MICE Industry

Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), Busan Tourism Organization (BTO), and Control Robot Systems Society, Korea’s member of IFAC, supported the bid. In 2018, KTO appointed Vice President of IFAC, Professor Cho Dong-il, as the honorary Korea MICE Ambassador.

Tony PedroniThe new Similan Ballroom meetings and events centre will offer 640 square metres of flexible meeting and exhibition space including a pillar-less ballroom with six-metre high ceilings with movable partition walls.

Conference speakers will share emerging technologies, trends, ideas and applicable case studies that will set the stage for new possibilities in travel.

All projects are initiated with the objectives to help realise Thailand’s economic corridors in various regions that are linked with the GMS countries and the CLMV bloc as well as to strengthen linkage with China’s One Belt One Road initiative.

Notable highlights, aside from the 12,000 business appointments, were the popular Brand Showcase Presentations along with the Meet-The Corporates and Exhibition Walkabouts that added to the debuting lead generation avenues between exhibitors and buyers.

First Contact’s APAC investment comes at a time of steady growth and adoption in the company’s Workplace Concierge model, which has allowed it to grow its employee base year-on-year for the past five years to a workforce of over 250 employees.

Sivertson, who is based in Vancouver, Canada, said that the role as CEO of GainingEdge was a good fit both in terms of his past experience and his future aspirations.

This is the fifth consecutive year and seventh time in total that the company’s flagship hotel and convention centre has received this prestigious award, which was announced at the Asia-Pacific travel industry’s annual event organised by TTG Asia Media.

The launch of the ‘Meet Sustainable’ campaign is built upon the solid foundation of TCEB in introducing and promoting sustainable practices to Thai MICE suppliers for over 10 years.

In 2020, TCEB expects that the number of foreign MICE travellers entering into Thailand will reach 1,386,000, which can generate 105,600 million baht of revenue. The number of MICE travellers from meetings and incentives market is estimated at 762,000, which can generate the revenue of 57,000 million baht.