Travel fair calendar

This calendar is edited by cultural navigator Andrew Princz. We welcome submissions of upcoming travel-trade events, conferences, seminars. Please send complete information or press releases to info@ontheglobe.com.

SEPTEMBER 2010

LA CUMBRE
La Cumbre Travel Industry Summit is an annual 3-day event, where you can discover a diverse range of exhibitors from the travel & tourism industry and meet with the leading international travel professionals. The event offers networking opportunities through 30 pre-scheduled appointments with industry members and numerous social functions. Conference program and destination seminars are also on the agenda, and speakers discuss the latest trends, innovative solutions to market issues.
Dates: September 8-10, 2010
Venue: Hilton San Diego Bayfront
City, Country: San Diego, California, United States
Tel.: [305] 860 3232
Website: Official website

THAILAND TRAVEL MART
An event which acts as a gateway to the greater Mekong sub-region. Organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and its industry partners, the event has as its main objective to promote the tourism and services businesses in Thailand and its local members in the Mekong region. International companies and destinations internationally also take part in the event.
Dates: September 8-10, 2010
Venue: Impact
City, Country: Bangkok, Thailand
Tel.: [662] 652 8325
Website: Official website

ECOTOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM CONFERENCE (ESTC)
The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) is North America’s largest and only conference focusing on sustainability in travel and tourism. A leading international meeting place, the ESTC brings together innovative minds from across the industry to discuss practical ideas and solutions that inspire positive changes.
Dates: September 8-10, 2010
Venue: Exhibit Hall, Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, Portland, Oregon, USA
City, Country: Portland, Oregon, United States
Tel.: [202] 506 5033
Official website

THE TRAVEL BLOGGERS SHOW
The travel industry conference for travel bloggers is being held in conjunction with one of North America’s top travel conference, THETRADESHOW. The two-day event will bring together travel bloggers from across the world to network and learn from one another. Participants will have the chance to experience some of Orlando’s most popular attractions as well as learn new skills thanks to a dynamic series of targeted educational seminars and panels.
Dates: September 11-12, 2010
Venue: Orange County Convention Center
City, Country: Orlando, Florida
Tel.: [866] 870 9333
Official website

THE TRADE SHOW
A platform for destinations, travel suppliers and travel retailers worldwide to connect and establish new business relationships. Participants benefit from personal interviews with leading travel executives from the United States and around the world, as well as first-hand insight into today’s travel agency industry. It also affords you a chance to learn the latest consumer travel trends and happenings in terms of technology, products and destinations; and a chance to meet and cultivate valuable sources.
Dates: September 12-14, 2010
Venue: Orange County Convention Center
City, Country: Portland, Oregon, United States
Tel.: [866] 870 9333
Official website

ADDISON TRAVEL SHOW
Addison is the only national series of independent travel trade shows covering 12 major cities across Canada with 20 Shows annually in the Spring and Fall seasons.
Dates: September 13, 2010
Venue: Fantasyland Hotel – Beverly Hills Ballrooom
City, Country: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Tel.: [604] 699 9990
Website: Official website

ADDISON TRAVEL SHOW
Addison is the only national series of independent travel trade shows covering 12 major cities across Canada with 20 Shows annually in the Spring and Fall seasons.
Dates: September 14, 2010
Venue: Round-up Centre – Palamino Room
City, Country: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Tel.: [604] 699 9990
Website: Official website

ADDISON TRAVEL SHOW
Addison is the only national series of independent travel trade shows covering 12 major cities across Canada with 20 Shows annually in the Spring and Fall seasons.
Dates: September 15, 2010
Venue: Saskatoon Inn – Saskatchewan B
City, Country: Saskatchoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Tel.: [604] 699 9990
Website: Official website

LOISIR EXPO
A leisure exhibition where suppliers meet to present products in support of event-planning and tourism-related leisure activities. See website to view other exhibition show dates throughout the major cities of France.
Dates: September 14-16, 2010
Venue: CNIT Hall Pierre et Marie Curie
City, Country: Paris, France
Tel.: [33] 04 42 18 01 70
Official website

PATA TRAVEL MART
The city of Macau is more ready than ever to welcome PTM2010 delegates to experience Macau through the five senses “See Macau, Taste Macau, Touch Macau, Feel Macau and Hear Macau’. In 2008, the city hosted a record-breaking number of over 22.9 million visitors and the Macau Government is continuing its investment in the development of business tourism and the MICE industry.
Dates: September 14-16, 2010
Venue: The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel
City, Country: Macau, China
Tel.: [66] 2 658-2000
Official website

CHINA TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION SUMMIT
“China, Consumer, Content” are the main themes of China Travel Distribution Summit 2010. For global companies China is no longer the future. It is the present. China and its lucrative market is one that nobody can afford to ignore. Executives and senior management, leaders from the travel and tourism industry will take centre stage at the China Travel Distribution Summit to engage each other to address the core issues affecting the heart of the travel industry.
Dates: September 15-16, 2010
Venue: GeHua New Century Hotel Beijing
City, Country: Beijing, China
Tel.: [86] 10 6202 8888
Official website

ATLANTIC CONFERENCE ON EYJAFJALLAJOKULL AND AVIATION
A conference discussing issues surrounding the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption. Why was Europe’s airspace closed? What procedures were followed? What has been learned? What are the effects of volcanic ash on airplanes and can they be reduced? What steps are to be taken and by whom to minimize the threats that volcanic ash poses to aviation?
Dates: September 15-16, 2010
Venue: Keilir Aviation Academy
City, Country: Keflavik, Iceland
Tel.: [354] 856 2301
Official website

ADDISON TRAVEL SHOW
Addison is the only national series of independent travel trade shows covering 12 major cities across Canada with 20 Shows annually in the Spring and Fall seasons.
Dates: September 16, 2010
Venue: Fairmont Winnipeg – Winnipeg Ballroom
City, Country: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Tel.: [604] 699 9990
Website: Official website

