The annual flagship "Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival" returns this year (23-26 October) with the vibrant theme "Remix. Best Of All Worlds."
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) took the opportunity to solidify Hong Kong's reputation as a world-class epicurean capital and premier destination for business and leisure. The HKTB unveiled a series of strategic initiatives designed to engage high-yield visitors and invited convention and exhibition visitors and travel agents from nine strategic markets to join in the festival.
An exclusive sommelier wine-pairing private tour was arranged, and an annual top agent award gala dinner was hosted to drive high-yield tourism and maximise the impact of mega events. Along with the mega experience enhancement, the HKTB captured the opportunity to launch new incentive products in the "Hong Kong Incentive Playbook 2.0: New Discovery Product Update" on 24 October at Ocean Park Marriott Hotel, to drive high-yield MICE tourism.
The HKTB hosted over 80 top-tier travel agents from nine short-haul markets – Chinese Mainland, India, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and The Philippines for a familiarisation trip from 22 October to 27 October, offering them a taste of the new incentive products in town, as well as recognising their achievements in bringing incentive groups to Hong Kong for the past year.
To celebrate their success, the HKTB hosted the prestigious "Toast to Success: Hong Kong Top Travel Agents Celebration & Gala Dinner", where guests savoured an exquisite Cantonese dinner crafted by five master chefs, while being recognised for their roles in promoting Hong Kong. This underscored the city's dual appeal as a global gastronomic hub and MICE powerhouse.
Jennifer Ma, Executive President of Grand China MICE Holdings Co. Ltd., remarked that corporate groups from Chinese Mainland place particular importance on food, making the Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival highly attractive to them. Participants can enjoy wine, and the format of the event allows them to deeply experience a sense of integration with local Hong Kong life.
It also offers a cultural experience that blends East and West. "This kind of opportunity is especially popular among many young people in Chinese enterprises", she noted.
Additionally, she mentioned that the upgraded Hong Kong Incentive Playbook 2.0 together with its new 'Empowerment' theme and HKTB's curated familiarisation trip in Hong Kong provided insights into many new tourism resources, such as events and venues, which will help Chinese Mainland enterprises better plan future MICE travel activities to Hong Kong.
