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UITM 2018
2018-10-03 10:00 - 2018-10-05 18:00 (Europe/Kiev) | IEC Kyiv, Brovarskoy Avenue 15, Kiev, UA-02660, Ukraine
UITM is one of Ukraine’s key travel forums for tourism professionals.
The event provides a wide range of offers for autumn and winter travel. There is also an extensive business programme running alongside the exhibition consisting of providing participants with an insight into Ukraine’s tourism market.
The 25th edition of the International Ukraine Travel Market – UITM, season’s largest event for tourism industry professionals, with more than 10,000 specialists from every region of Ukraine and globally, will be held on 3-5 October 2018.
For more information, please visit the website: www.travel-exhibitions.com/UITM

Santorini Experience 2018
2018-10-05 - 2018-10-07 | Santorini, Cyclades, 84700, Greece
As the registration is open, the top and highly successful sports tourism event in Greece, Santorini Experience, takes place for the 4th consecutive year on the beautiful Cyclades island on October 5-7, 2018.
For the first time Santorini Experience participants will get a special designed technical T-shirt of the event, while at the same time they will receive even more gifts and surprises by the official sponsors. Specifically, participation packages in running include bag, t-shirt, medal, entry number and timing chip, while in swimming, bag, t-shirt, swimming cap, medal, tattooed entry number and timing chip.
Registration closes on August 31, 2018. Register now here.
For running fans, 3 different routes will take place on Saturday October 6, with the unique images of the volcano as their setting, overlooking the Caldera and passing through the settlements of Imerovigli, Firostefani and Oia. In particular, the 5 km route, named “Aristides Alafouzos” as of last year, deals with running and dynamic walking, the 10 km route is designed for the experienced runners and the 15 km route for those who love power, stamina, technique and adrenaline. All routes start from the desalination plant in Oia, including parts of trail track, and finish in Oia. The running routes are designed by the former marathon runner, Greek classic route record holder, running trainer and director of All About Running, Nikos Polias.
Open water swimming, as always, takes place at the last day of the event, Sunday October 7, and includes the 1,5 mile (2,4 km) race. Participants will have the opportunity to swim from the volcano to the old port of Fira. Organization will provide amateur athletes with a high-quality safety lifeguard buoy, giving them extra motive to choose Santorini Experience.
Swimming route will take place with the upmost safety in the enchanting sea of Santorini (average water temperature of 20-22 degrees Celsius), under the technical direction of federal coach with Olympic and World Championship distinctions, Nikos Gemelos, who has designed this unique route. Once again, specialized lifeguards of Lifeguard Patrol will contribute in safety measures, providing staff as well as lifeboats. Distinguished age categories will be formed depending on the final participation entries, while an extra classification for those wearing wetsuits will be added.
Besides swimming and running, more activities will be held, such as the usual 1 km children’s race, as well as Tae Kwon Do exhibition from the two times silver Olympic medalist, Alexandros Nikolaidis.
Santorini Experience is a co-organization of Municipality of Santorini, DAPPOS and Active Media Group. The event is held under the auspices of the Greek National Tourism Organization with the approval of the Hellenic Swimming Federation. More info on www.santorini-experience.com.
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Santorini Experience 2018 Teaser

Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2018
2018-10-05 08:00 - 2018-10-07 20:00 (Europe/Athens) | Kalymnos island, Kalymnos, Dodekanese, 85200, Greece
Once again the Kalymnos Climbing Festival, a unique gathering of climbers, will take place on the beautiful island of Kalymnos, one of the world’s “hottest” climbing holiday destinations, on 5-7 October 2018.
Climbers from all over the world, athletes, as well as sport-climbing legends will attend this year’s event. The program includes apart from endless climbing, presentations, interviews, deep water soloing, and also live music events.
With sunshine in abundance, breathtaking routes on limestone rocks, amazing sea views and the presence of climbers from all over the world, the festival will create the same unique ambience for which the “Kalymnos Climbing Festival” is known worldwide.
The Festival is organized by the Municipality of Kalymnos and supported by the Region of South Aegean.
Follow festival’s official facebook page to stay up to date.

TTF Mumbai 2018
2018-10-05 10:00 - 2018-10-07 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Nehru Centre, Dr. Annie Besant Road 12, Mumbai, 400018, India
TTF is India’s largest travel trade show network. Since 1989, it provides an annual marketing platform and the opportunity to network with the travel trade in all major cities. The regional circuit of the TTF branded shows covering 9 major cities in India culminates into the grand finale – OTM, India’s biggest travel trade show in India on the basis of number of sellers, buyers and rented area.
More than 2,500 exhibitors from 80 Countries and 36 Indian States / Union Territories have participated to TTF and OTM branded shows.
Outbound Village@TTF is designed to highlight the International destinations, who are interested in promoting directly in strong regional markets in India.
TechForum@TTF is the only specialised showcase of its kind in India, focusing on Technology, E-commerce Systems & Software for the travel industry. It’s also a networking platform to discuss challenges, evaluate technology needs, source latest technologies and launch new technology products.
Last stop will be the city of Mumbai, where TTF will be held on 5-7 October, at Nehru Centre.

