Ua hoʻohui ka Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) i kāna hui UK me ke koho ʻana iā Lindsey Thorpe ma ke ʻano he Luna MICE hou o UK & Ireland. E mālama ana ʻo Lindsey i nā manawa a pau i loko o ka māhele MICE no ka papa mākaʻikaʻi.
He ʻano ikaika i ka mākeke MICE, hui pū ʻo Lindsey ma hope o ʻehā mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he luna moʻohelu MICE ma kahi hui ma Lākana. Ma mua o ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi hui ma nā moʻolelo Convention Bureau he nui, lawe ʻo Lindsey i ka MTA i kahi loea i ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā hōʻike kālepa a me nā hanana kālepa ʻEulopa a me UK, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi a me ka hoʻokau ʻana i nā kūʻai aku ma ka māhele MICE.
Ua hauʻoli e hui pū me ka hui UK, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lindsey "ʻO Malta ka wahi kūpono loa no nā hālāwai, nā hālāwai kūkā a me nā mea hoʻoikaika. He makana kūikawā ko ka mokupuni no ka mākeke UK MICE; mai ka maʻalahi a me ka hoʻonui mau ʻana i ka hiki ʻana i kahi e hele ai, kahi ʻano o nā waihona hōkele no nā pūʻulu kālā āpau, kahi hoʻoilina a me ka moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa i hoʻohālikelike i ka huakaʻi i kaulike me ka leʻaleʻa a me ke ola pō. Manaʻo wau e hoʻomau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kēia mau manawa i ka mākeke UK. "
He mau makahiki hoihoi e hiki mai ana no ka mākeke MICE ma Malta, e ʻike ka mokupuni ʻo Mediterranean i ka wehe ʻana o kekahi mau hōkele a me nā ʻike e mālama ai i ka mea kūʻai aku MICE. E ʻike ʻo 2019 i ka wehe ʻana o ka Malta Marriott Hotel a me Spa, ma hope o ka rebrand o ka waiwai Le Méridien a ʻo 2020 e ʻike i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Hard Rock Café; he epicenter MICE piha me 37,000 kapuai kuea o ka wahi hana i hoolalaia a me ka hale halawai nui loa ma ka mokupuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peter Vella, ka Luna Hoʻokele UK o MTA "Ke wāwahi nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Malta i nā moʻolelo āpau i ka wā e ʻike ai nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā huakaʻi ʻoihana mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua i kā mākou hui kūʻokoʻa o ka lā, ka moʻomeheu, ka mōʻaukala, ka nani a me ka hoʻokipa. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o Lindsey ma luna o ka moku a ke hilinaʻi nei ʻo kona akamai i nā hālāwai, nā mea hoʻoikaika, nā hālāwai kūkā a me nā hōʻikeʻike e kōkua i ka hōʻike ʻana i ko mākou mokupuni ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi mua ʻo European MICE".
