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Jul-Aug 2016 15 meetings & conventions • mcmag-asia.com Singapore Tourism Board Best-in-class: Home-grown events such as: Food&HotelAsia (FHA) – Asia's most comprehensive food and hospitality tradeshow; and Singapore Airshow – the largest aerospace and defence event in Asia. Star Power: Top international meeting city of 2015 for the 9th consecutive year by UIA; Top international association meetings city of 2015 in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region for the 14th year by ICCA; Singapore also topped the inaugural Cvent Top 25 Asia Pacific Destinations 2016 ranking Contact: secb@stb.gov.sg Hong Kong Tourism Board Best-in-class: Hong Kong is strategically located in the centre of the world's most dynamic economies. Boasting proximity, trade, visa and transport advantages, Hong Kong is also the world's number one business entry point to Mainland China. Major events include 2016 FIA Formula E Hong Kong ePrix; 2016 CCB (Asia) 16th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists; 2016 MDRT Experience and Global Conference Star Power: 3rd in ICCA's 2015 Asia Pacific ranking Contact: sinwwo@hktb.com Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Best-in-class: Herbalife China Extraordinary Meeting; NU Skin Star Academy Meeting; 28th East Asian insurance Congress; China Expo Forum for International Cooperation 2017; International Cartilage Repair Society World Congress Star Power: Macau has made a significant jump in ICCA's rankings from 59th in 2012 to 21st in 2015. Contact: (853) 87989128 Seoul Tourism Organization Best-in-class: The Seoul MICE Alliance has expanded to 195 members. Helping spearhead the creation of the Destination WATCHLIST Future Convention Cities Initiative (FCCI) – a group of six cities that collaborates, cooperates and shares resources to drive innovation. Major events include: 32nd World Congress of Internal Medicine; International Congress of Mathematicians 2014; The 20th IAGG World Congress of Gerontoloty and Geriatrics. Star Power: 3rd in International Meeting City 2015 ranking by UIA, a jump from 5th place the year before; "Best International Meetings Destination" for four years in a row by Business Traveler. Contact: mice@seoulwelcome.com Dubai Tourism Best-in-class: World Meeting of the International Society for Sexual Medicine; Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion; Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics Program (SBMT) Congress; World Congress of Neurology 2019; World Congress of Emergency Medicine 2021. Star Power: 44th in the 2014 International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA) World Rankings – up from 63rd in 2013; 22nd in World Bank Group's Doing Business 2015 rankings, ranking first in almost all regional categories; 7th Most Influential City in the World by Forbes Magazine. Contact: askdbe@dubaitourism.ae