MODUL UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS
Modul University Vienna will host two international events about tourism on directed toward managers, academics as well as consultants and representatives of governments and international organizations dealing with tourism. The TourMIS Workshop offers training on how to use of TourMIS, the marketing information-system for tourism managers, while the International Seminar on Demographic Change and Tourism is devoted to illustrating the main demographic trends worldwide.
Dates: September 16-17, 2010
Venue: MODUL University
City, Country: Vienna, Austria
Tel.: [43] 1 32 90 09 65
Official website

FITE 2010
A consumer oriented travel fair in the clean riverside city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Covering Central and South America, the event sees the participation of the travel agencies, tour operators, hotels, airlines and local tourism offices. The fair is a bustling event – even a little bit too busy – but with a good trade and local operator participation. Guayaquil is also a launching-off point towards visiting other parts of Ecuador.
Dates: September 16-19, 2010
Venue: Convention Center Simon Bolivar Guayaquil
City, Country: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Tel.: [593] 22 24 35 12
Official website

INTERBOOT
A modern exhibition centre offers attractive exhibition space, live stages, an exhibition lake and open-air grounds. Set on the shores of Lake of Constance, the event will feature water sports during an interactive and live event. Visitors can test drive boats. Event features sailboats, motorboats, diving, travel and charter exhibitors. The event attracts over five hundred exhibitors from fifteen countries.
Dates: September 18-26, 2010
Venue: INTERBOOT Harbour
City, Country: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Tel.: [49] 7541 708 307
Official website

GLOBAL AVIATION STRATEGY SUMMIT
The ICAO/World Bank/Routes Global Aviation Strategy Summit is a unique event where airline, airport and tourism authorities’ Chairmen and CEOs come together in an informal setting to discuss the key issues currently affecting the air transport industry. The summit is a combination sessions with presentations and/or focused panel discussions only.
Dates: September 20-21, 2010
Venue: The Vancouver Convention Centre
City, Country: Vancouver, Canada
Tel.: [44] 161 234 2730
Official website

MIBEXPO RUSSIA
MIBEXPO is a meeting industry event for Russia and CIS countries. Bringing together prominent agency and corporate buyers from Russia and CIS, MIBEXPO exhibition offers its participants pre-arranged appointments and networking events. The event provides the opportunity to meet key players of the Russian and international MICE markets, to establish mutually beneficial partnership relations, to understand specifics of MICE industry, to comprehend modern trends and perspectives of the industry’s development.
Dates: September 21-23, 2010
Venue: International Exhibition Center – “Crocus Expo”
City, Country: Moscow, Russia
Tel.: [43] 1 230 85 35 32
Official website

LUXURY-LEISURE
Russia’s only travel-trade fair for deluxe travel, LUXURY Leisure – International Trade Fair for Luxury Travel provides local and international suppliers of luxury travel and tourism products a platform to promote their offerings to selected, high-net-worth buyers from Russia and all over the world. Tapping into the staggering growth of the newly rich in emerging markets such as Russia is becoming an imperative marketing objective for luxury goods and exclusive travel companies.
Dates: September 21-23, 2010
Venue: International Exhibition Center – “Crocus Expo”
City, Country: Moscow, Russia
Tel.: [43] 1 230 85 35 – 32
Official website

OTDYKH-LEISURE
Russia’s vast oil exports have led to a rise in the income and standard of living of most Russians. As a result, analysts have watched the expansion of the country’s middle class to be what is today one of the biggest consumer markets of the world today. Russian consumers are now more than ever ready and able to consider spending money on international travel – and the Otdykh LEISURE Moscow travel-trade show is where the international community has the opportunity to vie for a piece of the Russian outbound tourism pie.
Dates: September 21-24, 2010
Venue: International Exhibition Center – “Crocus Expo”
City, Country: Moscow, Russia
Tel.: [43] 1 230 85 35 31
Official website

GROUP LEISURE TRAVEL TRADE
The Group Leisure & Travel Trade Show is specifically dedicated to group travel, coach tourism and the travel trade market. Visitors are able to put together a varied programme of trips and tours from just one visit to the show, whatever their remit for their group, club, association, institute or company.
Dates: September 22-23, 2010
Venue: National Exhibition Centre
City, Country: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tel.: [44] 190 861 3323
Official website

TRAVELMART LATINAMERICA
This year marks the 34th annual travel-show featuring destination and tourism product from the nations of Latin America. The event features pre-arranged business appointments, seminars, pre-and-post-tours, cocktails and special events.
Dates: September 22-24, 2010
Venue: Real Felipe Fortress
City, Country: Lima, Peru
Tel.: [416] 259 2976
Official website

FITA 2010
FITA 2010 Mexico City will open its doors in the same year that marks the Bicentennial festivities of Mexican Independence. The event will gather tourism industry professionals from all around the globe with the aim to boost the promotion and commercialization of tourism products of Mexico.
Dates: September 23-26, 2010
Venue: Expo Bancomer, Santa Fe
City, Country: Mexico City, Mexico
Tel.: [81] 3 6891 1150
Official website

INDIAN TRAVEL CONGRESS
The annual meeting of the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), an organization formed towards the end of the year 1951 by a group of twelve leading Travel agents who felt that the time had come to create an Association to regulate the Travel industry in India.
Dates: September 24-27, 2010
City, Country: Phuket, Thailand
Tel.: [91] 222 207 4022
Official website

NO FRILLS
NoFrills offers a full immersion of meetings between tourism services suppliers (tour operators, hotel chains, air, maritime and railway companies, CRS, HRS, and much more) and travel agents. The exhibition offers no frills offers and is a platform for business development, communication and networking.
Dates: September 24-25, 2010
Venue: Travel & Technology Expo
City, Country: Bergamo, Italy
Tel.: [39] 220 204 335
Official website

