4Hoteliers
SEARCH
SHARE THIS PAGE
NEWSLETTERS
CONTACT US
SUBMIT CONTENT
ADVERTISING
Reed launches World Travel Market Africa.
Monday, 17th June 2013
Source : Reed Travel Exhibitions
Africa Travel Week will take place in Cape Town South Africa and sees WTM Africa co-locate alongside fellow Reed Travel Exhibitions' events IBTM Africa and ILTM Africa.

WTM Africa is a two day event which will be held in Cape Town's International Convention Centre (CTICC) on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 May. It will be the leading B2B exhibition for Africa's leisure travel industry, bringing the world to Africa and promoting Africa to the world's leading source markets.

WTM Africa will attract exhibitors from all categories of the leisure travel industry within sub-Sahara Africa as well as North African destinations, aligning itself with sister events; WTM, WTM Latin America, Arabian Travel Market and International French Travel Market Top Resa.

Africa's tourism industry was 8.7% of the continent's GDP in 2011 at $164 billion, making it the fourth largest sector and employing 19 million people (8% of total jobs), according to research by World Travel and Tourism Council.

The WTTC predicts growth of 4.8% over the next 10 years, growing at practically the same rate as the overall African economy and making it the fourth fastest growing sector in the continent.

WTM Africa follows on from the hugely successful launch event of WTM Latin America in São Paulo this April.

"Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) has been exploring opportunities in Africa for sometime and the success of our first launch event, ILTM Africa, has given us the platform to now introduce two more of our global industry brands to create Africa Travel Week and make it the leading global event for the continent's travel industry," said RTE Managing Director, Richard Mortimore.

4Hoteliers Image Library"WTM Africa gives the African inbound and outbound travel industry the perfect shop window to heighten its already growing profile in the global tourism industry.

"WTM Africa - as part of Africa Travel Week - will be the region's leading global marketplace to conduct business, negotiate deals and sign the contracts."

Francois Neethling, President of the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (SATSA) says the organisation is encouraged by this new initiative.  "We are excited that a huge player like Reed is seeing enough potential in South Africa to have a presence here and to invest.  This project will certainly bring fresh energy into the industry, new contacts and new options in the marketing space.  It will give members of the private sector the opportunity to choose the marketing platforms that work for them in terms of return of investment.  It is a feather in the cap of South Africa as a destination."

Dates for Africa Travel Week events are:

  • ILTM Africa: April 28th – 30th
  • IBTM Africa: April 28th  – 30th
  • WTM Africa: May 2nd – 3rd
 Latest News  (Click title to read article)




 Latest Articles  (Click title to read)




 Most Read Articles  (Click title to read)




~ Important Notice ~
Articles appearing on 4Hoteliers contain copyright material. They are meant for your personal use and may not be reproduced or redistributed. While 4Hoteliers makes every effort to ensure accuracy, we can not be held responsible for the content nor the views expressed, which may not necessarily be those of either the original author or 4Hoteliers or its agents.
© Copyright 4Hoteliers 2001-2024 ~ unless stated otherwise, all rights reserved.
You can read more about 4Hoteliers and our company here
Use of this web site is subject to our
terms & conditions of service and privacy policy