Cotai Strip® Macao (Asia's Las Vegas) will be launched this year at AIME, the Asia-Pacific event for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions industry, to be held at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre in Australia.
Meeting planners can come to the Cotai Strip Macao booth (#3500) from February 21 to February 22, 2012 to learn about what this dynamic destination and integrated city can offer their event.
“International meetings are continuing their ever-upward progression, as our researchers have identified more regularly occurring and rotating events than ever before," says Natasha Tome, Executive Director of Marketing, Cotai Strip Macao.
“With the opening of over 5,000 new rooms and 20,000 square metres of additional meeting and exhibition space, AIME is a valuable opportunity to showcase the amazing developments of Cotai Strip Macao to the Asia-Pacific market."
"Such an integrated city offers a one-stop shop for meeting planners, with one contact person covering all logistics and infrastructure options to ease the event planning process. In addition, being located on the doorstep of China offers unprecedented business opportunities for a meeting planner.”
As Asia’s ultimate meetings destination, Cotai Strip Macao provides an unbeatable range of 10,000 guestrooms from five international hotel brands: The Venetian® Macao ; Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central; Conrad® Macao, Cotai Central; Holiday Inn Macao Cotai Central and Four Seasons Hotel Macao.
With a total of 120,000 square meters of flexible and versatile meeting and exhibition space including 274 breakout rooms, Cotai Strip Macao can cater every type of event, large or small.
In addition to its world-class convention and exhibition facilities, Cotai Strip Macao brings to the table not only its wealth of expertise and experience in the meetings industry, but also its unrivalled entertainment options such as exciting Streetmosphere™ performers to wow delegates.
With over 60 international restaurants and lounges and a fleet of over 150 ferries, coaches and cars with connections to air, land and ferry hubs, this integrated city is truly an all-inclusive destination for meeting planners.
Macao’s rich Sino-Portuguese history and beautifully preserved UNESCO World Heritage sites provide the perfect backdrop for any event. It is in the unique position of being the meeting point of East and West in Asia.
Located at the tip of southern China and only 45 minutes from Hong Kong by high-speed ferry, Macao is an ideal location for international delegates with free visa entry for nationals from more than 75 countries and a local population that speaks Putonghua, Cantonese, English and/or Portuguese.
For more information about Cotai Strip Macao 's presence at AIME, or to submit an RFP, please contact Natasha Tomé at +853 6679 9874 or via email at natasha.tome@venetian.com.mo.
