Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) announced the certification of 114 MICE venues with a combined total of 349 meeting rooms in Bangkok, MICE Cities, and other high potential cities across the Kingdom of Thailand. The venues were certified in line with the Thailand MICE Venue Standard (TMVS), which MICE operators believe plays a vital role in helping raise confidence and attracting international MICE organisers to choose Thailand as their business events destination. TCEB has this year built on the success of the nationwide MICE venue standardisation programme by introducing a new TMVS – Special Event Venue Category in response to the growing business demand for new and exciting venues for business events. Creation of the new category aims to upgrade special event venues to meet internationally recognised standards, helping position Thailand as a premiere MICE destination with a wide variety of choices on offer. 

Mr. Chiruit Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya, President of TCEB stated that the Bureau has put in place strategic plans to develop the competitiveness of the Thai MICE sector to be in line with international best practice.

“Currently, there are 315 TMVS-certified MICE venue operators, covering a total of 791 venues. For the AMVS, there are 13 certified MICE venue operators in Thailand including Chao Phraya Park Hotel, Chatrium Riverside Bangkok Hotel, Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok, Centara Grand at CentralWorld, The Sukosol Hotel, Rama Gardens Hotel, Anoma Grand Bangkok Hotel, Amari Don Muang Airport Hotel, Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom Hotel, Pullman Pattaya G Hotel, Avani Khon Kaen Hotel and Convention Center, Duangjitt Resort and Spa, and Sheraton Hua Hin Resort and Spa.

By the end of this year, TCEB expects to certify up to 150 venue operators under the Thailand MICE Venue Standard – Meeting  Room category – including re-certification of 100 operators and new certification of 50 operators – up to 5 venue operators under the Exhibition Venue category, and up to 20 venue operators under the Special Event Venue category, targeting tourist attractions, public parks, sports stadiums and shopping centers. The accredited certification period will cover 2019-2021,” said Mr Chiruit.