ITE Travel Exhibitions looks forward to their Central and Eastern European
events for 2002
Encouraged by the forecasts of increased outbound and inbound figures from and
to Central and Eastern European countries, ITE Travel Exhibitions is continuing
to develop their commitment to the region. Holiday World (Prague), MITT (Moscow)
and UITT (Kiev) are already recognised as the leading travel trade events
in their countries and constant expansion of the shows will ensure that they maintain
that lead. The success of the 2001 events reflects the ever-increasing interest
in the regions and confirms that the trend is set to continue.
Special features already planned for the shows include the 2nd Central European
Travel Conference, which will take place in Prague one day prior to Holiday
World 2002 on the 6th February. The event will be jointly organised by
ITE Travel Exhibitions and the Central European Countries Travel Association,
cecta. It will focus on how the MICE industry can play a major role
in the travel and tourism industry in Central European countries and is expected
to attract a host of local and foreign delegates including Destination Management
Companies, Professional Conference, Congress &/or Exhibition Organisers, Regional
and National Tourist Boards, Official political bodies, Venues, Meetings Information
and Technical Specialists as well as relevant media.
Both Holiday World and MITT will host the 2002 TTG Travel Awards in Prague
and Moscow respectively. These annual awards recognise excellence in the travel
trade world with the readership of TTG voting for deserving companies and individuals
in several categories. Winners at this year's ceremony in Prague included Hertz,
CSA, Austrian Tourist Board, the Marriott Hotel Group and Amadeus, while at Moscow's
3rd ceremony winners included British Airways, Natalie Tours, Radisson SAS, Turkish
Ministry of Tourism and the Malta Tourism Office.
Positive feedback from the spring events this year serves as great encouragement
for the season ahead. Holiday World's 10th anniversary edition in Prague
welcomed some 883 companies from 69 countries and trade visitor levels totalled
12,780 with the general public figures reaching 39,923. MITT2001 (Moscow
International Travel & Tourism exhibition) was equally successful with new international
delegations from Belgium, Chile, Indonesia, Jordan and South Africa
joining over 100 other countriesand regions represented by some
2,000 companies. Exhibitor endorsements of MITT are outstanding:
"Year on year MITT delivers lucrative results. It is the only fair Switzerland Tourism attends at which contracts are signed on the spot." Mr Ueltschi, Switzerland Tourism.
The last of the spring shows, UITT2001 (Ukraine International Travel & Tourism
exhibition) was positioned only 4 days after MITT2001 so that exhibitors could
target the whole of the region in just 2 weeks. Exhibitor levels were strong with
35 countries and regions represented by over 500 companies and an increasingly
high quality of visitors. Demetris Demetriou, Director of Cyprus Tourism Organisation
for Moscow and CIS commented,
"Ukraine is a high priority market for the Cyprus Tourism Organization and by
participating in UITT, we are able to make the new business contacts we need and
to keep in touch with changes and developments in the Ukraine. Following another
successful participation in UITT this year, we are convinced that this is the
best travel and tourism exhibition in the region and we will continue to include
it as an integral part of our marketing efforts for the Ukraine."
ITE Travel Exhibitions is set to extend and develop their events yet further in the year 2002, adding value to their exhibitors' and visitors' participation, and maintaining their leading position in Russia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic.
Holiday World 2002: 7-10 February 2002, Prague Exhibition Grounds
MITT2002: 27-30 March 2002, Krasnaya Presnya Exhibition Complex, Moscow
UITT2002: 3-6 April 2002, Sports Palace, Kiev
For further information, please contact:
ITE Travel Exhibitions, ITE Group Plc,
105 Salusbury Road, London NW6 6RG, UK
Tel: 44 20 7596 5000 Fax: 44 20 7596 5102/5111 [email protected]
www.ite-exhibitions.com/travel