Belly Dancers at the Airport

If yesterday was Alibaba day, then today was Global Sources day. Had a run out to AsiaWorld-Expo this morning for the opening of the sell-out part 2 of the China Sourcing Fair. Managed to avoid the speed trap which caught me there on Saturday (the police were hiding half way along the Tsing-Ma bridge on the airport-bound side if you're driving out any time soon).

It was good to see Merle Hinrichs, Sarah Benecke and other members of the Global Sources senior management team. They were in good spirits after a successful event last week and all indications of an outstanding gift fair this week. Their minds, however, were not all in Hong Kong. Dubai is flavour of the month at Global Sources and they were keen that attendees should remember that their next big launch is in the Gulf in June.

The size ambitions of the Dubai show are relatively modest compared to the Hong Kong events but it sounds as though they're going to have a good crowd there. To help us remember to go, Christina Anthony and colleagues from the Dubai World Trade Centre were in attendance along with Hong Kong-based belly dancers at the opening ceremony. Sadly, I'd left my camera at home, so you'll have to made do with this generic shot for now.

Update: Oh, glory be! Now I can post a picture of the actual belly dancers with Merle Hinrichs and other VIPs at the opening of the China Sourcing Fair this morning.