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SINGAPORE has retained its titles as the top international meeting city and country in the 2012 Union of International Associations (UIA) Global Rankings.迷你倉 This makes it the second year in a row that the city-state has been ranked Top International Meeting Country and the sixth consecutive year it emerged as Top International Meeting City. Japan and the US rounded off the top three for the top meeting country category. According to a release from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), Singapore's strategic location and access to important Asian markets has encouraged organisers to host meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) here. Last year, 952 of the meetings hosted in Singapore qualified under the UIA's criteria. Some of them were held in Asia for the first time, such as the International Conference on Next Generation Technologies for Bioenergy and Biomass Utilisation 2012. This year, the inaugural UIA Associations Round Table Asia will take place here on Oct 23-24. The programme will feature, among others, Greta Kotler, chief global development officer of the American Society of Association Executives, and Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organisation. "The UIA is looking forward to sharing this opportunity for training and networking with all international associations based in Asian cou文件倉tries or with an interest in Asia," highlighted Jacques de M?mvius, secretary-general of the UIA. Neeta Lachmandas, STB's assistant chief executive, said: "International meetings such as the UIA Associations Round Table Asia serve as dynamic channels that facilitate the transfer of relevant knowledge and expertise to local and Asia-based associations while growing the depth and breadth of content within homegrown event platforms." But like others in Singapore, the industry faces its own challenges too, including a limited talent pool and a high turnover rate. "To help Singapore retain its top position, SACEOS has started a formal programme with tertiary level institutions on MICE-focused training," Janet Tan-Collis, president of the national association for the MICE industry, SACEOS, said. "This is our bid to ensure that aspiring MICE entrants will receive the mentorship and training they require, and MICE businesses will continue to be supplied with a trained pool of talent," she added. Competition in Asia also continues to intensify, as destinations such as South Korea aim to get a bigger slice of the MICE pie. But growing this segment is important and can help bolster the tourism industry as the MICE visitor spends two to three times as much as a leisure tourist, industry players have highlighted in the past.存倉