GEC NEWS WIREDISTREE APAC concluded successfully in Singapore
Delegates at DISTREE Asia Pacific (APAC) 2013 took part in more than 1,500 pre-scheduled one-on-one meetings during this year’s regional channel event. Hundreds more meetings were set up on-site during the event by the DISTREE Matching Squad. Senior executives from APAC’s leading ICT and consumer electronics (CE) retailers and distributors attended DISTREE APAC 2013, which took place at the Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa Resort in Singapore. The next DISTREE event, DISTREE EMEA will be from 11-14 February in 2014.
Ashish Kapahi, DISTREE APAC Event Director, said, “Bringing together the most influential channel partners from across the region in one place at one time created a wealth of business opportunities for participating vendors. We want to thank all participants for making this week’s event a success and planning is already underway for DISTREE APAC 2014 next year.”
DISTREE APAC 2013 was supported by Platinum Sponsor HP, Gold Sponsor Strontium and Silver Sponsor Energy Sistem; Event Partners GfK, IE Singapore, Pikom and AiTI; Content Partners CONTEXT, Forrester and VIA, plus Media Partners from across the region.
HP and Samsung were the standout vendors, picking up three awards apiece. HP emerged triumphant in the PC and Printing categories and was also recognised as Outstanding Vendor of the Year by retailers and distributors participating in the live voting.
Samsung picked up awards in three product categories: Tablets, Smartphones and TVs. Targus was named Phone & Tablet Accessories Vendor of the Year. Logitech collected the PC Accessories award and also won a tight live vote to secure the Audio Vendor of the Year title.
Taking place for the first time in 2013, DISTREE APAC marked a further geographic expansion for DISTREE Events, joining existing events in Europe, Russia & CIS, the Middle East and Latin America.
