"IME2009", the 19th International Meetings Exhibition, is Japan’s sole exhibition for MICE:
Meeting, Incentive, Convention, Exhibition industry, and offers exhibitors
(1) direct access to Japan's major meeting and incentive travel organizers
(2) an ideal showcase to present their venues and products to the Japanese meeting market with face to face communication.

Japan is fast becoming one of the world’s major convention and incentive markets, both inbound and outbound. More and more international associations are choosing Japanese convention cities for future meetings sites, while increasingly, Japanese national association and corporate travel planners are considering holding their meetings and events offshore, and are eager for information on new products and venues on offer overseas.
IME2009 provides an ideal networking opportunities for buyers and suppliers in the international convention and incentive travel markets. Exhibitors are the convention bureaus and tourism, tourism bureaus of local governments, foreign national tourist organizations, convention centers, hotels and other convention-related industries.

IME is a trade fair established for encouraging the business matching among the MICE -Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition - industries. Participating exhibitors include, but not limited to, the local cities and bureaus who promote conventions and tourism, convention venues, professional meeting organizers, hotels and other convention-related industries.

3,000 selected key organizers and planners will be attending, representing various national associations and organizations, scientific and academic institutions, private corporations, and convention, incentive tour and corporate meeting planners.