By Zuzana Adamson
The 31st annual travel industry trade fair aimed at ASEAN countries, ATF (ASEAN Tourism Forum), was hosted January 8-15 by Indonesia. The events took place in Manado, the capital city of the underexplored North Sulawesi Island. The Golden Kawanua Exhibitions Hall was the venue.
ATF is cooperative trade fair that aims to promote the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as a...
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Come January 2012, the brand new Golden Kawanua Exhibiting Hall, venue for ATF 2012 TRAVEX, will welcome close to 1,000 exhibitors who will occupy more than 450 exhibiting booths, representing a diverse range of ASEAN destinations, travel products and suppliers.
Among the participating exhibitors, 30 pourcent are new. Remarked Pasinee Lawtrakulngam, Director of Sales and Marketing of Kacha Resort and Spa, Koh Chang in Thailand,...
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Strategic initiatives are proving to have a positive impact on Hosted Buyers and excitement is building as EIBTM, the Global Meetings and Events Exhibitions is set for another year of serious business in the Fira Gran Via, Barcelona (29 November - 1st December).
With over 3,100 exhibitors confirmed to attend EIBTM and take advantage of these additional business opportunities, anticipation levels are high with many returning...
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In October 2011, the 19th edition of the IT & CMA trade fair took place in Bangkok alongside the 14th Corporate Travel World (CTW) Asia -Pacific trade fair. This year the event IT & CMA celebrated the tenth anniversary of Thailand as its location. The trade fair is gradually growing and experiencing success. Each year, it incorporates new features based on delegate feedback. Darren Ng, the head of TTG Asia Media launched the trade fair to the...
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When the first edition of IMEX America opens its doors at the Sands Expo, Las Vegas, on October 11, 2011 the trade show will be at the largest this year - and the biggest hosted buyer event ever in the U.S. - to address the business, networking and educational needs of the US meetings, incentive travel and events industry.
+More than 1,800 exhibitors representing 100 countries now confirmed
+More than 90 live...
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The "Beijing International Tourism Expo 2011" hosted by the Beijing Tourism Development Commission was held at the China National Convention Centre from June 17 - 19, 2011.
Besides inviting the domestic and foreign buyers, BITE also focused on inviting buyers from travel agencies across various provinces and cities to carry out negotiations with domestic and foreign exhibiting companies. Officials of the foreign embassies...
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The ninth IMEX exhibition for the worldwide meetings, incentive travel and events industry shows an exceptionally strong international hosted buyer programme in place and, with more than 90 seminars and workshops over three days, its biggest ever line-up of English and German professional education. Our magazines MICE CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE is a media partner of the show, this year for 4th time.
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IT & CM China 2011, held in Shanghai for the 5th consecutive year, has seen a 10% growth from the previous year. This leading professional Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) business and networking event in China feature 691 exhibitors from 253 exhibiting organizations, 344 buyers, 83 media and over 1,000 trade visitors.
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A congress aimed at professionals from the MICE industry entitled MCE CEE took place February 13-15 in Prague. The specialist congress, co-organized by Europecongress and CTE Tourism, was held at the five-star Corinthia Hotel. Exhibitors from Central and Eastern Europe, buyers with interest in organising MICE events in these destinations, and various speakers gathered for this event, which resulted in an intense three-day business meeting. The...
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By Zuzana Adamson
The travel industry trade fair for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries - the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2011 TRAVEX - took place between January 19 and 21.
Each year, this important event is connected with many negotiations and discussions at...
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Press release
Traditional Central-European Travel Trade Fairs - GO, REGIONTOUR and MICE Brno - presented the visitors the offer of more than hundreds of destinations. They were attended by firms from 21 countries on the exhibition space of 10,503 metres square (inter-annual increase of 5%). Most visitors came surprisingly as early as on the first day, i.e. almost 11,000 professionals. On the first two days, reserved in particular for...
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This year´s ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) TRAVEX (Travel Exchange) 2011 registered an overwhelming response, with over 500 exhibition booths fully sold by end October 2010. All ten member-nations will be well-represented at this annual leisure travel trade event which showcases the largest contingent of ASEAN destination products and services.
While some 1,000 buyers have registered their interest to source at the event, only...
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TRAVEX is an important trade fair for the travel and tourism industry for countries of the ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations. TRAVEX, together with the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) represent one of the most important events for the travel industry in the region of South-Eastern Asia.
Each year, the exhibiting companies and delegates come mainly from the 10 ASEAN countries: Brunei Darussalam,...
