Corporate goals include producing, managing and consulting to events that positively contribute to the communities these events are held in while providing growth and profitability for the company. To that end Facility Marketing Group Inc. has taken a leadership role in North America in producing, managing and consulting to Dragon Boat Festivals and events.

Mr. Scott Walker who has over twenty-five years experience in the event, entertainment owns Facility Marketing Group Inc. a facility management industry. The company also trades under the names of: Concession Management International, Dragon Boat Festivals, Pop with the Pops, Prairie Pops Orchestra, Festival of Trees and Light, Mini Grand Prix and "Be a Pro" Sport Camps.

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Festival Opportunities

For further information on Dragon Boat Festivals and/or how to use this unique event to raise monies for your not-for-profit group, please contact the Facility Marketing Group Inc office that is closest to you:

Facility Marketing Group Inc	Facility Marketing Group Inc.
692 Osborne Street	300-2216 Lorne Street
Winnipeg, MB	Regina, SK
R2L 2B9	S4P 2M7
f[email protected]	[email protected]