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Renew success
Om Pharin, chairman and CEO of SlickBooth, organizer of Cambodia Travel Mart this
year together with Ooi Peng Ee, general manager of TTG events, Roanna Tan senior event
executive, TTG Events and Marek Traczyk, editor TTG Economic. Poland & Russia.
Cambodia Travel Mart
2017 (CTM) was a
success, held in Siem
Reap Province.
This year SlickBooth in
cooperation with TTG
Asia Event has got the
exclave rights from The
Ministry of Tourism in
Cambodia to have the
next CTM in October
from 11-13th.
Ooi Peng Ee, TTG Asia Events:
“We expect to have 250+ sellers and 200+
buyers, international buyers from more
than 80 countries.
It will be the best Tourism platform in
South East Asia this year”.
CTM will not only showcase tourism products and services, but also jointly promote
tourism in the region.
A standard booth/ corner booth will be 9 sqm and the cost is 2600 USD.
Cambodia`s business events sector is looking to set a major rebound in 2018 with
major developments soon to hit the market.
MICE business was slightly better in 2017, but has not hit the level of 2014. The
slowdown from Europe was hit by political events in 2016, such as Brexit, elections
and terrorist attacks in Europe.
Europeans have increased their average stay from four to six days.
Pierre Romano, gm of EXO Cambodia:
“Cambodia is a great playground for MICE. It offers a nice mixture of culture and
nature, authenticity and good infrastructure, and not to forget good prices.”
Skip Sihanoukville for
quieter spots
Mass construction of infra structure and the Chinese invasion is pushing European
tourists away from Cambodia coastal town of Sihanoukville.
The area has been dotted with new hotels, casinos, condos and resort development.
Despite having less than 100,000 people, the town will now have more than 30 casiones
of which 10 alone is build in 2016.
The incoming agents now recommend Kampot or Kep over Sihanoukville.
Travel Trade OUTBOUND - Scandinavia