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The third Business Travel Expo Hong Kong, which was held last week at
the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, has been hailed as a great success by organisers and exhibitors, attracting a record 58
exhibitors, a sell-out seminar programme and an increase in visitors of around 20% over last year.
“Our registration company is still finalising the official numbers but it looks
in the ballpark of the 1,500 visitors we were targeting – or 20% up on last
year’s attendance” said Paul Robin, Group Events Director of Centaur
Exhibitions, which organised the show.
“The feedback we have received from our exhibitors was that this year was
by far the best year for the expo to date, and in particular there were some
very important contacts from mainland China this year as well as key buyers from both SME’s and blue chip companies,” said Robin.
“This was our first time to participate in the show, but I would say it was
very worthwhile for us and we made some extremely useful contacts,” confirms Juergen Thompson, Commercial Director of first time exhibitor
AirPlus International.
Several companies have already reserved booths for next year’s show and
the organisers received 15 enquiries from potential new exhibitors interested in participating in next year’s Expo, which will be held at the
HKCEC in March 2005.
A notable highlight of the expo was the packed two-day programme of
training seminar sessions, demonstrating that “a desire for knowledge was
strongly driving attendance to the event” according to Robin. The Expo
organisers had to close out pre-registration for the seminars due to overwhelmingly strong demand. |
