World Travel Mart Names New U.K. Exhibitors

World Travel Market (WTM) will showcase 10 new exhibitors from the U.K. and Ireland at the 2008 event. The new U.K. exhibitors include attractions, hotels, tour operators and travel technology companies and cut across all spheres of British tourism, from the classic and cultural to the cutting edge and contemporary.

World Travel Market has announced the arrival of the Cutty Sark. Housed in Greenwich, the Cutty Sark is the world’s sole surviving tea clipper ship, and has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Among the contemporary offerings, WTM has announced the arrival of Folio Hotels.

The company operates 37 three-star and four-star hotels across England and Scotland, in locations from Falmouth to Fort William. Alongside Folio Hotels, other contemporary offerings making their WTM debut are translation solutions company Iko Eko and technological innovator Wandrian, which is developing solutions to simplify the planning and purchasing of train travel worldwide.

Also at WTM this year are Anderson Travel, a London-based fleet of low-emission coaches and minicoaches offering tours, short breaks and environmentally-friendly car rental, and Westex, a direct marketing, mail handling and product distribution company.

The new U.K. and Ireland exhibitors are: Ambassador Theatre Group, Anderson Travel, Cornwall Pavilion, Cutty Sark, folio hotels, Gardens to Visit, Iko Eco, Sevenstar Aviation, Wandrian, Westex Ltd. The event takes place from Nov. 10 to 13, 2008.