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This month is the 1st annual World MICE Awards hosted at the Park Hyatt Dubai on October 27^th. The Gala Ceremony Awards aims to drive up standards within the MICE industry by rewarding the organizations that are leaders in their field.

 

Business leaders and companies in the Philippines are nominated with three of the six categories including Best Convention Centre, Best MICE Hotel and Best MICE Organizer.

 

The World MICE Awards is the sister event of World Travel Awards, WTA serves to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.

 

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Great news for The Philippines as the Department Of Tourism (DOT) has achieved the #SafeTravels stamp granted by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and becoming the 100th destination in implementing the global protocols to restore confidence to travelers and reinforce the sector.

 

With this stamp, it will be easier for travelers and tourism stakeholders to identify those destinations and companies that are complying and have implemented the health and hygiene protocols providing consistency to ensure the safety of travelers.

 

Qualified companies including airlines and airports, attractions, car rentals, cruise lines, hotels, outdoor shopping, short term rentals, restaurants, tour operators and transportation that will use the stamp as sign of the commitment to offer the best standards of hygiene and sanitation for the visitors.

 

It is important to highlight that this stamp will gradually help the economic recovery of the tourism industry, increasing the demand of destinations and generate jobs and  opportunities within the Philippines.

 

We cannot wait to travel again and experience all the tourist spots in the country.

 

#SafeTravels #WTTC #Philippines #Travel #Tourism #GlobalTravel #Travelbubble #SafeTrip #TravelLocal #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines #EconomicImpact  #Wewillmeetagain #MSE #MSE_event #MICEandSpecialEvents

Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) will host the Global Recovery Forum, one day event having a hybrid format available online and face-to-face on 10^th November and it will be held at the ICC Sydney the Australia’s first fully-integrated convention, exhibition and entertainment venue. 

 

The four hour education program includes case studies, workshops, training and discussions giving the opportunity to event professionals in the Asia-Pacific Region to learn, acquire new skills and adapt to the new market. The Forum aim to support the events industry and help to drive new business value to recover with the latest updates.

 

PCMA is a professional organization and the largest platform for business events strategists, with more than 7,000 members with 17 chapters in 30 countries. PCMA APAC has a strong presence in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia and North Asia.

 

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The Philippines became one of the first international meeting destination in Southeast Asia when the country surprised the world by being the first to build an international convention center.

 

The Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) is located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Metro Manila. PICC was inaugurated on September 5th in 1976 hosting the International Monetary Fund Meeting  (IMF-World Bank Meeting) with 4,650 delegates.

 

The world-class and iconic building is more than a convention center due to its brutalist architecture designed by the National Artist for Architecture Leandro V. Locsin. It took two years to build, $65 million to make it a reality and consists of five building modules to translate it into 70,000 square meter of floor space.

 

Just to mention a couple of events held in PICC

• Concerts of international artist like Luciano Pavarotti in 1994, Il Divo 2007, Janet Jackson 2011 and the Filipino artist and singer Lea Salonga celebrate her 40th Anniversary in 2018.
• Miss Universe in 1994.
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 1996 and 2015.
• DigiCon holds their events here since 2016.
• The Russian Classic Ballet with the Starts of Bolshoi Ballet in 2018.
• 37th PCHRD Anniversary International Conference on Health Research and Industry 2019.
• PhilMICE Forum 2019.
• PATA The Philippines Chapter 5th Edition Pinoy Chikka Forum 2019and many more.

 

With 44 years of cultural heritage, the PICC remains as the most flexible and versatile venue to host national and international conventions, meetings and events of all sorts in the Philippines.

 

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The Live Events Industry has never been so well united in the Philippines. 1st September will be remembered for the night where event venues, outdoor spaces, iconic buildings and landmarks shined red to support the campaign “Light it up in Red” by the National Live Events Coalition PH.

 

Our industry is facing uncertainty and experience a drastic hit, but the history has shown us how resilient the Events Industry truly is. We adapt and learn from the actual challenges and as many other circumstances we have been through in the past, we will bounce back stronger than ever.

 

It is important to continue showing support and we at M&SE would like to say Thank You to NLECPH for this great initiative and for being the voice of thousands of people during this critical times.

