ITB Board Appoints New Members and Sets 2007 Dates

The ITB Berlin supervisory board appointed two new members, Marco Montini, director of the Italian State Tourism Board, and Andreas Sakkas, director of the Cyprus Tourism Organization and president of Corps Touristique. The new members were selected to strengthen the board in the travel destination field.

The board has set next year’s tourism expo ITB Berlin for March 7 through 11. In reviewing this year’s expo held in March, the board noted that ITB Berlin lived up to expectations as an economic stimulus. The expo further strengthened its position as the world’s leading show with a record number of exhibitors and visitors: 10,856 exhibitors and 162,823 visitors.