Title: Stephen Tan Past President, SACEOS Advisor, IECM 2004 @ Singapore Chief Executive, Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd
1Stephen TanPast President, SACEOSAdvisor, IECM
2004 _at_ Singapore Chief Executive, Singapore
Exhibition Services Pte Ltd
2INDUSTRY 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
3INDUSTRYS PERFORMANCE (1991-2001)
Source Singapore Tourism Board, 2003
4AT 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
5AT 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
6SARS-FREE
- 31 May 2003
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) removed
Singapore from list of SARS affected countries
7POST 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
8POST 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)
9THE 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
10THE 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
11EXHIBITION, 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
12Thank You
Stephen TanPast President, SACEOSAdvisor, IECM
2004 _at_ Singapore Chief Executive, Singapore
Exhibition Services Pte Ltd