THE TRADESHOW Partners with World Travel Awards
ALEXANDRIA, VA, September 3, 2008. THE TRADESHOW is partnering this year with the World Travel Awards in combined efforts to promote the business of selling travel and bringing industry leaders together. As the top travel trade show in North America, THE TRADESHOW is the perfect meeting place for destinations, travel suppliers and travel retailers worldwide to connect and establish new business relationships. Organized by over 16 of the travel industry's leading organizations, the conference program includes three days of trade show and networking.
"We are delighted to be working with THE TRADESHOW because it is the most important business event of its kind in North America, helping agents to sell more effectively and providing the very latest cutting edge information source on new products and services," said Graham E. Cooke, president and founder of World Travel Awards. "THE TRADESHOW and World Travel Awards are world-class events and complement each brand superbly. They both have a similar focus on quality and in different ways are helping travel organizations and companies to improve, develop and expand business performance."
Established in 1993, the World Travel Awards acknowledge and celebrate excellence in all sectors of the travel industry. The awards ceremony is attended by the industry's key decision makers and figure heads, which brings together all corners of the globe and all areas of travel and tourism to celebrate both individual success and the collective achievements of the industry.
"THE TRADESHOW is glad to partner with the World Travel Awards in order to further showcase and create global business connections within the travel community. This partnership will not only expand our reach to travel professionals across the world, but will allow the industry's key figures to meet and network in the context of celebration, education and business development. The 16 partners of THE TRADESHOW are excited to work with the World Travel Awards and foster as many business relationships and opportunities to its members as possible," said Bill Maloney of THE TRADESHOW Management Team.
To learn more about THE TRADESHOW or for a detailed listing of each seminar, please visit THETRADESHOW.org
THE TRADESHOW is created and supported by the travel industry's leading organizations, including: ACTA, Adventures In Travel Expo, America's Vacation Center, AirTran, ASTA, ATA, Canadian Travel Press, CLIA, Destination UK Ltd, ETOA, eTurbo News, IGLTA, International Institute for Peace Through Tourism, JAXFAX, ONLY Vegas, MailPound, NACTA, NBTA, NTA, ORLANDO, Recommend, SATH, TourismCares, Travel Age West, Travel Channel, The Travel Institute, TIA, TPOC, Travel Trade, TRAVEL WEEKLY, Turisver Trade Tourism Magazine, USA Today, USTOA, Vacation.com and World Religious Travel Association. Official media partners are: Agent@Home, vacationagent and ModernAgent.
THE TRADESHOW (Travel Retailing and Destination Expo) is a 3-day, in-depth networking and educational event. Global and inclusive, THETRADESHOW unites under one roof travel suppliers and buyers from all over the world, representing every segment of the travel and tourism industry. It is the trade show event for travel decision makers. For more information on THE TRADESHOW, please call 1.866.870.9333, visit THE TRADESHOW.org or e-mail [email protected]
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