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consult-singapore.com
They are an event management and training consultancy delivering
knowledge-based products to senior level audiences in the region.
go-events.com is
the place to log on to if you want to know what events, such as
exhibitions and conferences, are being held in Singapore, Australia and
around the world. You can register online for such events. Now, you don't
have to go around scouting for information on events and trying to beat
the registration dateline. Great website to visit.
meet-in-singapore.com.sg
lets you find out all about exhibitions, conventions and meetings
happening in Singapore. You can also get free brochures on meetings,
incentive travel, conventions an the exhibition industry.
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Convention Centres  Suntec
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International Convention And Exhibition Centre (SICEC) was renamed Suntec
Singapore International Convention And Exhibition Centre (Suntec
Singapore) on 29 Oct 2001. 1
Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore 039593
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MICE
STATISTICS |
Excerpts
from the book THE
TRAVEL & TOURISM INDUSTRY OF SINGAPORE CUSTOMER
TRENDS & MARKETS published
in 1995 by Singapore Tourism Board (ISBN:9971 88 484 4)
This
study contains charts with data spanning a 10-year
period from 1984 - 1994
".....In 1994,
Singapore's global ranking moved up one notch from the
previous year's to overall sixth place, with her MICE
industry attracting a total of 4,085 events.
"The number of foreign
participants attending these events has also increased
at an average annual growth rate of 8.9% over the past
ten years, peaking in 1990 at 35.2%. In 1994, there was
a total of 113,582; 52,591 and 216,455 foreign
incentive, convention and exhibition participants
respectively. As with previous years, foreign
participants to exhibitions (as compared to foreign
participants at other MICE segments) recorded the
highest average intended length of stay at 8.1 nights in
1994, while the corresponding figure for foreign
visitors to these exhibitions was 4.5 nights. On the
other hand, convention delegates registered an average
intended length of stay at 5.3 nights, while incentive
participants stayed for an average of 2.7 nights that
same year.
"...Over the last ten
years, expenditure per person by foreign convention
delegates increased by 7.4%, foreign exhibitors at
almost 2.8% and foreign exhibition visitors at 3.6%.
Foreign exhibitors remained the top spender among the
participants in 1994, with an average expenditure of
S$3,523 per capita. This growth may be the result of the
increase in the length of stay by foreign exhibitors. In
that same year, the average expenditure of exhibition
visitors and convention delegates were S$1,674 and
S$2,095 respectively.
"...Singapore saw an
annual growth rate of 4.6% in the number of conventions
held between 1985 and 1994. The same period also saw a
growth of 10.7% in total foreign participants at these
conventions: 52,591 foreign convention delegates and
accompanying persons participated at 1994's 642
convention events, representing a spectacular growth of
36.5% over 1993. This represented a significant
increase, not only in the number of foreign delegates
themselves at 35.3%, but more importantly, in the number
of foreign accompanying persons at 73.8%.
"...In 1994, 96
exhibitions were held in Singapore, representing an
annual growth rate of 5.8% since 1985 (with 58
exhibitions). 1994, however, registered the highest
growth rate over the last ten years, with a 23.1%
increase over 1993's figures. The total number of
foreign exhibition participants rose at an average
annual growth rate of 6.4% from 1985, but has been
growing at a slower rate over past years: in 1994, in
fact, total visitor participation fell 11.1% from the
previous year.
"In terms of size,
exhibitions with less than 50 exhibiting companies were
the most popular. There were 45 such exhibitions held in
Singapore in 1994. This was partly due to an increase in
the number of new and first time exhibitors who used
Singapore as a testbed for new exhibitions..."
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Travellers to declare currency or bearer negotiable
instruments over S$30,000 |
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From 1 November 2007 onwards, persons who
move into or out of Singapore physical currency1 or bearer
negotiable instruments2 (CBNI) the total value of which
exceeds SGD 30,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) will be
required to give a report by filling up a form and submitting it to the
authorities. |
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The form is available at all checkpoints,
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Singapore Post... |
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Rock Productions and CapitaLand develop Integrated Hub
at Vista Xchange |
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"CapitaLand Retail will also project manage the entire development of the
Integrated Hub, which is expected to be completed by 2011. |
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"The Integrated Hub will stand out in
the one-north precinct with its stunning iconic architecture.
Designed by Andrew Bromberg of AEDAS Hong Kong, the development
will boast over eight levels of Civic and Cultural Zone, and four
levels of Retail and Entertainment Zone, forming the base
structure..." |
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Changi Airport's Terminal 3 to start operations on 9 Jan 2008 |
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"Airlines, airport agencies, ground
handlers, shop tenants and other airport business partners operating at
Changi Airport's new Terminal 3 can start to move in and set up their
offices and systems to prepare for operations... |
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"Terminal 3 and its associated works cost
S$1.75 billion. It will have a handling capacity of 22 million
passengers per year, bringing the total annual passenger handling
capacity of Changi Airport to about 70 million..." |
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Inaugural Singapore Business Events Awards |
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"The inaugural Awards
ceremony will be held some time in early August 2007
and thereafter, it will be held annually... |
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"The Awards will
recognise industry players that are innovative in organising
business events and whose expertise and service levels meet global
standards..." |
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Two Years of Free Wi-Fi for Singapore |
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"Come 2007, Singaporeans will be ushering the
new year with at least 24 months, or two years, of free (basic tier)
wireless connectivity at up to 512 kbps speeds almost everywhere -
thanks to IDA's 'Wireless@SG' programme... |
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"The three operators are extending this
two-year free offering with unlimited usage to all residents and
visitors in Singapore, including tourists and business travellers.
The sign-up details will be made known from December 2006 by the
operators..." |
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Changi Airport's Terminal 2 completes S$240m makeover
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Singapore tightens security ahead of IMF/World Bank meetings
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Las Vegas Sands awarded Integrated Resort Project at Marina Bay
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Expat survey shows Singapore best place in the world for Asians to live
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An additional
40,000 sq m, or four halls, is slated to be added to the
Singapore Expo's six halls currently covering an area of 60,000 sq
m. (Straits Times 21 May 2004) (H11) |
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The number of sellers at this year's Pacific Asia Travel Association
(Pata) Travel Mart has shrunk to 191, a 27-per-cent drop against
last year's. Pata had struck a deal with the Singapore Tourism
Board (STB) to hold the three-day exhibition in Singapore for 10
years, starting in 1998. In that year, 430 sellers turned up and in
subsequent years, the average number of sellers was 300. Journalists
yesterday proposed that holding it in a different country every year
would acquaint delegates with more destinations.(11
Apr 2002) |
According to a survey by
Belgium-based Union des Association Internationales (UAI), Singapore is now
the world's 5th most popular convention city. The leading convention cities
are: 1. Paris, 2. Brussels, 3. Vienna, 4. London, 5.
Singapore. (ST 30 Aug 2000). |
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