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Russia´s leading event for the meeting and business travel industry was held successfully from 21st to 23rd September 2010 at IEC Crocus Expo in Moscow. The show took place within the framework of MaTiw - Moscow Autumn Travel Industry Week.
Being organized by Euroexpo (Russia), a member of the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) and Euroexpo...
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Between the 5th and 7th October 2010, two remarkable MICE industry events took place in Bangkok: the 18th Trade Fair of IT CMA (Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia) and the 13th CTW (Corporate Travel World) Asia. The two have been interconnected since 2004: Once aganin; the events took place at the Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld - a multi-purpose complex including a 5-star hotel and top quality events hosting...
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IT & CM in China 2011
Early indications signal a healthy outlook for China's 2011 MICE market. Chinese and international MICE suppliers confident of surging market demand have committed to exhibiting at IT & CM (Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings) China 2011, China's leading international MICE trade event, as early as one year in advance.
Among them is the ultra-luxurious Pangu 7-star...
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At the end of June, the Turkish capital Istanbul hosted the trade fair ECECIBT, oriented towards the meetings industry and focused on Central and Eastern Europe. Its objective was to bring together various industry players - buyers and service providers from this region: DMC agencies, PCO's, hotels with conference facilities, agencies offering accompanying programmes, convention bureaus and others.
The trade fair took...
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This traditional trade fair, one of the most significant events in the meetings industry, took place in Frankfurt in Germany between 25 and 27 May 2010. Chair of the IMEX group, Ray Bloom, said that in the last couple of years the meetings industry had grapples with many challenges in various areas, including the economy.
Of the overall number of guests, 3,800 were buyers from 60 countries and markets, while the total...
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ECECIBT: 24-25-26 JUNE 2010 in ISTANBUL
- a MICE trade fair focused on central and eastern european countries
Venue: Lutfi Kirdar International Congress & Exhibition Center Istanbul
Face-to-face...
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UITT took place on 24-26 March in the Kiev's IEC. Attendance of the event was up 9% compared with the 2009 event, at 17,318. According to Event Director, Maria Badakh, this year saw an above average rise in visitor numbers. "Our improved online registration service made it much easier for visitors to get aticket to the exhibition this year. In addition, feedback from exhibitors at this year's show indicates that more people than ever in...
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The official independent ABC audit confirms that EIBTM achieved a total unique visitor attendance of 8, 170, a record number, reconfirming the event as the leading global event for the meetings and incentive industry, held in the vibrat business and tourism destination of Barcelona.
Top line statistics from the record event:
+ 8, 170 total attendance marking a 0, 5 percent increase on 2008, made up of 7563...
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International Confex closed on a high note this year as exhibitors and visitors alike declared the event a success after what has been a very challenging year for the industry.
Pre-ABC audited figures showed the event attracted 11,058 visitors, up 2% on the previous year's figure of 10,857. As expected, exhibitors took fewer staff to the show resulting in the overall total attendance figure falling 3% to 14,359 from...
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This year's EIBTM confirmed by Mandy Torrens, EIBTM Exhibition Director, as having attracted the largest ever gathering of Hosted Buyers and the most pre-sheduled appointments in the event's 21-year-old history.
She announced that unaudited figures showed that the event attracted a record number of Hosted Buyers - 3,791, up 2 % on the previous year; 54, 255 pre-sheduled meetings were organised over the three day event -...
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Russia' s leading event for the meeting and business travel industry was held successfully from 22nd to 24th September at IEC Crocus Expo in Moscow.
Being organized by Euroexpo (Russia), a member of the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) and Euroexpo Exhibitions and Congress Development GmbH (Austria), MIBEXPO Russia 2009 was supported by the following associations: Business Travel Agencies Association of Russia...
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By Zuzana Adamson
The European "MICE EUROPE Congress", oriented toward TOP executive managers within the MICE field, which previously took place in Monaco, has been held for the seventh time. This year the event organizers NASEBA picked a new location - Dubrovnik in Croatia - and the event was a wonderful success.
The Valamar Lacroma Resort, a newly opened four-star resort offering high quality...
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The Bangkok MICE trade fair, which counts amoung the most important in Asia, each year attracts buyers and exhibitors not only from Asia, but also from other destinations around the world. The precise numbers from this year's event - the 17th IT&CMA trade fair, which took place between the 6th and 8th of October 2009, are not yet known - however, the overall number of MICE delegates was around 2,000. Once again, the trade fair took...
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Naseba group is set to host the 7th Annual MICE Europe Congress on 27th - 30th of October at Valamar Lacroma Resort in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The official host of the congress this year is Valamar Hotels and Resorts - a leading Croatian hospitality management company operating properties on the Adriatic coast.
