The IAG Academy was founded in 2021 by Inside Asian Gaming, to advance professionalism and education within the land-based Integrated Resort industry and to recognize industry executives and their contributions.
As Asia’s leading B2B digital and print media brand for the Integrated Resort industry, IAG is widely known as the best and original content source for industry news, insights, opinion and analysis, publishing around 2,000 stories each year.
IAG has traditionally had three parts to its business — media, events and business services. Now, with the IAG Academy, it adds a fourth — education.
IAG’s credentials for offering education and training services in the IR sector are second to none. Our team has deep domain industry knowledge accumulated from as far back as the 1980s. IAG publishes in English, Chinese and Japanese and has been publishing its monthly magazine since September 2005.
In addition to IAG’s vast industry publishing experience, over the years IAG has been Lead Media Partner, Media Partner and/or Production Partner for dozens of leisure and gaming industry trade events, conferences and seminars held across every continent of the world. These include G2E Asia, the Macao Gaming Show (MGS), ICE and AGE just to name a few. IAG has also published several industry trade show newspapers and digital media products such as G2E Asia Daily, MGS Daily and The Daily Download.
IAG has produced a range of industry conferences and seminars such as the Cambodia International Gaming Conference on behalf of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Cambodia, sessions for the G2E Asia conference, the MGS Entertainment Show conference and the Australian Gaming Expo conference, and the highly acclaimed “Strategy and Leadership for Personal and Business Success” seminar series.
IAG produces a wide range of professional and social industry events such as the Asian Gaming Power 50, The Industry Party, Macau After Dark, Manila After Dark and more. IAG’s Business Services unit provides a very wide of services including consulting, marketing and revenue support services and in the past IAG has offered tailor-made industry training and education programs for clients as esteemed as PAGCOR, the industry regulator in the Philippines.
The IAG Academy launched a major new set of events at Manila’s Newport World Resorts in September 2023, collectively known as “Super September” and including Manila After Dark, the IAG Academy Summit and the IAG Academy IR Awards. “Super September” will return in 2024 with Manila After Dark taking place on 9 September evening, the IAG Academy Summit on 10 and 11 September days and the IAG Academy IR Awards on 10 September evening.
In 2025, “Super September” will be rebranded as IAG Expo with a full-scale industry expo added to the exciting schedule of events.
Other initiatives to promote the industry, especially educational initiatives, will follow in the months and years ahead.
To join the IAG Academy as a member, click on Create Account here or in the top right corner of this webpage, when not logged in. There are no eligibility requirements and no charge for membership at this time.
For more details about the IAG Academy, contact IAG’s Client Relationship Manager, Caroline Iau, by emailing [email protected].