寄语
Consulting
CONSULTING SERVICES
Consulting
IME is founded by a group of leading professionals and executives from hospitality, event, consulting, financial & legal industry.
With its founders 30+ years of industry knowledge and resources, IME is professionally managed to provide Specialized Event Consulting & Operation, Tourism Marketing, Hospitality Consulting, Strategic Positioning Consultancy, and Market Entry Consultancy services. IME holds two brands (IME Consulting and IME Events) with respective key functions.
IME Consulting offers Event & Venue Management Consultancy, long-range planning, Program & Policy Development, Training & Development, Specialized Event Operation Consultancy, Tourism Real Estate Consultancy, Hospitality Consultancy, Destination Promotion, Tourism Marketing, Strategic Positioning Consultancy, Intellectual Property Consultancy, and Market Entry Consultancy.
ADVISORY TEAM
Adviser
Gary Grimmer
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Gary has over 30 years’ experience in the convention industry. His projects include Houston, Vancouver, Macau, Indonesia, Costa Brava, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan and Serbia on development of their convention and meetings industry.
His convention centre consulting experience includes market feasibility, demand analysis, design review, site review, and operational advice for developments in Nigeria, Oman, Malaysia and Australia.
Prior to starting GainingEdge in 2004, Gary served for eight years as the CEO of Melbourne Convention & Visitors Bureau in Australia. He is originally from the United States where he was CEO at bureaus in Portland, Oregon and Albuquerque, and New Mexico.
Gary served on the London International Convention Centre Commission and is a former Chairman of the Board of the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (now DMAI) and received the Asia Pacific IMEX Academy Award for 2007.
Mike Williams
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Mike is a destination and convention bureau specialist with 30 years’ experience in the industry. He has consulted in Australia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Serbia and South Africa. Mike was the lead consultant for establishment and capability strengthening for the Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau. He has also been the Lead Consultant for proposed new convention facilities in 3 Australian cities.
Mike served as General Manager Sales for the Melbourne Convention & Visitors Bureau. He also worked in senior marketing roles with Tourism Australia helping establish their presence in the Asia market and overseeing travel trade development in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He was also instrumental in the development of the AIME tradeshow and the world’s first BestCities Global Alliance. Mike is also a past National President of Meetings and Events of Australia and was ranked as one of the most influential people in the Australian business events industry by mice.net.
Molly Doheny
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Molly previously headed up the Glasgow Convention Bureau. During her time there the Bureau won the M&IT Award for Best UK Convention Bureau 6 times, and The ICCA marketing award twice. Molly Served as Scottish Chair of the British Association of Conference Destinations and was an active member of DMAI’s European Council. She has held a variety of roles including Account Director at Shandwick-Webber and Director of Marketing for Atlantic Pacific Tours. In 2012, Molly was awarded an honorary degree from the University of West London and is a visiting professor in travel and tourism at that institution.
JANE VONG HOLMES
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Jane joined GainingEdge in 2009 and consults across the Asia region on a range of challenges and opportunities facing the conventions and meetings industry. Jane has been part of the consulting team for projects in China, Japan, Malaysia, Macao, Korea and Indonesia. Jane also manages the very successful Best Cities Global Alliance on behalf of GainingEdge. Jane was previously the Regional Director for ICCA based in Malaysia and in 2013 was honoured with the IMEX Academy Award for outstanding contribution to the industry.



