Global Snapshot
Thailand - Australian event buyers
with upwards of 80 delegates are
now eligible to apply for financial support
from Thailand’s Convention and Exhibition
Bureau (TCEB) following a policy change.
TCEB has decided to provide financial
support for site inspections for Australian
meeting and incentive organisers, provided
they have a minimum of 80 guests.
TCEB representative Nicole Tingey,
Director of Clockwise Consulting, describes
the move as “a major gamechanger for
buyers of outbound meetings”.
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Taiwan - TAITRA has declared its
new ‘Gold Standard Green’ exhibition
hall at the Nangang venue in Taipei open.
Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-Wen, was
present on 4 March to cut the ribbon.
The 27th Taipei International Machine
Tool Show, TIMTOS, was the first
international tradeshow in the new facility,
taking four exhibition halls, 4-9 March.
TIMTOS hosted 1,230 exhibitors from 26
countries across 7,000 booths, creating a
new record and becoming the world’s third
largest machine tool tradeshow in 2019.
South Korea - A new convention
centre was unveiled in the city of
Suwon, South Korea, on 29 March 2019.
The Suwon Convention Center (SCC) is a
seven-storey convention building and plaza,
including two underground and five above
ground floors, which house a total of 28
meeting rooms.
The central space of the building is its first
floor main exhibition hall with 7,800sqm.
The venue is 10 minutes’ walk from
Gwanggyo Central Station and an hour’s
drive from Incheon International Airport.
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