Spetses Mini Marathon 2018
2018-10-05 17:00 - 2018-10-07 13:30 (Europe/Athens) | Spetses, Spetses, Attica, 18050, Greece
The Spetses Mini Marathon 2018 will be held on 5-7 October on Spetses Island. An already instituted event as one of the greatest in Greece and the world as well, Spetses Mini Marathon comes back with a program full of sport & celebrating activities.
Including as every year running, swimming & kids’ races is one of the largest multi sport events in Greece.
Registrations are already opened. Check event’s schedule here.

Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality & Lifestyle Awards 2018
2018-10-06 20:00 - 2018-10-07 02:00 (Europe/Athens) | Out of the Blue Capsis Elite Resort, Agia Pelagia, Crete, 71500, Greece
Tourism leaders from all over the world, on October 6, will gather at the five-star Out of the Blue Capsis Elite Resort, located on Crete, to attend the 6th Anniversary Gala Ceremony of the 2018 Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality & Lifestyle Awards (SSLHLA).
Known as the “oscars of luxury”, the awards recognize excellence among hospitality and lifestyle brands and services worldwide.
The awards ceremony will be followed by a lavish cocktail reception and a gala dinner.

Run Greece Patra 2018
2018-10-07 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Patra, Patra, Achaia, Greece
On October 7, the city of Patra will host the sixth stop of Run Greece’s series of events for 2018.
Run Greece is a recent established series of races, cordially embraced by local societies and supported actively, beating constantly, in every city, the participation record of the previous event. The races included in Run Greece are a 10km Road Race, a 5km Road Race and a 1,000m Children Road Race.
Run Greece addresses both in locals and runners from all over the Greece, providing that way the occasion to travel to an awesome race and meeting the towns and their history, residents’ hospitality and their beauty.
Run Greece Patra is organized by the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS), with the support of SEGAS regional office. Co-organizers are the Region of Western Greece and the Municipality of Patra.
Registrations will be available on September. More relevant details you can find here.

Travel Trade Athens 2018
2018-10-08 08:30 - 2018-10-09 22:00 (Europe/Athens) | Hotel Grande Bretagne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vasileos Georgiou A 1, Athens, Attica, 10563, Greece
The Travel Trade Athens, the signature annual trade event for the City of Athens, organized by the City of Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) in cooperation with the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), will be held on the 8-9 October 2018.

For buyers, this is a unique opportunity to develop first hand business relationships with leading tourism suppliers in Athens and the rest of Greece. During the two-day event, buyers discover new products and experiences; they network with fellow decision-makers, and become an Athens insider through tailored tours and special events.
For suppliers, October 8 & 9 will be the days that they would have the opportunity to attend over 30 14-minute, pre-scheduled meetings with top tour operators from across the globe.
Last year, operators from 29 countries representing Europe, USA, Asia, Australia and other strategic markets attended. Over 3000 business to business meetings were arranged in the one day.
Greek professionals can catch the early bird registration fee which has been extended up until and including July 31, 2018.

Contact e-mail: traveltrade@athenscvb.gr

ERA General Assembly 2018
2018-10-09 07:00 - 2018-10-11 16:30 (Europe/London) | Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), The Exchange, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE, United Kingdom
In 2018 the ERA General Assembly will be held on 9-11 October in Edinburgh, Scotland.
This dynamic destination provides an exciting and accessible backdrop to the premier conference within European regional aviation, the pivotal meeting point for influential delegates from among ERA’s membership.
The ERA General Assembly exhibition is the central hub for all networking at the event, and an excellent opportunity to raise company’s profile to an elite decision-making audience.