 

#Philippines #LightItInRed #NLECPh #RedAlert #LightitupRed #WeMakeEvents #Liveevents #GlobalRED #PlayYourPart #GOLiveTogether #Events #Wewillmeetagain #MSE #MSE_event #SpecialEvents #MICEIndustryandSpecialEvents

 

This is the month for the 19th PHITEX (Philippine Travel Exchange) edition and this year the event will implement its first hybrid format, having the virtual component and being held on the island of Panglao in Bohol from the 22-24 September. The program including pre-scheduled business appointments, educational webinars and post-tours.

 

PHITEX is organized annually by Tourism Promotion Board (TPB) and it is the biggest travel trade event in the country providing a business-to-business platform where encourage local accredited sellers and qualified international buyers around the world to exchange and explore new opportunities on the travel and tourism market opening doors to business and relations.

 

Not to mention that PHITEX give the exclusive opportunity to showcase key attractions and destinations. Last year, 162 international buyer from over 28 countries joined the event together with 127 local sellers.

 

More information here www.phitex.ph

 

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At risk of collapse, the events industry was the first to close down and it will most likely be one of the last industries to return back to business.

 

During the last couple of weeks, we have seen campaigns across Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK in support of the Live Events Industry where many event venues, outdoor spaces, theaters, arenas, iconic buildings and landmarks were turned red to shine a light on the crisis during the pandemic. US is planning to light red hundreds of building on 1 September, to call for urgent government assistance.

 

In order to raise awareness in the Philippines, the National Live Events Coalition PH encourage to join the campaign “Light up in Red” on 1st September between 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in support for all live event professionals, production companies, technicians, freelancers, performers, musicians, entertainers, venues, art institutions and third parties involved in our industry.

 

M&SE join in solidarity to show our commitment to this amazing industry. Events bring people together and if you work in the events industry you can be part of this significant action because you know that events matter.

 

#Philippines #LightItInRed #NLECPh #RedAlert #LightitupRed #WeMakeEvents #Liveevents #GlobalRED #PlayYourPart #Events #Wewillmeetagain #MSE #MSE_event #SpecialEvents #MICEIndustryandSpecialEvents

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented the IATA Health Safety Standards Checklist for Airline Operators complying with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) providing the standards and recommended practices during the pandemic.

The sections cover pre-arrival notification, check in, embarkation and disembarkation, aircraft cleaning, onboard air quality, in-flight operations, flight and cabin crew – general, crew layover and airport facilities.

 

The standards from IATA are available here.

 

Excellent work from this two organizations considering that the travel bubbles will allow tourists to fly directly to hotspots locally and this will help reactivate the Tourism.

 

IATA celebrated its 75 years last April. IATA was founded on 1945 in Havana, Cuba. Today IATA has 290 members from 120 nations around the globe.

#IATA #Travelbubbles #Tourism #Travel #Philippines #Readytofly #Flysafe #Wewillmeetagain #MSE #MSE_event

Great things happen when people come together and the message that the Live Events Coalition want to prove with the Empty Event is clear. The COVID-19 impact on the Events Industry is catastrophic.

 

The Empty Event illustrates the impact of the current situation in our industry. The first Empty Event took place on the Times Square New York  and the second on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

 

48 tables with signs facing an empty stage, each table representing 250,000 of the 12 million event industry workers affected. Involving all the players of the live events industry including event planners, venues, caterers, suppliers and more.

 

Here some facts that are terrifying:

“It took 100 unpaid live event professionals to make The Empty Event possible. But there are 12 million more without work right now.”

“Live Events workers spend average of 20 years in the industry. COVID-19 ended their careers in a month”

“With 90% event cancellations from March until the end of the year, the live events industry was the first to shut down and will likely be the last to open.”

 

The Live Event Coalition was created in response to the pandemic last March by industry leaders.

 

#Safevents #Safeliveevents #WishIwasthere #LEC #Meetingsandeventsmeanbusiness #Liveevents #EventProfessionals #EventsIndustry #MICEIndustry #Wewillmeetagain #MSE_event #Philippines #MSE

Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) presented “Easy Up” Grant last week during the IT&CM China 2020 virtual trade show. TCEB partners 54 Hotels and 8 Destination Management Companies (DMC’s) supporting international corporate meeting and incentive events in Thailand.

 

The campaign includes complementary products and services from participating Thailand base partners (financial grant, free airport transfers, local sightseeing and complimentary hotel rooms), “Easy Up” is created under the initiative I’M People Focused with grant worth US$ 500,000.

 

TCEB encourage to hold meetings, seminars and incentive travels in order to restore the economy.

 

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