G2E in Macau opens today

The three-day conference will run with the debuting Asian IR Expo; both events expect more than 10,000 buyers and visitors.

Original story by GGRAsia

After a three-year gap due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a G2E Asia-branded trade event for the casino industry returns to Macau starting today (Tuesday, July 11).

It is part of a joint presentation, called “Asian IR Expo + Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia 2023”, being held at the Venetian Macao resort, a Sands China Ltd property.

G2E is expected to draw some 5,000 trade visitors.

The first Asian IR Expo is expected to draw some 5,000 buyers and trade visitors. Asian IR Expo will have more than 100 exhibitors.

The debuting expo presents a unique opportunity for collaborative learning, focusing on the travel economic outlook and travel development trends ‘to accommodate post-COVID needs.’

It will also focus on the Macau SAR government’s non-gaming diversification plan, encompassing elements such as ‘art and entertainment tourism, wellness and health tourism and sports and esports tourism’

Wilfred Wong Ying Wai, president of Sands China, is slated to give a keynote address in the morning of the first day.

The conference elements will run from Tuesday to Thursday, as will two trade exhibitions that are also being bundled together: Asian IR Expo and a G2E Asia exhibition..

In the afternoon of the first day of the G2E Asia conference, Hubert Wang, president and chief operating officer (COO) of Macau licensee MGM China Holdings Ltd, is scheduled to be on a G2E Asia Conference panel called “IRs and Casino Development: Future Trends and Challenges”.

Also scheduled for that discussion is Ed Bowers, president global development at MGM Resorts International, the parent of MGM China. Mr Bowers is also president and chief executive of MGM Resorts Japan LLC, which is set to develop a casino resort at Osaka 

Read the full story by GGRAsia here to learn more about each event day and their featured speakers.