The 2022 Global Partner Summit, organised by travel service provider Trip.com, was held in Macao for the second year in a row between 2nd and 4th December. Under the theme of “Journey into the Future Together”, the summit focused on the recovery of overseas tourism markets in the wake of COVID-19 and it seeked to join forces with partners of all types and backgrounds to help the global tourism industry to evolve.
The 2022 Global Partner Summit consisted of a main forum, sub-forums, a roundtable forum and an awards ceremony. The sub-forums included business travel, accommodation, air ticket and marketing sessions. Over a thousand visitors descended on to the summit. In addition to the Trip.com team, there were also media representatives and tourism experts at the event. Plus, there were groups of representatives from international hotel groups, international airline groups, overseas tourism bureaus and an array of tourism organisations at the event.
The Trip. com Group Global Partner Summit Gala Dinner & Award Ceremony was held on the evening of 2nd December. The gala event was part of the summit. Macao was given an award during the ceremony as the “Global Strategic Partner Destination of the Year”.
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), as a special support unit, arranged professional familiarisation visit for the summit participants to promote Macao’s diversified “tourism +” charm. MGTO hopes that the summit may contribute to attract more enterprises to host large-scale conferences and exhibitions in the city so that business tourists with high spending power are encouraged to visit Macao.