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The M.I.C.E. Mart is your Business Opportunity!

The is a one-on-one business session between the invited Foreign Buyers and Philippine Suppliers of M.I.C.E. travel products. The Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions Mart is built around the idea that the Buyers and Sellers must be matched based on their business requirements and preferences; and then allowed to discuss mutual business interests on a pre-scheduled basis.

M.I.C.E Mart Schedule

7:00 a.m. Registration for Sellers
Venue: Foyer – Mactan & Batanes Rooms, Tower Wing
8:00 a.m. Start of M.I.C.E. Market Seminars

INDIA
Venue: Batanes Room 1
Speaker : To be advised
Moderator : MS. RATI DHODAPKAR
Director, Aashman Travel
Moderator : MS. MARISSA NALLANA
President, Philippine Association of Convention/Exhibition
Organizers and Suppliers (PACEOS)

MIDDLE EAST
Venue: Mactan Room 2
Speaker : MR. TAREK SIBAI
Head of Operations, Aura Events International
Moderator : MS. ROSE H. LIBONGCO
President, Hotel Sales & Marketing Association (HSMA)

NORTH AMERICA
Venue: Batanes Room 2
Speaker : MS. PATRICIA ANNE NEWTON
President & CEO, Newton-Thoth, Inc. International

MS. SHARON LEE HEALOW
Senior Planner / Buyer, Carlson Marketing Worldwide

MS. BARBARA SAPHIRO
I&MI Media, USA

MS. VERNIE VELARDE-MORALES
Tourism Attaché, DOT – Chicago Office
Moderator : MR. JIM SKIBA, CMP
Director, World Incentive Nexus

9:25 a.m. END OF SEMINARS

9:30 a.m. OPENING CEREMONY

10:00 a.m. M.I.C.E. MART BUSINESS EXCHANGE
to 6:30 p.m. Venue 1: Kamia and Santan Rooms, Garden Wing Tower
to 6:30 p.m. Venue 2: Garden Ballroom, Garden Wing Tower

11:30 a.m. BUFFET LUNCH
to 2:30 p.m. Venue: Isla Ballroom 1, Tower Wing

The M.I.C.E. Mart will have three components:

  1. M.I.C.E. Market Seminars – DON’T MISS the Seminars on how to tap selected M.I.C.E. Markets:*
    • North America Mr. Jim Skiba, CMP, Director
    World Incentive Nexus
    • Middle East Mr. Hadi Malaeb, Managing Partner
    Aura International
    • China Mr. Guo Jun Hua, Deputy General Manager
    China Youth Travel Service
    Date : 10 July 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
    Venue : Kamia & Santan Rooms, EDSA Shangri-La Manila
    * To reserve a seat, please contact the M.I.C.E Mart Organizing Committee at contact details below:
  2. Buyer / Seller Business Exchange - Buyers will meet Sellers based on a pre-appointment schedule
  3. Travel Café Conversations - Follow up informal meetings between Buyers and Sellers for consultations / discussions
TARGET INTERNATIONAL / LOCAL BUYERS:
• Incentive Houses
• Destination Management Companies 		• Association Executives
• Meeting Planners, Congress / Exhibition Organizers
TARGET PHILIPPINE SELLERS:
• Airlines
• Hotels and Resorts
• Conference and Exhibition Venues
• Destination Management Companies
• Tour Operators 		• Meeting and Event Planners
• M.I.C.E. Organizers and Suppliers
• M.I.C.E. Destination Tourism Councils
• Other M.I.C.E. Ancillary Services Suppliers
For more details, please contact IT/IE 2009 Organizing Committee
Tel: 525-6110 / 525-6635 / 525-9318 • Fax: 521-6165
Email: cit@dotpcvc.gov.ph / cit.unit@gmail.com
website: www.dotpcvc.gov.ph