November 19, 2009

K&A Honoured with Award of Excellence at MEET Taiwan Award Ceremony

By Taizhong Huang

 

MOEA Vice-Minister Francis Liang (left) presents the Award of Excellence to K&A International President Kitty Wong (center), in recognition of K&A’s successful efforts to attract international exhibitions and conferences to Taiwan. [Photo: Taizhong Huang]

TAIPEI – The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Bureau of Foreign Trade, under the initiative of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) Project Office, recently hosted the 2009 MEET Taiwan Awards Ceremony in Taipei. Recognition was given to those who best represented the vibrant characteristics of Taiwan to international visitors and whose work has contributed to lifting Taiwan’s reputation in the global MICE industry. K&A International Co. was singled out as the recipient of this year’s Award of Excellence for its outstanding performance in professional planning and delivery of international conferences.

According to Kitty Wong, K&A President, Destination Management and Association Management will be the company’s major focus in devising its future development plans. It is Kitty’s vision for K&A’s work in those areas to set a benchmark for the MICE industry in Taiwan.

The MOEA established the annual MEET Taiwan Awards program in 2005 with an aim to enhance Taiwan’s competitiveness in the global MICE industry and reward those companies and organizations who have displayed service excellence in the industry. For this year, BOFT’s four-year Taiwan MICE Advancement Program specially commissioned the MOEA MICE Project Office to host the 2009 MEET Taiwan Awards Ceremony, in order to reward domestic event planners for their long-term efforts in developing the industry in Taiwan.

K&A has been building its name in the MICE industry since its establishment in 1995. Under Kitty Wong’s strong leadership, K&A has earned the trust of both foreign and domestic partners for its unfailing professional delivery of value-added service. K & A team has demonstrated a strong sense of duty and responsibility, whilst also maintaining an honest and open communication with fellow event organizers. At all times, it never loses sight of its goal of providing cost-effective and time-effective planning. The good reputation built by K & A over the years will no doubt further sharpen its professional capabilities and image, positioning it at a vantage point to embrace ever more future challenges of the industry.

K&A’s unique ability to service all fields of associations, institutes and industries with the same level of top-notch professionalism has enabled the company to win contracts for more than 100 international meetings and exhibitions during its 14 years of operation. The cumulative experience and expertise gained over the years have been hugely conducive to maintaining the company’s excellence of service year by year.

Some of the major international events that K&A oversaw in 2008 included the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Taipei Conference, Skal International 69th Congress, Alzheimer’s Disease International, 11th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, and the 17th annual Wireless & Optical Communications Conference (WOCC). Among this year’s clients, K&A represented the University of Southern California (USC) Global Conference, the Association of the Electricity Supply Industry of the East Asia and the Western Pacific (AESIEAP) CEO Conference, the 7th Conference of the Pacific Rim Society for Fertility and Sterility (PRSFS) and the 17th Asian Congress of Surgery, proving K&A a worthy recipient of this year’s award.