Canton Fair welcomes back international visitors

After three years of the COVID-zero policies, the Canton Fair is back and open for business. The bellwether event will run in three phases from 15th April to 5th May. New venue space will also be available at the Canton Fair complex (“Area D”) which will expand the available exhibition area from 1.18 million sqm to 1.5 million sqm.

MICE stakeholders very optimistic about HK and China

The industry is very optimistic about how quickly and strongly the markets in Hong Kong and China are bouncing back. This year, Hong Kong is set to host more than 100 international business events and AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) has over 200 confirmed events to date for 2023.

Australia targets mega-fam and incentive groups

Business Events Sydney (BESydney) looks to pick-up where it left off before the pandemic – targeting huge Asian visitor groups. This week, 50 international planners and media are arriving in Sydney from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Korea.

Organisers of AIME pleased with result

The Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) was held in February. Organisers claim that US$134 million in new business was generated during the event. That figure is close to a 70% increase compared with 2022.