TTG Incontri 2018
2018-10-10 09:30 - 2018-10-12 15:30 (Europe/Athens) | Fiera di Rimini, 155, Via Emilia, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, 47921, Italy
Planitsphere is a new strategic business development model, which brings together at a single event the communities of the industry’s three leading trade shows: TTG Incontri, Italy’s main International tourism show and the largest marketplace for Italy’s tourism offer worldwide, SIA Guest, the International hospitality exhibition, Sun, the open-air holiday show. A single marketplace to promote business and networking opportunities for those who create products and those who distribute them in Italy and abroad
TTG Incontri is the main international B2B fair on tourism in Italy. A marketplace for negotiations, networking and business between Italian and international companies and the intermediaries for tourist products. It takes place every year in October, the best moment to present what’s new and renew business relationships with your contacts.
TTG Incontri is an unmissable event for all professionals in the sector, to understand market performance, present what’s new in the market, foresee trends and learn about how the sector is developing.
TBD Italia, is the TTG Italia event that connects the world of Travel Bloggers/Vbloggers to the tourism industry. Three days of opportunity, B2B sessions, training, conferences, networking and entertainment.
TTG NEXT, launched during the TTG Incontri 2013, is a 600 m2 area in the heart of the exhibition dedicated to tourism Start-ups. The area comprises free exhibition spaces and a speakers’ corner for the presentation of projects and for meetings with experts, where to discuss the opportunities for development for start up companies on the one hand and the opportunities for investment in start-ups by tourism companies on the other.

UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism 2018
2018-10-10 09:30 - 2018-10-12 15:30 (Europe/Athens) | Thessaloniki Concert Hall, 25is Martiou, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54248, Greece
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Tourism of Greece and the Region of Central Macedonia have partnered together to organize the 8th UNWTO International Meeting on Silk Road Tourism in Thessaloniki, Greece on 10-12 October 2018.
Following the success of the previous two editions in Dunhuang (2013) and Xi’an (2015) in China, this international Silk Road meeting will be hosted for the very first time by a European Silk Road Member State, and focus on the overarching role and relevance of the Silk Road within a globalized tourism framework.
To count upon the participation of Silk Road Member States, UNWTO Affiliate Members and international partner agencies, interested stakeholders from around the globe, both public and private, are invited to attend an event that will count upon a ministerial roundtable and specialized sessions focused on assessing the role and relevance of the historic Silk Road routes within a globalized setting.
Together with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), a joint session assessing the Silk Road’s role in bridging Europe with Asia will take place, after which a B2B session aimed at strengthening business ties between European and Asian stakeholders will be held during the second day of the event. Primarily focused on tourism partnerships, but open to all business sectors, stakeholders interested in exploring the vast opportunities of trans-continental exchange are encouraged to make the most of this networking opportunity. Participation in the B2B session is free of cost; only registration for the event is required.
The second day’s session will be held at the Grand Hotel Palace. Check here the program in details.

INWETEX – CIS Travel Market 2018
2018-10-10 10:00 - 2018-10-12 16:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Lenexpo Exhibition Centre, Bolshoy Prospekt 103, Saint Petersburg, 199106, Russian Federation
INWETEX – CIS TRAVEL MARKET is the largest trade fair of travel services in the North-West of Russia. For 24 years INWETEX – CIS TRAVEL MARKET has been keeping the leading position on the market and is among the five major events of the Russian travel industry, contributing to the development of professional contacts of Saint Petersburg and the North-Western region with representatives of Russian travel business and foreign partners.
INWETEX – CIS TRAVEL MARKET is a unique complex congress and exhibition event that includes international Forum and exhibitions and makes its participants have a focus on cooperation with the key players of travel market of the North-Western region of the Russian Federation.
Major components of INWETEX – CIS TRAVEL MARKET:
– Spa’s Exhibition, which gathers experts of health resort industry, contributes to the promotion of fitness and therapeutic recreation. It helps the enterprises of health resort industry find the partners interested in cooperation.
– Specialised Exhibition MICE- industry, which bring together leaders of congress services of St.Petersburg and create a platform for communication with potential customers.
– Specialised Exhibition Medical Tourism, a meeting point of large suppliers of medical and health-improving services and representatives of travel business not only in North-Western region, but in the CIS countries.
– Saint Petersburg Hotel Forum, one of the main areas of the North-West region of Russia, where heads of state authorities, hotel and travel business professionals, experts and representatives of the academic community discuss preliminary results of the year in the hospitality industry and prospects for further development of the industry.

