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Impressive start for G2E Asia 2016

Written by Ben Blaschke

G2E Asia celebrated its 10th anniversary in Macau in style yesterday, with a record 4,000 visitors from 79 countries attending – a jump of 20 percent from 2015.

This year’s exhibition is featuring over 180 exhibitors including 21 of Asia’s top 23 operator properties, meaning more than 90 percent of Asia’s top operators were present on the showroom floor on Day 1.

The event opened in style with stakeholders from government, gaming and tourism highlighting the broad support the expo has garnered from the public and private sectors over the past 10 years.

Among those to take part in the Opening Ceremony were Mr Kou Ming, Deputy Director of Economic Affairs Department, Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau SAR; Ms Liu Yu, Director of Policy Research Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region; Mr Cheong Chu Weng, President, Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute; Mr Paul Chan, Director, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau of Macao SAR; Mr Ho Hoi Ming, President of Board of Directors, Macao Convention & Exhibition Association; and Ms Angela Leong, Executive Director of SJM Holdings Limited among others.

G2E Asia continues today and tomorrow.