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Conrad Hotel
Grand Ballroom
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Tel: +(852) 2521-3838
Fax: +(852) 2521-3888
E-mail: hongkonginfo@conradhotels.com

Please note that if a participating institution’s display material or pull-up banner obstructs another participating college’s table, blocks a passageway/fire escape route or otherwise poses a safety hazard, IIE reserves the right to require the institution to relocate the display/banner. All IIE decisions are final.

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Approximately 1300 students attended the fair in 2009.

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The Official Courier for IIE Higher Education Fairs in Asia

Click here to download OCS shipping kit.
Click here to download OCS address labels.

OCS will be working with IIE again in 2010 as the official shipper of exhibitor materials to the IIE fair series. As the IIE fair official shipper, OCS will keep track of and store exhibitors’ materials in OCS overseas stations, and deliver them to the fair venue one day prior to the event day.

IIE strongly recommends using OCS as your courier to ensure customs clearance and safe arrival directly to the IIE fair venue. Using OCS’s courier service allows OCS, IIE and you to track your materials and ensure safe delivery directly to the venue. Participating institutions shipping with OCS will not need to make any international shipments. Instead, you can forward all your boxes to the OCS trade fair hub in Boston.

From its Boston trade fair hub, OCS will take care of the rest, including address labeling and export documentation. OCS will pay all duties and taxes on your behalf overseas and will oversee customs clearance for you in the receiving country. Complete shipping instructions will be emailed to all registered participants who has chosen to use OCS.

According to the long experience of IIE/Hong Kong, OCS performs all of these services seamlessly and automatically for all exhibitors who choose to ship with OCS. You can always contact OCS at fairs@shipOCS.com or call toll-free in the U.S. 1-877-2222-OCS, or from outside the U.S. - 1-781-933-1130.

Note: for participants NOT using OCS:
Please do NOT ship any materials to IIE or to fair organizers’ offices. Neither IIE nor fair organizers, will be able to assist you to track your shipment before the fair, or to help on the day of the fair.

If you decide to use another courier service to ship directly overseas, note that neither OCS nor IIE will be able to assist exhibitors to track or to locate or to assist delivery of shipping materials. If you have chosen not to use OCS, it is the responsibility of your carrier to deliver your materials “door-to-door” overseas to the fair venue on, or prior to the fair day. Please make sure your carrier is able to clear customs in the countries you ship to, and make sure they can take care of duty and taxes for you. Please do NOT ship your materials as “cargo” or “door-to-airport”, because these services generally do NOT include customs clearance.

If you ship your fair materials to the hotel in which you would stay. Please note that you are responsible for contacting your hotel to arrange and confirm shipment. Neither IIE offices nor fair organizers, will be able to assist you to track or locate delivery of your shipment, or, to assist if your packages are delayed in customs or undeliverable due to improper labeling or other error.

Again, IIE strongly recommends shipping through OCS to ensure receiving your shipment to the IIE fair venues on time.

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U.S. passport holders are allowed to stay in Hong for up to 90 days without having to obtain a visa. For more information, please consult the Hong Kong SAR Immigration Department's website.

From Hong Kong International Airport, one way to get to the Conrad is by the hotel shuttle bus. Visit the hotel counter in the arrivals hall once you exit customs.

For those not staying in the Conrad or at hotels without shuttle service, we recommend the Airport Express (HK$180/US$23 for a round trip ticket), then by taxi from the Airport Express station to the city center (about HK$30-50/US$3.80 -US$6.40). Travelling directly to the city center from the airport by taxi is expensive, about HK$250-300 (US$32-38.40) per one-way trip.

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Hong Kong has an abundance of hotels, but most are considered expensive by U.S. standards. Often, travel agents in the U.S. have better access to discount rates than can be obtained locally, especially during the fall which is the peak season in Hong Kong.

