As a driving force in the travel industry, ITB Berlin gives important impulses to a continuously growing market. Exhibitor sales of about 6 billion Euro and an exhibitor satisfaction rate of 92 percent are evidence enough that supply and demand meet at the right place.
Already in the 2008,the Ponemon Institute study came to the alarming conclusion that the average financial loss per misused record in Tourism reached a value of 217 euros. Together with telecommunications , the tourism industry reached a level of financial damage nearly 100% higher than the average damage in other industries. Join the experts in Berlin on the 16th of May 2013 to discuss fraud prevention in the travel industry.
Momentum builds for 2012
Speakers and sponsors for 2012 are confirming their participation early this year. Cartrawler, Datalex, Gate Solutions, and TravelGuard are just some of our early signed sponsors. We currently have 37 speakers confirmed, including Campbell Wilson, CEO of Scoot.
http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/world-low-cost-airlines-congress/
Held annually in fall, fvw Kongress is the popular meeting point for decision-makers from the tourism, technology and business travel industry.
For the fvw Kongress we have a number of German and international travel and tourism leaders to present top-level insights on the latest trends and developments. The two-day convention is packed with inspiration and ideas, know-how and interesting discussions.
The Travel Agency Profit Day event focuses exclusively on travel sales by providing a wide range of practical information and tips along with best-practice examples to demonstrate what kind of strategies work best for travel agencies.
The two-day Travel Expo trade show with over 70 exhibitors runs parallel to fvw Kongress.
Germans are the world’s travel champions. They spend more on foreign travel than any other nation, namely more than 61bn euros per year. The tourism industry is thus an important economic factor in Germany providing about 2.9 million jobs.
The German Travel Association (DRV) is the leading lobby group of the German tourism sector. We primarily represent the interests of tour operators and travel agents, which generate annual sales of more than 20bn euros each.
Behind the DRV is the considerable economic strength of our members, a membership that also includes numerous service providers and altogether accounts for more than 80 percent of these sales. Learn more about us, our goals, mission and commitment.
Travel Technology Europe had a record-breaking year with a massive 24% increase in visitor numbers and almost a third more exhibitors. Europe's leading travel technology event, which took place on 7-8 February 2012 at Earls Court in London, attracted 4354 attendees including senior decision makers from top OTAs, TOs, Airlines and Hoteliers.
http://www.traveltechnologyshow.com