Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has invited a delegation of local trade to participate together in the 22nd edition of Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia (IT & CMA 2014) in Thailand and promote Macau as a business travel destination. IT & CMA 2014 is held in Bangkok from 30 September to 2 October. Being a leading business tourism tradeshow in the Asia-Pacific Region, IT & CMA provides an effective platform for industry partners to promote incentive travel. The event has incorporated luxury travel in its realm since 2012 and offered a wider variety of choices on its exhibition floor. The key program of IT & CMA 2014 features themed talks, seminars, forums, opening ceremony and welcome dinner as well. MGTO runs a booth after the theme "Touching Moments, Experience Macau" this year and partners with 40 delegates representing 30 local enterprises to spotlight Macau's convention & exhibition industry and present the destination's latest business tourism products and facilities to their Asian counterparts. The participating businesses include hotels, resorts, convention and exhibition companies, travel agencies, entertainment enterprises, airlines and ferry operators from Macau. The MGTO team also takes the opportunity to advertise its "Incentive Travel Stimulation Program" among incentive travel organizers. "Incentive Travel Stimulation Program" has been welcomed by local trade since MGTO launched it. During the period from this January to August, MGTO has received a total of nine subsidy applications from the Mainland which involved over 32,000 participants. According to the Statistics and Census Service, a total of 503 MICE events were held in Macau in the first half of 2014. The number of attendees sums to 827,000. This press release is available at: http://industry.macautourism.gov.mo
