Asia Funeral Expo (13-15 May 2009)

Biggest-ever Funeral Event

Funeral Expo Asia Funeral Expo (AFE) moves to Hong Kong this year for its biggest ever showing. More than 2,000 funeral home, cemetery and crematorium operators, traders, suppliers, buyers, professional associations, investors and media from around the world are expected at the event in mid May at HKCEC.

Areas covered include casket & urn, monument & stone, equipment & machinery, keepsake & memorial products, technology & services, and accessories & materials. Suppliers come from around the world, including Australia, France, Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Netherlands, Switzerland and US. More than 50% of these participants are new to AFE.

Also included in the programme is a full spectrum of activities, including conferences, visits and tours, enabling all participants to network, share and learn. The show also incorporates a public pavilion, to let people understand more about the industry.

Retail Asia Expo & Congress 2009 (24-26 June 2009)

Asia's Top Shoppers

HKCEC plays host to more than 10,000 of the most powerful and influential retailers, brand directors, advertising agencies, architects and designers from Asia Pacific in June. Retail Asia Expo & Congress is being staged for the first time ever; Hong Kong was chosen as it justly claims to be the shopping capital of the region, with a presence of all major international brands, plus it is on the doorstep of the Chinese mainland - the world's most exciting retail market.

The consensus is that retail design and technology are even more important in difficult times in view of the increased need to attract customers, boost productivity, enhance customer service and reduce costs - thus this event has a very important role to play. As well as a high-level conference, it is made up of two exhibitions - the Retail Design & InStore Marketing Expo and the Retail Technology Expo.

HKTDC Hong Kong International Tea Fair
(13-15 August 2009)

International Tea Party

Hong Kong has long played an important role in the tea industry - it has a history as a 'tea port', and it has an established tea-drinking culture that embraces both Chinese tea and Ceylon tea. This is the first-ever staging of a tea fair in Hong Kong, and takes place alongside the HKTDC Hong Kong Food Expo, also being held at HKCEC.

As well sourcing opportunities for tea and tea accoutrements, the fair will include programmes aimed at infusing a tea lifestyle, such as a tea competition, tea gallery and tea ceremony demonstration, generating visitor and media interest.