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Title: Stephen Tan Past President, SACEOS Advisor, IECM 2004 @ Singapore Chief Executive, Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd


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Stephen TanPast President, SACEOSAdvisor, IECM
2004 _at_ Singapore Chief Executive, Singapore
Exhibition Services Pte Ltd
2
INDUSTRY STATS
  • Ranked Asias No. 1 convention city for 19
    consecutive years and worlds top 5th for 3 years
    running
  • Source Union of International Associations, 2001
  • MICE sector attracts up to 400,000 overseas
    visitors annually to Singapore
  • Contributed SGD 3.5 billion to Singapores gross
    total output in 2001 (0.70 of GDP)
  • Provides some 15,000 jobs
  • Source Singapore Tourism Board, 2002

3
INDUSTRYS PERFORMANCE (1991-2001)
Source Singapore Tourism Board, 2003
4
AT PEAK OF SARS
  • Apr / May 2003
  • Official advisories against travel to Singapore
    issued by various Governments
  • SARS and Iraq war resulted in fall of visitorship
    to Singapore
  • Visitor arrivals decreased by 67.3 (418,375
    visitors) over same period in April 2002
  • 41.9 - 72.0 fall from five largest visitor
    markets - Australia, PR China, Indonesia,
    Malaysia UK
  • Business related visitor arrivals fell 73.9

Source Singapore Tourism Board, 2003
5
AT PEAK OF SARS
  • Apr / May / Jun 2003
  • 25 trade shows conventions were cancelled
  • 17 were rescheduled to take place in 2nd half of
    2003
  • 18 SACEOS members reported total losses of more
    than SGD 38 million
  • Estimated loss of economic spin-offs SGD 260
    million

Source SACEOS, 2003
6
SARS-FREE
  • 31 May 2003
  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) removed
    Singapore from list of SARS affected countries

7
POST SARS
  • Strong increase in visitors from all key
    markets in July
  • MICE industry on road to recovery
  • No event cancellations after July
  • 17 major events slated for last quarter of 2003
  • PC Show (consumer event) attracted 387,000
    visitors (140 increase from 2002) in June, a
    record high in its 13-year history
  • Cards Asia (trade event) in July registered
    healthy figures with 25 foreign participants

8
POST SARS
  • Forthcoming events in 2003 include
  • SIBOS (SWIFT International Banking Operations
    Seminar)
  • Global Entrepolis _at_ Singapore
  • ICMAT IUMRS International Conference in Asia
  • Mega fairs lined up in 2004
  • Asian Aerospace (80 confirmed)
  • FHA-FoodHotelAsia (90 confirmed)
  • CommunicAsia2004/BroadcastAsia2004 (80
    confirmed)

9
THE FUTURE
  • Future Plans
  • Foster closer working relationships with MICE
    counterparts in the region to
  • Collectively develop contingency plans for
    unforeseen circumstances such as SARS and
    terrorism
  • Attract more US/European visitors to region
  • Expand and upgrade talent pool in Singapores
    MICE sector

10
THE FUTURE
  • Enhance service quality standards and establish
    professional standards with the formation of
    Singapore Standards (SS) for the EMS industry
    leading eventually to ISO standards
  • Continually upgrade state of the art
    infrastructure to maintain world class standards.
    Convention venues include
  • Suntec Singapore International Convention and
    Exhibition Centre
  • Singapore Expo
  • Raffles City Convention Centre
  • Organisation of IECM 2004 _at_ Singapore

11
EXHIBITION, CONVENTION MEETING WEEK
  • IECM 2004 _at_ Singapore
  • Approved International Fair (AIF) Awards
  • The Industry Gala
  • Regional Conference / Meetings / Workshops gt
    Venue for next Asian Exhibition Forum
  • Professional Exhibition Management (PEM)
    Professional Conference Management (PCM) Training
    Courses
  • Industry Golf Tournament

12
Thank You
Stephen TanPast President, SACEOSAdvisor, IECM
2004 _at_ Singapore Chief Executive, Singapore
Exhibition Services Pte Ltd
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