In order to promote Shanghai meeting service industry’s standardized and professional development and the construction of Shanghai as an International Business Meeting and Travel Destination, on April 16, 2013, Shanghai Tourism Standardization Technical Committee founded Shanghai M.I.C.E. Service Standards Technical Committee (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai M.I.C.E. Technical Committee).

In order to further promote the publicity and implementation of the Meeting Service Organization Management and Service Standards, with support from the former Shanghai Municipal Administration of Tourism, guided by Shanghai Tourism Standardization Technical Committee, Shanghai M.I.C.E. Service Standards Technical Committee has worked out detailed rules for the implementation of the standards and carried out service standardization and standard organization certification after the conditions became mature, hoping to form a good atmosphere for consciously implementing meeting service standards in the whole industry, thus turning the standards into an important basis for the meeting service industry’s self-discipline and development, and enhancing Shanghai meeting service industry’s overall service level and shaping a good image for Shanghai as a meeting destination.

All the conference venues recommended in this column are Shanghai Meeting Service Standard Organizations (Conference Venue Management Companies). In 2015, the “Meeting Management and Service Standards Part II: Conference Venue Management Companies” (DB31/T636.2-2015) was officially released to the public. Since 2019, based on the Standards, 20 conference venue management companies have passed the review by Shanghai M.I.C.E. Service Standards Technical Committee in the first batch and become Shanghai Meeting Service Standard Organizations (Conference Venue Management Companies) in 2020. For details about the standards and certification application, please visit the website of Shanghai Meetings and Conferences Service Standards: www.smcss.org.