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The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) has announced a new campaign ‘I M PEOPLE FOCUSED’ a way to create solutions for Incentive Travels and Meetings together with EASE UP, which is a collaborative financial grant.  EASE UP gives event organizers an access to an initial financial support of more than half a million USD from TCEB and equivalent value in complimentary products and services from participating partners.

MICE Industry in Thailand is one of the major branches of Tourism in Thailand, contributing 177.2 billion to the economy, accounting for 1.2% of overall Thailand GDP in 2018. 

TCEB has identified 5 major cities, Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and Pattaya which are perfect for every kind of event.

Based on 2019 Country and City Rankings by ICCA, Bangkok is positioned on thirteen place with 124 number of meetings per city.

Thailand is now ready to welcome business events back to the region in the brand new way of face to face connections.

#TCEB #Thailand #MICEInThailand #Tourism #wewillmeetagain #EventProfessionals #MICEIndustry #Meetings #IncentiveTravels #Conference #Exhibitions  #MSE #MSE_event

IMEX is one of the most important events for our industry, bringing the global meetings together in one place, twice a year with IMEX Frankfurt in May and IMEX America in September. This year IMEX Frankfurt and IMEX America are cancelled due to the current situation and IMEX America would have celebrated its tenth anniversary this 2020. 

IMEX America 2019 in Las Vegas hosted 13,500 total participants, 3,426 hosted buyers from 68 countries and 3,500+ exhibitors from 155 countries. Proof that IMEX is the right place to meet great buyers.

In spite of that IMEX Group launched PlanetIMEX last May, a virtual platform for the community with educational programs at no cost and allowing visitors to network, explore content, connect and meet new people.  

The platform is unique and interactive represented by three islands (Education, Community and Networking) where you can find news and updates, activities, podcasts, reports and more engaging 3-D online experience.  

IMEX Group will continue expanding PlanetIMEX over the next months. 

Have you attended IMEX Frankfurt or IMEX America? Were you able to attend any session at PlanetIMEX? Which one was your favourite? 

#IMEXGroup #PlanetIMEX #MSE #EventProfessionals #Virtualevents #wewillmeetagain  #Philippines  #MICE

Great news for our Event Industry as World Health Organization has provided updated guidelines for outdoor events and mass gatherings. The purpose of the document “Key planning recommendations for mass gatherings in the context of COVID-19” published on 29 May provides guidance to governments, health authorities and national or international organizers of mass gatherings on containing risk of COVID-19.

The document recommend changes to large event and encourage to address risks of any origin before planning and organizing events following the best practices on available evidence.

The risk assessment should be tailored to the events and undertaken by local and national public health authorities. The risk factors to assess are the key characteristics and areas to considerer e.g. venue (location, size/type, indoor/outdoor), guest profile (age, health status, provenance, international/local travel to event, etc.), event activities and duration of the event and last but not least the capacity of the host country’s health system to detect and manage cases of COVID-19 in terms of policies, resources, and capacities.

#WHO #COVID19 #BeatCOVID19 #MSE #Events #MICEIndustry #Eventplanner #MICE #Eventprofessionals #Meetings #IncentiveTravels #Conference #Exhibitions

Italian Exhibition Group launched a project for Italy’s Convention and Trade Show Industry focusing on every phrase for the Trade Show and Conferences in line with the Anti-COVID19 health regulations and documents drafted by AEFI, FEDERCONGRESSI, UFI and EMECA.

Here are some guidelines:

1. Before the Trade Show: Ticket office and payments exclusively online, digital platform for planning appointments before the show, safe planning and management of all the outfitting supply chain.
2. Entrance; Face mask distribution desk, multiple entrance with safety aisles and distancing signage, digital entry ticket and thermo scanners.
3. Expo Centre: Trade Show App and signage with instructions on anti COVID-19, contactless payment systems, hand sanitizer dispensers, visitor flows will be monitored with centralized digital tracking and on-site controls by specialized stewards.
4. Catering: Temperature checks for the workers, staff must wear gloves, face masks, payments app, barriers between tables and digital menus, coded delivery procedure.
5. Services: Sanitized and equipped shuttle transport with hand sanitizer and fixed number of passengers between the airport, hotels and Expo Centre. Conference rooms and business centre with seating layout to guarantee social distancing and digitalized informative material.
6. Accessibility: Reserved parking, internal lifts for the conference rooms, supply of assistance equipment like wheelchairs sanitized before and after been used, all the areas and facilities will be sanitized continuously.
7. Special Actions: Crisis Management Protocol will be stablished, cycle of waste bin emptying and sanitization, medical room and isolation zone for possible suspected cases. Training and Information for Exhibitors and Visitors through the website, app and hospitality information offices.
8. Events and Conferences: Temperature measurement at the entrance by specialized staff, monitored conference room, multi-media productions and live streaming to support events, App integrated with all the initiatives and instructions regarding COVID-19 and staff training on safety procedures and regulations,

The project have more than 50 guidelines providing a complete and reliable protocol protecting the health of companies and visitors.

IEG manages and arranges trade fairs and conventions shows for food and beverage, jewelry and fashion, tourism, hospitality, and technological sectors. IEG organized and hosted 48 fairs and 190 conferences in 2019.

#SafeBusiness #Italy #IEG #Exhibitions #Meetingsandeventsmeanbusiness #Tourism #BusinessTourism #MICEIndustry #MSE #EventPlanners

The 53rd MBC Construction Expo held from May 8 to May 11, 2020, organized by Dong-A Exhibition Co. Ltd. at KINTEX in South Korea is the first exhibition held after COVID-19. MBC Construction Expo is a traditional event that showcases the latest products and trends in the architecture industry.

