A new Global Gaming Expo kicks off today in Las Vegas

“I am very happy to say that this year will be the largest edition in five years. In fact, our company sold 789 sqm more than last year, with many of the main companies introducing many new games and technologies, in addition to the debut of more than 130 firms at the event,” assured Johnson a few hours before the inauguration of the event in Las Vegas. “We have expanded rapidly in sectors not related to gaming, due to our effort to support all the needs of a casino resort nowadays. Our food and beverage area is improving a lot, and we are very happy to launch the hostelling component with our friends at the Nevada Hotel & Lodging Association. Also, we will offer attractions for the entertainment sector. All those segments will be organized together in a new hall adjacent to the main hall.”

“With regard to visitors – adds the main responsible of G2E-, while we never release our numbers until they are officially audited by a third party, I can say however, that this year we will exceed last year’s numbers, which is very exciting.”

Some of the changes visitors will be able to see this afternoon include a very big renovation of the traditional seminar model, offered by Reed Exhibitions..

According to the company, they realized that last year, with more than 150 sessions and 16 theme areas, they were offering too much. “Besides, with the segment format it proved difficult to join people from different departments or areas, which is a key goal in our new format.  This year we are organizing plenary sessions through the style of bigger issues, designed to attract multiple segments of the industry. On top of that, we have completely changed the pricing model, which allows delegates to select individual days and even individual sessions, which was not an option in the past,” they commented.

And among the technological novelties that will set the show’s experience apart from previous years include Reed Exhibitions’ anticipated debut of a new geo location function for its mobile application, which will be of great help to navigate in the site and find exactly where you wish to go, which is extremely useful in events such as G2E.

The big day has finally arrived and G2E, the biggest exhibition in the US and one of the two main events worldwide, will gather once again, thousands of executives, businessmen and authorities from all five continents. Its organizers estimate unofficially that this year they will exceed 30,000 attendees at the three-day show. The proposal is quite large, and Yogonet will be following the development of the event with special guests from Las Vegas, to report on, in real time, all the novelties at Sands Expo and Convention Center.