IT&CMA and CTW Asia Pacific 2012
BANGKOK Ipshita Sengupta Nag
IT&CMA and CTW 2012 at the Bangkok Convention Centre, CentralWorld, from October 2-4, 2012, saw the coming together of MICE suppliers/exhibitors from the Asia Pacific region. The three day event was an opportunity to meet and create lucrative business opportunities for each other.
The business sessions/appointments at the event were supplemented by educational seminars addressed by stalwarts from the meetings industry. This helped MICE professionals to come face-to-face with the issues pertaining to the industry.
The IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2012 keynote address, “Opportunities for Asia: Innovation Fuelling Growth Across the Region”, delivered by ICCA Asia Pacific Chairman Martin Winter saw a good turnout of event delegates. Winter is the CEO of Gold Coast Tourism (GCT), Australia, Chairman of Regional Tourism Queensland and is on the board of the Australian Association of Convention Bureaus.
“The Relevance of Associations for the Meetings Industry,’ gave a good start to the IT&CMA learning sessions. The seminar covered the importance of standardisation in the association industry across the world. The event was also an opportunity for the National Tourism offices of the Asia Pacific region to talk to the media about the MICE opportunities in their respective offices. Taiwan, Penang, Egypt were some of the destinations that highlighted the infrastructural support and experiences available for MICE GROUPS.
The evenings of IT&CMA and CTW 2012 included cocktails and dinner which gave the delegates an opportunity to network extensively.