operating companies meet recognised inter national standards Following the vote of the ten ASEAN tourism ministers concrete measures have already been taken The first training event for venue standard auditors took place in Thailand in mid March Representatives from the South East Asian countries involved learned more about the venue standard and about how to assess a venue And in 2018 at the next ASEAN Tourism Forum in Chiang Mai Thailand there will be a venue standard certification ceremony for all certi fied MICE operators from the ten member states TCEB president Nopparat Maythavee kulchai argues that event venues are the key factor in decisions on where to hold trade fairs conventions or other events with or ganisers demanding the highest possible quality There are currently 142 providers of fering 341 certified conference rooms in Thai land ranging from convention centres hotels and resorts to museums and city halls The TCEB also has plenty of other good news Two prestigious association conven tions have been attracted and will be going ahead in a few months time The Profes sional Convention Management Association PCMA will be convening in Bangkok from 28 to 31 August Although the event is small it is highly prestigious Around 35 selected decision makers from global associations and companies meet up with 15 representatives from convention bureaus and conference centres in South East Asia and Australia A good three weeks later the Union of Interna tional Associations UIA will be holding its Round Table Asia Pacific in Chiang Mai Hosting conferences such as this enhances Thailand s reputation And it underlines our potential as a convention hub for the Asia Pacific region emphasises Nopparat May thaveekulchai The delegates at these events are the people who really matter in bidding process es so these events are good opportunities for Thailand s MICE industry to present itself at its best The location can be promoted to them directly in order to bring their confer ences and events to Thailand in the future www businesseventsthailand com PB 52 TradeFairs Internation al 2 2017 INTERNATIONAL Ph ot o T C EB Wire and Tube in Bangkok The prospects are really very good theAsian Development Bank has calculat ed that around 63 percent of the invest ment required in infrastructure in the ASEAN region by 2020 is in the energy and transport sectors A Goldman Sachs forecast for four ASEAN countries backs this up According to that around 500 billion euros will be invested in the energy and transport infrastructure in Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines and Thailand by 2020 The wire cable and tube manufacturers exhibiting at Wire Southeast Asia and Tube Southeast Asia clearly stand to benefit from that Organised by Messe Düsseldorf Asia the two trade fairs will be taking place in tan dem at the Bangkok Trade Exhibition Cen tre BITEC again from 19 to 21 September As a result there will also be opportunities for the manufacturers of fasteners and relat ed technology and for the first time there will be a special zone for these exhibitors the Fastener Pavilion Both standardised and non standardised solutions for different ar eas of application and sectors will be exhib ited there 411 exhibitors from 33 different countries came to the last Wire and Tube Southeast Asia which was held in 2015 There were seven national shared stands and groupings from China Germany the United Kingdom Italy Austria and Taiwan Buyers from beyond the ASEAN region were there as well Many came from countries such as Bangladesh India and Pakistan In total Messe Düsseldorf Asia was able to welcome almost 7 200 trade visitors from 56 countries almost a third of them from abroad www wire southeastasia com Michelle Crowley PCMA und TCEB Präsi dent Nopparat Maythavee kulchai freuen sich auf die exklusive PCMA Tagung Michelle Crowley PCMA and TCEB President Nopparat May thaveekulchai look forward to the exclusive PCMA meeting

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