Jan 21, 2014
Already located in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, Diversified Communications is expanding its global footprint even more, with the purchase of Kavin Intertrade in Thailand. The acquisition adds seven consumer and business events to Diversified’s portfolio. “It is exciting to kick off the New Year with an acquisition that brings us to a new region and even more impressive when we consider the ten product launches planned for 2014 and the five acquisitions we closed in 2013.” stated Daniel Hildreth, chair of Diversified’s… more
Jan 20, 2014
Singapore Exhibition Services Food&HotelAsia (FHA) and Wine&SpiritsAsia (WSA) shows will be the first to max out all 10 halls at the Singapore Expo and Max Atria when the show is held April 8-11. Spanning a total of 100,000 square meters, an 8 percent increase in size from 2012, this year’s show will be the largest edition in the event’s 37-year history.  FHA started out the Hyatt hotel’s basement car park, where 213 exhibitors from 13 countries/regions took up 4,000 sq. m. Since then, the event, which includes WSA that was launched in 2010, has grown more… more
Jan 20, 2014
Plastics & Rubber Vietnam 2014, The 5th International Plastics & Rubber Technologies and Materials Exhibition for Vietnam, will take place March 4 - 6, 2014 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) Ho Chi Minh City. The event will be jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte. Ltd. and Bangkok Exhibition Services Ltd., with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST), the Vietnam Plastics Association (VPA), the Vietnam Packaging Association (VINPAS) and the Vietnam Association of Food Science and Technology (VAFoST) as well as the Rubber… more
Jan 20, 2014
The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) has appointed Thien Tsen Kiat as TenOnCall Sales Manager and Oh Kin Tat asSales Manager, Conventions & Conferences. Helming the Centre’s Conventions team, Oh will be responsible for implementing and maintaining a commercially effective sales plan to promote the Centre, its facilities and services in the business tourism segment in order to maximise venue occupancy and yield for conferences held at the facility, according to venue officials. Oh has more than17 years of experience in the hospitality industry, including more than 10… more
Jan 20, 2014
A record-breaking 2,900 exhibitors took part in four fairs that opened in early January at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre: the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair, HKTDC Hong Kong Baby Products Fair, Hong Kong International Stationery Fair and HKTDC Hong Kong International Licensing Show. More than 106,000 buyers attended the fairs, an increase of five percent, compared with the previous year. “Most Toy Fair buyers came from the Chinese mainland, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and the United States,” said Hong Kong Trade Development… more
Jan 06, 2014
The organizers of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Spring Edition, scheduled to take place in March 2014, have announced that the fair will be postponed until 2015. Wendy Wen, senior general manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd said that the decision was made after consultation with all stakeholders of the fair. “In particular, the feedback from local exhibitors that only one home textile fair in Shanghai during 2014 was desirable was the main reason for the postponement,” she added. “We feel that it will be more beneficial for our exhibitors and local buyers if… more
Jan 06, 2014
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (known as “the Centre”) has appointed Alan Pryor as General Manager Designate. Pryor takes over from Datuk Peter Brokenshire, who retires at the end of March 2014 after 11 years with the Centre, which included spearheading the setting up and opening of the venue in 2005. Joining the Centre in 2011 as Deputy General Manager, Pryor was responsible for the day-to-day operation including management of the audio-visual and technical services, catering, event co-ordination and exhibition services, as well as international, regional and local promotional… more
Jan 06, 2014
Every year, exhibition organizers from all over the Asia-Pacific region gather at UFI, the Global Association for the Exhibition Industry’s Open Asia Seminar, and this year, the event will be held in March in Bangalore. The focus of the event will be taking a look at innovative venue strategies, the importance of tackling the health and safety issue, the changing look and feel of exhibitions, marketing from the perspective of an exhibitor and much more, according to UFI officials. Mark Cochrane, managing director of BSG Asia will deliver the opening remarks when the event begins… more
Jan 06, 2014
Marintec China 2013, organized by UBM Asia and the Shanghai Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, drew not only a record number of exhibitors, but also 13-percent more visitors when it recently ran in early December. Occupying six halls of the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, more than1, 700 exhibiting companies met 57,886 visitors from 88 countries and regions. “Caterpillar has been exhibiting in Marintec China for over 20 years. Marintec is excellent and is the largest maritime exhibition in Asia,” said Kody Chan, regional sales director of Caterpillar Marine… more
Dec 15, 2013
Anticipating increased interest in UBM Asia’s Children Baby Maternity Industry Expo (CBME) after the Chinese government  announcing it will relax the one-child policy by allowing couples to have a second baby if either is the only child in family, the show recently went to the United Kingdom to expand its customer base. With this revised policy revised policy, more than 1 million newborns will be expected per year, in addition to the 16 million newborns currently born every year. The “Selling to China” seminar was hosted by the Baby Product Association (BPA) of United… more
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