Following years of success at WTM in London, WTM Latin America positions itself as the premiere travel and tourism event in the ever expanding Brazilian and Latin American markets. The first World Travel Market Latin America will take place in São Paulo in April 2013, and the South American travel and tourism industry has shown massive support of this launch, that will include an extensive hosted buyers program organized in cooperation with the Brazilian tourism board.

DATE, the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange, was created to provide a professionally organized business exchange where International Wholesalers, Tour Operators, Incentive Groups, Airlines, and Charters Operators (Buyers) can meet and conduct business with the Dominican Republic’s leading tourism suppliers.

Spotlight on the Southwestern USA is a tourism conference which combines educational seminars, networking functions and a trade show. Operators are primarily domestic (including Canada) and range from small operations to large receptive companies (and everything in between). The ratio of suppliers to operators is never more than 2.5 to 1. Spotlight is casual and intimate and is not just about networking – but about building mutually successful and long-lasting business relationships. New tour itineraries to off the beaten path destinations are highlighted, using the closest Southwestern gateway cities as arrival and departure points.

SITT / TourSib is recognised as a major event for tourism industry professionals in Siberia region.  SITT/TOURSIB 2013 provides unique opportunity to promote destinations and services to a large number of trade visitors, including local tour operators and travel companies. Exhibitor roundtables and Professional workshops are also held during the three days of the exhibition, enabling participants to explain and demonstrate their products to a specialized and targeted audience. These individual events provide additional exposure for exhibitors and encourage interactions from visitors.

WTTC is the world authority on Travel & Tourism. It promotes sustainable growth for the industry, working with governments and international institutions to create jobs, to drive exports and generate prosperity. Its Global Summit is the world’s highest-level gathering of Travel & Tourism executives, government representatives and international media, who work together to unlock our industry’s significant potential for sustainable worldwide development and economic growth.

AITF is the main event in Azerbaijan’s fast growing tourism market attracting a large number of international participants and trade visitors from year-to-year. AITF has reached a world level and become the leading international exhibition in the Caucasian region.  AITF reflects dynamic development of the very promising tourism market in the region and establishes a solid platform for domestic and international experts to demonstrate the recent trends in business, incentive, health and luxury travel.

UITT – is an annual meeting place for tour operators, airlines, travel agencies, national and regional tourism committees, insurance companies, hotels and resorts. The exhibition reveals the full range of travel services, from organizing trips to different parts of the world, and finishing services of air transportation, rail tickets, accommodation and hotel reservations, conferences, seminars, incentive tours, the provision of insurance services. 

(ADWTA) is the first ever awards ceremony honoring trailblazers in the field of black culture and heritage as an influence on tourism. It is designed in appreciation of the service and dedication of key people from around the world who have significantly influenced world tourism and the exploration of the global places of black culture and heritage. The officialAfrican Diaspora World Tourism Awards Gala Ceremony will take place on March 23, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

BTS helps promote environmental conservation and the protection of marine wildlife through grants to other nonprofit groups. Beneath The Sea’s annual exposition in March will feature seminars and workshops, lots of great door prizes, a film festival showcasing the work of world-renowned underwater videographers, great parties, and exhibits and demonstrations by hundreds of manufacturers, dive clubs, dive shops, resorts, and much more!