What Hotel Herzog lacked in room size, it more then doubled in customer service. The staff went out of their way to make sure we had a pleasant stay during the K-show. The only issue we had was the very small bathrooms, difficult to use.
Game Developers Conference
Organizer:
GDC
About the event
Update
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.
Game Developers Conference – A Brief Introduction
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.
An Industry Profile
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 Takes You There
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.
Past Iterations
Game Developers Conference 2022
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.
Game Developers Conference 2023
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.
Game Developers Conference 2024
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.
Game Developers Conference 2025
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.
Our visitors for the event
Terry Olson
Amy Weston
Dear Megan,
Thank you for your email and the final bit of information.
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all of your help - its been super easy and I look forward to working with you again the following year!
Best,
Amy
InnoTrans – 2024
Skip Ng
I am very grateful for the help from George. The hotel was wonderful and it was in a really nice place. Will go there for sure again.
Céline AVILA-PENELON
Thanks to Megan Moore and her team for this really good choice of hotel. It was well located with some restaurants very close and very nice and comfortable . Breakfast was nice , rooms were a bit small but comfortable . We really enjoy this pleasant and modern hotel.
Mr. David Gillespie
The Novotel was a comfortable, clean, modern and efficient location for attending the Ligna show.
Depending on the group attending the Ligna show, another option would be Hannover Old Town which is a short walk further and adds a historic German/European experience. Most evenings we walked to this area for dinner from the Novotel.
Regards,
Dave
Irene Wegmann
Hi Ben,
We all loved the ZT The Golden Hotel Barcelona.
It was a very good stay and we would choose it again if we would go to Barcelona.
CPhI Worldwide 2023
Sabine Roniger
All went well, we liked the location of the hotel, right in the historic center of the city with many restaurants around, no problems at check in!
Ms Rachel Doherty
Hi Christine,
I’ve appreciated your service and in particular your flexibility. We usually don’t know which staff will be attending our exhibitions until very near the time, and your flexibility with this is important to us and much appreciated.
The rate for the hotel was reasonable. It was near the upper end of our budget, but good value I think, considering the following feedback from staff:
“Hotel was fine, rooms were good and had no problems. Only potential issue was the limited parking, but this didn’t affect me last week.”
“Would definitely stay there again. Staff were really pleasant and helpful, food was good and the location was pretty good too.”
“I would stop there again no problem good rooms good food and good location for city centre.”
Many thanks again for your help.
Kind regards,
Rachel
Michal Korcek
Hello Ellie,
Thank you for your e-mail. The cooperation with you and with your company was great. Especially work with you. I have to tell you a big thanks.
My colleagues was surprised how the hotel work. There was no problem with anything. Breakfast was really good.
And also the way to exhibitions was very quick.
And for the next year. We will exhibit in Paris, but the accommodation will prepare the CSG company – this is our „mother“ . MSM is member of CSG. this is not in my hends.
But Im sure that in the future I will work with you!!
Thank you one more time
S pozdravom
Ing. Michal Korček
DSEI 2023
Yoko Uesugi
Dear Megan,
Thank you very much for your email.
We had a great time in Bologna, and we enjoyed our stay in the Social Hub Hotel too!
We definitely would like to review the preliminary rates for the Social Hub Hotel, and some other hotels close by to the Bologna Centrale Station for the next book fair season.
Thank you very much for your wonderful assistance, I look forward to hearing back from you when everything is ready.
All the best,
Yoko
Bologna Children's Book Fair – 2025
Alessandro Manzardo
Hello George,
Everything went smoothly during Anuga 2023. Thank you
Anuga 2023
Laure Wagner
Hello Tom,
The hotel in Barcelona was nice and your services were good!
CPhI Worldwide 2023
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