The ENADA Spring show in Rimini, Italy, comes to a close today, with the majority of exhibitors encouraged by the number of quality visitors that have attended the event.
Although the market is still awaiting the introduction of new AWP regulations and the roll out of VLTs has in the past been slow, the gaming portion of the show this week has been a major draw.
The largest gaming concessionaires, the likes of Lottomatica and Sisal, carried machines from major AWP and slot manufacturers on their stands but only Merkur Gaming, part of the Gauselmann Group, and Inspired Gaming took their own booths.
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The rest of the halls this week comprised smaller Italian gaming machine manufacturers, those distributing internationally-manufactured games and cash handling companies, including Alberici, Comestero and CPI.
That being said, among the list of exhibitors was a group of leading amusement machine distributors that have presented the latest titles from the world’s leading manufacturers. For a market that has suffered in recent years, there is a new level of optimism thanks to the quality of the latest equipment available.
Although the show’s attendance has broadly been in line with last year’s, the suggestion from some exhibitors is that the show continues to reduce in size. A reflection of the market, perhaps, or of the fact that Italy does not require two shows a year. Although harder to get to for international visitors than its sister show in Rome nonetheless many InterGame spoke with said that ENADA in Rimini is now the country’s best trade event.
A full report from ENADA in Rimini will be included in the May issue of InterGame.
