Actual article date: May 11, 2018

Thankful. Grateful. Absolutely Blessed.

Those were the swelling feelings within me as we went onstage Singapore Tourism Award 2018 on Tuesday 8 May at Fairmont Singapore.

Wow what a whirlwind of an adventure for Jublia the past 4 and a half years! And we do not plan to slow down anytime soon. But this is exactly the boost we craved, knowing that we clinched the award despite all odds made the victory that much sweeter. It is the validation of blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice every team member has contributed. Yes I think we are now ready for our next challenge — World domination.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with our backstory, I’ll keep it short and sweet: Jublia is a home-grown global event technology startup founded by 3 NUS students in 2014. The idea for the business and technology innovation was first conceived in Sweden while we were on a university scholarship program. Over countless meatball dinners and fika, of course.

Despite not being funded nor having prior industry experience, we hustled, we raced, we took every opportunity graciously given, and made sure they produced spectacular results. Fast forward today, Jublia is a global market leader and pioneer of B2B meeting solutions for the MICE industry. Our proud achievements include major flagships — Interpol World, World Future Energy Summit, World Islamic Economic Forum, Fi Europe, PowerGen International, Singapore Airshow and the Singapore FinTech Festival.

I’d say some key factors to our progress thus far has been staying relevant to the market by specialising in what we do best, adopting far-sighted innovations, and always being accountable and transparent with our customers. Our entire team is made up of Thinkers and Doers who work nimbly with much agility. We never allowed complacency to bleed us, hence our culture has been one of consistent iteration through data-driven feedback. We take pride in solving problems, producing tangible results and definitely, building customer-first excellence.

We want to thank the Singapore Tourism Board for the event and for constantly spurring the growth of the MICE industry, both in Singapore and globally. Credit also goes to all our esteemed customers, industry associates and partners who have supported us throughout this journey. Winning the award together with SingEx makes me feel especially warm and fuzzy considering they were our very first local customer.

I would also like to take this opportunity to hopefully inspire everyone from the MICE industry. Let’s work towards collaborative excellence as we venture into a yet another new and exciting frontier. As the wildly successful property tycoon Li Ka Shing once said, “One person’s ability cannot bring about change. It requires everyone to work together and share a dream goal.”

Thanks again and looking forward to hearing from you guys soon!

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