BANGKOK – Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) is stepping up efforts to woo MICE tourists from Asia Pacific on the back of a successful campaign in FY 2019.

SEOUL – Seoul is gearing up for a busy new year of international meetings, with six notable large-scale gatherings set to bring 17,200 participants to the city’s top conference venues in the first half of 2020 alone.

SINGAPORE – Following their launch of ‘My Millennium’ in March 2019, Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) has updated their guest reward programme to now award corporate bookings with loyalty points when travel agents book for their customers, as well as for individual corporate travellers.

HONG KONG – Over 20 new luxury hotels and resorts are expected to open worldwide by end 2020, including properties under the Park Hyatt, Andaz, Alila, Grand Hyatt, Miraval and The Unbound Collection by Hyatt brands.

Wyndham, Radisson and Best Western made up the top three ranking hotel rewards programmes for 2020.

SINGAPORE – CWT Meetings & Events (M&E), the global meetings and events arm of travel management platform CWT has announced the restructuring of its leadership team under Derek Sharp, with six global positions to match and deliver its new global operating model for customers:

COPENHAGEN – BestCities Global Alliance announced the appointment of new managing director Lesley Williams, effective Jan 1, 2020.

NEW YORK – Whatsapp can be a useful tool for event planners, particularly those marketing to international attendees.

A rising star in the global business events market, Kaohsiung is shining bright as an international MICE harbour city in South Taiwan. With a spate of developments; upgrades in the city’s infrastructure, coupled with strategic marketing and promotions, this sub-tropical city has become a true destination for MICE events of all sizes.

PENANG – Penang’s phenomenal MICE industry growth in recent years has been the subject of much admiration, and perhaps even envy.

PENANG – Millennials and Gen Z are big on experience, have shorter attention spans, and seek greater purpose in everything they do.

SINGAPORE – BestCities Global Alliance, an alliance of 12 cities, has awarded industry advisor GainingEdge, who has been managing the alliance since 2009, a renewed three-year contract.

SINGAPORE – Fairmont Hotel’s revamped South Tower has reopened following an extensive transformation.

AUCKLAND – CINZ Meetings, New Zealand’s largest business events trade exhibition, will return again to ASB Showgrounds, Auckland on Apr 22-23, 2020.