Taiwan’s Kaohsiung, host city for ICCA Congress 2020, is forming alliances with its Asian neighbours to develop twin destination tours and attract association executives.
Hong Kong has agreed to create pre- and post-tours combining Hong Kong and Taiwan, revealed Jason Yeh, ICCA board member and CEO of Taiwan’s GIS Group.
Yokohama in Japan has agreed to bring in more Japanese association executives, while the Philippine Council for the Advancement of Association Executives and other ICCA colleagues outside Taiwan are also open to help, Yeh added.
And in preparation for the high profile event which will bring the world’s leaders in the meetings business to the port city, Yeh said Kaohsiung is also liaising with other Taiwanese cities including Taipei, Taichung and Tainan to engage as volunteers and make their facilities easier and friendlier to foreigners.
Kaohsiung won the bid to host ICCA Congress 2020 in part due to its compelling story of re-inventing itself through the power of meetings and designing creative concepts that will help ICCA engage more effectively with associations based in Asia-Pacific.
