Hong Kong – Plenty of in-depth and theme travel products for affluent travelers of MICE, FIT and Private Group! Face to face with hundreds of sellers coming directly from worldwide destinations! Business Matching for buyers quick dating with some 50 sellers in one hour. Trade seminars to keep updated on market changes or for enhancing effectiveness!
All these and more available at the travel fair of ITE in Hong Kong which is within 3 to 4 hours flight from major cities in Asia and extensively linked by land and sea with cities in the Pearl River Bay Area!
For ITE Hong Kong this year, our honor that Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) sent message welcoming all participants, and officiating the Opening Ceremony is Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Government of the HKSAR.
The annual ITE Hong Kong, which will next be held from 14 to 17 Jun 2018 at halls 1A to 1E of the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, open in its first two days to travel trade and professionals, who can register with business card online for convenience, free admission and benefits, or at the entrance.
International Exhibitors & In-depth / Theme Travel Exhibits
Including those exhibiting for the first time and those absent for one year or more, ITE Hong Kong this year will have at least 10 new destinations with official stand or pavilions or individual exhibitors! They are Catalonia of Spain, Da Nang of Vietnam, Egypt, Fiji, Greece, the Northern Marianas Islands of USA, Nepal, Selangor of Malaysia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan etc.
Repeating exhibitors are expanding too, bringing new exhibits and exhibitors! In particular, official pavilions of Thailand, Taitung of Taiwan and Turkey have substantial expansions with the highest doubling space, while those of China (mainland) and Japan each with some 90 stands remain the largest!
ITE has been a pioneer promoting in-depth and theme travels which are particularly attractive to various groups of affluent travelers! Around 10 trendy travel themes ranging from Adventure, Sport tourism to Travel Photography are highlighted, and often each of which has 100 or more related exhibitors.
Expecting more exhibitors from Green Tourism, Cruise and a few more new destinations, ITE this year will likely be bigger in size, with over 650 exhibitors (around 85% from abroad) from some 55 countries and regions (about half from outside Asia).
Trade Program & Concurrent Events
Industry events held during ITE trade days are, for examples, One Belt & One Road Forum, Green Tourism Conference, Tourism in the Digital Era Seminar and regional workshop by exhibitor etc., while trade and MICE seminars, which total around 20, covering New Destinations / Travel Products, Travel Technology, Managing Event, Volunteer Tourism, Cruise and Theme Travels etc.
To facilitate buyers efficiently selecting potential partners for further discussion is the Business Matching where buyers seated and sellers moving around. More details for the above available in www.itehk.com starting from early May, and online pre-registration for free admission in trade days and for seminars are welcome!