Seminar on convention

Seminar on convention

JAKARTA (JP): The Directorate General of Tourism will hold a seminar on the meeting, incentive convention and exhibition industry this month in cooperation with the Asian Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.

The one-day seminar, focusing on "Generating Asian Conventions" will be held on Jan. 21 at Le Meridien hotel, and will feature Director General of Tourism Andi Mappi Sammeng and the Director for Conventions of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Kevin Leong, as speakers.

The seminar, scheduled to be opened by Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, Joop Ave, is expected to deal with the challenges facing the fast growing travel and tourism businesses, including the meeting, convention and exhibition industry, in the Asia-Pacific region.

The meeting, convention and exhibition business, categorized as a multi-dollar international industry, has grown rapidly in Asia, where the number of events has increased from 5,279 with 6.17 million participants in 1992, to 9,215 with more than 8.93 participants in 1993.(icn)