TT WARSAW
is the most important meeting place in Poland for the international and Polish tourism industry to establish business contacts. Characteristic traits of TT Warsaw are the possibility to meet both individual and business customers and to promote Poland on the international scene.
Dates: September 23-25, 2010
Venue: MT Polska Centre
City, Country: Warsaw, Poland
Tel.: [48] 22 529 39 00
Official website

JATA World Tourism Congress & Travel Fair
JATA World Tourism Congress is a marketing conference centred around a particular theme relevant to today’s travel and tourism professionals. The consecutive JATA World Travel Fair is both a trade fair featuring a dedicated day for exhibitors to meet one-on-one with the Japanese travel trade and a consumer travel show where destinations and suppliers can showcase their travel offerings.
Dates: September 24-26, 2010
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight
City, Country: Tokyo, Japan
Tel.: [81] 3 6891 1150
Official website

ASTANA LEISURE 2010
Over the last seven years this event has grown and become a regular meeting place for the leisure services industry. Astana Leisure caters for both the B2B and B2C markets and features a vibrant mix of inbound and outbound destinations, all vying for visitors’ attention with tempting competitions, attractive displays and eye-catching cultural shows. The 2009 edition saw the participation of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Malaysia, Peru, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, Switzerland South Africa and United Arab Emirates.
Dates: September 28-30, 2010
Venue: Exhibition Centre Korme
City, Country: Astana, Kazakhstan
Tel.: [7] 727 258 55 26
Official website

ITE HCMC 2010
Travel event regrouping the major players of the tourism industry in Vietnam, including buyer-seller meetings, representatives of the provincial departments, networking events and destination presentation. Presentations of neighbouring Laos and Cambodia are also expected.
Dates: September 30-October 2, 2010
Venue: Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre
City, Country: Saigon, Vietnam
Tel.: [65]  6319 2668
Official website

OCTOBER 2010

ADDISON TRAVEL SHOW
Addison is the only national series of independent travel trade shows covering 12 major cities across Canada with 20 Shows annually in the Spring and Fall seasons.
Dates: October 4, 2010
Venue: Hampton Inn – Main Ballroom 118
City, Country: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel.: [604] 699 9990
Website: Official website

ACCESS 2010
In its seventh year this event is geared towards those planning and holding events in Austria. In access 2009 over 230 Austrian exhibitors from all sectors of the Austrian conference industry presented their products and services portfolios. The expected visitor target group includes international and Austrian corporate decision makers from marketing, sales, and advertising, scientific societies and federations, agencies, opinion leaders, consultants, trainers, and seminar organisers and the specialist press.
Dates: October 4-5, 2010
Venue: Hofburg Vienna
City, Country: Vienna, Austria
Tel.: [44] 207 375 7197
Website: Official website

ADDISON TRAVEL SHOW
Addison is the only national series of independent travel trade shows covering 12 major cities across Canada with 20 Shows annually in the Spring and Fall seasons.
Dates: October 5, 2010
Venue: Centre Mont Royal
City, Country: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Tel.: [604] 699 9990
Website: Official website

ONLINE MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES FOR TRAVEL SUMMIT
This event brings together top travel brands for two interactive conferences – Social Media in Travel Strategies and Online Marketing in Travel Strategies. Each will provide you with up-to-the-minute discussions and case studies on best practices in online marketing, search, social media, mobile, measuring ROI and how to create the perfect travel website.
Dates: October 5-6, 2010
Venue: Andel’s Hotel
City, Country: Prague, Czech Republic
Tel.: [44] 207 375 7197
Website: Official website

MITM AMERICAS
Ecuador is gearing up for the 16th edition of MITM Americas, an event for the meetings and incentive travel markets. This event attracts primarily incentive firms and travel agencies, meeting planners, corporate buyers and marketing firm. Interest in the event includes almost two hundred buyers from primarily European and North American markets.
Dates: October 6-8, 2010
Venue:
City, Country: Quito, Ecuador
Tel.: []
Official website

NATOUR
The NATOUR trade show is an international travel and trade show for active holidays in a natural environment. NATOUR is Slovenia’s largest business and tourism event for active holidays, allowing registered tourism companies to present their offer to numerous potential partners from abroad in one place.
Dates: October 6-10, 2010
Venue:
City, Country: Bovec, Ljubljana, Maribor
Tel.: [386] 1 430 5103
Official website

ADDISON TRAVEL SHOW
Addison is the only national series of independent travel trade shows covering 12 major cities across Canada with 20 Shows annually in the Spring and Fall seasons.
Dates: October 7, 2010
Venue: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
City, Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tel.: [604] 699 9990
Website: Official website

TASHKENT INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR
The Tashkent International Tourism Fair markets tourism to Uzbekistan in the context of the age-old Silk Road. Numerous initiatives in recent years have attempted to garner interest in the historic Silk Road, a trade-route that lead products from Asia to European markets. The Tashkent International Tourism Fair “Tourism along the Silk Road” will include high level of briefings, conferences, press conferences, congress tours, seminars, advertising campaigns and presentations.
Dates: October 7-8, 2010
Venue: 47, Istiqlol str.
City, Country: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel.: [998] 71 233 33
Official website

INWETEX-CIS TRAVEL MARKET
A business-to-business event in the North-West of Russia that annually attracts more than 460 companies from 39 countries and more than 10000 professionals of tourism industry. Attending the event include national tourist boards and associations, regional travel and city administrations, tour operators, tourist agencies, airlines, health spas and resorts, cruise and ferry companies, hotels, reservation systems, trade press and mass media.
Dates: October 13-15, 2010
Venue: Lenexpo Exhibition Center
City, Country: St. Petersburg, Russia
Tel.: [7] 812 320-6363
Official website

TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION SUMMIT NORTH AMERICA
A networking forum for the North American travel industry, this year’s event boasts four tracks; distribution, revenue management, mobile and social media. The event will features a rich speaker line up of over fifty guests from various industries including technology, hotels and airlines.
Dates: October 13-14, 2010
Venue: The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
City, Country: Chicago, United States
Tel.: [44] 207 375 7219
Official website

RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL AND TOURISM CONFERENCE
A unique event produced by Baxter Travel Media, the Responsible Travel & Tourism Forum includes a wide array of speakers in the Canadian travel-trade. The Annual Leadership Award will be presented to a Canadian travel and tourism organization that has demonstrated commitment to socially and environmentally responsible practices.
Dates: October 14, 2010
Venue: Old Mill Inn and Spa
City, Country: Toronto, Canada
Tel.: [416] 968 7252
Official website

NEW YORK METRO TRAVEL & ADVENTURE SHOW
A travel fair featuring guest speakers, seminars and hands-on activities. Scheduled to speak at the event include travel expert and author Arthur Frommer of the notable guide-book firm, filmmaker and environmental advocate Celine Cousteau and Patricia Schultz, author of 1,000 Places to See before you die.
Dates: October 16-17, 2010
Venue: Meadowlands Exhibition Center
City, Country: New York City, United States of America
Tel.: [203] 878 2577
Official website

MUNDO MAYA TOURIST FAIR
A specialized business meeting fair where the main service suppliers of the region will meet the destinations hotels, ground operators, airlines, experts on archaeological tourism, nature, culture, sun and beach, business and incentives… The Mundo Maya is a vast region of natural resources and archaeological sites and ceremonial centers.
Dates: October 17-18, 2010
Venue: Yucatan Exhibition and Convention Center
City, Country: Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Tel.: [44] 207 375 7219
Official website

ARAB TOURISM BOURSE
In its 8th successive year, Arab Tourism Bourse is expected to attract 18,000 visitors from some 25 countries. It is an important event which presents a diverse range of destinations to Syrian and international travelers. ATB provides an excellent opportunity for global travel and tourism industry to meet, negotiate and conduct business in Syria, one of the fastest growing markets in the Middle East.
Dates: October 19-22, 2010
Venue: Damascus New Fair City
City, Country: Damascus, Syria
Tel.: [963] 11 3342772
Official website

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND TRAVEL SHOW
A consumer-driven travel show that includes Canadian and international destination presentations. The event also includes a line-up of cultural performances, showcases and travel-trade round-tables. Last year’s show attracted over 37,000 visitors.
Dates: October 22-24, 2010
Venue: Place Bonaventure
City, Country: Montreal, Quebec
Tel.: [514] 527 9221
Official website

NOVEMBER 2010

TTW MONTREUX
The Swiss lakeside resort of Montreux has been the home of the TTW since the event was launched 35 years ago. Located on the scenic shores of Lake Geneva, the venue is internationally renowned for its many famous festivals and fairs – including the TTW. Switzerland’s leading travel industry event annually attracts many global exhibitors and thousands of travel trade visitors.
Dates: November 3-4, 2010
Venue: Montreux Music & Convention Centre
City, Country: Montreux, Switzterland
Tel.: [41] 21 962 2000
Official website

TRAVEL BLOG EXCHANGE (TBEX)
The TBEX forum has quickly become the premiere event for an active community of travel-bloggers. After a highly successful New York event, the TBEX flavor is now being launched in Europe! The event will have panels, speakers and workshops that explore the emerging industry of new media in travel. Some topics include working with PR, ethics in blogging, SEO/Optimization and finding your niche.
Dates: November 4-6, 2010
City, Country: Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel.: [402] 215 4440
Official website

GRAND FINAL GALA OF THE WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS
The Grand Final Gala event of the World Travel Awards, an awards ceremony which celebrates excellence in the travel industry. Awards ceremonies take place at different periods for each continent. The online vote includes over 5,000 European nominees competing in over 1,000 different categories.
Dates: November 7, 2010
Venue: Great Room, Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel
City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Tel.: [511] 988381657
Official website

WORLD TRAVEL MARKET
Staged annually in London, World Travel Market – the premier global event for the travel industry – is a vibrant must attend four-day business-to-business event presenting a diverse range of destinations and industry sectors to UK and International travel professionals. It is a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business under one roof. By attending World Travel Market, participants efficiently, effectively and productively gain immediate competitive advantage for their business and stay abreast with the latest developments in the travel industry.
Dates: November 8-11, 2010
Venue: ExCel London
City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Tel.: [44] 20 8271 2171
Official website

SALON INTERNATIONAL DU TOURISME ET DES VOYAGES
In its 26th year, this travel show features some 500 exhibitors from 40 nationalities and attracting 35,000 visitors over four days. A special focus on China this year will bring the exhibition “XI’AN, Treasures of Imperial China”, which brings to life the archeological site of Xi’An and the period of the first Chinese Emperor and The Eternal Army.
Dates: November 11-14, 2010
Venue: Parc des Expositions
City, Country: Colmar, France
Tel.: [33] 3 9050 5050
Official website

WORLD RELIGIOUS TRAVEL EXPO & EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Serving as the only international tradeshow and educational conference of its kind, the World Religious Travel Expo will once again play host to the industry’s top leaders, speakers, networking opportunities, educational seminars, and entertainment within religious travel and hospitality. Hundreds of travel providers, destinations, and suppliers from 30-plus countries will be in attendance and ready to meet and do business.
Dates: November 13-16, 2010
Venue: Palais des congres de Montréal
City, Country: Montreal, Canada
Tel.: [859] 219 3529
Official website

