With just weeks to go until the inaugural ARE Expo 2025, visitor pre-registration stats are showing “a highly positive response” according to the organisers who confirmed strong interest in next month’s event. 

Not surprisingly, the latest figures highlight a particularly significant level of engagement from northern-based companies – it is, after all, the first major expo launch in the north west since Amuse UK – aligning with the organiser’s objectives to extend the expo’s reach in the region.

And the North is not the only demographic orbiting around ARE, pre-registrations are also revealing strong interest from businesses involved in competitive socialising, as well as a notable number of leisure and retail operators in the area. 

Peter Rusbridge, Event Organiser at Swan Events, commented:  “We are very pleased with pre-registration numbers, as well as the fact that they clearly demonstrate that we are successfully reaching the northern audience that we had hoped to engage.”  

The agenda of workshops, co-organised by the Gambling Business Group and The Amusement Network, is also proving to be a major draw. The full workshop schedule has now been published to the ARE website, offering further insights into the industry’s latest trends and developments.  

The strong levels of engagement are further bolstered by ARE Expo’s collaborations with key sector organisations. Partnerships with the Night Time Industries Association, Gamechangers (the body for the competitive socialising sector), the BBPA (representing the pub sector), and Bacta are proving instrumental in spreading the word and broadening the event’s reach. And let’s not forget Coinslot, of course.

ARE launches at The Cotton Sheds in Manchester on 29-30 April 2025.