Lesley’s passion for business events began in 2000 when she joined the Edinburgh International Conference Centre as Director of Sales, tasked with driving operational profit through national and international business development. In 2010, she became Head of Business Tourism at Marketing Edinburgh, promoting the city as a top-tier meetings destination. In 2017, Lesley joined GainingEdge,… Continue reading Lesley Williams
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Shogo Kaneda
Shogo worked for Korean DMC based in Tokyo to start his career in the business event industry and later joined MICE consulting company in Tokyo. His expertise is in destination marketing and business development, and he has been consulting for years. He is Korean-Japanese and has a broad network in the Japan and Korea business… Continue reading Shogo Kaneda
Alicia Yao Hong
Based in Beijing, China, Alicia is a Business Development Consultant and help the destinations grow business events sourced from China. She has been responsible for supporting the organizations and convention bureaus for their meetings destination development, such as TAO European Incoming, Let’s Go Malta, Euromic for China market, South Africa National Convention Bureau (SANCB), Vienna… Continue reading Alicia Yao Hong