The 2026 edition of the Game Developers Conference will be hosted as a live trade fair at the Moscone Convention Center between the 9th and 13th of March 2026.
The Game Developer's Conference (GDC) is one of the biggest and most important conferences slash expos within the gaming industry in the world. This annual event runs out of different locations, but is currently based in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. Every year GDC seems to grow bigger and attendance records reflect this clearly – the edition in 2019 scoring the highest attendance record in its entire history. That’s 29,000 international visitors. The expo itself offered solutions and products from 550 exhibitors in total. That makes the Game Developers Conference a premier platform for innovation, business, and networking.
GDC defies definitions and limits as it’s become such a monumental event with an area dedicated to just about any form of hardware, software, and solution for game development. The platforms have certainly grown to include consoles, mobile and handheld devices, tablets, online, computer games and most recently VR and AR. GDC is also the place to learn and play new releases as well as enjoy playable indie games, retro games and alternative controllers. The conference portion of the event is exceptionally elaborate with more than 800 items to enjoy from lectures to panels to discussions. The audience is varied and has come to include developers, engineers, trainees, distributors, programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals and publishers.
Travel 2 Fairs ltd is a valuable resource for your travel preparations for the Game Developers Conference. We know all the great spots in San Francisco and can find the best deals on the markets no matter what your budget is. You’re assigned a personal travel assistant, who deals with the reservations and is there to assist you in any capacity at any time. The size of your party is also not a challenge as we regularly work with small groups or large parties over twenty people. Whatever the case, we look to place you in a quality hotel near the Moscone Center.
The GDC took place between 21-25.03.2022 as a hybrid trade exposition at the Moscone Convention Center. It incorporated strict coronavirus precautions, including social distancing. The edition received over 17,000 participants, including 12,000 in-person and 5,000 online visitors. Also, it featured over 1,000 speakers and more than 200 exhibitors.
GDC 2023 was a hybrid trade exposition. The live aspect occurred in the Moscone Convention Center between 20-24.03.2023 and received over 28 000 attendants. The complementary digital aspect occurred between 27-29.06.2023. The venue did not include coronavirus precautions due to the United States removing its national pandemic restrictions in the later months of 2022.
GDC 2024 was a live trade exposition hosted in the Moscone Convention Center between 18-22.03.2024. It received around 30 000 participants. Similar to the 2023 format, it did not feature coronavirus precautions.
GDC 2025 took place as a live trade expo in the Moscone Convention Center between 17-21.03.2025. The event presented the wares of 400 exhibiting firms and was attended by around 30 000 attendants and over 1 000 lecturers. These included 6 000 participants during the Inaugural GDC Nights.
Good morning,
Thank you very much for your services. We were very satisfied with the hotel.
The only problem was the lack of parking - we had to use offsite car parks. We need to take this into account in our future arrangements.
Pozdrawiam / Best regards
Anuga 2023
This was a very nice hotel and would consider staying again in the future. The hotel staff was friendly and helpful and the rooms were adequate and clean. The hotel is located near the subway station as well as the larger metro station at the Duomo. It was easy to get to the station and get around the city when necessary.
Hello Simon,
Thank you for calling, and thank you for sharing your contact!
We are satisfied with the hotel, clean rooms, friendly staff and good breakfast. Not far from the exhibition area, and a quiet place. Everything was handled smooth, good service.
Best regards,
Ann-Sofie Lundberg
Hello,
Everything was OK with the hotel.
Tx
Mvh/ Best regards
Seafood Expo Global - 2024
Dear Megan,
It's nice to hear from you. The stay was fine and all the coworkers enjoyed the Hotels (both the terrasses and Olympia)
Have a nice day,
Marta Iannuzzi
Boat Shows Coordinator
It was great to get the help from Travel to Fairs helping me to find a suitable hotel for a group of 5-6 people attending Ambiente 2024. We were late in arranging how many would go and always adding more people but Jack Turner and his colleagues solved all our needs fast and with a remarkable patience. I recommend Travel to fairs to everyone travelling for work.
Good day.
I´m fine. I hope you too.
Thank you for asking. This is the second time my colleagues stayed at this hotel because of its proximity to the fairgrounds and comfortable facilities.
We knew it thanks to Megan and already accommodated in 2022 during the same fair.
Compared to the previous time I was informed by colleagues that the treatment was not that good.
On the other hand, the treatment with Megan Moore has always been very correct and efficient. I hope to contact her for other alternatives next time.
Light + Building – 2024
Hello Ben,
Everything went well at the B&B Hotel Hannover-City during EMO Hannover 2023.
EMO Hannover 2023
Hi Michelle
Thanks for the follow up on our ProWein 24 trip.
The Mercure served its purpose for us as we were only there a couple of nights - and didn't really spend too much time at the hotel.
We understood hotel was a bit further out (and this was reflected in the pricing) - only slight negative was length of time it took for a taxi to arrive. Would have hoped hotel had a contract with taxi firm to ensure guests don't have too long to wait once ordered. We learned from our initial mistake and ensured we had pre-ordered a taxi for return to airport.
Positives:
Helpful staff
Great humour from barman!
Clean, basic rooms
Negatives:
No safe in room
No iron in room
Length of time for taxis to arrive
Overall, Michelle made the booking process very simple and was a great help with my questions and area information - thank you!
Should we require accommodation for events going forward we'll be in touch.
Thanks
Lisa
ProWein 2024
Great Service!! Thank you very much!!
Hello Michelle,
I want to thank you for the great service you offered me. It was a pleasure to work with you.
I wish you happy holidays and a new year surrounded by lovely people!!
Greetings,
Dina
Nick Lloyd is very helpful, and friendly. He replies to questions quickly and informatively. We did not end up booking anything due to other reasons, but I would recommend Nick Lloyd to anyone wanting to book accommodation for conferences.
