by  Joachim Fischer, Beijing

Sector benefiting from China becoming world’s second largest economy

The China Incentives, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition’s – CIBTM – Fourth China and Asia Meetings Industry Report 2010, presented today (Tuesday 31 August) has provided valuable insights into the developing meetings industry across China and Asia. At a time when China has taken the world’s second largest economy slot, the bespoke report predicts significant growth potential, with increased numbers of events using

To mark the beginning of a new phase in its Silk Road Programme, UNWTO, in collaboration with the Government of Uzbekistan, will hold the 5^th International Meeting on the Silk Road on 8-9 October 2010 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The Meeting will introduce new concepts for Silk Road branding and marketing, destination management and travel facilitation and will set out key strategies for the UNWTO’s ‘Silk Road Action Plan 2010-2011’.

For any company yet to enter EIBTM’s WorldWide Technology Watch – open to any company who has developed new technology solutions for the meetings, events, incentive travel, conferences and exhibition industries – the closing date is next Friday, 3 September. Entries will be judged on three criteria – innovation and uniqueness, potential impact on the industry, and completeness of the product or service.

Tanz im August – Now through September 3
Dancers from nineteen different countries will come together at the international dance festival in Berlin to put on a total of thirty-eight productions. The works of both renowned choreographers and the latest newcomers can be experienced at the Akademie der Künste, the HAU (Hebbel am Ufer), or even in the Galeries Lafayette department store.

To mark the commencement of a new phase in its Silk Road Programme, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in collaboration with the Government of Uzbekistan, will hold the 5^th International Meeting on the Silk Road on 8-9 October 2010 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The Meeting will introduce new concepts for Silk Road branding and marketing, destination management and travel facilitation and will set forward key strategies for the UNWTO’s ‘Silk Road Action Plan 2010-2011’.

Show receives strong support from both past and new exhibitors
Early indications signal a healthy outlook for China’s 2011 MICE market. Chinese and International MICE suppliers confident of surging market demand have committed to exhibiting at IT&CM (Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings) China 2011, China’s leading international MICE trade event, as early as one year in advance.