The European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA) has confirmed that the 2011 edition of the European Golf Business Conference will be held at the Don Carlos Leisure Resort & Spa in Marbella, Spain. The Conference will take place from 30. November 2. December 2011. The announcement follows the recent launch of the Spanish Golf Course Owners Association (SGCOA). The first gathering of this new organization took place during the Club Managers Conference in Madrid (31. March 2. April 2011).
The First Annual Cancun-Riviera Maya Wine & Food Festival will take place March 15 to 18, 2012. Celebrating star chefs, wines and spirits of the Americas’ continent, Mexican gastronomy, and special guest of honor Ferran Adrià, the festival will feature some 30 events over four days, including the best that Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru have to offer in terms of talent, wineries, spirits and culture.
ASTA unveiled plans to re-invigorate its annual domestic tradeshow and conference, known as the Travel Retailing and Destination Expo (THETRADESHOW), by moving away from alternating between Las Vegas and Orlando and instead holding the event in a new venue in the U.S. each year.
Organizers of IMEX America, the new US trade show for the worldwide incentive travel, meetings and events industry, have revealed more details about the full business, networking and educational lineup scheduled for the debut show October 11-13 at the Sands Expo and Venetian/Palazzo in Las Vegas.
World Travel Market has opened registration for WTM 2011, which will focus on the emerging sector of sports tourism and particularly the Olympics with it being the final WTM before the 2012 London Olympics. Next summer, the Olympics comes to WTM’s home of east London, with its host venue ExCeL.
IMASTE will operate the first Virtual Tourism Fair in North American with support of the Spanish Tourist Offices in Canada and the U.S. It will take place from July 6 to 13. Tourism professionals and consumers will find a chance to meet online and exchange information.