News Feed ANNOUNCEMENT on June 9, 2020 Join force to restart recovery in ITE Hong Kong in coming August Travel World China | Date锛�2020-6-11   Reportedly, Hong Kong government been holding discussions with other governments to relax border control, and many Asian and European governments already announced re-opening border from June! With total confirmed cases just over 1100 and long periods of consecutive days with no locally infected cases, no surprise many disappointed when Hong Kong government announced on June 2 extending travel restrictions and social distancing! Sure, ITE in August affected! After consideration and consultations, TKS the organizer of ITE Hong Kong will hold a special edition of ITE from August 7 to 9, 2020 at Halls 3B to 3D in the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) with some major adaptions. Strong signs & August timely for Recovery Plenty signs reflecting strong pent up demand! In February and March, thousands of Hong Kong citizens took outbound holidays and stopped only by restrictions! Since April, Hong Kong travel agents been launching outbound tours, well received but cancel when restriction extended! Media reported on June 8 some Hong Kong travel agent continue promoting tours starting from the coming September to the first quarter of 2021 to far-flung destinations in Europe and the Middle East. Within days of our recent invitation by email or on Facebook, we received hundreds of registration from trade visitors and well over 1500 replies to our public survey! To them, they like find out the earlier the better, who, what and when will provide travel products with safety and hygiene features tailored made for Covid-19! In fact, our public survey late weekend found well over 40% interest in neighboring areas where likely border control be relaxed first, over one quarter each to Southeast Asia and Europe, some 22% to the Oceania, 11% to the Americas and over 70% to Japan and South Korea etc. A smaller ITE but a big Recovery Message Thus the August date is timely for recovery, and hopefully holding ITE can be positively seen as a message of recovery!   A significant number of exhibitors, who many either coming from or have agents, rep or branch office in neighboring areas and countries, are or rather ready for the August ITE. They constitute a core sufficient to get ball rolling while others can get on board as situation develop, since impossible that all or many can restart at the same time! In August ITE, a major media group will hold again the One Belt One Road Trade Forum (Tourism) and the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Industry Association (HKECIA) will hold its Annual Seminar and Cocktail; and popular travel hosts holding travel seminars. The August ITE only 1 Trade Day and 2 Public Days Core ITE visitors not much affected! The 80% of the 12000 regional buyers and trade visitors coming from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, and the some 80000 well off public visitors are largely unaffected by restrictions. But not so for the 20% trade visitors from other parts of China and Asia and overall fewer trade visitors expected! Make sense down to one trade day but buyer and trade visitor badge valid also in public days while opening hours of Friday and Sunday be extended by one hour each. Extra safety measures in ITE These include requiring participants wear mask while HKCEC will check temperature at main gates into the center; pavilions to group co-exhibitors by cluster of 4 to 6 booths with clusters separated by aisle and in general wider aisles; and controlling number of visitors admitted if necessary. ITE 2020 will be cheaper We share the great hardship of travel trade everywhere, and by absorbing costs and passing on possible government subsidy, will offer exhibitors special discount for exhibiting August-ITE 2020, please contact us for details.   Source锛欼TE