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GTI Asia Taipei Korean G-Star
Expo 2009 2009 to move?
GTI Asia Taipei Expo, which will take
When hit by waves of the financial
place at Areas B & C, Hall 1 of the
crisis, cutting expenditure has become
Taipei World Trade Center on May 7-9,
a major matter for all trade events.
has completed the first phase of
Recently, Korea’s largest game trade
booth assignment for VIP exhibitors.
event, G-Star, has also considered
Celebrating its 16th anniversary this
changing venue to cut costs.
year, GTI Asia Taipei Expo is regarded
Daegu and Busan have become the
as a major annual event that cannot
candidate cities for holding the show.
be missed by Taiwanese game
These two cities expressed great
developers, distributors and parts
enthusiasm for hosting G-Star. The
manufacturers. Besides Taiwanese
Korean Association of Game Industry
exhibitors, the event also attracts
is in the process of conducting field
exhibition companies from Japan,
surveys.
Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China
In February, an official from the
and the UK.
Korea Game Industry Agency revealed
GTI Asia Taipei Expo is now the
that the possible locations for G-Star
largest and most established gaming
2009 include Seoul, Gyeonggi, Daegu
and Busan. The Korea Association of
trade event in the Asia Pacific region.
Game Industry, which is composed of
As for GTI Asia Taipei Expo visitor
major Korean game companies, has
attendance, each year it attracts
surveyed the cities of Daegu and
buyers from more than 60 countries
Busan and confirmed the feasibility.
in the world to check out and
Currently Daegu and Busan have
purchase products.
geared up for hosting G-Star 2009.
The second phase of booth
Daegu and Busan plan to make the
registration for GTI Asia Taipei Expo
show a festive event of the cities in
has kicked off. There will be more
order to compete with Seoul and
companies from China, Hong Kong and
Gyeonggi. Daegu and Busan have
Taiwan registering for the show. For
carved out related supportive and
admission tickets or visa assistance,
promotional activities and made
please contact Robert Lin at E-mail:
budget planning. If G-Star 2009 does
gametime@taiwanslot.com.tw
take place in these two cities, it is
very likely to successfully cut down
costs for show exhibitors.
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