APIEM has created new distance learning courses for events/MICE professionals who wish to gain an international certificate to confirm that they are able to work to an international standard when organising events. The courses are: The APIEM Certified Event Planner The APIEM Certified Event Organiser The APIEM Certified Event Manager The APIEM Certified Event Management Tutor All courses are aligned … Read More

Today is a great day for APIEM as we welcome our 1st Professional Member from China – Ubaldino Couto, lecturer in Event Management at the internationally acclaimed Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT), Macao. Ubaldino is a worthy recipient of being APIEM`s 1st Professional Member from China as he is an international scholar, researcher and consultant having studied in the United … Read More

Many congratulations to Dr Anukrati Sharma on becoming APIEM`s 1st Professional Member in India. It is an honour for APIEM to welcome Dr Anukrati to our Institute and we look forward to working with you in the months ahead on the professionalisation of India`s events industry. Dr Anukrati is a very distinguished international scholar and researcher in tourism and events … Read More

APIEM`s UK Headquarters (APIEM House) is in the city of Leeds in the north of England – 2.5 hours by train from London. As the HQ of APIEM it provides office space for President David Hind when he is working in the UK and also provides comfortable overnight accommodation for the guests of APIEM when they are visiting the UK … Read More

APIEM was launched in 2016 and has enjoyed two successful years of operation. When it was launched APIEM was governed by a UK registered company the Travel Industry Academy Ltd (TIA). TIA provided the legal home of APIEM. As APIEM continues to grow and expand the founders of APIEM have created a new UK registered company to provide the governance … Read More

The APIEM Gold Badge of Honour is awarded to events/MICE professionals who have made, and continue to make, an outstanding contribution to the professionalization of the Asia Pacific events/MICE industry through their work. It is always a great pleasure for me as President of APIEM to formally pin the Gold Badge to each worthy recipient. Gold Badges have so far … Read More

It`s a great pleasure for APIEM to receive membership applications from professionals not just from Asia Pacific but from many other regions of the world. Our two most recent members are Dr Marina Gunare and Dr Olga Subanova. Dr Marina is a senior academic at the Baltic International Academy in Riga, Latvia, northern Europe. She teaches and researches in events … Read More

The 1st APIEM Seniors Meeting has been held at the Bandung Institute of Tourism, West Java, Indonesia. The purpose of the meeting was for the founding partners of APIEM to meet for the first time and to get-to-know each other. Delegates came from Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and the United Kingdom. This historic business meeting was organised in its entirety … Read More

APIEM as well as accrediting universities, polytechnics and colleges in Asia Pacific that want to become an APIEM Centre of Excellence also welcomes educational institutions located in other regions of the world that want to join the APIEM network. The APIEM Educational Member scheme enables universities that want to work with APIEM to join the APIEM network. London Metropolitan University, … Read More