IAG Academy IR Awards highlights video released by Inside Asian Gaming

Inside Asian Gaming has released the Official Highlights Video of the 2026 IAG Academy IR Awards, which took place at the Manila Marriott on 16 September as part of IAG EXPO 2026. The footage showcases the ceremony that recognised companies, properties and individuals across 26 award categories plus the Hall of Fame, and captures moments from an evening attended by senior executives, industry leaders and other key stakeholders from across Asia’s integrated resort sector.

Oliver Grant, Industry Technology Correspondent.

IAG Academy IR Awards highlights: what the video shows

The highlights video compiles key moments from the awards evening: stage presentations, acceptance scenes, celebratory shots and excerpts that represent the ceremony’s focus areas—leadership, gaming, hospitality, innovation and corporate responsibility. Inside Asian Gaming produced the Official Highlights Video to present a concise record of the night and to make the ceremony accessible to people who could not attend in Manila.

The event recognised achievement across a broad slate of categories, culminating in the Hall of Fame induction. The video is presented as a summary of winners, ceremonies and social moments rather than a full record of every award presentation.

How the ceremony fit inside IAG EXPO 2026

The awards were held on 16 September at the Manila Marriott during IAG EXPO 2026. IAG EXPO 2026 served as the umbrella conference and exhibition for the integrated resort industry during that week, and the IAG Academy IR Awards formed the evening’s formal recognition programme. The release of the highlights video is timed to follow the expo and to sustain visibility for the conference’s outcomes.

The Official Highlights Video functions as both a promotional and archival asset for the organisers and participants. It provides trade audiences with a quick reference to the ceremony’s scope and atmosphere without reproducing full acceptance speeches or panel sessions from the EXPO.

What the awards recognise and the event scale

The IAG Academy IR Awards are designed to acknowledge operational, leadership and corporate-social-responsibility performance across Asia’s integrated resort industry. The 2026 ceremony covered 26 distinct categories alongside the Hall of Fame; those categories span leadership, gaming operations, guest experience, innovation and corporate responsibility.

Attendees included senior executives and industry leaders from across the region. The gathering is positioned as a peer-recognition occasion for the integrated resort sector and as a networking forum that accompanies the broader IAG EXPO programming.

How to access the Official Highlights Video and partnership opportunities

Inside Asian Gaming published the Official Highlights Video to its channels so that operators, suppliers and stakeholders who were not in Manila can view the ceremony highlights. The publisher also uses the video to illustrate the awards’ tone and the kinds of organisations and individuals the IAG Academy recognises.

Organisations interested in sponsorship or commercial participation in future related events are directed to Inside Asian Gaming’s commercial contacts. For sponsorship enquiries relating to the CiG iDEA Summit, Manila After Dark (MAD), the IAG Academy Summit or the IAG Academy IR Awards in 2027, the publisher asks parties to contact IAG’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Jadeson Ho, by email at [email protected] or by telephone on +853 2883 6497.

Why the highlights release matters to operators and suppliers

For operators and suppliers the Official Highlights Video is a compact view of industry recognition and reputation building. Short-form footage gives procurement teams, marketing departments and investor relations functions material they can reference when assessing partner prominence in Asia, without waiting for full post-event reports.

The video also signals which event properties remain active in the regional calendar and where senior industry networks convene; that context is relevant for companies planning exhibition, sponsorship or speaking budgets for the 2027 cycle.

Related IAG programming and next steps

The IAG Academy IR Awards sit among other IAG-branded forums and gatherings that run alongside the expo week. Parties interested in the broader programme or in sponsorship should use the contact provided above. More information on IAG EXPO 2026 sessions and associated summits is available through Inside Asian Gaming’s event listings.

For readers tracking awards, supplier visibility or partnership pipelines, the Official Highlights Video provides a short, citable record of the ceremony’s scale and the awards’ category count. It does not replace full proceedings, but it does preserve the winners’ moment and the Hall of Fame induction in a single, shareable asset.