Wednesday, 7 August 2013

TFWA ASIA PACIFIC EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE TO RETURN TO MARINA BAY SANDS SINGAPORE IN 2014


TFWA is pleased to announce that the next TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference will take place at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Center (MBS) in Singapore from Sunday 11th to Thursday 15th May, 2014.

The decision to return to MBS next year was taken at a recent meeting of the TFWA Management Committee.

Commenting on the decision, Erik Juul-Mortensen, President TFWA, said: “The TFWA Asia Pacific event in May was a resounding success with more visitors, more exhibitors and a larger exhibition space than ever before. The switch from our usual venue to the Marina Bay Sands was arranged at the last minute because of circumstances outside our control. Not only did the MBS management team rise to the challenge and meet our diverse needs very efficiently, but it is now clear that the new venue was liked by the majority of participants who expressed a preference.

In addition, MBS is able to stage TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference in the same week as this year which fits well into the duty free and travel retail calendar. The Management Committee has decided, therefore, to entrust to MBS our exhibition and conference event in 2014 and we will now embark on the detailed planning process.”

In a survey conducted during the show week, a substantial majority of participants, both visitors and exhibitors, expressed their preference to return to MBS next year.

Of those who completed the survey, 86% of exhibitors and 83% of visitors were satisfied or very satisfied with MBS as the venue for the 2013 TFWA Asia Pacific Conference & Exhibition with high scores for all key aspects: set-up and logistics, quality of exhibition hall, quality of food & beverages, hotel & services, and way-finding.

Juul-Mortensen: “We will take into consideration all the comments and recommendations received from participants during the survey and also the observations made by our executive team as we move forward. MBS proved to be an efficient and popular venue for TFWA Asia Pacific this year and we look forward to an even more successful event in 2014.”

Further information will be available in due course at www.tfwa.com.

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