Organizers of the first ASEM Forum and Exhibition on Tourism Investment and Cooperation (ASETIC) announced it has chosen China´s Shandong province to host this year´s meet from October 19 to 22.
ASETIC aims to enhance relations between Asia and Europe by promoting investment and trade among its 39 member countries through exchange and cooperation in the tourism industry.
The St. Kitts Music Festival will have a new home to celebrate 10 years of spectacular musical performances, as it ushers in a future with new standards of excellence, professionalism and top quality entertainment.
The St Kitts Marriott Resort was the venue for a media launch of the summer festival slated to be held from June 29 to July 02.
An increasing number of travel companies are signing up to become Official Travel Agents (OTAs) for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
There are now 42 OTAs spread across the globe from Australia to Canada, India and the Netherlands and several Caribbean countries, including Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago.
Eurostar is reporting record revenues in the first three months of the year, as business travelers swelled passenger numbers. Eurostar also recorded one of its best ever periods of punctuality.
Expected sales were up 7 percent on the same period last year, reaching £125 million. A total of 1.7 million travelers used Eurostar during the first quarter, with sales of business tickets growing by 12 percent.
The tenth edition of MITM EUROMED, Meetings and Incentive Trade Market, was held in Nice, France from April 6 to 8 at the Nice Acropolis Exhibition Center, sponsored by the Nice Convention Bureau.
A grand total of 112 exhibiting companies from 16 European Countries and the Mediterranean met with 102 MICE hosted buyers, from also 16 European and EE.UU. countries.
BITTM 2006 came to a close with a bang. China´s major travel tradeshow welcomed 2,541 visitors and turnout on the first two days of BITTM surpassed the total visitor numbers at the 2005 event.
As many as 124 tourist boards, tour operators, travel agents and hotel groups from 34 countries exhibited at BITTM, giving visitors the opportunity to learn about destinations and providing a platform for organizations to establish new business partnerships.