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The Slate Phuket
Just 10 minutes from Phuket International Airport on the serene northern coast, this 178-key, Bill Bensley-designed resort offers delegates a quiet, tropical paradise steeped in Phuket’s tin-mining heritage
FCM Meetings & Events (FCM M&E) has launched FCM Venue Finder to allow meeting planners quicker access to venues and to complete bookings.
The new booking solution for meetings and group hotel lodging for corporates is powered by Hubli. It includes over 200,000 spaces worldwide that can be booked online as well as sustainability solutions with contracting and cost controls. Detailed images and specifications of unique venues are reflected too.
Manpreet Bindra, leader of Asia, FCM M&E, said: “We believe the meetings, events, conferences, and event travel markets are ripe for disruption worldwide – this is an important step in ensuring we have best-in-class technology to deliver for a flourishing travel market sector.”
Bindra added that the new FCM Venue Finder platform was user-friendly and could effortlessly deliver seamless venue sourcing, event management bookings, innovative sustainability solutions, and cost control to simplify the dynamic events world.
Looking ahead, he noted that in-person activity levels are rising, with recent data showing that conferences and events are one of the top two reasons for travel among business owners and decision-makers.
“We’re experiencing and anticipating a steady annual growth rate of demand at 12 per cent year-on-year for in-person meetings, which means we have some exciting opportunities coming our way,” he said.