IME Consulting Co., Ltd has the honnor to win the bidding with Innovision London and will be the project manager for logistic work for THE GREAT FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY in Hong Kong and Shanghai. It is not the first time for IME professionals to do the festival event management. IME professionals are the major player in the creative team and project management of Beijing New Year Down Counting Celebration inside Temple of Heave in 2011 with over 3000 people. We are very excited to be able to work with Innovision on such unique big projects in China. Please see bellow information on The GREAT Festival of Creativity The GREAT Festival of Creativity aims to inspire, stimulate and fascinate. It does this by providing a platform for original thinking and fresh insights that are commercially relevant and can be actioned in businesses large or small. The second of three GREAT Festivals, Hong Kong will offer an exclusive view of all that’s best in fashion, design, luxury, technology, education, food, drink and above all creativity. Presented by the thought-leaders, subject experts and business individuals our invited audience will be offered a unique programme of intimate masterclasses, example-rich presentations, well-organised networking sessions and, above all, direct access to proven creative thinkers who drive their business forward with imagination, innovation and flair. Hong Kong is a unique meeting place for East and West, blending Chinese heritage and high-tech modernity. Home to more than one hundred local create-preneurs and providing a stage for creative happenings, PMQ has been chosen as the venue for the GREAT Festival 2014. An important heritage site, located at the heart of central Hong Kong, PMQ serves as a platform for local and global collaboration and exchange. Now a creative design hub, having undergone extensive restoration, the 1933 Shanghai has been chosen as the venue for the GREAT Festival. With its art deco style comprising concrete, glass and steel, this heritage building is a space where innovation, creativity and exploration will merge for the first of the GREAT Festivals in 2015. The GREAT Festival of Creativity is a rare gathering of creative and commercial intelligence. A chance for you to meet people, who use their imagination to create more and better business across the world. Your chance to talk with them, exchange ideas, gain insights and develop contacts, that will help us all build a more successful future.

As the China representative of Let’s Go Malta Group, IME Consulting Co.Ltd work together with China Cultural Media Group and organize the China- Malta Cultural Media Forum on World Heritage Conservation and Development on Sept 19 and media report inspection will be held during Sept17-22. Recently, Mr. Michael Zammit-tabona, the Chairman of Let’s Go Malt Group and Mr. Andre Farrugia , the general manager of Let’s Go Malt Group came to Beijing and had a visit to China Cultural Media Group and had a meeting with President Liu Cheng Xuan, as well as CCTV, BTV, China Daily , China Culture Newspaper reporters and special program hosts as well as film investors from China Film Financial Club. Both side had a good time to know each company and went all the details on the forum concept and topics as well as speakers. With the sincere support from each party and country government, we foresee the forum in Malta will be a successful one. Introduction of China- Malta Cultural Media Forum on World Heritage Conservation and Development In order to strengthen cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Malta, in particular to strengthen the exchange of ideas and dialogue, “Mind Intercommunication Dialogue” will be held on September 19, 2014 in Valletta, the capital of Malta, with the support of Malta Ministry of Tourism and organized by both the Ministry of Tourism, Malta and Chinese Culture Media Group Limited. The theme of the Dialogue is the World Heritage conservation and development. By the invitation of the Ministry of Tourism of Malta, Chinese Culture Media Group which is under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Chinese Culture will bring about 20 to 30 senior Chinese mainstream media reporters, photographers and television reporters, cultural scholars to Malta to attend the Dialogue. And after the Dialogue, a seven days site inspection of in-depth coverage, thematic television filming, shooting photographs, writing by senior reporters for Malta sentiment experience, on its historical and cultural introduction, experience and practice of the conservation and development of its World Heritage. As Malta located in the Western Hemisphere, it is the window of Commonwealth countries in Europe. With the unique history and culture, it has a long history of friendly and cooperative relations with China and it has important strategic significance for China at the very potential of cultural cooperation, particularly tourism on cultural exchange and cultural industry. There is a great potential for both countries on trading and economic cooperation. After China has been a deepening economic reform, the relationship between the two countries has ushered into win-win cooperation. Deep mutual trusts between the two countries in the political sphere expanded the economic and trade cooperation, strengthen the cultural exchanges. Communication and understanding between the peoples of the two countries are highly requested. Main activities: 1) China and Malta Culture Media Forum The theme of the Dialogue: The World Heritage Conservation and Development. 2) Chinese media Malta coverage report Supported by: China Ministry of Culture Main Host:  Malta Ministry of Tourism、China Culture Media Group Limited、Malta and China Culture Center        Organizer:  China Foreign Culture Communication Center Of China Culture Media Group、IME Consulting Co., Ltd.、Let's Go Malta Tourism Group  The event will be organized through the perspective of culture media and create an innovative environment of cultural exchange between China and Malta, through the media, human perspective to show the Chinese more exciting Malta, specially with more in-depth introduction to the Chinese on Malta experience of Cultural Heritage Protection and Development. Chinese media elite and Malta media elite will have a face to face communication and discussion to play culture media responsibilities and obligations of both countries in cultural transmission, thus promoting the tourism on cultural and business exchanges between the two countries.

