World Routes Returns to China in 2016

Chengdu, China (ots/PRNewswire) -

Chengdu wins highly competitive bid to secure prestigious aviation
event in 2016

Representatives of UBM Live announced today- during a press
conference and signing ceremony-that Chengdu Shuangliu International
Airport has successfully won a highly competitive bid to bring World
Routes, the 22nd World Route Development Forum to Chengdu, Sichuan
Province, China. Chengdu Shuangliu Airport is the largest air hub and
passenger and cargo distribution centre in the central western region
of China, with more than 220 domestic and international routes. In
2013 the airport handled over 33 million passengers, making it the
fifth busiest airport in China.

Mr. Li Wei, Board Chairman of Sichuan Province Airports Group led
the bid and the team to secure the successful outcome. He explained,
"UBM has given Chengdu Airport an excellent opportunity to stand in
the central stage of the world aviation industry and will make every
effort to present an amazing and unforgettable event to every
delegate attending World Routes 2016."

Katie Bland, Director of the Routes business for UBM went on to
comment, "China is the world's second largest aviation market and
Chengdu is the centre of politics, commerce, trade and technology and
the hub of transportation and communication in central-western China,
authorised by the State Council of China. Chengdu is highly
accessible via Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, China's
fourth largest aviation hub. 2016 is a good time for World Routes to
return to China and Chengdu provides the perfect platform."

The event in 2016 is expected to attract more than 3,500 delegates
including 350 airlines, 1,000 airports and 300 tourism authorities
from more than 125 countries. It will be held in the state of the art
International Convention & Exhibition Centre at Chengdu Century City
and will take place from 25-27 September 2016.

World Routes is the annual meeting place for airlines, airports,
tourism authorities and other aviation stakeholders. It is where the
world's airline network planners come to meet with tourism
authorities and their airports in order to evaluate existing and
explore potential new air services.

World Routes is the place where airline decision makers meet with
airports and city and regional stakeholders to discuss and implement
air service. The decisions made at World Routes have a huge economic
impact on a local, national and international scale through the
increased air connectivity and this is why over 1,000 airports and
cities and 300 airlines from 125 countries are represented at World
Routes.

World Routes has been held in some of the most exciting cities
including; Las Vegas, USA, Berlin, Germany, Abu Dhabi, UAE,
Vancouver, Canada and Beijing, China.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events
through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is one
global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and CIS
respectively. http://www.routesonline.com
- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester, UK-based ASM Ltd., a
consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports.
http://www.asm-global.com. Routes and ASM are part of the UBM Live division of UBM
plc.
- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across five
continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote their
brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC,
TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes portfolio of events,
including World Routes, Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions,
conferences, awards programs, publications, websites and training and certification
programs are an integral part of the marketing plans of companies across more than 20
industry sectors. http://www.ubmlive.com

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Contact:
For further press information please contact: Victoria Jones, PR
Executive, Routes, T: +44-(0)161-234-2730, E: pr@routesonline.com