Last week
14 Scottish tourism businesses joined VisitScotland
at World Travel Market (WTM) one of the biggest international marketing platforms in
the world, to showcase Scotland
as a premier destination for leisure, business and event tourism. Businesses
that would like to benefit from the opportunity to meet with buyers at a trade
show, can also exhibit at VisitScotland
expo, which takes place in Aberdeen on April 16 – 17 2008, or join VisitScotland at the British Travel Trade Fair
(BTTF) in Birmingham
on March 11 - 12 2008.
WTM took
place in London
from 12-15 November and brought together buyers and sellers from throughout the
world and from every sector of the travel industry. Last year 47,000 tourism
professionals from over 200 countries and regions took part in the business-to-business exhibition.
At World
Travel Market this year 14 partners from tourism establishments from across the
country exhibited alongside VisitScotland.
A number of businesses attended the show for the first time, including
Monachyle Mhor Hotel, Lochearnhead, and Montgreenan House Hotel, Kilwinning,
Ayrshire. Moreover, the Royal Highland Hotel in Inverness,
first time partners in 2006 returned in 2007 with a larger presence on the
Scottish stand.
Northlink Ferries, based in Orkney, has chosen WTM to launch
its 2008 consumer brochure. NorthLink
Marketing Projects Manager Elaine Tulloch said: “World Travel Market is the
premier global event for the travel industry and perfect to launch the latest
version of our brochure.”
British
Travel Trade Fair (BTTF) is the established exhibition dedicated to showcasing
travel and tourism products and services from the UK
and Ireland
to a domestic and incoming audience.
BTTF is the centrepiece of British Tourism Week and will take place on 11th
& 12th March 2008, in Hall 17 at the NEC Birmingham.
If you
would like to exhibit on the Scotland
stand at this event, please contact Philip Duncan, Trade Events Co-ordinator, VisitScotland on 0131 472 2385 or by email on Philip.duncan@visitscotland.com
VisitScotland expo is Scotland’s
only flagship business to business event for the travel trade that is entirely
Scottish. Expo 2008 takes place at the AECC in Aberdeen on 16-17 April 2008. Buyer
registration is now open for expo
and, while it is also still possible to exhibit, there are few available stands
left.
If you would like to exhibit at VisitScotland expo
2008 or to register as a buyer, go to www.visitscotlandexpo.com
