CAC Amsterdam Prolonged Hangovers From Fewer Sponsored Parties

All those fine CAC Amsterdam reports began popping up this week - about 7 days after the world's largest online casino affiliate event had ended.  Marc Lesnick, the conference organizer, stated that some 600 plus individuals had pre-registered for the event.  Not all over them showed up, as was to be expected even in the best of times.

Considering the state of the industry, the economy and perhaps most notably, a revolution of sorts within the online casino community itself, CAC Amsterdam 2009 could be seen as a success.

From Online Casino Reports:

"Although a lot of talks go on off camera, affiliates and webmasters from around the world met on the exhibit floor, sat in on some professional lectures and asked expert panels the questions they have on their minds these days.

"Current trends, mainly the shift from the US to Europe and projections for the direction online gambling is ehaded this year in various countries such as Eastern Europe and Latin America; the effect the global economic crisis has had on online gambling, or lack there of; issues of certification and honesty in the industry; video productions and SEO tips."

That site also produced a video surrounding the event seen here.

Everybody's favorite "not-so-innocent Catholic school girl", Rebecca Liggero, of Casino City offered her take on the event - mostly from a party point of view.

Liggero highlighted one of the biggest setbacks at this year's event, largely brought on by the economic downturn, the lack of company sponsored parties.

"Its true there were very few sponsored parties, and worst of all, the nightlife in Amsterdam is non-existent on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the three nights of the conference. Sounds awful, doesn't it? Not exactly. From a Casino City, GPWA and APCW business point of view, our time at CAC was a success due to quality meetings we had with the operators who had made the trip for the "operators meeting". From a social and networking point of view, we made our own fun with some of the industries finest and most famous personalities, many of which you will read about below. I will be so bold as to say, my five days at CAC Amsterdam were some of the most enjoyable ever."

But lack of party sponsorships is now common across the conference board, not just for CAC or the industry as a whole. 

Gambling911.com Cuban transgender reporter, Sparky Collins, spent the better part of February doubling as a photographer for New York City's Fashion Week.

"Lots of people showed but the parties were much fewer," he told us at the time. 

Sadly, this has become the norm with most conferences and events as they look to cut back.