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The Tourism and Business Value of




Ms. Maureen O'Crowley
Vice President
Seoul Tourism Organization, South Korea
IGNITE
INNOVATE
 INSPIRE
  INFUSE
IGNITE
  TO SET ON FIRE
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“THERE COMES THAT MYSTERIOUS MEETING IN
LIFE WHEN SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGES WHO WE
ARE AND WHAT WE CAN BE IGNITING THE
CIRCUITS OF OUR HIGHEST POTENTIAL.”
                              -RUSTY BERKUS
IGNITE
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                      Ranking      City      No. of meetings
UIA ranking in 2008     1       Singapore         637
                        2          Paris          419
                        3        Brussels         299
                        4         Vienna          249
                        5        Barcelona        193
                        6         Tokyo           150
                        7         Seoul           125
                        8        Budapest         116
                        9       Copenhagen        104
                        10        London          103
IGNITE
“…… SEOUL IS RICH IN CULTURE, HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY AND
FOOD AND OFFERS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. THE SEOUL
TOURISM ORGANISATION HAS THE AIM OF DEVELOPING THE
CITY INTO ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP FIVE CONVENTION
CITIES AND YOU CAN SEE WHY WITH ITS OPTIMAL TOURISM
RESOURCES, SERVICES AND A SOPHISTICATED CONVENTION
INFRASTRUCTURE. “
IGNITE
                      Ranking     City      No. of meetings

UIA ranking in 2010     1       Singapore        725
                        2       Brussels         486
                        3         Paris          394
                        4        Vienna          257
                        5        Seoul           201
                        6       Barcelona        193
                        7        Tokyo           190
                        8        Geneva          189
                        9        Madrid          175
                        10       Berlin          165
IGNITE
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INNOVATE
    TO MAKE CHANGES IN
   ANYTHING ESTABLISHED.
               INNOVATION
INNOVATION :
INNOVATE


   JUST HOW BIG?
INNOVATE
INNOVATE
INNOVATE
www.miceseoul.com
INNOVATE
 NICE SEOUL!
INNOVATE
INNOVATE
INNOVATE
INNOVATE
                                          TORONTO
LONDON                             SAN
                     SEOUL    FRANCISCO
         ABU DHABI
         DURBAN
                             SYDNEY




  Future Convention Cities Initiative
INNOVATE
“UNITY IS STRENGTH. WHEN THERE IS
TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION,
WONDERFUL THINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED.”
                          - MATTIE STEPANEK
INNOVATE
“COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING,
STAYING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS,
AND WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS.”
                              - HENRY FORD
INSPIRE
TO INFLUENCE OR IMPEL
INSPIRE

TECHNOLOGY: SOCIAL MEDIA
INSPIRE
“WITHOUT INSPIRATION, THE BEST POWERS OF
THE MIND REMAIN DORMANT; THERE IS A FUEL
IN US WHICH NEEDS TO BE IGNITED WITH SPARKS.”
             - JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON HERDER
INSPIRE
INSPIRE
INSPIRE
INFUSE
TO INTRODUCE, AS IF BY POURING
INFUSE
“WORDS MEAN MORE THAN WHAT IS SET DOWN
ON PAPER. IT TAKES THE HUMAN VOICE TO INFUSE
THEM WITH SHADES OF DEEPER MEANING.”
                             - MAYA ANGELOU
INFUSE


         I
IMPLEMENT!
BE THE CHANGE
YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS INDUSTRY.

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