Leading MICE Buyers in 580 Meetings in One Day
Singapore (Singapore) – July 23, 2015 – The second-annual Asia Meeting and Incentive Travel Exchange (AMITE) hosted 37 leading MICE buyers from across the globe at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. AMITE is the leading one-to-one event bringing global meeting planners together with Asia-based suppliers.
Organized by Questex Travel Group and the Singapore Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (SACEOS), AMITE 2015 brought suppliers together with thoroughly vetted buyers representing more than US$460 million in MICE contracts from European, North American and Asian countries.
The event kicked off with a pre-meeting familiarization trip in Chiang Mai and Bangkok organized by Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB). It was followed by a familiarization tour in Singapore arranged by AONIA, visiting 11 event venues via river cruise and land tour.
In additional to the cultural enrichments and site visits, more than 580 signature pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings were the highlights of AMITE 2015. Proposals were requested and insights were exchanged between buyers and suppliers to establish future working relations.
“I’m really grateful for a chance to visit so many places and venues in such a short time and in such a comfortable way,” said Alexander Kazantsev, senior expert of Otkrytie Travels from Russia. “I am glad to experience myself the services which we are likely to offer to our clients in future.”
“AMITE was an extremely well-organised event. The organisers were conscientious, diligent, very creative and imaginative,” added Brian Morris, CEO of Crescent Associates from United Kingdom.
Sponsors and suppliers include Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau, Grand Hyatt Singapore, Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau, Marina Bay Sands, The Singapore Resort & Spa Sentosa, Managed by Accor, Club Med, Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau, Dorsett Hospitality International, Regal Hotels International, Shanghai CTS MICE Co, Ltd., and Starwood Asia Pacific.
“AMITE was a great platform for us to reach out to MICE agencies and communicate with them directly on one-to-one meeting opportunity. We received great potential leads for few hotels across the region during this 1 full day event,” said Romrawin Poo-eaim, Senior Regional Sales Manager at Best Western International – Asia. “Thank you for a user-friendly matching system, a nice selection of promising buyers and a convenient event location.”
AMITE 2015 was held in conjunction with the Singapore MICE Forum (SMF), organised by SACEOS on 2-3 July.
AMITE returns to Singapore on 27 July 2016. For more information, visit questexevents.net/AMITE.
About Asia Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange
Leveraging the successful one-to-one appointment formula founded with sister event, Incentive Travel Exchange, AMITE brings together hand-picked buyers and invitation-only suppliers for strategic one-to-one meetings, results-driven networking opportunities and dynamic team-building exercises – all focused on fostering long-term relationships with major Asian MICE players. AMITE brings together pre-qualified buyers from Europe and North America and leading Asian suppliers of meeting and incentive travel for one day of pre-arranged, one-to-one meetings and non-stop networking. AMITE is produced by Questex Travel Group in partnership with the Singapore Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (SACEOS).
About Questex Hospitality + Travel
Questex Hospitality + Travel, the largest multimedia organization in the world dedicated to travel and lodging, drives revenue, productivity and value-creation for these related industries through strategic investment and deal-making forums, powerful lead-generation tools, interactive online business solutions, world-class events and industry-leading publications.
Questex’s Travel Group serves travel marketers globally through its TravelAgentCentral.com, LuxuryTravelAdvisor.com, TravelAgentUniversity and International Meetings Review online portals. It operates the leading luxury travel booking site, FiveStarAlliance.com, publishes Travel Agent and Luxury Travel Advisor magazines and produces leisure events: Luxury Travel Exchange International, Luxury Travel Advisor’s ULTRA Luxury Summit, Young Travel Leaders Conference and Hawaii Travel Exchange and MICE events: Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchanges and MEET and CONFEC conferences.
Questex Hospitality + Travel also provides business development, marketing and training services to national tourism organizations and destination marketing associations, hotel, gaming, resort and cruise companies, online travel agencies and travel advisors worldwide. Questex Hospitality + Travel is a division of Questex LLC, headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, with offices throughout the world. For more information, visit questex.com.
About SACEOS
Since 1979, SACEOS has contributed significantly in making Singapore the best event venue for Asia. Dedicated to shaping the future of Singapore’s exhibitions, conventions and meeting industry, SACEOS works closely with the Singapore Government, Singapore Exhibition Convention Bureau to chart the industry’s growth path and further the island state’s position as an International Exhibition City and Regional Convention Hub in Asia.
Another key contribution by SACEOS, is continuing education and training for the MICE industry at large. Establishing internationally recognised accreditation programmes, creates continuing education environment for working professionals to upgrade.
For further information, please contact:
Kitty Wong
Business Development Manager
Questex Hospitality + Travel
Tel: +852 2589 1317
E-mail: KittyWong@questexasia.com
Website: www.questexevents.net/AMITE
Lilian Kuan
Executive Director
SACEOS
Tel: +65 9105 8929
Email: lilian@saceos.org.sg