13 Jun 2024

ITE Hong Kong 2024 – Highlights on 13 June – OPENING
ITE Hong Kong 2024 opened today (June 13) at 11.00 am, and officiated the opening is Acting Tourism
Commissioner for Tourism, Ms. Joanne CHU, Tourism Commission, Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau ofHong Kong SAR Government.
Ms. Joanne CHU attending the ceremony were leaders of the tourism industry, diplomatic corps who included
some 15 consul generals, media, exhibitors, and trade visitors. In all, over 300 attendees.

The ceremony started with a Group Photo of Guests on Stage and consul generals, which followed by the exciting
lion dance. Acting Commissioner CHU gave the key-note speech then KS Tong from the organizer gave an overview ofITE. After the Ribbon cutting, KS Tong from the organizer accompanied Ms CHU in the VIP tour.
There was a second VIP tour. Despite his busy schedule, Under Secretary LAU who visited ITE between 12.10
and 12.45 the same day was accompanied by Mr. KS Tong.

A Summary of Mr. KS Tong speech during the opening ceremony
Mr. KS Tong, Managing Director of TKS, the organizer of ITE: “Using 5 halls, ITE this year drew over 500
international exhibitors which both a record since Covid-19. We would invite participants start rediscovering the world inITE. Thus, we focus more adding more new elements and reviving services stopped during the pandemic years. Forexamples, we have some 20 new exhibiting countries and regions with around half from outside Asia. Coupling with thefact that some 85% of our exhibitors from outside Hong Kong and overseas, ITE remains highly international. Also neware the industry forum on Technology Propelling Sustainability, and trade seminars of Digital Marketing etc.
This year we resumed Business Matching which for quick dating between sellers and buyers. We host tradedelegations from several Guangdong cities which belong to the Greater Bay Area, which additional to regional tradevisitors coming individually.
To all our visitors, ITE offer great shopping of travel ideas and products, with over 500 exhibitors from various partsof the world; great travel fun as there are cultural performances, souvenirs, mascots and travel maps inside the halls
etc.
Comprising the 38th ITE (Leisure) and 19th MICE Travel Expo, ITE Hong Kong 2024 will be held from June 13 to
16 at Halls 1 of Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) with first two days for trade and last two for public.
ITE2024 again is strongly supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China with
Hong Kong Tourism Board, Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong and Macao Government Tourism Office etc. assupporters.
DETAIL / ENQUIRY: www.itehk.com; email travel@tkshk.com; WhatsApp: +852 69361271; | wechat: itehongkong| Facebook: itehk
More photos can be download here

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GQ9T0rBfapuklPkWl-ABidI4kdOg0AVo?usp=sharing
APPENDIXITE 2024 OPENING HOURS AND ADMISSIONShow DateAdmission
Jun 13 (Thu)
Trade / MICE / Corporate only (T)Pre-register online www.itehk.com/Visitor
Jun 14 (Fri)Jun 15 (Sat)
Public www.itehk.com/Publicwww.facebook.com/itehk
Jun 16 (Sun)

Opening Hours & Admission Fee
10:00 – 18:00 (HK$70)
10:00 – 18:00 (HK$35)
10:00 – 19:00 (HK$25)
10:00 – 17:00 (HK$25)

T: Aged 18 or above Trade Travel and Professional who are required to render business card at onsite registration counter. Alternatively, they canvisit after 2pm on June 15 simply by paying admission fee without registration.

EXHIBITING COUNTRIES AND REGIONS (By alphabetical order):ASIA: China (Mainland) – 17 Provinces, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan (11 prefectures / region),
Kazakhstan (Almaty), Kyrgyzstan, Macao, Malaysia (Sabah), Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam
Europe/Americas/Oceania: Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada (Yellowknife), Croatia (Zagreb), Cuba, CzechRepublic, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Mariana Islands, New Zealand, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and USA.
Middle East/Africa: Ethiopia, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Seychelles, South Africa, Syria and Tanzania