ITB Asia, Asia’s leading travel trade show, opened its doors at the iconic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore today. Co-located with MICE Show Asia and Travel Tech Asia, the event provides three full days of networking opportunities with international exhibitors, complemented by conference sessions. Guest of Honour Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore, opened the show together with Melissa Ow, Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board and David Ruetz, Senior Vice President, Messe Berlin.

At the recently concluded IT&CM Asia 2023 in Bangkok, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) led the Thai Team to secure 405 leads from its three main exhibition pavilions. The number of generated leads adds on to TCEB’s 23 conference-bid win performance concluded at the end of the bureau’s 2023 financial year on 30 September.

The Thailand Pavilion comprises 40 exhibitors and generated 135 leads, a 43.6% increase from 94 leads achieved last year. The leads from Thailand Pavilion – 133 for meetings and incentives (24,532 travellers) and two for conventions (2,200 travellers) – is valued at 1,764 million baht. ​

​The 31st IT&CM Asia and 26th CTW Asia-Pacific 2023 which concluded on 29 September 2023, brought back the in-person event with more buzz on the show floor. Aside from business and knowledge components, this year’s programme featured a wide array of activities, in and outside of booths, including targeted networking and knowledge sessions.
 
The show welcomed more than 240 new and returning destinations and brands along with more than 400 MICE, Association and Corporate Buyers from over 50 countries/territories, who took advantage of the bountiful procurement and networking opportunities. 

Changi Airport commences operations in the northern wing of Terminal 2 (T2) today after three and a half years of engineering works to extend the life of critical systems, and expansion works to bring Changi’s overall capacity to 90 million passengers per annum (mppa). T2’s handling capacity has increased by five mppa to 28 mppa.  
 
This boost in capacity is timely as air travel in Changi Airport continues to recover. Passenger traffic at Changi Airport for August 2023 was about 87% of pre-Covid levels. The southern wing of T2 was reopened in May 2022 (arrivals) and October 2022 (departures) to provide capacity to serve an increasing number of passengers following the easing of international border restrictions earlier in the year. 

While a number of shops and dining options, as well as facilities and amenities are already open, passengers can look forward to the full suite of T2 attractions, stores and restaurants as these are launched progressively in the coming weeks. The full reopening of T2 will be celebrated with an event in early November 2023. 

​On 26 September 2023, IT&CM Asia and CTW Asia-Pacific opens with much fanfare to a packed audience in Bangkok. According to pre-event statistics, a total of 580 exhibitors and 400 buyers are attending this year’s event, the first face-to-face show since the disruption by Covid-19 from 2020.