6 October 2014: GainingEdge’s China team member, Alicia Yao Hong, General Manager of IME Consulting Co., Ltd, Beijing, has been elected to SITE’s – Society of Incentive Travel Excellence – International Board.Making the announcement, SITE President 2015, Rhonda Brewer commented, “SITE is extremely fortunate to have such a strong group of industry leaders to help drive the success of our association. I enthusiastically look forward to working with the hard working group of people that will serve on this board.”GainingEdge CEO Gary Grimmer received the news enthusiastically and congratulated Alicia Yao Hong on her appointment: “Alicia’s role in this international body speaks volumes of her capabilities. Besides playing a key role in China for our clients, and running IME Consulting in Beijing, Alicia is also Deputy Secretary General of China MICE Committee. GainingEdge is proud to have her on our team.”Alicia’s appointment will commence on 1 January 2015 for a service term of three years.  As a board member, she will be SITE’s key contact for Chinese incentive travel and business event buyers who want to learn about professionalising their incentive travel business.Through her various leadership positions held in the different sectors of the meeting industry in China, Alicia has a strong understanding of the global and multicultural business environment of SITE and the values, needs and expectation of the members. “I promise to bring more energy to SITE by working together with the global Board directors and I look forward to joining the team and contribute to the success of incentive travel through my involvement,” added Alicia.Alicia is also an active member of ICCA China Committee. Currently Alicia and her team are the China sales representative for the South Africa National Convention Bureau. She also looks after GainingEdge’s interests in China P.R.

Sponsored by the South African Convention & Visitors Bureau (SANCB) Meetings Africa was successfully held during Feb 23-25, 2015 in Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. The exhibition presents the continent's most high quality business and incentive event products, services, experts, and facilities together, attracting more than 400 international and local buyers. Meetings Africa is the continent's most important and representative business exhibition for corporate business and incentive events. In recent years, the world of business and incentive events, realized more and more the South Africa as the strong competitiveness destination with rich resources, and Meetings Africa has built up the world platform for incentive event and business exchange with the continent. IME Consulting Co., LTD., as SANCB consultants in China, invited 20 top Chinese incentive buyers from the major incentive recourse cities in China. One agency group with buyers from China meeting & incentive management company and one corporate buyer group with the end-users from enterprises, were elected as guest buyers to attend the Meetings Africa, which make the history record of inviting the most Chinese buyers so far in Meetings Africa. Before the show, SANCB specially arranged the study tour for Chinese buyers to Cape Town, Durban and Tshwane, the main business and incentive event destinations, fully introduces the incentive services and products of South Africa, unique to the Chinese buyers.Ms. Amanda Kotze-Nhlapo, executive manager of SANCB gave a high evaluation on the buyers organization work of IME Consulting Co., Ltd. She said that South Africa has always paid a great importance to attract the Chinese market, hope that through the Meetings Africa, China business and incentive management professionals will learn more about South Africa, as a very important business and incentive destinations. The Chinese corporate and agency buyers are all impressed by South Africa and believe that South Africa's uniqueness for business and incentive programs will attract Chinese incentive market. They fully hope that with the development in service and management level of meetings and incentive, South Africa will be the most popular destination for China business and incentive destination.