What is being done by the venue and the event organizers to prevent COVID-19?

To keep the Social Distance stickers were placed on the floor to keep the distance between the attendees at the entrance.

Temperature checks were performed before entering the exhibition hall along with facial recognition displays.

Booths had partitions in between and hand sanitizers.

Exhibitors are focusing on preventing COVID-19 with a face shield and face mask.

KINTEX is the largest exhibition and convention center located in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. With 108,566㎡ of exhibition space within KINTEX I and KINTEX II and 40 meeting rooms. The Convention Center host 1,100 MICE events every year including trade shows, international meetings and conferences.

KINTEX is striving to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction and it is a milestone for the Convention Center to situate its position as a venue in the MICE Industry to develop standards and guidelines implemented after the COVID-19.  

What are your thoughts about it? Share your comments with us.

#Exhibitions #MICE #킨텍스 공식 트위터KINTEX #KINTEXKorea #GlobalTravel #EconomicImpact #MSE

Watch more here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoCB5K9GCLw

*Source: KINTEX

COVID-19 has caused a substantial impact on our industry and many events around the world are cancelled and/or postponed.

Here a small recap of the events worldwide cancelled this year and postponed to 2021.

1. Tokyo Olympics 2020 postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021
2. UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches postponed and Euro 2020 moved to 2021
3. The Boston Marathon postponed to September 14, 2020 and The Berlin Marathon 2020 cancelled.
4. FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation postponed the Asian World Cup with an open window of June 2020
5. Oktoberfest 2020, Munich cancelled the first time since World War II
6. Glastonbury Festival 2020 cancelled
7. 2020 Comic-Con International in San Diego cancelled
8. TED 2020: Uncharted to be held in Vancouver has been postponed to July 20-26, 2020 or will be a virtual event
9. F1 Vietnam Grand Prix in Hanoi and Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai postponed
10. G2E Asia postponed to December 2020

Postponed events in the Philippines:

• 13th International University Theater Association World Congress in Manila
• Manila Coffee Festival
• The Chamber of Thrift Banks Convention
• Franchise Asia Philippines Expo
• Manila International Auto Show
• Philippine International Furniture Show and Interior and Design Manila
• Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition postponed to 2021.

#Events #MICE #Philippines #GlobalTravel #Tourism #Asia #EconomicImpact #MSE #Exhibitions

The Department of Tourism (DOT) in the Philippines has launched a free online training program for the tourism stakeholders. The online training included lectures on the Filipino Brand of Service and the Tourism Enterprise that took place yesterday via Zoom video conferencing. Over 150 participants join the webinars.

Maintaining Emotional Wellness During COVID-19 Crisis and the second session of the Tourism Enterprise will be provided next Friday 24 April.

Certainly, this is a great initiative from DOT.

#Webinars #Philippines #DOT #MSE #EventsGoVirtual #Keepsafe #Tourism #PlanfortheFuture #Opportunity

#WeHealAsOne

The event industry, like so many other industries, has been hit hard by COVID-19. Most face-to-face meetings have moved online, events have been postponed or canceled, but looking to the positive side the professionals of the industry are doing something about it. In response to COVID-19, more and more meeting venues are working with developing contingency plans and turned their spaces into temporary care facilities. Our industry is used to dealing with the constant rebuilding of the venues from one exhibition to another, in a short time. So instead of getting ready for the next exhibition, these big halls are now being turned into temporary hospitals with the valuable extra needed capacity to care for the increasing number of patients in need of treatment.

What about the Philippines?

Initiatives have been taken in the Philippines. Several Arenas, Exhibition Areas, and Event Venues are already being turned into COVID-19 caring facilities:

• The Ninoy Aquino Stadium at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Malate, Manila.
• Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay, Metro Manila.
• World Trade Center, Pasay, Metro Manila.
• Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Bulacan

Here are a couple of meeting venues around the world that have been converted to hospitals:

• ExCeL London, United Kingdom.
• Optics Valley Convention and Exhibition Center, Wuhan, China.
• IFEMA Convention Centre, Madrid, Spain.
• Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York, United States.
• McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, United States.
• New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, United States.
• Vancouver Convention Centre, Canada.
• Anhembi Convention Center, Brazil.

Please get involved and share other possible venues that can be used during this crisis? Let’s use our event industry to save more lives.

Like, comment and share any of your feedback to help!

 #StaySafe   #HelpOthers   #SocialDistancing   #EventOrganizers   #EventVenues   #EventIndustries   #MSE   #Manila   #Philippines

During these challenging times, we need to be proactively reactive. We all need to follow the recommendations and instructions related to our well-being and the containment of this virus. Let’s try to enjoy some of the positive effects that we are seeing in the wake of this through significant improvement in the pollution levels in the major cities around the world and hopefully having more time to spend with our loved ones.

How to move forward
What we can do, is not only to move our businesses forward but also to make sure we take care of our friends and family. With more people working from home and practicing social distancing, it is a good time to reach out to your business partners and customers. 

Let’ Talk! 
We are very happy to continue the positive dialogue with our business partners and customers during these times! Please get back to us regarding possible postponed events, to ensure that this extra time gives us more time to plan and execute an even better event once it finally happens. Stay safe!

#StayInContact #ContinueTalking #StaySafe #MSE #ContactUs #CoronaUpdate #WorkFromHome #Manila #WorldSafety