INTERNATIONAL GOLF TRAVEL MARKET
Whether you are a new golf destination, a hotel looking to increase leisure occupancy or an established golf resort seeking more international exposure, IGTM 2010 is a leading golf-focussed event. The show is exclusively dedicated to international golf tourism. Operated on a system of pre-scheduled appointments, meet over 300 international golf tour operators from over 65 destinations worldwide.
Dates: November 15-18, 2010
Venue: Centro de Eventos
City, Country: Valencia, Spain
Tel.: [44] 208 271 2150
Official website

SENIOREN MESSE
Consumer fair featuring entertainment and exhibitions targeting the growing senior travel sector.
Dates: November 17-20, 2010
Venue: Z&K Messen & Kongresse
City, Country: Vienna, Austria
Tel.: [43] 1 526 81 69
Official website

PHILOXENIA
The Philoxenia International Tourism Exhibition attracts both consumers, travel-trade exhibitors and visitors as well as international destination presentations. The European Tourism Conference also takes place consecutive to the event, discussing relevant issues facing the tourism sector.
Dates: November 18-21, 2010
Venue: Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center
City, Country: Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel.: [30] 2310 291 293
Official website

BORSA MEDITERRANEA DEL TURISMO ARCHEOLOGICO
A unique travel-trade event focussed on archeology tourism intended to promotes sites and destinations, creating integration of different cultures. The event favours the commercialization of destinations, and finding solutions to the seasonal phenomena of sites through an increase in cultural events and other employment related opportunities. The fair includes workshops, film screenings, networking events and lectures.
Dates: November 18-21, 2010
Venue: Centro Expositivo Ariston
City, Country: Paestum, Italy
Tel.: [39] 89 614259
Official website

PERU TRAVEL MART
Peru Travel Mart is a strictly business event only for wholesalers and joint venture of government and private entrepreneurs, Peru’s Export and Tourism Promotion Board-PROMPERU, and Peru’s National Chamber of Tourism -CANATUR, respectively, the latter being the organization that represents all local private tourism concerns.
Dates: November 25-28, 2010
Venue: Av. Paseo la República Nº6348, Miraflores (Office)
City, Country: Lima, Peru
Tel.: [511] 988381657
Official website

DECEMBER 2010

ILTM CANNES
ILTM Cannes is the leading annual business to business event for the global luxury travel community. The world’s most sought after destinations and unique travel experiences are showcased for the most discerning international luxury travel buyer. By invitation only ILTM Cannes is the event choice for business growth, effective networking and gaining insight into the latest trends in the luxury travel industry.
Dates: December 6-9, 2010
Venue: Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
City, Country: Cannes, France
Tel.: [44] 20 8910 7786
Official website

LUXURY TRAVEL EXPO
The twelfth annual Luxury Travel Expo evolves with the needs of the luxury travel industry through the launch of Luxury Travel Exchange and the Young Leaders Conference. These unique options add energy and excitement into the successful Luxury Travel Expo formula. Comprised of an unrivaled educational program and ample exhibit hall hours, Luxury Travel Expo remains the largest gathering of luxury travel advisors and suppliers in North America.
Dates: December 7-9, 2010
Venue: Mandala Bay Resort & Casino
City, Country: Las Vegas, United States
Tel.: [212] 895 8266
Official website

BTEXPO
B2B event, conferences and workshops. Appointments based upon a concept of switching tables three times and meeting different potential business partners. Approximately 150 participants, including the top 50 travel agents, key players of the tourism industry, professional associations as well as the specialized media.
Dates: December 8-9, 2010
Venue: Tour & Taxis
City, Country: Tour & Taxis, Belgium
Tel.: [32] 2 376 4504
Official website

ARAB INTERNATIONAL E-TOURISM & E-MARKETING CONFERENCE – IOETI
After the success of our past two annual conferences, IOETI  brings you a conference in the historic town of Luxor. This year the event will present a new format with internationally renowned speakers and a full day of workshops certified by a top British university to ensure you have a fascinating 3 days and come away with the basis of what you need to ensure that you can get your business and website off to a vital new promising start.
Dates: December 13-16, 2010
City, Country: Luxor, Egypt
Tel.: [20] 12 329 3909
Official website

JANUARY 2011

ASEAN TOURISM FORUM
The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) is a cooperative regional effort to promote the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as one tourist destination. This annual event involves all the tourism industry sectors of the 10 member nations of ASEAN: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Dates: January 15-21, 2011
City, Country: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel.: [65] 6395 7575
Official website

ECORISMO
Annual trade fair and forum on eco-products and environmental solutions for the hotel, camping, catering and tourism industries.
Dates: January 12-13, 2011
Venue: La Beaujoire
City, Country: Nantes, France
Tel.: [33] 5 53 54 49 00
Official website

CARIBBEAN MARKETPLACE
Caribbean Marketplace brings together hotel suppliers, attractions, destination management companies, restaurants, tourist boards and transportation companies. Media advertisers, website development and booking engines, distribution and media representation will also participate.
Dates: January 16-18, 2011
Venue: Montenego Bay Convention Center
City, Country: Montenego Bay, Jamaica
Tel.: [305] 443 3040
Official website

ONE TRAVEL CONFERENCE
Shopping, Dining and Cultural-Heritage Travel are consistently ranked as the top three travel activities in the USA, according to data tracked by the U.S. Department of Commerce/Office of Travel & Tourism Industries (OTTI) and the U.S. Travel Association. With the recent passage of the Travel Promotion Act, growth in international inbound travel, along with the ongoing economic recovery fueling domestic travel, the conference is focused on addressing new opportunities for business development and growth for the travel industry.
Dates: January 16-18, 2011
Venue: Langham Hotel
City, Country: California, USA
Tel.: [843] 341 6392
Official website

CONVENTA
Conventa is a leading marketplace for the meeting industry of South East Europe. Conventa facilitates personal contacts between an international hosted buyer and national buyer community and the wide choice of meetings supplier businesses.
Dates: January 19-20, 2011
Venue: Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre
City, Country: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: [386] 1 569 12 60
Official website

