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China – 2015 marks largest G2E Asia to date
By Phil - 11 July 2015
The 2015 edition of Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) recently became the largest edition to date.
Returning in May to The Venetian Macao, the show’s ninth edition closed its doors on yet another successful and record-breaking year.
G2E Asia 2015 recorded a record-breaking attendance of 10,095 visitors from 79 countries and regions, along with 185 exhibiting companies – at a 21 per cent increase from 2014. Additionally demonstrating the event’s ever-expanding interest from abroad, 7,288 or 69 per cent of G2E Asia 2015 visitors came from outside of Macau, at a 20 per cent jump from the previous year. With each consecutive year, show visitor ship has extended further beyond Asia’s borders.
“This year we introduced a number of new key initiatives to enhance visitors’ on-site experience,” said Keli Elkins, AGA vice president of industry relations. “A central facet of these changes was a much expanded non-gaming element to satisfy the booming demand for services and resorts that integrate the very best of gaming, entertainment and hospitality.”
“As Asia’s leading events organizer, we are committed to creating a better G2E Asia with each successive edition,” said Reed Exhibitions Greater China president Hu Wei. “Now, we look back on our first-ever edition of this show that hosted just under 3,000 with great nostalgia. Yet, it also serves as a reminder of not only how far we’ve come, but further motivates us to get bigger and better with each year. We’re already anticipating an even bigger, record-breaking show at G2E Asia 2016.”
A show floor boasting more than 9,000 sq. m. of exhibit space demonstrated the industry’s diverse products and services, from core gaming to integrated resort offerings. With daily events on and off the show floor, including the inaugural All Asia Dealers Championship, G2E Asia also serves as the preeminent networking event for gaming stakeholders across the region.
Influential leaders from across the industry led discussions across three days of education, including Macau Studio City President J.D. Clayton, Scientific Games CEO Gavin Isaacs, Las Vegas Sands Chief Casino Officer Andrew McDonald, Aristocrat Leisure Limited President Jamie Odell and MGM Resorts International Senior Resident Executive for China Bill Scott. From thought-provoking conference programs to seminars on the show floor, G2E Asia offers the most comprehensive gaming education on the continent.
