The growing importance that shopping tourism is acquiring within the worldwide tourist industry has led FITUR, the International Tourism Trade Fair, to create the new FITUR Shopping section within the framework of its upcoming event, which is due to take place at Feria de Madrid from January 28 – February 1, 2015. Shopping tourism is …
DEMA’s Board of Directors made changes to the association following the group’s board meeting last month. Among these changes was the creation of a new online forum on for Industry stakeholders to discuss, engage, and collaborate with DEMA and other Industry professionals. During the Strategy Session the need for DEMA to participate in better dialogue …
DEMA’s official host hotel for DEMA Show 2014, formerly known as the Las Vegas Hotel and the Las Vegas Hilton, has announced it is under new ownership and has been renamed as the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino. Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino is located adjacent to the North Hall of the Las …
American Marketing Group, Inc. recently completed its Travel Market conference, and reported a record number of attendees and preferred suppliers from around the world at the sold out trade show. The conference took place at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in June and followed at the heels of The Affluent Traveler Symposium. “Our number …
The Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa (APTA) has announced this year’s Forum will be held at the Carleton Oak Park Hotel outside Chicago in Oak Park, IL September 19 – 20. Traditionally hosted by a different chapter each year, the event is APTA’s largest annual meeting of members: agents, operators, tourist boards, …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1560378_517971831642529_2627435106280828199_n-300×225.jpg” captiontext=”Officials met in May to discuss preparations for ASEAN Tourism Forum in 2015.” align=”left”] Preparations for ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2015 are well underway, with sales of over 200 TRAVEX booths to date. More than 350 buyers and media have also submitted their registrations online to be part of the select and privileged …
Registration is now open for Africa Travel Association’s (ATA) 39th Annual World Congress to be held from November 11-16, 2014 in Kampala, Uganda. ATA’s signature event on the African continent will be hosted by the Uganda Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities under the auspices of Honorable Minister Maria Mutagamba, with the theme “Tourism is …
According to the WTO, there are about 25 million luxury travelers in the world and, although these constitute only 3% of the total number of tourists, they produce 25% of overall revenues, equal to more than 116 billion euro a year. The segment is continuing to grow, at a pace of up to 10% in …
Travel professionals have always known that there’s no time like the present. Which is why Bit2015, due to run at the Fieramilano Exhibition Center in Rho from February 12-14, 2015 has decided to lend the industry more support than ever in its search for new business opportunities by offering early birds display spaces in the …
EMITT, the East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition, is placing convention tourism on its agenda scheduled for next year. Organizing the world’s 5th largest in tourism exhibitions, EMITT will now introduce Turkey’s talents and potential in convention tourism through its creative approach at the special hall assigned as MICE Lounge, with a list of …