The month in numbers

29-Oct-09, 11:39

Interesting figures from Asia's MICE industry

649 The amount, in millions of US dollars, estimated to have been spent on global event bookings at AIME 2009.

21 The number of new hotels that Marriott will open in Asia by 2013. The hotels will be in India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia.

173 The number of events already booked at China National Convention Centre, which is due to open in November.

102 The floor of the new Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong’s lobby, which will open in 2010 as the world’s highest hotel.

5 The number of new hotels that Accor will add to its Pullman range in Asia. Three of the new hotels will be in India and two will be in China.

71.4 The average occupancy rate, in percentage terms, of Australian hotels during July. Perth recorded the highest occupancy with 78.4 per cent.

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