Mice recovery spurred by border reopenings but impact limited for now

BUSINESS event organisers and venue operators in Singapore are cautiously optimistic about a gradual recovery in the coming months, as the country takes steps to reopen, although they feel the expanded number of vaccinated travel lanes (VTLs) may not be sufficient to move the needle for now.

"While optimism is building that we are approaching better days, it is laced with caution," said Dylan Sharma, vice-president of advocacy and communications at the Singapore Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (SACEOS).

"To date, we understand that many industry members are seeing an uptick in enquiries, though conversion into confirmed events is still tentative," he said.