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Australasian Hospitality & Gaming Expo 2027

AHG brings the purchasing agenda of Australian clubs, pubs, hotels, and casinos into a single Brisbane exhibition: gaming machines and cash handling sit alongside commercial kitchens, drinks, furniture, and venue construction.

Mar 17-18, 2027 · Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Visitors last year
4,287
Show days
2

It attracted 4,287 confirmed visitors in 2026, its strongest attendance to date. That breadth makes it useful for operators planning a refurbishment or reviewing several parts of a venue at once.

The partnership between ClubsNSW, Clubs Queensland, and the Club Managers’ Association Australia gives AHG a close connection to the licensed club sector. Its audience extends from boards, owners, and general managers to gaming, food and beverage, finance, marketing, and operations teams. The AHG Congress adds management education to the supplier floor, with club diversification, leadership, and AI productivity among its themes. AHG’s distinctive proposition is the whole venue and its connected investment decisions.

How it compares

  1. This show: Australasian Hospitality & Gaming Expo
  2. Australasian Gaming ExpoSydney, 8,815
  3. Food & Hospitality QueenslandBrisbane

Australasian Gaming Expo in Sydney is the closest comparison for clubs and hotels buying gaming technology. It brought together 221 exhibitors and 6,966 unique visitors in 2026, with major manufacturers, venue services, and a seminar program covering regulation and management. Choose AGE when a national gaming supplier comparison and industry policy discussions are the main purpose of the trip. Its August position also provides another buying opportunity after Brisbane’s March show.

Food & Hospitality Queensland occupies the same Brisbane venue but serves a different buying brief. Its October show emphasizes ingredients, drinks, kitchen equipment, café operations, retail, and convenience, with chef competitions, a coffee program, and a local producers hub. It suits a restaurant, café, or catering team whose priorities center on the menu and foodservice operation.

AHG earns its place when gaming and hospitality decisions belong to the same project. A club team can compare machines and payment systems while also looking at fit-outs, staffing services, kitchen equipment, and beverages. Its association partnerships and Congress make that combination especially relevant to licensed club management.

AHG is the right trip for club and hotel operators who need to make gaming, hospitality, and venue investment decisions together.

Who exhibits

Aristocrat Gaming, IGT, Konami, and Light & Wonder anchor the gaming side, while Hobart Food Equipment and PFD Food Services bring the kitchen and foodservice operation into view. Asahi Beverages and Diageo sit alongside payments suppliers such as OOLIO and Next Payments. Construction, furniture, recruitment, and training exhibitors complete the picture. The mix is built around running and renewing a venue, so a management team can cover several purchasing priorities in the same visit.

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Australasian Hospitality & Gaming Expo 2027

AHG 2027 follows a record year for attendance. Its Congress program combines Craig Rispin’s session on AI productivity with a club diversification panel, Tim Baker’s leadership session, and Derrick McManus on sustained performance. On the exhibition floor, gaming manufacturers share the supplier mix with food, drinks, payment systems, construction, and recruitment services. The stand options range from compact Intro Pods to shell scheme packages and larger custom builds, giving smaller suppliers a route into the same venue buying market.

  • Use the Congress’s club diversification panel to frame a refurbishment brief before comparing construction, furniture, kitchen, and gaming suppliers on the exhibition floor.
  • For a whole-venue review, bring both the gaming and food and beverage leads: AHG’s supplier mix covers their purchasing responsibilities in the same exhibition.
  • Include the Intro Pod area in a search for specialist services: its named exhibitors include recruitment, accounting, hospitality safety software, wine, and playground suppliers.

Exhibiting

AHG offers Intro Pods, shell scheme stands, and space only packages. Pods suit suppliers whose presentation fits a compact footprint; shell schemes provide a ready-built enclosure, while space only suits a custom installation. A lead scanner is included. Space only excludes lighting, carpet, and power, so those services and the build need separate planning.

What your brief includes

The full exhibitor list, and what to do with it.

  1. Halvorsen ProzesstechnikIndustrial machinery / Germany#3
  2. Alpenküche SystemeCommercial kitchens / Austria#4
  3. Brauwerk WielandBeverages / Germany#5

#3Halvorsen Prozesstechnik

Why it matters
Their hygienic conveyor line fits the plant expansion you described.
Who to meet
Head of Key Accounts, Food Processing
What to ask
Lead times for installations in 2027.

Example from a sample brief. The company is fictional.

How a brief is made

  1. Tell us your goals

    A short interview: what you want from Australasian Hospitality & Gaming Expo and which kinds of partners you are after.

  2. We research each company, one by one

    For each company: what it makes, who it sells to, how it fits your goals and who buys there. Then we compare them side by side and rank the ones worth your time.

  3. Walk in with a plan

    A ranked list, a deep dive on each of your top picks, the people to meet and a strategy deck, all before the doors open.

Walk into Australasian Hospitality & Gaming Expo knowing who to meet.

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