Dec. 17--PRNewswire/AsiaNet
CMP Asia has become the first trade fair organiser in Hong Kong, Asia's capital for international trade fairs, to be selected as a winner of the HKTDC Services Award for Export Marketing, which is part of the 2001 Hong Kong Awards for Services.
The award was presented to Peter Sutton, President and Chief Executive of CMP Asia on 10 December 2001 at the Award Presentation Ceremony. Antony Leung, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government was the Guest of Honour.
Michael Sze, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, organiser of the Export Marketing category of the Hong Kong Awards for Services, said that the winners were selected for their "creativity in marketing strategies, innovation in research development, outstanding export sales performances, effective personnel management and great company vision." According to the judging panel, CMP Asia "places much effort on understanding the customers' needs and identifying new business opportunities."
Peter Sutton said: "We are very honoured to be a winner of the award. This is recognition which we want to share with everyone in Hong Kong's trade fair industry. The value of trade fairs to Hong Kong is often underestimated. Not only do they attract high-spending foreign visitors, but even more important, a big trade fair can create billions of dollars of international trade for the industry it serves, business which is carried out in Hong Kong largely because of the fair. We also know of many foreign companies which set up their pan-Asian buying or selling operations in Hong Kong directly as a result of attending one of our trade fairs. Fairs provide foreign companies with a great introduction to the benefits of doing business in Hong Kong, and with Hong Kong people."
"As the largest independent trade fair organiser in Hong Kong and the leading trade fair organiser in Asia, we will continue to offer the most professional services to our customers."
The Hong Kong Awards for Services has been held annually since 1997 with the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, Mr Tung Chee Hwa as the Honourable Patron. The prime objective of the Awards for Export Marketing is to recognise excellence in export marketing services.
Notes to Editors:
CMP Asia is the largest independent trade fair organiser in the region with over 330 staff in 11 major cities in Asia and the USA. It has 73 media products comprising 61 trade shows in eight countries/regions.
CMP Asia owns the largest events of their kind in the region, including:
-- Hong Kong Jewellery & Watch Fair, Asia's largest jewellery fair and one of the top three events of its kind in the world,
-- Asia Pacific Leather Fair, the world's largest international trade fair for the leather industry, held in Hong Kong twice a year,
-- Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention, the world's largest event for the cruise shipping industry, held in Miami every year,
-- Furniture China, the largest furniture exhibition in China.
-- Cosmoprof Asia, the largest international beauty event in the Asia-Pacific region,
-- Intermach, the biggest and oldest industrial trade fair in Thailand, Asian Paper, Asia's biggest show and conference for the pulp, paper and board business, held in Singapore
-- Tokyo International Health Industry Show, Japan's leading show for the health industry
Downloadable format of the press release is available at CMP Asia's website at http://www.cmpasia.com
SOURCE CMP Asia Ltd
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Jennifer Law
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CMP Asia Ltd
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