WORLD TRAVEL MARKET

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World Travel Market
5 to 8 November 2012
ExCeL London, UK
Boris Johnston, Mayor of London at the opening ceremony of the 30th WTM
Almost 48,000 senior travel industry professionals, government
ministers and international press, embark on ExCeL - London every
November to network, negotiate and discover the latest industry
opinion and trends at World Travel Market (WTM).
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is the
premier four-day trade exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism
industry to get together to discuss and sign contracts.
To register for WTM 2012 visit : www.wtmlondon.com/register
Now in its 33rd year, WTM is the world showcase event where the travel
industry conducts and concludes its deals.
Independent research by Fusion Communications shows that WTM 2011
generated £1,653 million of travel industry contracts.
More than 100 events
WTM 2011 saw more than 7,000 delegates attended the more than 100
sessions taking up 17,000 places.
WTM 2012 will host more than 100 events, including awards, forums,
debates, conferences and presentations.
WTM Press & PR Manager Paul Nelson said:
“World Travel Market is the event where the travel and tourism
industry conducts its business negotiations.
“This makes it THE event for industry’s media to discover the
latest must-see destinations, hotel openings, new airline routes,
trends, statistics and opinion.”
Images
It’s always smiles, music and a warm Caribbean
welcome on the Trinidad & Tobago stand every
year at WTM
The WTM press office delivering the news, here
Fiona Jeffery, OBE, Chairman of WTM in front
of the cameras again.
Where else but London would you expect to see
a red bus, seen here in the United Kingdom
London area at WTM
Incredible stands at the exhibition, seen here is
the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi stand
ready for business.
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The WTM International Press Centre
The WTM International Press Centre is the largest recurring press
centre in the UK, attracting and supporting up to 3,000 UK and
international journalists across the four days.
It’s estimated a further 5,000 attend ‘virtually’ and report by accessing
the WTM press office releases and photographs from the WTM Media
Library online.
WTM attracts a wide range of media from the travel and tourism industry
press, consumer newspapers and magazines and TV and radio stations.
World Travel Market Latin America
World Travel Market Latin America takes
place in São Paulo, Brazil between 23 and
25 April 2013.
http://www.wtmlatinamerica.com
MediaFiler manages the World Travel Market Media Library, containing
over 9,000 images & videos of current and previous WTM’s.
The WTM Press Office
team of photographers
upload images during the
four exhibition days and
exhibitor’s may also
upload their WTM related
images and videos via the
exhibitors portal.
The WTM Online media library is accessed through the Press & PR
section of the WTM website http://www.wtmlondon.com and during
WTM there will be an additional link on the front page.
New for 2012 is the twitter & social media links direct from the library.
MediaFiler has been selected to host the new WTM Latin America
Media Library.
MediaFiler is used throughout the world in press & news rooms. At the
Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (RTVE) MediaFiler
manages over 10,000 new news images every day!
Latin American news agencies from Chile to Columbia all rely on the
speed and stability of MediaFiler.
In the UK, MediaFiler is also used by organisations including Culture24,
World History Archives, Engineering Employers Federation and
University College London.
The vibrant colours and a welcome smile from a
Brazilian. Don’t forget the new WTM Latin
America in São Paulo, Brazil 2013
WTM works throughout the year with think tanks
and conferences: including the WTM Vision
conference in Shanghai, China (above).
Business is fun at WTM, meet and catch up with
everyone over the four days at ExCeL
More information on World Travel Market Produced by the International Travel Writers Alliance for :
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Press & PR Manager
World Travel Market
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The International Travel Writers Alliance is the world's largest association of professional
travel writers, editors, broadcasters and photographers.
Visit : www.itwalliance.com. Contact : Ashley Gibbins at Ashley@itwalliance.com