"Licensing represents a powerful revenue stream for interactive and gaming companies, and this event is the perfect place to meet the right audience and realize that potential."

- Pat O’Brien at EA

"This is the place to be – this is the show!"

- Linda Mariano, Vice President, Marketing and Licensing, The Thomas Kinkade Company

"The show was very worthwhile and enables buyers to view all licenses on a level playing field and get a feel on 'the next big thing'."

- Claire Marsh, Buyer, Kids Essentials, Sainsbury’s

"Las Vegas was the perfect place for the licensing industry to demonstrate the best of the entertainment and brands we all have to offer."

- Karen Addison, MD, Karen Addison Associates

"We managed to pack in scores of meetings with a high caliber of retailers and licensees."

- Tom Keefer, SVP Global Licensing, BBC Worldwide

"Attendees were there with purpose and meetings were more efficient for that reason."

- Lucy McCredie, Interim VP Brand Licensing & Retail, FremantleMedia Enterprises

"A very good show –...Attendance seemed to be the right sort of people."

- Karen Addison, MD, Karen Addison Associates

"The key decision makers were in attendance and ready to do business."

- Darren Kyman, Executive Director, Marketing & Retail Development, Paramount Licensing

"We felt that the quality of attendees was very strong across licensees, retailers and international agents."

- Jon Owen, VP Consumer Products & Marketing, EMEA, Hit Entertainment

"For us, the show was a great success on all fronts with very positive meetings and lots of good news."

- Vickie O’Malley, MD, CPLG

"I will be going back, it’s a once a year trip that is as much about networking as it is about seeing new licenses – to our business it’s very important."

- Rachel Wyatt, Director of Marketing, Kinnerton Confectionery

"It was the best show we have had in several years – both in terms of our established licensees that we were able to meet with as well as new licensees in the categories we have been wanting for expansion of the Thomas Kinkade brand."

- Linda Mariano, Vice President, Marketing and Licensing, The Thomas Kinkade Company

"As a first time exhibitor, EA had an extraordinarily positive experience at Licensing International Expo. We were amazed at the response to our range of properties and characters."

- Pat O’Brien at EA

"The gamble and investment to get us to Vegas definitely paid off, having come away with numerous new contacts and potential projects from a variety of exhibitors."

- Paula Taylor, Commercial Director, Dot Dash Design

"Memorable in a word…Our industry needs to have something new injected into it and Vegas delivered."

- David Wootliff, Licensing Director, Hallmark

"As a first time exhibitor, we were unsure of what to expect from the 2009 International Licensing show in Las Vegas. Over the past 7 months, we now know the licensing show was an excellent return on investment. We made several contacts at the show and those connections have resulted in multiple licensing contracts for the Working Girls brand. We look forward to making even more connections at the 2010 show."

- Jodi Pedri, Artist & Tonja Steel, Writer, Working Girls Design, Inc.