exhibitions: general exhibition news: AIBTM attracting worldwide exhibitors
AIBTM attracting worldwide exhibitors
Although the inaugural AIBTM, The Americas Meetings & Events Exhibition, is not taking place until June 2011, the show hasigned its first exhibitors including international organisation which have attended other shows from Reed Travel Exhibitions’ portfolio of events in Barcelona (EIBTM), Abu Dhabi (GIBTM) and Beijing (CIBTM).
New signings include the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, Austrian National Tourist Office, Condor Travel, Essence of Bali DMC, Government of Dubai, Mexico Tourism Board, Monaco Tourist Office, NYC & Company, Silversea Cruises, Skyteam Global Meetings, Eugene/Travel Lane County and Wedgewood Travel Limited.
Sean Mahoney, global vice president of corporate and incentive sales, Silverseas Cruises said, “We are eager to join Reed Exhibitions at AIBTM next year. In this current business and economic environment, business strategies must consist of activities with a measurable and favourable return on investment.
“Although this is the first AIBTM, Silversea has had successful results from other Reed exhibits, and our decision to exhibit at AIBTM was based on past experiences and Reed’s reputation for delivering a first rate event encompassing scheduled appointments with highly qualified buyers from around the globe.”
Steve Knight, AIBTM project manager said: “We have been delighted by the meetings industry’s response to the launch of AIBTM, both in the United States and internationally. With buyers individually qualified, and with pre-scheduled appointments set up online before they even walk into the exhibit hall, exhibitors can be certain that the event will deliver business.
“With America’s highest concentration of industry planners located in the Northeast within easy reach of Baltimore, and with excellent transport links from the rest of the United States, we guarantee a platform to interact, network and educate on a scale
that no other American industry show is able to match.”
AIBTM will feature over 300 North American and international exhibitors and is set to attract around 3,000 buyer attendees of which 500 will be hosted, made up largely of North American based meeting planners with domestic, interstate and international business. AIBTM will take place in Baltimore from 21 - 23 June 2011 and will form part of a dedicated Americas Meetings Week commencing on 19 June.
