Organizers of World Travel Market are introducing many new initiatives and developments this year to keep the event fresh and relevant.
The improvements range from a brand new Ministers Program to a sophisticated means of matching visitors to exhibitors, providing all registered delegates with information about their stated areas of product and geographical interest.
Counterpart International has confirmed Nassau, Bahamas as the venue for the next full-scale Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx) event from December 8 to 12, 2005.
Directors of the international non-profit development organization in Washington D.C. made the announcement today. The Bahamas conference follows ten other regional media exchanges since October 2001 which gathered regional and international media personnel with tourism experts and officials.
A five-day regional workshop on tourism statistics and information management ended last week in Antigua. The workshop, organized by CTO in collaboration with the European Union-funded Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Program (CRSTDP), sought to enhance participants´ knowledge and understanding of existing, new and emerging tourism statistical and research methodologies.
Participants also shared experiences and study best practices in tourism information management, statistics and research. It targeted senior and mid level statisticians, researchers and persons responsible for managing and coordinating tourism statistics at the national tourism organizations and national statistical offices.
EIBTM is proud to announce the overall 2005 Worldwide Technology Watch (WWTW) competition winner. The winner, who has highlighted the most innovative technology development for 2005, is Cast Software.
Cast Software developed an easy to use software solution to enable meeting and event professionals to create winning proposals. The advanced room diagramming software product, called ´Vivien – The Virtual Event Designer´, was originally an Emmy-award winning product developed for theatrical events. The software has been re-written for the meetings and events industry to provide near photo-realistic 3D depictions of meeting rooms, special events and exhibit booths.
The Dominican Republic is gearing up for the upcoming Dominican Jazz Festival –scheduled from October 20 to 23- an event that will turn the beachside towns of Puerto Plata, Sosua, and Cabarete into lively entertainment venues.
Each day will feature a line-up of recognized musicians from countries such as the U.S., Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
First Choice Holidays PLC, recently confirmed as sponsors of the Responsible Tourism Awards, is to sponsor what is regarded as one of the most popular themed days at the upcoming four-day World Travel Market (WTM 2005) in London.
Commenting on the sponsorship Dermot Blastland, PLC Director and Managing Director of the Mainstream Holidays Sector said First Choice Holidays PLC is fully committed to sustainable development and is pro-actively working towards this goal.