New venue in Hainan to open in July

News this week: Hainan’s largest exhibition venue, the Hainan International Convention and Exhibition Center (HICEC) will be completed on 28^th June after a 17-month construction period. HICEC is made up of a 77,000 m² exhibition centre as well as a 42,000 m² convention centre. The venue will reportedly host nine exhibitions and four conferences within this year, and will host the Pan-PRD Regional Cooperation and Development Forum in 2012. The Hainan Provincial government has stated that it will lend financial support to large-scale exhibitions held on the island-province according to its size.

The venue’s first large-scale exhibition, the China Hainan International Auto Expo, will open on 8^th July to coincide with HICEC’s official opening date. The event will occupy 33,000 m² of indoor exhibition space.

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IMPACT expands B2B exhibition platforms

News this week: The IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center has secured the hosting and organising of more trade shows at the Bangkok venue, following last month’s announcement of a partnership agreement with Germany-based Messe München International for the strategic cooperation to organise CONSTECH 2011.

The list of trade shows that will follow similar arrangements includes Pool & Spa Exhibition Asia 2011, which is set to launch this year in partnership with IIR Exhibitions. Pool & Spa Exhibition Asia will coincide with Green Building & Retrofits Expo Asia, a partnership with CMC Exhibitions from Singapore, which will run from 21^st to 23^rd September this year and will also be co-located with the Building Maintenance and Asset Management Expo Asia. In August 2012, IMPACT will partner Pixie Consulting to organise ISRMAX Asia.

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Centaur Media enters China market

News this week: U.K.-based B2B media group, Centaur Media, has announced the launch of a new licensing partnership with Hong Kong-based Industrial Communications Group (ICG) to jointly publish the Chinese edition of MWP Advanced Manufacturing for the China market. Under the agreement, ICG will publish the magazine six times a year under license from Centaur with a reported initial circulation of 15,700 copies to engineering and manufacturing professionals. The Chinese edition will draw content from the U.K. edition as well as local content from a China-based editorial team. The magazine will launch in July 2011.

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