1st PENANG INTERNATIONAL MICE CONFERENCE – AN EMERGING DESTINATION OF CHOICE
The 1st Penang International MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition) will be held on 18 December 2010 at the Grand Ballroom, G Hotel from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. and will be graced by YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang. The YAB Chief Minister of Penang will also deliver a keynote address at this conference.
This is the 1st International MICE Conference to be held and hope that it will pave the way for the tourism, trade and business sector in Penang to listen to the invited speakers presenting their papers on the MICE sector and its relevance and importance to Penang and also give opportunities to the industry players to openly give their views and comments on how Penang can tap into this lucrative markets.
The objective of the above conference amongst others are:-
a) to introduce Penang as a MICE center in this region and to
make Penang as a key player for the staging of international events and to penetrate into the lucrative MICE markets worldwide.
b) to support and earmark trade and business events organized in
Penang which can be promoted as international events besides inviting and securing international event organizers to stage their
events in Penang.
c) to generate the tourism and service related industry and the trade and business sector to contribute strongly to the State economy.
Since it is the first of such international conference to be held in Penang, it is hope that more of such conferences will take place to highlight the importance of tapping into the MICE sector and other related sectors as it will benefit the industry players directly and the spillover will help to boost the State’s economy.
The distinguished speakers were invited specially for this conference and they will be emphasizing and touching on Penang As An Emerging Destination Of Choice. The speakers are as follows:-
a) Mr. Mark Cochraine – UFI, Regional Manager (Hong Kong)
b) Mr. Anthony Wong – MD, Asia Overland Services
c) Mr. Jonathan kan Thai Kim – President, MACEOS ( Malaysian Association Of Conference and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers)
d) Mr. Rosli Selamat – Consultant, AOS
e) Mr. Peter Brokenshire – GM, KLCC
f) Mr. Marco G. Battistotti – GM, G Hotel cum Chairman, MAH,
Penang Chapter.
g) Mr. Ong Ban Seang CEO, PenEvents Sdn. Bhd.
(Pls. refer to the attached programme for further details)
Besides the Keynote Address by YAB Chief Minister of Penang and the papers presented by the various invited sprekers, there will also be a Networking Session for the industry players to take advantage of and hope that the industry players will benefit directly from this session and establish contacts with their counterparts from outside Penang.
The State is paving the way for the trade industry players to move forward in the organization of trade events to become international events and hope that those involved in the manufacturing and especially the tourism sector can also play their part to organize events related to their sectors and tapping the MICE Markets which is related to all sector of the State economy.
The State would like to thank the support of the industry players, the association, the various Chamber of Commerce and others for their undivided support towards the staging of this conference.
