Asia-Pacific’s premier Doublebill event grows with increased MICE and corporate travel delegates and sold out exhibition floor

TTG Asia Media, the organiser of the combined IT&CMA (Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia) and CTW (Corporate Travel World) Asia-Pacific, is pleased to announce that the tradeshow has maintained its foothold as the region’s premier MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) and Corporate Travel event in the light of a recovering global economy, with steady increase in attendance by MICE and corporate travel delegates and an exhibition space sell-out.

by editor’s office, mas

Bernd Mäser, chairman and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Grand City Hotels & Resorts, will leave the Berlin-based hotel management company by the end of September 2009.

He had been appointed to the management of the ambitious company shortly after its establishment and is largely responsible for the company’s structural development into one of the largest companies in the German industry.

Best Western Premier Hotel Rebstock in Würzburg is the world’s first hotel to be awarded the Good Catering Practice Certification by Intertek. With it, the first-class hotel now boasts a seal of approval attesting to its exceptional catering standards in addition to its various past awards.

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As world leaders meet to discuss a sustainable way out of the current economic crisis, many governments and decision makers still have some way to go before they recognize tourism as a sector which can be a relevant factor of the economic recovery.

Raising the profile of tourism in both the political and public perception is a critical element in increasing awareness of the sector’s economic potential as an efficient provider of employment and the way forward to the Green Economy.

Emerging destinations in the international meetings and incentives market can now submit applications to become a Wild Card entrant at IMEX 2010.

Several previous winners have gone on to become exhibitors in their own right and owe much to their start in the global meetings and events market to their first exposure at IMEX.

The Federal Association of German Airlines (BDF) has no hopes for a lasting recovery of the aviation industry in 2009 and advises against premature optimism for the upcoming year. The airlines are presently struggling with decreased average returns, making them vulnerable to higher airport fees, government fees and rising fuel costs, said BDF chairman Michael Engel during a meeting of the works council of the German airports on Friday in Nuremberg.