TKS Exhibition Services Ltd, organizer of the 27th ITE (International Travel Expo Hong Kong) and the 8th ITE MICE (MICE Travel Expo) is pleased to announce today the co-operation with The Chinese Photographic Association of Hong Kong Ltd (CPAHK) to jointly hold in the Travel Expo this year a Travel Photo Festival that include a large scale "Travel Photo Exhibition" and a series of related seminars by experts.
CPAHK will invite members to submit travel photos for selection, particularly those related to travel themes highlighted in ITE & MICE. It is expected that over a hundred photos will be displayed, and an opening ceremony for the Festival has also been planned.
Established in 1958 and has now around 2000 members, CPAHK holds in each year photo exhibitions for members since 1961. Co-operation of CPAHK with TKS in 2012 on a travel photo exhibition was a big success, and leads to an expanded co-operation this year into a Festival.
"Photography helps retaining wonderful moments in holiday! Nowadays, cameras are more often used in holidays, reflecting the close link between photography and travel. Therefore, travel expo is a suitable venue to display the excellent travel photos by our members", said Mr. NG Man-Kuen, President of CPAHK.
"Travel photography is popular among our public visitors, and last year 52% of them expressed interest, much higher than our travel themes surveyed. We welcome continued co-operation with CPAHK, and the extension into a Travel Photo Festival!", said KS Tong, Managing Director of TKS.
ITE & ITE MICE, a leading international travel fair in Asia, will this year be held from June 13 to 16 at Halls 1A to 1E of the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. It expects to draw over 600 exhibitors from around 50 countries and regions, some 12000 trade and corporate visitors with 27% from mainland china and abroad, and its two public days draw 70000 visitors.
The Travel Expo is supported by China National Tourism Administration, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, Macau Government Tourist Office, and event industry associations from Hong Kong and neighboring area.
Trade and corporate visitors are welcome to pre-register online at www.itehk.com, and successful pre-registrant will be granted free admission (save HK$50) to the Travel Expo on June 13 and 14 which open only to trade. Public can visit the travel expo on June 15 and 16, and tickets are available at the entrances. Public website of the Travel Expo, www.travelexpo.com.hk, will go live in mid May. For enquiry, please send email to travel@tkshk.com or fax to 852 3520 1500. |