China M.I.C.E Committee ( full name : MICE Committee, China Association of Travel Services) was founded in year 2011 and has been active in developing MICE tourism in China. It has been striving for membership and industry services. It has played a role of a bridge by linking the association and the industry, the government and the members. It has made a positive contribution for the healthy development of China's MICE industry. In order to actively develop the unique value of the corporate and incentive travel, with the initiation of China M.I.C.E Committee and with the support of the M.I.C.E industry leaders in China, China M.I.C.E tourism is recognized as the industry's high-end and the most valuable market segments by the tourism industry, which bring a new concept to M.I.C.E industry and incentive travel. In order to recognize the outstanding contributions made by China M.I.C.E Committee in the past years in China MICE development, "China M.I.C.E Leadership Award." was awarded to the China M.I.C.E Committee at the opening ceremony of IT & CM China on April 14, 2015. Ms. Alicia Yao , general manager of IME Consulting Co., Ltd and deputy general secretary of China M.I.C.E Committee has the honor to receive the award at the ceremony. Warm congratulations were received at the presence from the International media and international professionals as well as Chinese industry people at the presence.

On August 4th, 2015, IME Consulting Co., Ltd helped Seoul Convention Bureau (SCB) to hold Seoul MICE Promotion in Beijing. It’s the first time for SCB to hold such event in China. The registration started from 3:30pm. SCB provided tradition Hanbok for the attendees who has interested in dress up and take photo in the photo zone. The promotion one to one meeting started from 4pm to 6pm. There were total 14 exhibitors from Seoul inclusive DMCs, Hotels and special activity providers to show their services and products to over 110 MICE buyers from Beijing MICE industry. Mr Park Won Soon, Mayer of Seoul, also joined the promotion event to promote Seoul. He introduced products during the business discussion as well as during the appreciation dinner. At the end of his fantastic speech, Mr Park spoke in Chinese language for welcoming everyone to visit Seoul. As PCO of this event, IME helped SCB to finalize and refine the details program based on Seoul city government requests. IME also communicated with hotel to create special western set menu with one course of Korean food to match the need of SCB. IME also provided professional Producer and MC as well as the rehearsal to make all program goes well.After the event, SCB showed high appreciated to the IME and we are looking forward to our next cooperation in the nearest future.

IME-Consulting Provide tourism and incentives travel destination promotion for Uganda The Embassy of Uganda holds the “Uganda Night” tourism promotion in Beijing at Kempinski Hotel on Oct. 27, 2016. As a partner of the Embassy of Uganda, IME Consulting Co., Ltd. has invited the quality buyers including leisure outbound travel agencies, luxury and high-end agencies, incentive and MICE trade partners, media and airlines etc. together to celebrate the “Uganda Night” and promote its tourism destination. The ambassador Mr. Wagidoso, who demonstrated Uganda’s vastness, magnificence and the natural beauty and said:‘The Pearl of Africa’as described by Sir. Winston Churchill, is located in East Africa; astride the equator with breathtaking scenery of underlying plateau, beautiful hills, lakes, rivers, amazing “spring” weather all year round, natural organic food plus hospitable people, makes her a hidden treasure of adventure. During the promotion, the Embassy of Uganda invited Chinese tourists who had visited Uganda many times to share their travel experiences, personal feelings, and the travel notice. Meanwhile, the representatives of the travel agencies also discussed with the six airlines representatives on the organization of Chinese citizens traveling to Uganda. As a unique country, Uganda provides visitors with a wealth of tourism products: the highest mountain in Africa, the world's longest river, the world's second largest freshwater lake, the world famous mountain gorilla habitat, friendly and warm people, easy and safe travel environment. Uganda was listed as a Chinese tourist destination by the Chinese government in 2005. Thisnew forms and rich contents of the promotion meeting helped all the attendees and travel agency buyers explored Uganda's travel routes, new programs and rich contents with storiies. It introduced the unique landscape of Uganda. Participents enjoyed the beauty of Uganda, Uganda's folk songs and dances, and tasting the traditional foods at the same time. This promotion is one of the series activities organized by the Embassy of Ugandan in China.