MATKA NORDIC TRAVEL FAIR
The Nordic Travel Fair MATKA is the largest exhibition in the Nordic countries and the Baltic Sea region. One day of the fair is targeted at the travel professionals, while two days are open to the public. The 2007 edition attracted 86,000 visitors, 17,000 of which were travel-trade.
Dates: January 20-23, 2011
Venue: Helsinki Fair Centre
City, Country: Helsinki, Finland
Tel.: [385] 91 50 94 64
Official website

SATTE TRAVEL MART
The annual showcase focussing on India, one of the most robust markets for travel and tourism in the world. The event is targeted primarily for the domestic India market, a country of over 1 billion people and a growing middle class. India’s domestic movements are estimated at $600 million annually.
Dates: January 27-29, 2011
Venue: Pragati Maidan
City, Country: New Delhi, India
Tel.: [91] 114 378 4444
Official website

SEATTLE TRAVEL SHOW
Travel show attracting some 130 travel companies and 300 travel professionals from around the world. Event showcases some of the worlds most exotic destinations and generates great vacation ideas.
Dates: January 29-30, 2011
Venue: Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
City, Country: Seattle, Washington, USA
Tel.: [206] 784 1333
Official website

ADVENTURES IN TRAVEL EXPO
The Adventures in Travel Expo series deals with travel and adventure events in the United States. A one-stop-shopping place where consumers meet the travel-trade to find products, services and destinations related to active travel.
Dates: January 29-30, 2011
Venue: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
City, Country: Chicago, USA
Tel.: [203] 878 2577
Official website

FEBRUARY 2011

AIME
AIME is a aimed at anyone involved in organizing meetings, incentives, conferences, special events or exhibitions. AIME showcases the best Australian, Asia Pacific and international destinations, products and services. It provides the best in business, best in education and best in networking.
Dates: February 15-16, 2011
Venue: Melbourne Exhibition Centre
City, Country: Melbourne, Australia
Tel.: [61] 2 9422 2485
Official website

IFT INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF TOURISM
Now in its 30th year, this International travel fair takes place on 15,000 square meters in the Serbian capital, reaching some 50,000 visitors for 750 exhibitiors. IFT is a member of ITTFA (International Tourism and Trade Fairs Association).
Dates: February 24-28, 2011
Venue: Bul Vojvode Misica 14
City, Country: Belgrade, Serbia
Tel.: [381] 1 11 26 55 377
Official website

THE BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOW
The Business Travel Show targets anyone who buys or manages company travel or books business trips and sources meeting venues over the internet, the phone or through an agent. The exhibition held annually across three days, at Earls Court, London, showcases hundreds of the finest business travel products and services from the world’s leading suppliers together with over 30 hours of education in the expert led Conference.
Dates: February 8-9, 2011
Venue: Earls Court
City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Tel.: [44] 08 20 7970 6553
Official website

HOLIDAY WORLD
This year will mark the 17th year of this annual Central European tourism industry trade fair in Prague. This 19,600 square meter event is open for trade visitors only on the first day, followed by two-days of public viewing. The 2007 edition featured over 700 exhibitors, over 7000 trade visitors and almost 900 media representatives. The event includes a summary presentation of the tourism regions of the Czech Republic.
Dates: February 10-13, 2011
Venue: Incheba Expo Praha
Address: Vystaviste 67
City, Country: Prague, Czech Republic
Tel.: [420] 220 103 325
Official website

EMITT
EMITT is an important exhibition of the East Mediterranean, Eurasia and Turkey. EMITT will welcome tourism professionals with specific halls for car rental companies and health tourism. The event attracts upwards of 2000 participants from 50 countries who come together with thousands of visitors in 5 halls which had the closed area of 30,000 square meters.
Dates: February 10-13, 2010
Venue: Tuyap Beylikdüzü Exhibition Area
City, Country: Istanbul, Turkey
Tel.: [90] 212 233 97 54
Official website

BIT INTERNATIONAL TOURISM EXCHANGE
BIT is Italy’s main travel and tourism fair lasting four days dedicated to the tourism operators, and a full week-end also open to the travelling public that can savour a structured and complete offer in the nine pavilions organised for the exhibition. BIT is looking to expand its reach, becoming more international by increasing the number of participating countries
Dates: February 17-20, 2011
Venue: Fiera Milano, New Exhibition Centre
City, Country: Milan, Italy
Tel.: [39] 02 349 841
Official website

LISBON TRAVEL MARKET – BTL
Celebrating its 20th season, BTL last year attracted some 60,000 visitors, 970 exhibitors participating from 50 countries. Side-events include a seminar on internal tourism. BTL will introduce, in 2008, the Azores and Madeira Islands as the two guest destinations featured in the fair.
Dates: February 23-27, 2011
Venue: FIL – Rua do Bojador
City, Country: Lisbon, Portugal
Tel.: [351] 218 921 500
Official website

JORDAN TRAVEL MART
The annual Jordan Travel Mart (JTM) is held at the state of the art King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. JTM will be a great opportunity for travel professionals to learn about all the wonders Jordan has to offer and experience the diversity of this unique destination.
Dates: TBA
Venue: King Hussein Convention Center
City, Country: Dead Sea, Jordan
Tel.: [416] 259 2976
Official website

MARCH 2011

UTAZAS INTERNATIONAL TOURISM EXHIBITION
Located on a sprawling communist-era exhibition site, Utazas International Tourism Exhibition is Hungary’s main travel and tourism market which attracts almost 60,000 visitors yearly. Travel agencies, tourism boards, hotels and the gastronomy sector participate in the event that takes place yearly at the 18,500 suare metre exhibition space.
Dates: March 3-6, 2011
Venue: HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Centre
City, Country: Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: [36] 1 263 6000
Official website