Building on the success of the past six years, MICE Europe Congress is Europe´s premier strategic gathering for...
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This year IMEX organizers moved the date of the event date to late May – a month later than last year. The reasons for the postponement aren’t clear, nevertheless, IMEX was a great success – as it is every year. The third day of the exposition seemed quieter when compared to the first two hectic days that were filled with various meetings and business...
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Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT) was held on 18-21 March 2009 in Expocentre, Moscow.
Over 16 years, MITT has become one of the leading travel exhibitions n the world. This year, the number of destinations at MITT increased to 157, and approximately 3,000 companies took part in the exhibition.
New exhibitors included Colombia, Costa Rica, Japan, Panama, Macao and Hanian Island. Luis Madrigal of...
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Emma Aru as moderator for the Association Day
For the upcoming 2009 edition of IMEX, the president of ega Emma Aru will participate as moderator in 2 of the 26 roundtable sessions scheduled for the Association Day that is...
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IT&CM China, focused on MICE travel trade, takes place in
China continues to be in the limelight as the world's most exciting MICE destination. In fact, it has been identified as one of two countries in ASIA, the other being INDIA, making a big impact on the MICE global stage.
INTERESTING FACTS
+The UN World Tourism Organisation estimates China s tourism sector to grow annualy by 12, 8 per cent, reaching 100 million by 2020.
+China is...
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By Zuzana Adamson
On March 17th the fifth Moscow M.I.C.E Forum took place. The event is an international exposition of the ‘business and incentive travel industry’ to literally translate the Russian title. It encompasses the whole field of MICE, including conferences and congresses and their respective organizers. The event once again took place in the premises of the T-Modul exhibition complex on Tischinskaja Square near the...
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The Moscow International MICE Forum in this year 2009, will be held for 5th time in its history. Every year, the event attracts more and more international MICE professionals, which include also quality buyers from companies and corporations located in Moscow and Russia. We made a partnership with the event which will happen the 17th March 2009. We will assure the distribution of our magazines and MICE professionals and decision...
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For the prestigious MICE exposition, EIBTM, this year 2008 was the biggest ever in its history. It seems that the crisis economic walking around the world doesn't touch the meetings and MICE industry. Or, not yet.
Paul Kennedy, MBE, Group Exhibitor Director, Reed Travel Exhibitions Meetings and Incentive Event, says: "The show has grown consistently over the last four years...
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The IT&CMA MICE trade fair in Bangkok, one of the most important Asian MICE expositions, started on the same day as political unrest against the local government spread across the city. The upheavals didn’t, however, affect the trade fair or endanger movement throughout the city.
As for the accompanying events, meetings, conferences and networking opportunities, the organizers...
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For the upcoming trade fair season, we have prepared even more new media partnerships, one of the most significant being the MITT trade fair in Moscow. Even though it is not a MICE trade fair as such, Russia has proved to be an important source country for the Czech Republic and other countries, and so we have embarked on a partnership with this trade fair, amplifying our reader base from the ranks of professionals within the travel industry in...
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The IMEX Trade Fair, one of the most extensive and important MICE trade events in the world, took place in Frankfurt am Main from 22 to 24 April.
This year brought several new things, including a very close-knit cooperation between IMEX and MPI (Meetings Professionals International), one of the most prominent organisation that represents professionals within the MICE travel buisness: corporate organisers, associations and voluntary...
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By Zuzana Adamson
Shanghai is a modern Chinese city that is currently experiencing rapid growth and is a much sought after, fashionable hotspot. the only Chinese trade fair specifically aimed at the MICE travel industry takes place here. It is a relatively new event; but even though this year was only its second, the fair attracted 211 exhibitors extending over an area of 6,200 square metres and more than 2,000 delegates from the MICE...
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In February we were present at two trade fairs: the first of these, BEDOUK, took place on the 6th and 7th of February in Paris. Although in terms of quality and reputation it doesn't compare to other trade fairs such as EIBTM or IMEX and tends to focus on the local, French MICE subjects, we still managed to gain new readers and distribute our magazines. BEDOUK is likely to grow and evolue further in the future.
Even though the other trade...
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By Zuzana Adamson
The 31st annual travel industry trade fair aimed at ASEAN countries, ATF (ASEAN Tourism Forum), was hosted January...
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Come January 2012, the brand new Golden Kawanua Exhibiting Hall, venue for ATF 2012 TRAVEX, will welcome close to 1,000 exhibitors who will occupy more...
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