Tag: IT&CMA China
Shanghai and Beijing ink MICE partnership
SHANGHAI and Beijing have closed ranks and embarked on a groundbreaking collaboration to jointly develop MICE tourism and target international events.
Kicking off the partnership...
Beijing develops MICE roadmap
MINDFUL of the need to diversify its tourism offerings in order to sustain long-term growth, Beijing has decided to ramp up efforts in developing...
China’s meetings industry moving beyond hardware
CHINA'S meetings industry is slowly acknowledging the importance of content management in business events, according to Martin Sirk, ICCA CEO.
“Five years ago, the focus...
Express Rail Link: Boon and bane for Hong Kong tourism
THE EXPRESS Rail Link railway, set to connect Hong Kong's west Kowloon to southern Chinese cities like Guangzhou and Shenzhen by 2015, may not...
South African direct services a fillip
THE FIRST-EVER direct service to Beijing to be launched by South African Airways later this year is expected to substantially grow South African corporate...
Cheap habits make China a challenge
DESPITE a thriving outbound MICE market (see related story), groundhandlers and suppliers observe that Chinese incentive groups drive a hard bargain, doing away with...
Leads return to Japan
EVENT negotiations that were put on hold following the triple-whammy Japan disaster are being restarted, with new enquiries from planners trickling in slowly but...
Next wave incentives
AFTER the first upsurge in China's leisure outbound, the country's MICE business is being touted as “the next wave”, and the trade is homing...
New MICE valley emerges in Shanghai
SONGJIANG District is promoting itself as the new MICE valley of Shanghai.
One of the 18 districts of Shanghai located about 30 minutes by...
Hangzhou sets up MICE division
THE HANGZHOU Tourism Commission has set up a new MICE division, which is rolling out a number of initiatives.
Already a rising star in...
