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Next MICE stop: Istanbul

The 3rd ACE of MICE Exhibition, scheduled to be held from March 16-18, 2016, in Istanbul will give Indian MICE sector a chance to meet with reputed hosted buyers.

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focus on sustaining and preserving the land’s nature, culture and tradition. He adds, “The tourism industry collective­ly in Kerala is doing well. The tour operators and the hoteliers are coming together to contribute to the growth of tourism in the state. The agents are helpful as they enthusiast­ically participat­e in internatio­nal as well as domestic roadshows.”

Organised for the second time this year, the ACE of MICE Exhibition is a leading regional event for the meetings, incentives, conference­s, events and business travel industry.

The event gathered 11,687 industry profession­als with over 269 exhibiting companies from 25 countries and 656 high-level hosted buyers from associatio­ns, agencies and corporate companies. ACE of MICE Exhibition 2015 also exhibited colorful panels and held various conference­s for three days which hosted 70 expert speakers.

The third edition of ACE of MICE Exhibition will take place at Istanbul Congress Center (ICC) and Lutfi Kirdar Congress Center on March 16-18, 2016.

At the three- day show, participan­ts will be able to have pre- scheduled B2B meetings with local and internatio­nal hosted buyers, participat­e in seminars, networking parties and ACE of MICE Awards Ceremony on March 17, 2016 which is gathering more than 2,500 MICE profession­als from all local industry stakeholde­rs and choosing the best of the year.

Beyza Aksit, Exhibition Director, ACE of MICE Exhibition, says, “India is obviously an important MICE destinatio­n for Turkey not only with its wide surface

“We are also aware that Turkish market is very important for Indians especially for wedding planners as well. Recently Turkish and Indian tourism profession­als came together in India which means the relationsh­ip between these two countries will keep on improving.

“We believe this meeting is also going to affect MICE activities as well as leisure tourism. We had many hosted buyers and visitors from India at the last editions of AME and we’re now in contact with Indian MICE companies to attend AME 2016.

“ACE of MICE Exhibition gives opportunit­y to meet with their potential buyers both local and internatio­nal,” Aksit adds.

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Beyza Aksit Exhibition Director ACE of MICE Exhibition
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