Courtney Bourdas Henn, Mountasia's Director of Marketing Wins "40 Under 40" Business Award from the San Fernando Valley Business Journal in January 2007.

Mountasia nominated for 2006 Large Business of the Year by the SCV Chamber of Commerce in January 2007.

Mountasia voted "Best Place for Kids to Have Fun" by the readers of SCV Living Magazine in August 2006. 

Mountasia voted "Best Place to Throw a Party"
by the readers of SCV Living Magazine in August 2006.

Courtney Bourdas Henn, Mountasia's Director of Marketing Wins Top Honor from Wm. S. Hart School District.  In April 2005, Hart High School District presented select local businesses and individuals awards for their support of the schools and students.  Bourdas Henn was awarded the Hart District Super Star Award for spearheading the "Stay Alive on the Drive" program for driving-age students in the District last December 6-10th.  Mountasia Fun Center and the City of Santa Clarita, in conjunction with the the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District, the Southern California Auto Club, the SCV Sheriff's Department, the California Highway Patrol, and SCV Safe Rides brought a pilot program, STAY ALIVE ON THE DRIVE, to students of driving age enrolled in Hart District high schools.  Students pledged to STAY ALIVE ON THE DRIVE by signing a pledge provided through the ASB.  Upon signing the pledge, the student was given a wristband to wear for the week.  The wristband, a tool to generate awareness of the need for drivers to be responsible, was also incentive based.  Students wearing the wristband were eligible for special free offers and discounts at Mountasia Fun Center, Santa Clarita Lanes, Ice Station Valencia, Fatburger, Maggie Moos Ice Cream & Treatery and Southern California Auto Club.  This program was a huge success and we look forward to bringing it to the Hart District and beyond next school year.  

Mountasia Fun Center was one of 4 businesses nominated for "Large Business of the Year" and Courtney Bourdas Henn, Director of Marketing for Mountasia was nominated for a Special Achievement Award by the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce at the 82nd Annual Chamber Installation Dinner, January 21, 2005! 

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Mountasia Wins Top Honors

11/4/2004
Brian Franks Signal Business Editor

Mountasia Fun Center in Santa Clarita recently received top honors from a leisure and entertainment association for the design of its Web site.
    The International Association for the Leisure and Entertainment Industry named Mountasia’s site its annual winner of its “Best Web site” contest. The honor was awarded to Mountasia at the association’s convention in Las Vegas.
    Mountasia is owned by Entertainment Centers Inc., which also owns Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour and Restaurant in Santa Clarita and Skateland in Northridge.
    Courtney Bourdas-Henn, who is the director of marketing for Entertainment Centers, said she was excited to receive the honor.
    “I decided that we needed a major overhaul on our Web site so after several interviews I selected Christiansen Consultants to rebuild the Web site,” said Henn, who accepted IALEI’s Golden Token Award in Las Vegas.
    “I’m glad all those hours of content and design meetings paid off.”
    Christiansen Consultants is a Mission Viejo-based Internet development firm.
    Christiansen Consultants President Glen Christiansen said he was also pleased to win the award.
    “We recently won some other awards for our Web site developments, but to win an award from an international trade association is very special,” Christiansen said in statement.
    “We spend a lot of time to ensure that our work is the best it can be, so this makes all those late hours worthwhile.”
    IALEI Executive Director Carole Sjolander said the association’s Web site competition this year was very tight.
    “There were several good entries (this year), which shows our industry (continually attempts to improve its) marketing through the use of the Internet,” Sjolander said in a statement.
    IALEI is a nationwide trade associations of family entertainment center, arcades and theme park.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 22, 2004

Contact:

Carole Sjolander, Executive Director, International Association of the Leisure and Entertainment Industry (IALEI)
Ph: (888) 464-6498 / (603) 464-6498
Courtney Bourdas-Henn, VP of Marketing, Fleming Entertainment Centers Inc 
(818) 468-8415

LOCAL EXECUTIVE WINS INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE AWARD

Los Angeles, Ca   A local business executive took home the top honors for “Best Website” at the recent International Association for the Leisure and Entertainment Industry (IALEI) annual convention held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Courtney Bourdas-Henn, Vice President of Marketing for Fleming Entertainment Centers Inc, received IALEI’s Golden Token Award for her recently redesigned website for the Mountasia Family Fun Center located in Santa Clarita, California.

According to Carole Sjolander, IALEI’s Executive Director, the website competition this year was very tight. “ There were several good entries which shows our industry’s attempt to continually improve it’s marketing through the use of the Internet,” said Sjolander.

Bourdas-Henn, who does the marketing for Mountasia and  Skateland.in Northridge, California, was excited to win the award.

“I decided that we needed a major overhaul on our website so after several interviews selected Christensen Consultants (Christiansen.biz) to rebuild the website,” said Bourdas-Henn. “I’m glad all those hours of content and design meetings paid off,” she added.

Industry awards are not new to Bourdas-Henn as she has captured other Industry awards for her marketing work. She also is a featured speaker at several industry trade shows and conventions due to her marketing and advertising skills and successes.

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