INSIDE ASIAN GAMING AND REED EXHIBITIONS ANNOUNCE AWARDS CATEGORIES FOR 2019 G2E ASIA AWARDS 

Macau, 1 February 2019 – Leading B2B Asian gaming industry media brand Inside Asian Gaming and Reed Exhibitions, organizer of G2E Asia, are pleased to announce the 12 awards categories to be presented at this year’s G2E Asia Awards on the evening of Tuesday 21 May 2019.

The awards categories for 2019 include 10 awards that were presented at the G2E Asia Awards in 2018 plus two new categories – Best Regional Asian IR and Best IR Non-Gaming Attraction.

With Galaxy Macau named Best Integrated Resort in 2018 and Asia’s biggest gaming cities offering numerous other leading contenders to fight it out for the top prize again this year, the Best Regional IR award aims to recognize the achievements of top performing IRs from outside of Asia’s leading casino hubs of Macau and Singapore.

The Best IR Non-Gaming Attraction is a nod to the full scale of today’s integrated resorts and the importance of providing guests with a complete entertainment experience both on, and away from, the casino floor.

The 12 awards categories for the 2019 G2E Asia Awards are:

1. BEST IR NON-GAMING ATTRACTION
2. BEST B2B DIGITAL PRODUCT SOLUTION
3. BEST ELECTRONIC GAMING SOLUTION (Slots and ETGs)
4. BEST TABLE GAME SOLUTION
5. BEST INDUSTRY INNOVATION
6. BEST GAMING FLOOR
7. BEST INDUSTRY RISING STARS (Maximum of 5 winners)
8. BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CONTRIBUTION
9. BEST VIP GAMING PROMOTER
10. BEST INDUSTRY SUPPLIER
11. BEST REGIONAL ASIAN IR (outside Macau or Singapore)
12. BEST INTEGRATED RESORT

The G2E Asia Awards will be judged by a jury of peers with 50 judges to take part in 2019 from a wide variety of industry sectors. Judges will be recused from voting in any categories they or their organizations are nominated for.

More details on the G2E Asia Awards can be viewed at G2EAsiaAwards.com. Winners will be announced at the G2E Asia Awards dinner on Tuesday 21 May 2019.

Seats at the G2E Asia Awards can be purchased by contacting Reed Exhibitions or Inside Asian Gaming and via G2EAsiaAwards.com. There are also a variety of sponsorship packages available.

G2E Asia is the international gaming trade show and conference for the Asian gaming industry. Organized by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions, G2E Asia made its debut in 2007, defining itself as the preeminent show for the Asian gaming-entertainment industry.
Visit www.G2EAsia.com for more.

Inside Asian Gaming is Asia’s premier B2B digital and print industry publication for the leisure and gaming sector. Founded in 2005, IAG has a broad business editorial focus on the Asian gaming and integrated resort industry. It is widely distributed to industry executives throughout Macau and the rest of Asia in two formats: a monthly digital and print magazine and a daily e-newsletter titled IAG Breakfast Briefing, delivered at 8am Macau time each weekday. IAG also publishes special magazine editions for G2E Asia each May and the Macao Gaming Show each November.

In January 2019, Inside Asian Gaming launched IAG Japan to cover the burgeoning Integrated Resort industry in Japan. IAG Japan publishes in two formats: a monthly Japanese and English fully bilingual digital magazine and a Japanese language daily e-newsletter titled IAG Daily Briefing, which is sent at midday Tokyo time each weekday.

Since 2008 IAG has been renowned for publishing “The Asian Gaming Power 50”. Anxiously awaited each year, The Asian Gaming Power 50 is an annual ranking of the 50 most influential and prominent Asian gaming industry leaders and executives. The Asian Gaming Power 50 is celebrated each November with a glamorous Black Tie Gala Dinner in a Macau Integrated Resort ballroom.

IAG produces Macau After Dark (MAD), a quarterly series of casual industry networking social events held in Macau which brings together key industry decision-makers.

IAG is the lead media partner for G2E Asia, Asia’s largest gaming and entertainment trade show. We also publish G2E Asia Daily, the daily newspaper of G2E Asia, and co-organize the G2E Asia Awards with Reed Exhibitions.

IAG has produced a range of industry conferences and seminars such as the Cambodia International Gaming Conference on behalf of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Cambodia, sessions for the G2E Asia conference and the Macao Gaming Show conference, and the highly acclaimed “Strategy and Leadership for Personal and Business Success” seminar series.

IAG Consulting is IAG’s consulting business unit, which offers consulting and revenue support services for businesses exploring or operating in the Asian gaming and Integrated Resort industry.

Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading events organizers, with over 500 events in 30 countries, and a staff of 3,900 exhibition specialists. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and serve 43 industry sectors with trade and consumer events. It is part of the RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions for professional customers across industries.

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