TTG POLISH TRAVEL MART
The Polish Travel Mart is an opportunity to gain access to one of Europe’s most important markets in terms of sheer numbers, and where demand is still growing. According to organizers, more than 7 million Polls take holidays abroad each year and this number grows in spite of the present world crisis and the less favorable Polish currency rate of change.
Dates: March 7-8, 2011
Venue: Westin Hotel Conference Centre
City, Country: Warsaw, Poland
Tel.: [39] 339 724 6143
Official website

ITB BERLIN
Top international market for the travel and trade industry. ITB Berlin is a prime meeting place, a marketplace, and a driving force behind the entire industry. The impressive 150,000 square metre exhibition area represents various segments, along with the comprehensive congress programme and supporting events represent the entire product spectrum of the tourist industry. At the same time, they form the basis for the development of new ideas, global approaches and targeted marketing.
Dates: March 9-13, 2011
Venue: Berlin Exhibition Grounds
City, Country: Berlin, Germany
Tel.: [49] 30 30 69 69 69
Official website

ADVENTURES IN TRAVEL EXPO
The Adventures in Travel Expo series deals with travel and adventure events in the United States. A one-stop-shopping place where consumers meet the travel-trade to find products, services and destinations related to active travel.
Dates: March 12-13, 2010
Venue: Washington Convention Center
City, Country: Washington D.C., USA
Tel.: [203] 878 2577
Official website

LA TIMES TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE SHOW
A gathering of hundreds of destination travel experts and tour operators. The event includes seminars, hands-on activities and a host of cultural performances.
Dates: March 19-20, 2011
Venue: LA Convention Center
City, Country: Los Ageles, California
Tel.: [203] 878 2577
Official website

ITM – INTOURMARKET
This show brings together hosted buyers and travel professionals from Russias regions with Russian and international tourism key players. The event will also include a parallel program.
Dates: March 12-15, 2011
Venue: International Trade & Exhibition Complex “Crocus Expo”
City, Country: Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel.: [7]  495 626-43-69
Official website

EMIF
EMIF targets the meetings industry in the Benelux and beyond. Exhibitors from a variety of industries take part from catering to casinos, hotels to technology providers. EMIF 2009 will also include a full program of learnShops – independent seminars and case studies.
Dates: March 15-16, 2011
Venue: Tour & Taxis
City, Country: Brussels, Belgium
Tel.: [32] 2 332 53 32
Official website

MOSCOW INTL TRAVEL EXHIBITION (MITT)
The Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition attracts some 80,000 visitors and is set on a vast 26,000 square metres of net space. MITT is the largest and one of the most important events for the travel industry in Russia.
Dates: March 16-19, 2011
Venue: Expocentr
City, Country: Moscow, Russian Federation
Tel.: [44] 207 596 5000
Official website

LE MONDE A PARIS – MONDIAL DU TOURISME
An ambitious project brought to life thanks to the passion and collaboration of three major actors in the exhibition planning and tourism industry. Le Monde a Paris brings together all tourism players in a single place, to ensure a meeting that offers a 360 degree view of the tourism industry!
Dates: March 18-21, 2011
Venue: Porte de Versailles
City, Country: Paris, France
Tel.: [33] 4 42 18 01 75
Official website

UITT
This year will mark the 14th Ukraine International Travel and Tourism Exhibition. The event is held on a 11,000 square metre venue, and last year attracted some 25,000 visitors. In 2006, Ukraine boasted 15 million outbound tourists. Organizers are counting on the recent cancelling of EU visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens to significantly increase this figure in the months to come, making the market more attractive for foreign delegations.
Dates: March 23-25, 2011
Venue: International Exhibition Center
City, Country: Kiev, Ukraine
Tel.: [44] 207 596 5000
Official website

TUR
The fair aims to market the Nordic countries, and is very much aimed at a strong business and marketing audience. About 2,000 exhibitors from over 100 countries take part in this fair every year.
Dates: March 24-27, 2011
Venue: Swedish Exhibition Centre
City, Country: Göteborg, Sweden
Tel.: [46] 31 708 86 76
Official website

GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FAIR
Important international travel fair in the Asia-Pacific region. Last year’s edition attracted 600 exhibition stands, on a 20,000 square meter exhibition space. Some 36 countries participated in last year’s show, representing almost forty percent of exhibitors.
Dates: March 24-26, 2011
Venue: Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Centre
City, Country: Guangzhou, China
Tel.: [86] 20 8626 6696
Official website

GIBTM
The Gulf Incentive Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (GIBTM) seeks to provide a business platform in the Gulf and Middle East region for international and regional venues, hotels, destinations and suppliers to meet with meeting planners, incentive travel buyers and those involved in the meetings and incentives industry.
Dates: March 28-31, 2011
Venue: ADNEC
City, Country: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel.: [44] 20 8271 2143
Official website

APRIL 2011

WORLD TOURISM FORUM LUCERNE
In April 2011, World Tourism Forum Lucerne will present the latest research findings on sustainability in tourism and introduce new and intelligent business models aimed at making the industry more sustainable. Numerous entrepreneurs from the industry will be there to share their experience and offer proof that business models based on sustainability can indeed be very successful.
Dates: April 13-15, 2011
Venue: Hochschule Luzern
City, Country: Lucerne, Switzerland
Tel.: [41]  41 228 99 80
Official website

BUSINESS TRAVEL SHOW
Business travel event for meeting planners and corporate travel buyers. The event proposes cost-saving alternatives, meetings with industry suppliers, industry events, seminars and lectures. An interesting element of the event is a specialized education program which will features presentations and panels.
Dates: April 13-14, 2011
Venue: Exhibition Centre Dusseldorf
City, Country: Dusseldorf, Germany
Tel.: [44] 20 7970 6741
Official website

