Interesting plan from TCEB published at one of the largest Thai Newspaper “Bangkok Post”..including talking about a new TCEB President.Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) is kicking off its 20-year roadmap, aiming to draw nearly 80 million visitors for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (Mice) and generate 8.66 trillion baht in revenue in those years. Under the plan, 3.08 million will be international Mice visitors and 76.1 million will come from the domestic market by 2036. International Mice visitors will generate 5.57 trillion baht and domestic Mice visitors will contribute 3.09 trillion baht.
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The Steigenberger Hotel El Tahrir in Cairo formally opened for business last Saturday after a soft opening in February 2017. The new location in Cairo adds another mega-city of international significance to the hotel group’s portfolio. It is the 100th hotel to go operational. This represents an important milestone within Deutsche Hospitality’s declared strategy of growth.
The company is continuing on its path of expansion whilst focusing both on tapping into new markets and on strengthening brand presence at existing locations.
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OFFICIAL PRESENTATION IN MOSCOW – THE PLACE TO BE ! Nearly 10,000 kilometres between Moscow and the Chinese imperial city of Xi’an, via Kazakhstan: the 2017 Silk Way Rally will be a top level battle between the best and biggest car and truck teams. 50 days from the start it was at the majestic RITZ CARLTON HOTEL, just next door to the famous Red Square, from where the event will leave next 7 July, that the SILK WAY RALLY organisers revealed the route for the 2017 edition. In the presence of numerous guests, including those champions who could potentially cross the final finish line first in Xi’an next 22 July, Rally Director Vladimir CHAGIN and his deputy Frédéric LEQUIEN lifted the veil on this 7th edition, which looks like being exceptional from every point of view.
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Air Berlin PLC Board of Directors appoints new members
The Air Berlin PLC Board of Directors has appointed Henning zur Hausen, Kevin Knight, Dr Matthias Kloepper and Thilo Schmidt as new members. airberlin CEO Thomas Winkelmann said: “We welcome our new board members and look forward to them further stimulating airberlin’s repositioning. The board will benefit from the varied expert disciplines they offer.”
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In 2016, Asia and the Pacific received 309 million international tourist arrivals, 9% more than in 2015; by 2030 this number is expected to reach 535 million. Over 20 countries gathered in Bangladesh on 16-17 May for the 29th joint meeting of the UNWTO Commissions for Asia and the Pacific and South Asia, to discuss challenges facing the sector in the region, opportunities for sustainable tourism development and the programme of work of UNWTO in Asia for the coming two years.
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