■ Carrie Chan
The ENADA Rome Expo 2017 was held on Oct. 17-19 at Hall 1 in Fiera di Rome.  Though the show met various difficulties, it also broke its record.  With its large quantity of visitors and increasing feedback, the show surprised the organizers.  During the expo, there was a Euromat Executive Meeting.  SAPAR emphasized its commitment again and is cooperating with IEG to undertake a series of projects and expects to re-launch pure amusement in ENADA Rimini Expo 2018, which will be held on March 14th to 16th 2018.

ENADA Rome Expo welcomed its 45 edition in Rome.
ENADA Rome surprising us
ENADA Rome turns off the lights at an edition, which, in spite of the difficulties facing the sector, confirmed its central role for the business of the entire sector.  A sector that looks to the future and continues to propose ideas and solutions.  In fact, the 45th edition of SAPAR’s International Amusement and Gaming Show, organized by Italian Exhibition Group in Rome trade fair centre, offered a fundamental opportunity for discussions and re-launches.  Confirming the days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as the winning choice as far as calendar slots were concerned, the expo chalked up a more than positive outcome, increasing the good 2016 feedback.

The numerous visitors to ENADA Rome surprised the organizer.
The positive results from ENADA Rome
Raffaele Curcio, Chairman of the national SAPAR association, states, “ENADA Rome positively surprised us once again this year, for the quantity of visitors attending and the feedback exhibitors had at business level.”  SAPAR once again showed and emphasized its commitment to safeguarding a sector--that of the management firms, oppressed by an increasingly discriminating and unfair policy.  But above all, the association, along with the IEG staff and our undertaking a series of projects on the amusement sector aimed at creating the necessary requirements to kick-start the pure amusement sector; we hope that right from the next edition of ENADA Spring the re-launch of pure amusement can be completely achieved.”  Lorenzo Cagnoni, president of Italian Exhibition Group stressed, “The more than positive results of these days’ work for exhibitors and trade visitors confirm that the value of ENADA, the attention paid to innovations and the organization, were once again appreciated by the sectors players.  As far as we are concerned, as expo organizers, we continue to closely follow the sector’s new trends, to provide trade members the most useful means for facing future challenges: this is the interpretation that should be given to the Rimini Amusement Show” project.”  

Visitors enjoyed their experiences in ENADA Rome.
This year, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Hall 1 at Fiera di Roma, participants included the Rt. Hon. Marco Baldassarre (Gruppo Misto) who stated, “A lot can be done for this sector.  We hope that the next governments are able to correct the errors of assessment that have been made up until now regarding a sector that creates wealth and employment for the country.”  The ribbon-cutting ceremony was followed by the SAPAR conference on the topic “What impact will the stability law have on the gaming sector?”  The expo had an even higher profile, thanks to the Euromat Executive Meeting, on Wednesday 18th October: an important international event for the entire sector.  Once again this year, ENADA Rome had the support of Euromat and the collaboration of Ascob, Fidart and Anesv. 

SAPAR conference focused on the issue of “What effect will the Stability Law have on the gaming sector?”
ENADA Rimini Expo 2018: larger and wider
The layout will offer the 6,000 square metres of Hall C3 of Fiera di Rimini, dedicated to all types of amusement for all ages: from kiddie rides to theme park equipment, inflatables to virtual reality, e-sports to evergreen games such as table soccer and pinball machines, as well as educational games, and much more, to represent a very wide world that is continually evolving, as are the tastes of the public.  The next appointment with the gaming and amusement world is ENADA Spring, which will be held from March 14th to 16th 2018, at Rimini expo centre.
※The article is published in the GTI Magazine Issue No. 161 in January & February 2018