The Appointment Tool is your personalised matchmaking and diary tool, designed to help you connect with the right buyers at the right time. Whether you're looking to generate leads, deepen relationships, or launch a new offering - this smart, easy-to-use platform puts efficiency at the heart of your Business Travel Show Asia Pacific experience.
About the appointment tool
How it works
10 March
Hosted buyers gain early access to the Appointment Tool and can begin booking 1:1 appointments with exhibitors.
23 March
Access opens for all attendees - including visitors, buyer pass holders, and exhibitor staff. Messaging and meeting requests can begin with both hosted and visitor buyers.
⚠️ Appointments are person-to-person. Ensure your team is registered before hosted buyer access opens, or you won’t be able to receive meeting requests.
Key features & functionality
- Searchable and filterable attendee directory by:
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Attendee type and meeting status
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Product/service interest
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Travel region, company size, traveller volume, and more
- AI-powered matchmaking suggestions based on your activity
- Favourite/bookmark attendees for follow-up
Dashboard to monitor:
- Profile completeness and visibility
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Meeting requests and acceptance rates
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Team performance and attendee interactions
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Product views, likes, and engagement
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Assign meetings to the most relevant team member
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View schedules in list or calendar mode
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Sync with Outlook
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Block out lunch, breaks, or away time
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Download full schedules as Excel or PDF
(accessible via web & app)
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Browse the full conference agenda and add sessions to your personal schedule
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Explore the exhibitor list and interactive floor plan
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Book accommodation directly within the platform
Frequently asked questions
You will receive an activation email w/c 23 March from Business Travel Show Asia Pacific (noreply@ntmllc.com) with the subject line: The Business Travel Show Asia Pacific event platform is now live. Once you click on the ACTIVATE NOW button in the email, you will be redirected to the event platform, where you will be asked to create a new password when you first log in and activate your account. After that, you can use your username (your email address) and password to log in to the platform each time.
If you are the stand admin, once you have logged into the platform, please head to the Register Your Staff page, which you'll find within the EXHIBITOR ZONE drop-down. You will be redirected to the Visit Connect dashboard, where you can register your team members.
Important: You will be asked whether each staff member should be available for meetings. This helps you manage the number of meetings held at your stand. When making this decision, consider your stand size and how many meetings can take place simultaneously.
The number of complimentary exhibitor passes issued is based on contracted space (3 exhibitor badges per 9sqm). Additional badges can be purchased at USD150 (before GST) each.
If you would like to purchase additional badges, select Register Your Staff from the EXHIBITOR ZONE MENU. This will take you through to your Visit Connect dashboard. Select TEAM from the left-hand menu then click on the Actions button to order more badges.
As an exhibitor you can request meetings with hosted buyers and buyers. Go to the ATTENDEE LIST to browse the full list or narrow down your search by using the filters on the left-hand side. Select the calendar icon next to the profile, select the time and enter a subject line and message before sending your request.
Your request will appear in your diary as “pending” until a buyer either accepts or declines the meeting.
As this is a buyer lead programme, requests from buyers are automatically accepted in your diary. Only buyers can cancel or reschedule meetings.
Any meeting requests you send will remain as pending until actioned by the buyer. Please note: pending meetings do not block out time in your diary, which means you can send multiple requests per time slot. The first person to accept the meeting will block the time, any buyer trying to respond to your invite will then be forced to reschedule the meeting before accepting.
Appointments are booked on a person-to-person basis. This means buyers select individual team members to meet with, not just your company. Make sure all exhibiting staff are registered in advance to ensure visibility.
Buyers can browse the exhibitor list to find companies they’re interested in meeting. To schedule a meeting, they’ll click the calendar icon next to the company profile. If they prefer to meet with a specific team member, they can select that person from the drop-down menu; otherwise, the system will assign the meeting to an available team member.
Buyers can also browse the attendee list and book meetings directly with a team member.
The appointment tool allows your company admin to view your team's calendar and easily reassign meetings to the most relevant person.
Select TEAM SCHEDULE from the top menu, you will then be able to view all of the meetings associated to the stand account. Next to each meeting you will see the "reassign meeting" button, click on this, reset, then tick the person it should be reassigned to then SAVE.
Each meeting slot lasts 20 minutes, 15 minutes for the meeting itself and a 5-minute buffer to get to your next appointment.
Meetings can be booked between 11.20am and 5.20pm on 14 April & between 11.00am and 5.00pm on 15 April.
Yes. The dashboard includes a detailed interaction log and real-time engagement metrics to help you prioritize follow-ups.
Scroll down to the bottom of your dashboard to view this information.
Yes, all scheduling features are available in both the web version and the mobile app.
The app will be available to download from 30 March.
There is a section on the app called “Meeting Ratings”. Once a meeting has taken place you will be able go into this section add a rating, add comments and mark as not attended.
All hosted buyers are required to complete a minimum number of meetings. If they fail to do this they will incur charges, so it’s important for you to let us know if you have a no-show.
If you have any other queries, raise a support ticket and a member of our customer service team will get back to you shortly.
