About Bangkok

Bangkok is a blend of the traditional and the modern and offers a dynamic setting for visitors. Cultural attractions, activities, shopping and entertainment areas offer both business and leisure visitors plenty of things to see and do while word-class venues and facilities offer an ideal destination for a MICE event.

There are two airports in Bangkok. Suvarnabhumi International Airport (IATA code BKK) is the sixth-busiest airport in the Asia Pacific region and is the newer of the two. Opened in 2006, it replaced Don Muang International Airport as the main airport and is today the hub for most international flights. Although Don Muang (DMK) was closed in 2006 with the opening of Suvarnabhumi, it was re-opened in 2007 and by now is servicing primarily low cost airlines with connections throughout Asia, easing congestion at Suvarnabhumi.

Suvarnabhumi managed almost 56 million passengers in 2016 and currently handles more than 900 aircraft movements per day. Don Muang is one of the world's oldest commercial airports and the oldest in Asia (first flight was in 1924) with the international terminal being renovated and then reopened in December 2015. It currently experiences a high rate of passenger growth – just over 35 million in 2016 – and 244,296 flights in the same year.

There are shuttle buses that run throughout the day and into the evenings between the two airports. The Airport Rail Link offers visitors the option to travel directly between Suvarnabhumi and downtown Bangkok area. Travel to Don Muang to and from downtown is possible via a combination of train and taxi or bus.

With convention and exhibition centres alongside unique venues that constitute roughly 152,450 sq m of meeting capacity, Bangkok has more than ample space to hold meetings of all types. There are several word-class centres with all the facilities necessary for successful events. For example, the award-winning IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, has a 140,000 sq m exhibition area and a convention centre with a 10,000 delegate hosting capacity; Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) focuses on machinery and trade shows; lifestyle events are hosted at smaller venues such as the Royal Paragon Hall and Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.

If you are looking for a sophisticated city-style celebration, Bangkok is hard to beat. How about a five-star luxury wedding with 100s of guests, a cosy ceremony at a chic boutique hotel, rooftop nuptials overlooking the city or stunning tropical gardens beside the Chao Phraya River? Temples and historical venues may be available – and, as with anything ‘out of the ordinary’, best organised through a professional wedding specialist.

Of course, once the formalities are over, there’s nowhere like Bangkok to continue celebrating until the early hours.

To say that MICE events in Bangkok are ongoing is an understatement. Here's a selection of just some that will be hosted end of 2017 and into 2018

• Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the World Organization of Family Doctors 2017 (WONCA 2017)
• 8th Shelf Life International Meeting (SLIM 2017)
• 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics (APCHG)
• 13th International Conference on Ecomaterial 2017 (ICEM 13)
• 1st Bangkok International Pediatrics Update 2017
• SEASIA 2017 Conference
• THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ASIA PACIFIC
• The Central Asia Regional Congress (CARC)
• The 8th International Congress of Asian Society of SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY
• Now Health International and Best Doctor’s Insurance Convention

Bangkok possesses a more than adequate infrastructure in which business can thrive, despite the rapid growth with insufficient urban planning over the last two decades. An underground railway and a skytrain make travel between main urban areas more predictable, while shopping malls, big and small, abound in the city, often within walking distance of each other in the downtown core. Visitors will have no difficulty obtaining Internet and communications access.

Bangkok is the world's No. 1 travel destination according to the latest MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index. Why? Attractions and activities abound making the 'City of Angels' an appealing place to see before heading elsewhere. Grand Palace, Wat Pho and Wat Arun are places to see to appreciate the Buddhist and cultural heritage of the country. There's also Chinatown, national museums and for a completely different aspect of the city, a riverboat dinner cruise on the Chao Phraya River – and, of course, the lively nightlife for which Bangkok is famed.