GDC organisers Informa have said they have not seen any drop in planned attendance by overseas visitors, despite escalating industry concern over both costs and the current US political situation. GDC conference director and Head of Content Ashley Corrigan said that attendance was "tracking in line with expectations," with "some regions that are up, some that are down." She cited the number of international pavilions that will be on the GDC expo floor, which has been redesigned this year as the "Festival Hall". Complaining about GDC remains an established industry tradition, but a number of UK and European publishers have told GamesIndustry.biz they will not be attending. The show's controversial decision to rebrand from Game Developer Conference to GDC Festival of Gaming also received lukewarm response.