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ATM facilitates $2 billion in travel industry deals

DUBAI, November 3, 2014

More than 2,700 exhibitors signed business deals worth more than $2.1 billion at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which took place in Dubai recently, according to research conducted by Reed Travel Exhibitions.

Family-centric travel, which accounted for more than 12.5 per cent of the $1.07 trillion global tourism market, has been selected as the official show theme for the next event, which will take place from May 4 to 7, 2015 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The ATM is a part of the World Travel Market Portfolio, consisting of four leading business-to-business travel trade events, which has facilitated more than $6.5 billion, the latest research has revealed.

The four-day World Travel Market is held annually in London and will conclude on November 6, said a statement.

The WTM is the largest and longest running event spanning 35 years with 5,000 exhibitors and 50,000 participants.

A poll of WTM exhibitors and buyers revealed more than one in two expects to conduct more business of a greater value at this year’s event than they did in 2013. This should see the WTM Portfolio facilitate deals approaching a value of $7 billion for this year.

Craig Moyes, WTM portfolio director, said: “The WTM portfolio offers unrivalled business opportunities for its exhibitors making its events the places where the travel and tourism industry conducts its business. World Travel Market is a fixture in the global industry’s calendar, attracting the world’s most influential buyers.

“ATM, WTM Latin America and WTM Africa are all the leading events in their regions, running hugely successful Hosted Buyer Programmes, guaranteeing exhibitors business meetings with only the most relevant buyers.”

The WTM portfolio 2015 schedule of events includes WTM Africa, Cape Town from April 15 to 17; WTM Latin America, Sao Paulo, from April 22 to 24; and World Travel Market, London, from November 2 to 5. - TradeArabia News Service




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