On behalf of Vienna Convention Bureau, IME Consulting had invited 8 senior level persons from top MICE agencies in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to attend the FAM group from December 6 – 9, 2016 to Vienna for site inspection of its MICE resources. They took the directly flight via Austrian Airlines from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, which show Austrian airlines has enough routes to carry large Chinese incentive groups departing from different cities to Vienna. Ms Sophie Buchacher, Market Assistant of Vienna Convention Bureau greeted us at the airport with a lovely smile and warm hug. On the way to hotel, she sent each of us a removable wifi device for free of charge and explained that this can be also provided for Chinese MICE groups for free. This make all our agency buyers excited since it will save amount of cost on wifi and all the troubles for rental and bring in and out of China. We expereienced total three hotels during our stay. They are Hotel Palais Hansen Kempinski, Hilton Vienna Stadtpark and InterContinental Vienna Hotel, which are all the top hotels and good for Chinese incentive groups in different size. The Hotel Palais Hansen Kempinski is located in the historic building and it is suitable for high end and luxury small or middle size group. Hilton and Intercontinental has more rooms and they can provide Chinese food like congee, fried noodle and dim sim during breakfast. When we entered the room, we were so excited to find the welcome page in Chinese language on TV. The most important for Chinese group is kettle and tea bag in the room, which both Hilton and Intercontinental hotels can offer. Beside the inspection in the hotels, we did visit some special venues in Vienna. City Palace Liechtenstein, it is the private palace for the Royal family of Liechtenstein in Vienna downtown area. But it can be rented for special event like concert, gala dinner etc. Hofburg Imperial Palace, connected with most important places like presidential office of Austria, Sisi Museum with more than 300 items on display remind us the love story of Sisi, which is a big attraction to the Chinese tourists. Different size of function rooms can be provided to fit different requirements. The selling point of the function room is  that all kinds of lighting and audio systems has been built in and save the budget and time to find other suppliers for lighting and audio set-up. It is all inclusive in the room rental! Of course, you can find and feel Christmas atmosphere in every corner in Vienna in this special season. When we arrived Christmas market in front of the Schönbrunn Palace, we are attracted by the many booths for selling foods, drinks and Christmas ornaments. Many local people came and gathered to drink and chat, to listen the live band music, which is really like the temple fairs in China during the Chinese New Year. It makes more and more Chinese peoples easily go to Vienna to experience the fantastic local food, wine and music since Austrian Airlines opens the directly flights from Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. We believe that there will be more and more MICE products created by the agencies after the FAM trip and Vienna will be the most important MICE destination for Chinese group in the nearest future.