CHINA OUTBOUND TRAVEL AND TOURISM MARKET
The only business to business outbound event in China dedicated to the Chinese outbound travel and tourism industry, COTTM, (China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market) recently held its 6th edition of the annual trade show in Beijing, China. This year the exhibition included 230 exhibitors from 55 different countries, from Australia toAzerbaijan; Croatia to Cuba; Thailand to Tanzania, creating a global platform of destinations and services, and the business opportunities to meet with the key Chinese industry professionals and buyers.
Dates: April 13-15, 2011
Venue: China World Trade Center
City, Country: Beijing, China
Tel.: [44] 208 846 2906
Official website

TOURSIB TRAVEL AND TOURISM EXHIBITION
Siberia’s most comprehensive exhibition and tourism services fair, TOURISB holds conferences and events focused on the tourism markets of Siberia and the Russian regions. This fair is the gateway to the eastern regions of Russia. Exhibitors include regional country representation and local government bodies.
Dates: April 14-16, 2011
Venue: International Exhibition Center
City, Country: Novosibirsk, Russia
Tel.: [7] 383 210 6290
Official website

TRAVEL XPO
Meet with over a hundred exhibitors face to face and find out all the information you need on your next travel destination at this consumer fair. The event includes Cultural Stage performances and film and talk rooms that include entertainment for the day. There will be a Jetset Travelworld Booking centre live at the expo where consumers will be able to get discount offers from exhibitors and book onsite all at the one place.
Dates: April 15-17, 2011
Venue: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
City, Country: Melbourne, Australia
Tel.: [61] 2 9452 7575
Official website

KITF
Meet with over a hundred exhibitors face to face and find out all the information you need on your next travel destination at this consumer fair. The event includes Cultural Stage performances and film and talk rooms that include entertainment for the day. There will be a Jetset Travelworld Booking centre live at the expo where consumers will be able to get discount offers from exhibitors and book onsite all at the one place.
Dates: April 20-22, 2011
Venue: Atakent Exhibitions Centre
City, Country: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel.: [7] 727 258 34 34
Official website

AITF
AITF is an event of the tourism industry in Azerbaijan and also covers the Caucasus region. Being the central event of its kind in tourism sector of the country and beyond, AITF becomes the main ground to establish and maintain contacts between foreign and Azerbaijani professionals.
Dates: April 28-30, 2011
Venue: Baku Expo Center
City, Country: Baku, Azerbaijan
Tel.: [994] 12 4474774
Official website

MAY 2011

FIT CUBA
FIT Cuba is the yearly travel-trade event for the Cuban tourism industry. Tourists from Canada, Spain, Europe and South America prop up the island’s economy, despite the difficult conditions resulting from the long-running US trade embargo on the island. The eventual lifting of the embargo is expected to result in a marked increase in tourism to the communist-run island.
Dates: May 2-7, 2011
Venue: Parque Morro Cabana
City, Country: Havana, Cuba
Tel.: [514] 848 0668
Official website

ARABIAN TRAVEL MARKET
Arabian Travel Market is the travel and tourism event unlocking business potential within the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. Tourism destinations from the Middle East and around the world showcase a diverse range of accommodation options, tourism attractions and new airline routes.
Dates: May 3-6, 2011
Venue: Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre
City, Country: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel.: [44] 208 271 2158
Official website

IMEX
Meet with over a hundred exhibitors face to face and find out all the information you need on your next travel destination at this consumer fair. The event includes cultural stage performances and film and talk rooms that include entertainment. There will be a Jetset Travelworld Booking centre live at the expo where consumers will be able to get discount offers from exhibitors and book onsite.
Dates: May 24-26, 2011
Venue: Messe Frankfurt
City, Country: Frankfurt, Germany
Tel.: [44] 1273 2249 58
Official website

JUNE 2011

KARIBU FAIR
An event jointly organized by Tanzania Association of Tour Operators, Tanzania Tourist Board together with the Ministry of Natural Resource and Tourism. The event is a three day International Travel and Tourism Fair which is held at Magereza open grounds Arusha Tanzania. The fair has since grown into East Africa’s biggest tourism event.
Dates: June 3-5, 2011
Venue: Magereza Grounds, Arusha
City, Country: Arusha, Tanzania
Tel.: [255] 732 979 498
Official website

TRAVEL BLOG EXCHANGE (TBEX)
The TBEX forum has quickly become the premiere event for an active community of travel-bloggers. Get your tickets early for this conference because if the last New York City event is anything to go by, tickets are not easy to get. An intimate setting allows for discussions on monetizing of travel websites, panel discussions and speaker workshops.
Dates: June 11-12, 2011
City, Country: Vancouver, Canada
Tel.: [402] 215 4440
Official website

ILTM ASIA
With no other event like it in the Asia Pacific region, Asia Luxury Travel Market (ALTM) brings together the world’s most sought after destinations, ultra-luxurious accommodation, elite transportation and unique travel experiences, showcased for the most discerning Asian luxury travel buyer.
Dates: June 13-16, 2011
Venue: Shanghai Exhibition Centre (SEC)
City, Country: Shanghai, China
Tel.: [44] 20 8910 7786
Official website

JULY 2011

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OCTOBER 2011

NOVEMBER 2011

DECEMBER 2011

MONTE CARLO TRAVEL MARKET
Mention Monaco and luxury, exclusivity and magic come to mind. You have only to walk the streets of this principality on the edge of the ocean playground of Nice and you will see that here the sidewalks glitter and the streets sparkle. The annual Monte Carlo Travel Market is no different, standing out among the many travel shows for just who the market targets: individual clients. ontheglobe.com is an official media partner of the Monte Carlo Travel Market.
Dates: December 2-4, 2011
Venue: Espace Ravel of the Grimaldi Forum
City, Country: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Tel.: [377] 93.25.47.01
Official website

This calendar is edited by cultural navigator Andrew Princz. We welcome submissions of upcoming travel-trade events, conferences, seminars. Please send complete information or press releases to info@ontheglobe.com.

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