The recently concluded Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) 2024 has stimulated business between exhibitors and buyers estimated to be worth more than $330 million over the next 12 months - a 65% increase on 2023. The tradeshow was AIME’s largest in a decade, with more than 570 exhibitors, 595 hosted buyers and 17,000 meetings occurring on the showfloor across the two days. More than 4,000 people attended AIME 2024, including 70 media representatives from around the world, and more than 89,500 connections were made across the event.
Comprising the 38th ITE (Leisure) and 19th MICE Travel Expo, ITE Hong Kong 2024 will be held from June 13 to 16 at Halls 1 of Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). As Hong Kong’s only international travel fair, it is strongly supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China with Hong Kong Tourism Board and Macao Government Tourism Office etc. as supporters.
Managed by CTG MICE Service Company Limited and TTG Asia Media, Singapore’s leading tourism media, IT&CM China 2024 will be held on 26 – 28 March 2024, at the Shanghai Convention & Exhibition Centre of International Sourcing (SHCEC), Shanghai, China.
ICCA Congress 2023 in Bangkok concluded with the success on sustainability legacy. In cooperation with ICCA, Thailand exercised the practice of sustainable food sourcing and management during the congress that has become a model for 'Bangkok Pledge on Gastronomy Sustainability' to be launched at next year's ICCA Congress in Abu Dhabi. ICCA Congress 2023 was held between 12 and 15 November 2023 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC).
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. In a bid to build up Thailand’s image as a high value-added destination, Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) seeks out opportunities that enable event owners and organisers to tap into high-potential future industries while also making it easier to discover more authentic and localised activities that meet the demands of a new generation of MICE visitors.
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.
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