Yao Hong, general manager of IME Consulting is invited by the Almaty municipal government to participate in Almaty Invest 2016 Forum and had site inspection on the MICE industry resources.        Almaty Invest 2016 International Forum was held on Dec 08, 2016 in Almaty Ritz-Carlton Hotel, the best hotel in Kazakhstan. The event was hosted by the Almaty Municipal Government, attended by more than 500 government and business people. Yao Hong, the Managing Director of IME Consulting was invited as the speaker for the International tourism Investment Forum .        Bauyrzhan Baibek, Mayor of Almaty city attended the opening ceremony and welcomed more than 500 guests from 63 countries to participate in the Investment Forum. Bauyrzhan Baibek said that this forum is the fourth Almaty International Investment Forum. Attendees will discuss strategies and policies to attract investment and development in Almaty. The topics will focus on five areas: trade and services, food processing, tourism, state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, and industrial development. The mayor of Almaty Bauyrzhan Baibek hosted a luncheon to welcome the guests.        Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and President Xi Jinping agreed to announce 2017 as the year of tourism in Kazakhstan and China. This event is not only beneficial to the cultural exchanges between the two peoples, but also promotes tourism between the two countries. "The Chinese Cultural Week held in Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstan Cultural Week in China will be held. Almaty 2017 Winter Universiade will be held in Almaty city, hoping to attract 60,000 to 80,000 visitors. 2017 World Expo will be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. All major events held in Kazakhstan are aimed at attracting tourists from Asia and Europe to increase inbound tourism revenues.        It is reported that China National Tourism Administration has issued a notice, announced that since July 20, 2016 officially open the Chinese tourism groups to travel to Kazakhstan. August 7, 2016, first group of Chinese tourists to Kazakhstan started their trip from Urumqi International Airport. 56 tourists for eight days of travel will be opening a new chapter for China and Kazakhstan tourism cooperation. The most active response to this notice is from the major travel agencies in Xinjiang Autonomous Region,which is next to Kazakhstan border. Many large travel agencies in Xinjiang are planning to open up new Kazakhstan tourist routes, and with its tourism routes in Xinjiang with the combination.        Organizers said the forum aims to build an open platform for social, business and national coordination. Its priority is to promote business development and provide more investment opportunities for domestic and foreign investors in Kazakhstan, which will make Almaty a commercial center on the modern Silk Road, a strategic market for global multinationals and retailers in Central Asia .Vice Mayor of Almaty and other celebrities attended the MICE forum as speakers        Our general manager Yao Hong participated in the forum of the MICE tourism section, and introduced the characteristics of China Outbound MICE. After the forum, the organizers also organized investors to visit Almaty local businesses, industrial areas and tourism infrastructure. Alicia Yao Hong also inspected the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, about six 4-5 star hotels, convention center and tourist attractions.Wang Mingang, executive Chair of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, China Chamber of Tourism , served as the moderator of the MICE Forum         Almaty is the largest city of Kazakhstan and Central Asia, the financial center of Central Asia, the former capital of Kazakhstan. Because of the political, economic and cultural aspects of an important position, it is known as the "Southern Capital". It is hoped that All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, China Chamber of Tourism and the China MICE Industry will jointly build high-end tourism products linking China and Kazakhstan and promote the tourism development between the two countries.

ICESAP Annual Conference & Awards, Singapore, 30 Nov-02 Dec Alicia Yao, joint the ICESAP Annual Conference & Awards at the St Regis Singapore. The conference had a great program, and great sponsors from Singapore tourism Bureau and Marriott Hotel Group as well as many others to  make it a success. ICESAP as the only association focusing on corporate meeting and incentive as well as event in Asia Pacific has received a strong support from the industry in this region within the first 2 years of its growth.  Grand Prix for Overall Event Excellence: Auditoire China  Regional Vice PresidentAlicia Yao has joint the Advisory Board meeting in Singapore the day prior to ICESAP conference 2016 and was elected to be the vice president of Northern Asia including Japan, Korea and China ( Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). The following are the 4 regions where the vice presidents are coming from and in charge its development. · North Asia/Greater China · Sub Continent & Gulf States · ASEAN · Australia/New Zealand & Pacific Islands From left: Vishal Dhale, Alicia Yao, Lisa Hopkins, Tom Monahan, Nigel Gaunt, Joanna Hancock, Robin Lokerman, Aileen London, Ramesh DaryananiDuring the conference, it is announced that 2017 ICESAP Annual Conference will be in Shanghai and Alicia Yao, vice president of North Asia will build Advisory Panel to provide support and direction for 2017 Conference Shanghai, which will be great for developing members, especially with the imminent roll-out of its Agency Accreditation & Member Education Programs in China.