Acapulco will be home to the 30th edition of the Mexico Travel Marketplace, Tianguis 2005, the most important fair of its kind in the Aztec nation, from April 10 to 13 with a record-breaking attendance.
The event consists of a highly specialized business powwow that brings together buyers and service providers for two and a half days of working sessions.
Argentina´s Tourism Department is sponsoring the National Winter Travel Exposition with the help of the Argentine Federation of Tourism Chambers (FEDECATUR is the Spanish acronym). The exhibit is scheduled to take place from May 20 to 22.
The three-day event will unfold at the La Rural compound in Buenos Aires, the country´s largest fairgrounds, and promises to foster numerous promotions, business contacts and negotiations between premier tour operators from around the globe and local impresarios.
Starting February 28, the Mexico Travel Marketplace takes to the road in the U.S., bringing the latest Mexican travel products to retailers in a dozen American cities.
Major sponsors exhibiting at the event include Cozumel, Loreto Bay, Puerto Vallarta and Vallarta; the Mexico Tourism Board; and airlines Aeromexico, Alaska Airlines and Mexicana.
Preparations are in full swing in Port of Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, for the February 25th CMExPress, the successful Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism that has been held across the region for the past three years.
Organised by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), in collaboration with the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, the gathering has as its overall motto Keeping the Right Balance, acknowledging that the sustainability of tourism in the Caribbean requires proper co-ordination and the co-operation.
Cancun will be home to the Latin American Hospitality Summit Restaurants & Hotels from February 28 to March 2, an event in which boldface names of the travel industry from Latin America and the Caribbean will speak out about the sector´s future and challenges on the road ahead.
The hospitality industry in Mexico and the rest of Latin America is putting up with a period of dog-eat-dog competition and sea changes that bound hotel and restaurant execs to overhaul concepts and strategies in order to cash in on new opportunities and steer their future projects to safe port.
Organizers of the Berlin International Travel Market (ITB) are hoping to welcome over 10,000 exhibitors from 180 countries to the German capital.
Despite the absence of some of the local travel heavyweights, like Thomas Cook and Rewe, the level of application is similar to last year´s for a fair that´s scheduled to unfold from March 11 to 15.