The Hong Kong Holiday & Travel Expo kicked off today (29 January) at the Convention and Exhibition Centre, signalling a full-scale return of face-to-face travel trade events. More than 40 agencies, cruise lines and tourism boards are touting discounted itineraries across 200 routes—from Central Asia rail odysseys to Greater Bay Area ski packages—amid expectations of 80,000 visitors over four days.(dimsumdaily.hk)
A notable feature this year is the organiser’s partnership with shuttle-bus operators on the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge to bring 15,000 mainland attendees, underscoring the Expo’s role in regional mobility integration. Overseas exhibitors—including the Argentine Consulate-General, Tourism Authority of Thailand and multiple Japanese prefectures—are courting Hong Kong’s outbound market but are also using the fair to brief local corporates on incentive-travel venues and fast-track visa services.
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For HR teams the expo provides a one-stop shop: airlines are bundling multi-trip passes for frequent travellers, while insurance providers are pushing portable medical plans that comply with both Hong Kong and mainland regulations—important for assignees who shuttle between the two jurisdictions. CSL is demonstrating an eSIM that auto-switches to mainland networks without additional roaming fees, a boon for mobile workers.
The event’s Nordic Village, luggage stress-test competition and 6,000-prize lucky draw may sound consumer-oriented, yet they double as soft-power branding for suppliers eager to restart MICE traffic. Exhibitors told Global Mobility News they expect corporate group enquiries to equal 2019 levels by Q3 this year.
With free tickets, cross-border buses and on-site upstream check-in offered to Greater Bay Area visitors, the expo itself becomes a case study in seamless mobility. Companies evaluating relocation packages can benchmark these logistics when designing door-to-door journeys for staff moving into Hong Kong.
