CIBTM: Hosted Buyer and Visitor Registration now Open

Beijing. Hosted Buyer and visitor registration has opened for The China Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (CIBTM) - the leading and largest international event for the business travel and meetings, incentives, conferences and events industry in China and the wider Asia region.

Taking place from 8th – 10th September 2009 at Beijing’s China National Convention Centre and co-hosted by the Beijing Tourism Administration (BTA), the event brings together over 4,000 local, regional and international buyers and visitors with over 250 regional and international exhibitors showcasing destinations, hotels, venues and other products and services.

The CIBTM Hosted Buyer Programme offers a unique VIP business opportunity and is open to top industry buyers from associations, corporations and agencies organising international events. Businesses who organise, influence or make budgetary decisions for international business travel, meetings, incentive travel, international conventions, product launches, staff training or events are eligible to attend CIBTM on the Programme.

Benefits of the Hosted Buyer Programme include:

• Complimentary flights from selected airports
• Complimentary 4/5 star accommodation at an official CIBTM hotel in Beijing
• One-to-one diary of priority appointments with exhibitors, arranged prior to the event
• Invitations to evening receptions and exclusive networking functions
• Entrance to the private Hosted Buyer Lounge during the exhibition
• Complimentary access to the Professional Education Programme
  

Acceptance of buyers onto the Programme is dependent on fulfilling strict qualifying criteria including:

• Number of events held annually
• Purchasing Authority
• Annual Budget
• Potential for future international business, particularly in China

Free visitor registration is open to all those wishing to attend the CIBTM exhibition and educational seminars, but who prefer to organise their own schedules during the event. Benefits of pre-registering include news updates about the event, free entrance and fast-track entry.

The visitor programme will enable those attending to not only meet with local and global suppliers, but also enhance their knowledge of the meetings industry and develop in their profession during the programme of complimentary seminars, open to all, that will run throughout the three day event with simultaneous translations.  

Visitors to the event include event organisers, agencies, travel agencies, corporate company’s organising business and incentive travel and all those involved in the business of meetings.

Commenting on the event, CIBTM Exhibition Director Graeme Barnett said: “The Hosted buyer programme reflects the nature of buyers our exhibitors want to do business with. Delivering quality buyers who place business inbound and intra-regionally across Asia but also outbound from China ensures we satisfy the needs of both international and local exhibitors. I would encourage anyone involved in the planning and staging of meetings, incentives, events and business travel throughout the region to contact us and secure their Hosted Buyer or visitor place.”

International exhibitors who have already re-booked their stands for CIBTM 2009 include the Philippines Department of Tourism, Drewe Associates, Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau, Hawaii CVB, Tourism Flanders, Maison de la France, Vienna Convention Bureau, Barcelona, Marriot International Hotels, Tourism Ireland, Egyptian Tourism and the Ministry of Culture & Tourism of Republic of Indonesia.

New exhibitors to CIBTM this year are Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, Dubai Department of Trade and Commerce Marketing Kempinski Hotels, Millennium Hotels, InterContinental Hotel Group, Metropark Hotels, Hong Kong Tourist Board, Tourism Fiji and Skyteam. Macau, Korea and Singapore have all increased their stand size and number of sharing companies.

In addition, co-host the Beijing Tourism Administration have significantly increased their stand to accommodate the many new and improved Meetings facilities now available in the Olympic city.

Chinese exhibitors include the Beijing Tourism Administration, Ctrip.com, Gloria International Hotels, Hotel Reservation Service, Regalia Resort & Spa, Tialun International Hotels, Zhong An, Ocean Spring Resort, Shanghai Jinjiang International Travel Ltd, Travelsky and Zendai Art Hotel.

For full event details and to apply for free Hosted Buyer or visitor status log onto www.cibtm.com. Alternatively, contact a member of the CIBTM Hosted Buyer team at cibtm-hosted@reedexpo.co.uk or the dedicated China team at cibtm [at] reedexpo.com.cn.

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