Call for Speaker Papers
Following on from the success of EIBTM in Barcelona earlier this month, and specifically its "gold class standard" education programme, the focus now turns to providing a similar thought provoking schedule of seminars, workshops and debates for GIBTM 2011.
Fuelled by the growth of the meetings and events sector in the region, GIBTM will present a diverse range of subjects that underline the event's commitment to raising industry standards and encourage learning and development.
As usual, the education programme is free to attend for Trade Visitors, exhibitors, and individuals that are taking part in the GIBTM Hosted Buyer Programme.
Leading international and regional experts as well as industry associations MPI, SITE and ICCA will make presentations on subjects within the following themes:
- Trends and Personal Development
- Incentive Travel
- Event Management
- Technology and Finance
- Marketing and Sales
- Social media
Reed Travel Exhibitions is currently undertaking a call for papers and is interested in hearing from speakers who would like to contribute to the education programme. All selected speakers will be able to attend GIBTM and its official networking events during the 3 days.
Following the successful pilot last year at EIBTM, whereby all educational seminars over the three days of the show were evaluated using MeetingMetrics' online survey and reporting tools, a global agreement has been signed between Reed Travel Exhibitions and MeetingMetrics. The GIBTM education programme will be supported by MeetingMetrics providing valuable feedback from all participants after each of the sessions.
GIBTM 2011 is set to attract 2000 industry professionals, 300 Hosted Buyers and over 250 exhibiting companies.
"The business tourism, meetings and incentive industry has expanded significantly over the past year and as a result we are creating an education programme that embraces every kind of subject that will not only provide industry knowledge for individuals to use for their own personal development but the topics will also provide trends and updates for anyone who is actively engaged in the profession", said Erica Keogan, Association & Education Manager.
For more information on GIBTM please visit www.gibtm.com.
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GIBTM forms part of the Reed Travel Exhibitions portfolio of Global Meetings and Incentives Events along with AIME (www.aime.com.au ), EIBTM (www.eibtm.com), CIBTM (www.cibtm.com) and AIBTM (www.aibtm.com).
GIBTM (www.gibtm.com) is the annual global meetings and incentive exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
GIBTM is ABC Audited every year to guarantee that the number of visitors promoted is completely accurate and are unique attendees only.
Reed Travel Exhibitions organise 12 events worldwide, including World Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, EIBTM, AIBTM, CIBTM, GIBTM, AIME, International Golf Travel Market, International French Travel Market - Top Resa, International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), La Cumbre and ILTM Asia.
For further press information, please visit the Reed Travel Exhibitions' website on www.reedtravelexhibitions.com.
Reed Exhibitions is the world's leading events organiser, with over 440 events in 36 countries. In 2009 Reed Exhibitions brought together over 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 and Asia Pacific, and organised by 35 fully staffed offices.
Reed Exhibitions organises a wide range of events, including trade and consumer exhibitions, conferences and meetings. Its portfolio of over 440 events serves 44 industry sectors, including:
Aerospace & aviation, automobiles, beauty & cosmetics, broadcasting, building & construction, electronics, energy, oil & gas, engineering & manufacturing, food service & hospitality, gifts, healthcare, interior design, IT & telecoms, jewellery, life science & pharmaceuticals, machinery, marketing, business services & training, medical education, printing & graphics, security & safety, sports & recreation, travel.
Working closely with professional bodies, trade associations and government departments Reed Exhibitions ensures that each and every event is targeted and relevant to industry needs. As a result, many Reed Exhibitions events are market leaders in their field.
Reed Exhibitions is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a FTSE-100 company and world-leading publisher and information provider. In 2009, Reed Elsevier made an adjusted profit before taxation of £1,279 million on turnover of £6,071 million.
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