On October 15, 2025, the British Century Exhibition Group, together with the Philippine Elevator Association, officially issued an official announcement, confirming that the 2026 Philippine International Elevator Exhibition (Philippine Lift Expo 2026) will be held at the SMX Convention Center in Manila, Philippines from July 8 to 10, 2026. Founded in 2018 and held every two years, the exhibition is the most professional exclusive exhibition for the elevator industry in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, and is the core business platform for global elevator enterprises to enter the Philippine and Southeast Asian markets. With the theme of "Green and Intelligent Vertical Transportation", the core planning of this exhibition includes: First, the total exhibition area is 9,000 square meters, and it is expected to attract 180 exhibitors from more than 18 countries around the world, with exhibits covering the whole industrial chain products and technologies such as complete elevator machines, escalators, moving walks, core components, intelligent control systems, maintenance equipment, and green energy-saving technologies. Second, the Southeast Asia Elevator Industry Development Summit Forum will be held at the same time, inviting industry regulatory agencies, industry associations and technical experts from Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand to conduct in-depth discussions on core topics such as cross-border trade cooperation in the elevator industry under the RCEP framework, mutual recognition of elevator standards in Southeast Asia, Philippine market access policies, green low-carbon elevator technology, and old elevator transformation. Third, set up an innovative technology characteristic exhibition area, focusing on displaying cutting-edge products and solutions such as special elevators suitable for high-temperature and high-humidity environments and typhoon seismic zones, intelligent elevators, energy-saving elevators, home elevators, and barrier-free elevators, and set up annual innovative technology awards to commend industry technological innovation achievements. Fourth, the Philippine Elevator Maintenance Personnel Skills Competition and Elevator Design Innovation Competition will be held at the same time to promote technological innovation and skill level improvement of the elevator industry in Southeast Asia. Fifth, it is expected to attract more than 9,000 professional visitors from Southeast Asia, China, South Korea, Japan, Europe and other regions, covering core procurement groups such as construction developers, elevator distributors, engineering contractors, property management companies, and government bidding and procurement departments.