Aloysius Arlando, Chief Executive Officer of SingEx Holdings Pte Ltd (SingEx), has been elected to helm the Brussels-based Association Internationale des Palais de Congres (AIPC), while a majority stake in Worldex makes headway for China growth.
The announcement was made during the recent AIPC (also known as the International Association of Convention Centres) General Assembly held alongside the Association’s annual conference in Sydney, Australia. Arlando leads a seven-member Board comprising CEOs of world-class convention centres in London, Washington DC, Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, Cape Town and Barcelona.
Arlando’s appointment as AIPC President will push growth in the Asia Pacific region and exchange global market knowledge, best practices and solutions, promote and strengthen the role of the international meetings industry in supporting economic, academic and professional development, as well as enhancing global relations amongst highly diverse business and cultural interests.
Given Asia’s burgeoning economies, the region is poised to lead the growth of business events, which are key enablers of fostering and facilitating growth in trade and investment as well as realising network and business opportunities.
“I’m working to ensure that the membership composition of AIPC is enriched with a mosaic of convention centres from various regions of the world. Europe is naturally a very strong base for AIPC and provides a wellspring of innovation and best practice, which can be applied to other regions. However knowledge-sharing is a two-way street and as centres in Asia adapt and grow, new innovations and designs will surface and these can then be shared with members in Europe, Africa and the Americas for mutual benefit,” said Arlando.
He also emphasised that the focus during his term as president will be on professional development and establishing regional platforms for current and potential members to tap on AIPC’s collective wisdom and adapt it to regional or market-specific circumstances.
A range of boutique networking events, business interaction sessions and exclusive regional summits will be encouraged to leverage on the existing strong networks and rich insights that the Association possesses.
As part of her strategic business expansion, SingEx has recently acquired a majority stake in Worldex, a reputable event organiser and event business solutions provider in Guangzhou, China from one of the world’s largest trade fair organisers, Fiera Milano S.p.A.
This new subsidiary, Worldex-SingEx (Guangzhou) Pte Ltd, is in line with SingEx’s ongoing plans for regional expansion into the major markets of ASEAN, India and China.
SingEx will harness its international networks and partnerships to grow the Worldex-SingEx portfolio of imported food trade shows in China, under the Food Hospitality World China (FHW) trade event brand, in collaboration with food importers association, trade councils, logistics and e-commerce companies.
At the same time, Worldex-SingEx has begun efforts to advance the BRI through working closely with China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and selected provincial governments on multi-sector & themed trade shows that focus on China’s exportable products and services.
These trade shows will be held in key Asian markets identified under the BRI such as India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Worldex-SingEx will also develop China-based editions of SingEx’s core portfolio of new-to-market events such as IoT Asia, Last Mile Fulfilment Asia as well as innovate new marquee event concepts relevant to China’s market.
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