Attending Travel Trade Shows
Attending travel trade shows is the best way to gain access to the most inspiring names in the industry. The tourism expos and trade fair are market sources to your tour/safari company. It is once place you get unexpected networking, where every interaction leading into new possibilities for your travel business and pushes travel demands to new frontiers
A good number of travel trade shows happen around the world including those that are domestic taking place in Uganda the Pearl of Africa Expo happening every February of the year to regional shows including KILI Fair in Moshi Tanzania, Arusha, Magical Kenya in Nairobi, Kenya, Spotlight show in Nairobi-Kenya, SITE in Dar-es-Salam, Tanzania name them.
Across the continent Africa, travel trade shows include Indaba in Durban South Africa, World Travel Market, Cape Town-South Africa, Pure Luxury Experience in Marrakesh-Morocco, We Are Africa, Cape Town –South Africa etc.
Making your way outside Africa is the famous World Travel Market in London –UK, ITB Berlin show in Germany, Experience Africa in London –UK, Arabian Travel Market- Dubai, ILTM in Singapore, Luxperience in Sydney –Australia, ILTM Moscow Russia, ILTM China, ILTM Cannes to mention but a few.
Here is a number of good reason as why you need to attend and visit travel trade shows as tour/safari operator
- Make the right contacts– It is a platform for meeting industry players across the globe. Most travel trade shows facilitated more than 8000 pre-scheduled meetings
- Save time and hassle– The entire world now comes to you. Travel trade shows tend to pull the world to you, so that you can experience a fresh global show
- Focus on business– Engage in real value business conversations with the wide range of International exhibitors that are showcasing their products and services
- Have the competitive edge– Join in with the insightful and Conference & Event Programme, delivered by top experts covering the latest market trends and giving you inspiration for developing your business
- Access to the latest in travel technology and business travel–Travel technology is getting so sophisticated and one needs to be updated , this can be dedicated in such areas
- Take advantage of additional benefits– if you’re a senior hosted buyer with direct purchasing responsibility you may qualify to become FAM trip experience and networking opportunities We do staff training on how to attend and present themselves while on travel trade show. Gain full expertise from our senior consultants
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