{"id":491127,"date":"2025-05-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ipim.gov.mo\/ipim-news\/2025-05-18-macao-selected-as-the-best-destination-for-annual-meetings-at-the-apcac-annual-meeting-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T02:00:00","slug":"2025-05-18-macao-selected-as-the-best-destination-for-annual-meetings-at-the-apcac-annual-meeting-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipim.gov.mo\/en\/ipim-news\/2025-05-18-macao-selected-as-the-best-destination-for-annual-meetings-at-the-apcac-annual-meeting-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"[2025\/05\/18] Macao Selected as the \u201cBest Destination for Annual Meetings\u201d at the APCAC Annual Meeting Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">After Macao was selected as \u201cBrilliant Star\u201d MICE Outstanding Destination in early April this year, Macao was awarded again as the \u201cBest Destination for Annual Meetings\u201d in the \u201cAPCAC Annual Meeting Awards\u201d, which were conducted in the first \u201cAsia-Pacific Corporate Annual Conference Expo\u201d (APCAC) held in Shenzhen from May 15 to 16, where approximately 100 organisations and well-known companies with the potential to host annual meetings cast their votes. The participating companies were from industries such as investment, technology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, logistics, finance, tourism, and consulting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Annual Meeting Buyers Inquire About Details for Hosting in Macao Immediately After the Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">APCAC is organised by TTG Asia Media, a well-known exhibition magazine, through its subsidiary in mainland China. It is a business networking event designed for hosting \u201ccorporate annual conferences\u201d, inviting various corporate annual meeting buyers, including organisers, senior members of Asia-Pacific tourism associations, industry leaders, and procurement association members, to discuss industry trends. Through presentations and one-on-one discussions, the event promotes business opportunities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) set up a booth to introduce the advantages of \u201cMICE&sup2; Macao x Hengqin\u201d and the \u201cMulti-venue Event\u201d model to corporate annual meeting clients, aiding the \u201cattracting exhibitions and conventions\u201d initiative. After the event, corporate annual meeting buyers discussed details of hosting their meetings in Macao with IPIM\u2019s representatives. A pharmaceutical enterprise from Shanghai which hosted its annual conference in Macao in 2018 enquired on hosting event again in Macao.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><strong>Repeatedly Recognised by International Exhibition Industry Authorities for High Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In recent years, Macao&#8217;s exhibition industry has received recognition from international exhibition authorities, with many executives from international exhibition organisations and groups optimistic about the development prospects of Macao&#8217;s MICE sector. In early April, Macao was also selected by a well-known exhibition media outlet in mainland China as a \u201cBrilliant Star\u201d MICE Outstanding Destination, continuously enhancing Macao&#8217;s international influence in the MICE field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Macao was selected as \u201cBrilliant Star\u201d MICE Outstanding Destination in early April this year, Macao was awarded again as the \u201cBest Destination for Annual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":491338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipim-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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