Fair Venue:

Conrad Hotel
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Tel: +(852) 2521-3838
Fax: +(852) 2521-3888
E-mail: hongkonginfo@conradhotels.com

Guestrooms at a special rate have been pre-blocked for IIE fair participants at Conrad Hong Kong.

Please complete and return this reservation form on or before August 31, 2010 to:-

Reservations Department
Tel : (852) 2822-8828
Fax : (852) 2845-0882
E-mail : reservations@conrad.com.hk

Reservations received after August 31, 2010 will be subject to rates and availability.

Next to the Fair Venue:

Island Shangri-La
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Tel : +(852) 2877 3838
Fax : +(852) 2521 8742
E-mail : isl@shangri-la.com

JW Marriott Hotel
One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Tel: +(852) 2810 8366
Fax: +(852) 2845 0737
Toll-Free: 10 800 852 0398

Near the Fair Venue:

Central

Four Seasons Hong Kong
8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +(852) 3196 8888
Fax: +(852) 3196 8899

Landmark Mandarin Oriental
15 Queen's Road Central
The Landmark, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +(852) 2132 0188
Fax: +(852) 2132 0199
E-mail: lmhkg-reservations@mohg.com

Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong
3 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2877-6666
Fax: (852) 2877-6778

Wanchai

Grand Hyatt Hotel
1 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2588-1234
Fax: (852) 2802-0677

Renaissance Harbour View Hotel
1 Harbour Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2802-8888
Fax: (852) 2802-8833

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Hong Kong, described as a 'barren rock' over 150 years ago, has become a world-class financial, trading and business centre and, indeed, a great world city.

Hong Kong has no natural resources, except one of the finest deep-water ports in the world. A hardworking, adaptable and well-educated workforce of about 3.65 million, coupled with entrepreneurial flair, is the bedrock of Hong Kong's productivity and creativity.

Hong Kong's population was about 7.03 million in 2009, with a population density of 6.480 people per square kilometer. Hong Kong had a large foreign population of about 324.200. The top three nationalities came from the Philippines (112.453), Indonesia (87.840) and the Westerns (36.384).

Hong Kong is the world's 13th largest trading economy, the world's 6th largest foreign exchange market, and Asia's 3rd biggest stock market. Hong Kong is one of the world's top exporters of garments, watches and clocks, toys, games, electronic products and certain light industrial products. (updated to 2009)

A Free Economy
Hong Kong has for the 13th consecutive year retained its rating as the freest economy in the world in the 2007 Index of Economic Freedom released by The Heritage Foundation. The Cato Institute in the United States, in conjunction with more than 50 economic institutes worldwide, also ranks Hong Kong as the world’s freest economy. The International Monetary Fund classifies Hong Kong as an advanced economy. Other highly regarded institutions — like the World Economic Forum, the International Institute of Management Development and the Economist Intelligence Unit — also identify Hong Kong as one of the world’s most competitive business environments. And Hong Kong was the second best-performing host economy for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Asia, according to the World Investment Report 2004 published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth
GDP of Hong Kong in 2008 reached US$215billion, with 3.8% increase compared to 2007. Per capita GDP in 2008 was US$30,811, with 3% increase compared to 2007, higher than that of many Western countries.

Source: Info.gov.hk

The Economist Hong Kong Country Briefing and City Guide

Centamap (Searchable Map of Building and Roads in Hong Kong)

Hong Kong SAR Government Information Centre

Hong Kong in Figures (2007 Government Report; PDF file)

Hong Kong Tourist Association

Hong Kong SAR Immigration Department

Hong Kong SAR Education & Manpower Bureau

Lonely Planet World Guide, Destination Hong Kong

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Ann White
Director
Institute of International Education
Room 601, General Commercial Building
156-164 Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2603-5771
Fax: (852) 2603-5765
E-mail: awhite@iiehongkong.org

Hilary Tsui
Marketing Manager
Institute of International Education
Room 601, General Commercial Building
156-164 Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2103-1503
Fax: (852) 2603-5765
E-mail: htsui@iiehongkong.org