IT&CMA Announces Dates for 2003 and 2004

Singapore, 17 February 2003 - The organizers of IT&CMA, TTG Asia Media (TTG), announces that the 11th Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia (IT&CMA) exhibition will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 4-6 November 2003. For 2004 the dates have been fixed for 12 - 14 October 2004.

For 2003 IT&CMA has been rescheduled to the first week of November due to the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) Ministerial Summit, which will be held in Bangkok this year. The venue for IT&CMA 2003 will remain at the Impact Convention Center in Bangkok and the theme is "Expanding Your Borders and Opportunities".

Consequently, ICCA (International Congress & Convention Association) has also announced that the dates for its 7th ICCA Congress & Exhibition incorporating the 42nd General Assembly have been moved forward a week to avoid a clash with IT&CMA 2003. The event will now be held in Busan, Korea from 26 to 29 October 2003 (instead of 2 - 5 November 2003).

ICCA’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Martin Sirk said, "I am delighted that the timing of this year’s ICCA General Assembly and Congress in Busan, Korea will enable so many ICCA members to participate in the IT&CMA exhibition in Bangkok. Both events offer critical yet complementary business opportunities for our members, and in this year of business and economic uncertainty it is vita that no such opportunities are missed."

ICCA has been endorsing IT&CMA since its inaugural show in 1993. The association and its members have also been supporting the event through delivering presentations at the seminars and exhibiting at the show with their members.

For further information, please contact:

Ms Melinda Mak, Project Manager
TTG ASIA MEDIA PTE LTD
9 Battery Road #17-02/12 Straits Trading Building Singapore 049910
Tel: 65 395 7555 DID: 65 395 7512 Fax: 65 536 0896
Email: melinda.mak@ttgasia.com

Media inquiries should be sent to Ms Tee Yen Ching at the same postal address and fax number, or e-mail yenching@ttgasia.com.

About IT&CMA

IT&CMA is Asia Pacific’s premier meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) event. It brings together the region’s MICE suppliers to collectively sell Asia as an exciting and diverse destination that offers value for money. It also sells Asia as a source for MICE participants. It was first held in Hong Kong (1993-1996) and then Malaysia (1997-2001) and Thailand (from 2002).

To be held in Thailand for the second time, IT&CMA 2003 promises a bigger, better and more vibrant show. With pre-scheduled business sessions, familiarisation tours, educational seminars and networking opportunities, exhibitors and buyers can expect to have a truly rewarding experience.

The IT&CMA Sticky Awards will be given out for the second time at IT&CMA 2003. These awards are the distinctive recognition for industry professionals who have dramatically showed professionalism and creativity in tradeshow participation through engaging exhibits and promotions.
For more information on IT&XCMA 2003, please log on to www.itcma.com.sg

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TTG Asia Media Pte Ltd is a leading organiser and event manager of travel trade shows in Asia: IT&CMA, Corporate Travel World Asia-Pacific (CTW) and ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 1998, 2001 and 2003. It also publishes five titles targeted at distinct sectors of the travel trade: TTG Asia, TTG China, Incentive & Meetings Asia (IMA), Business Travel News (BTN) Asia-Pacific and BTN China, the latest title launched in November 2002. These trade shows and publications provide the best marketing access to Asia-Pacific’s travel marketplace, influencers and deciders. TTG Asia Media is a member company of chinadotcom and hongkong.com.