CLARION GAMING TAKES SHAPE

14 September 2007

River City Group and ATE combine


Clarion Events, which acquired both River City group and ATE in 2006 has merged the two firms into a single corporate named Clarion Gaming effective September 10.

ATE produces the major London exhibitions ICE and ICEi, along with The Betting Show and other conference events. In July 2006,
ATE was joined by a sister company, US-based River City Group. Together the companies produce the European I-Gaming Congress and Expo (EiG) and BetMarkets.

River City Group produces the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE), World Poker Congress, Asian i-Gaming Congress (AiG, formerly PCIG) and I-Gaming InDepth conferences.

In addition, both companies are responsible for key trade publications such as IGaming News, Betting Business, and Casino Review.

Simon Kimble, Managing Director of Clarion Events in London, said, "We made these two strategic purchases to get a foothold in serving the global gaming industry. We expect, as these two companies integrate, that they will form a dynamic foundation allowing us to assemble yet more key gaming industry event and publication companies in various regions of the world."

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