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CPAmerica Signs Deal for Resort-Casino

LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Jack Wishna, President & Chief Executive Officer of CPAmerica, Inc. announced today that a deal has been signed to represent Don Dorsey, themed entertainment producer/director, Disney entertainment legend and successful recording artist, in the development and marketing of a unique and spectacular resort-casino concept.

CPAmerica is a leading deal-making organization serving the world's leading hotel, gaming, leisure and service firms. Led by Jack Wishna, President and CEO, CPAmerica has worked with Caesar's Entertainment, Boyd Gaming Corporation, The Ritz Hotels Paris and Wyndham International Resorts among others. Most recently, Wishna was instrumental in creating the transaction between Donald J. Trump and New Frontier Resort and Casino owner Phil Ruffin to create the new Trump International Hotel & Towers project in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Don's successful and creative track record along with his passion for themed and live entertainment production makes this project viable and unique," Wishna said. "We are excited to be part of this project and Don's vision for the next chapter in resort development. We look forward to presenting this concept to resort and gaming industry leaders worldwide," Wishna added.

"Our concept merges entertainment and leisure in new and surprising ways," says Dorsey. "With Jack Wishna and CPAmerica agreeing to champion our effort, we are that much closer to realizing a revolutionary vision." Dorsey has formed a new company, Innovation Properties, LLC, specifically to pursue this and other leisure industry concepts.

Dorsey has created, directed and produced innovative and award-winning projects for the themed entertainment industry for more than three decades. He has played many key roles in the successes of large-scale entertainment for the Walt Disney Company including The Main Street Electrical Parade, Disney's Epcot nighttime spectacular "IllumiNations," and the $22-million millennium- themed "Reflections of Earth." As a consultant he contributed to the development of Disney's patented "air-launch" environmentally-friendly fireworks technology and continues to advise Disney on computerized parade and production systems.

Prior to his work in entertainment production technology and design, Dorsey composed original music for television, radio, records, commercials, industrial shows, half-time shows, and spectacular events around the world. His credits have included commercials for Mattel, Kawasaki, Mexicana Airlines, Zenith, and Yamaha, album projects by Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Donna Summer and Sergio Mendez and the release of classical synthesizer recordings Bachbusters, which topped Billboard's Classical Compact Disc chart for fourteen weeks and stayed in the Top Twenty for over a year and Beethoven or Bust which held the Number One spot on the Classical Crossover chart for twenty-three weeks.

"Don is now applying his unique creative vision to the resort industry and we are very excited about the potential for far-reaching success," Wishna said.

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