ATM 2013 road show opportunity for industry to strategise ahead of May show
The Arabian Travel Market 2013 road show touched down in Beirut yesterday (Thursday 7 February), where representatives from Reed Travel Exhibitions, the organiser of ATM, met with Lebanese exhibitors.
Taking place at the Raoush Arjaan Rotana hotel, exhibitors including Anastasia Travel and Tourism, Rida International and World Net hotels, were given some top tips on how to make the most out of their participation at ATM 2013.
"This is an educational seminar to give exhibitors an update on this year's show and inform them about the new features of Arabian Travel Market, and how they can maximise their presence at the show" said Mark Walsh, Portfolio Director, Reed Travel Exhibitions organisers of Arabian Travel market.
"Such features include the revamped exhibitor portal and 'MY ATM online diary' where over 11,000 meeting requests were made between visitors and exhibitors during last year's show" added Walsh.
Having already visited Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, the ATM road show will travel to Jordan and Oman before concluding in Dubai on 12 February.
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About Arabian Travel Market
For more information on Arabian Travel Market 2013, please log on to: www.arabiantravelmarket.com
About Reed Travel Exhibitions
Arabian Travel Market is organised by Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE), the world's leading provider of exhibitions in the travel and tourism industry. Its wide-ranging portfolio of events around the globe covers leisure travel, luxury travel, business travel and the meetings and incentives industry.
Reed Travel Exhibitions also organises Abu-Dhabi based global meetings and incentive exhibition, GIBTM which takes place from 25-27 March 2013. In 2011 RTE 13 events were the catalyst for £2,807 million worth of travel and tourism business deals.
The 13 events are; World Travel Market (WTM), Arabian Travel Market (ATM), International French Travel Market (IFTM), La Cumbre, International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), International Luxury Travel Market Asia (ILTMA), Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) (owned by Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau), Global Exhibition for Incentive, Business Travel, and Meetings (EIBTM), Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (GIBTM), Americas Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (AIBTM), China Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (CIBTM) and Business Travel Market.
2012 saw the launch of these exciting new events with The Spa & Wellness Summit taking place in Austria Tyrol (10-12 September), ILTM Americas launching in Mayakoba, Mexico (1-3 October). Furthermore, April 2013 will see RTE launch ILTM Japan in Tokyo(11 -13 March), ILTM Africa taking place in Cape Town (8-9 April), World Travel Market Latin America in São Paulo, Brazil (23-25 April) and the newest addition to the Meetings and Incentives Portfolio, IBTM India launching in Mumbai (12-14 September).
In 2011 RTE's 13 events were the catalyst for £2,807 million worth of travel and tourism business deals.
RTE is a business unit of Reed Exhibitions. In 2011, six million participants attended RE's 500 events in 39 countries covering 44 industry sectors from aerospace and aviation to beauty and cosmetics to sports and recreation.
Reed Exhibitions is owned by Reed Elsevier, the world's leading provider of professional information and online workflow solutions.
About Reed Exhibitions
Reed Exhibitions is the world's leading events organizer, with over 500 events in 39 countries. In 2011 Reed brought together six million active event participants from around the world, generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organized by 33 fully staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 44 industry sectors with trade and consumer events and is part of the Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world-leading publisher and information provider and a FTSE 100 company. www.reedexpo.com
For more information, please contact:
Josse Dulka
Senior Account Executive
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Dubai Media City, UAE
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