The Macau Business Tourism Centre (MBTC) of Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) hosted an Association Executive Seminar in Hong Kong today (29th April), which was tailored for Hong Kong association leaders and decision makers to work hand in hand with Macau to draw more regional and international conventions and congresses to the cities. Highlighting Macau as an appealing partner in the meeting industry for the Hong Kong associations and in terms of regional development, the seminar featured speakers Mr Gary Grimmer, Consultant of MGTO in the area of business tourism and CEO of Gary Grimmer & Company, which is an international convention industry training and consulting firm, Mr Mike Williams, also Consultant of MGTO in the area of business tourism and Senior Consultant of Gary Grimmer & Company, as well as Mr Stanley Mok, General Manager of the Hong Kong representation office for MGTO. The Association Executive Seminar is a partnership program between the MGTO and professional associations in Macau and Hong Kong. During this program, participants learned about hosting international conventions as a tool for building local and regional associations, how to bid for international or regional association congress, how local members can easily manage their congress with professional help which can increase the turnover of the congress and improve the efficiency of the event, what free professional services are available to association executives who want to bid and bring their association congress to Macau, how MGTO makes it easy for association executives to have a successful bid, and what assistance or support is available for association executives once they have secured their association congress to Macau. Participants in the seminar included influential association leaders and decision makers coming from different areas of Hong Kong such as finance, commerce, insurance, medical, education and media. Since the commencement of the Macau Business Tourism Centre in 2006, MGTO has been reinforcing its role to help develop and position Macau as a premier MICE destination within Asia. Benefiting not only the local industry, professional training opportunities are also available for the region from time to time with emphasis on successful development through regional cooperation. An “IAPCO & Macau Regional Seminar on Professional Congress Organization” was organized in joint efforts with the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers earlier in Macau in March.
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