Navarino Challenge 2018
2018-10-12 - 2018-10-14 | The Westin Resort Costa Navarino, Pylos, Messinia, 24001, Greece
This year’s event will take place on 12-14 October 2018, in Messinia and Costa Navarino, anticipating hundreds of professional and amateur athletes, who will take part in its numerous activities.
The multi-awarded sports tourism event, that promotes sports and fair play as its main goal, will be, once again, full of activities for all ages. Navarino Challenge, with the most Olympic athletes ever participating as ambassadors in a sports event, returns again to Messinia, including more than 20 sports activities (12 Olympic sports). Running, swimming, SUP, as well as the successful recipe of Tae Kwon Do (with two-times silver Olympic medalist, Alexandros Nikolaidis), being examples of the sports featured.
Running routes
Participants will be able to choose between the Half-Marathon (21,1km), 10km and 5km (running and dynamic walking). Starting from Navarino Dunes of Costa Navarino, professional and amateur athletes will run along the coast to Pylos crossing the beautiful Voidokilia beach in the unique trail run that combines soil, sand and street parts. At the same day, respectively, the 1km kids running race will be held. Start and finish of each race will be the same. The routes are designed by ex-marathon runner, holder of the best classic route record in Greece, trainer and director of All About Running, Nikos Polias. All participants will be timed.
Open water swimming race
The fans of open water swimming will compete and be timed for the first time ever at the beautiful Navarino Bay, at the port of Pylos, covering the 1 mile (1.6km) special swimming route, designed by the Federal Swimming Coach, Nikos Gemelos.
Stand Up Paddling race
Right after swimming and for the third consecutive year, the Stand Up Paddling by BIC® Sport relay race will be held. At the port of Pylos, Navarino Challenge presents the innovative sport of Stand Up Paddling (SUP), that has become highly popular around the world. The race is supported by the surf club, Surf Salad.
The registration for the multi-awarded sports tourism event is open and those interested can participate, filling the special form, available here. Pre-sale has begun online, via telephone on 11876 as well as via the Viva network pre-sale points. Registration ends on August 31.
All the participants who will book their accommodation package at The Westin Resort Costa Navarino and choose the standard activities (running, swimming, SUP) will be able to enjoy free of charge the event’s full activities schedule. More information about the special accommodation packages will be announced in the following weeks.
The renewed program includes activities for the whole family at The Westin Resort Costa Navarino: tae kwon do, indoor climbing, and bike ride in Voidokilia (with the support of Navarino Outdoors), pilates (with Mandy Persaki), basketball, golf (with the support of Navarino Golf Academy), kick boxing (with the champion Alexandros Nikolaidis), baby swimming and aqua aerobic (supported by Swim Academy), kids’ athletics (with the Olympic & World champion Periklis Iakovakis), beach volley (with the former volleyball player Michalis Triantafyllidis), tennis cross training (supported by Navarino Racquet Academy), crossfit (with Dimitris Moros), beach yoga, Optimist boat exhibition race (from Maritime Athletic Pylos Association “Nestor”), boxing (with the support of Vizantinos target sport club) and beachathlon (survivor games for kids with Periklis Iakovakis).
Navarino Challenge, in its five year successful course, has been awarded with Ermis Awards, Tourism Awards, Sports Marketing Awards and Digital Media Awards, setting new booking records for The Westin Resort Costa Navarino.
Navarino Challenge will be held with the co-organization of Costa Navarino, The Westin Resort Costa Navarino and Active Media Group and the support of the Municipalities of Pylos-Nestor and Trifilia. The event is held under the auspices of the Greek National Tourism Organization with the approval of the Hellenic Swimming Federation.
Socialize and stay up to date by following event’s official pages on facebook, twitter, youtube, instagram
Navarino Challenge 2018 Teaser

International Thessaloniki Night Half Marathon 2018
2018-10-13 18:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Athens) | Thessaloniki, Leoforos Nikis, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
The 7th International Night Halfmarathon of Thessaloniki will take place on October 13 at the coastal avenue of Thessaloniki.
The event is under the organization of M.E.A.S. TRITON in cooperation with the Municipality of Thessaloniki, under the auspices of SEGAS, AIMS and with kind support of Greek National Tourism Organization.
The 7th International Night Halfmarathon of Thessaloniki will start at 18:45 from Nikis Avenue and finish at 21:45. Furthermore, the 5000 m Health and Power Walking Race, which takes place in parallel with the half marathon, will start at 21:15 from the City Hall of Thessaloniki and wrap up at 22:45.
The registration and payment deadline is 19 September. More relevant information are here.
Contact
Marathon Office, National Kaftantzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, 54638
tel +30 2310 200360
fax +30 2310 200361
e-mail: info@thesshalfmarathon.org

Run Greece Rhodes 2018
2018-10-14 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Rhodes, Rhodes, Dodecanese, 85100, Greece
The last stop of 2018’s events will be the town of Rhodes, where the Run Greece race will be held on October 14.
Run Greece is a recent established series of races, cordially embraced by local societies and supported actively, beating constantly, in every city, the participation record of the previous event. The races included in Run Greece are a 10km Road Race, a 5km Road Race and a 1,000m Children Road Race.
Run Greece addresses both in locals and runners from all over the Greece, providing that way the occasion to travel to an awesome race and meeting the towns and their history, residents’ hospitality and their beauty.
Run Greece Rhodes is organized by Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS), with the support of SEGAS Dodekanissos and co-organizers the Region of South Aegean and the Municipality of Rhodes.
Registration opening is to be announced .

IGTM 2018
2018-10-15 10:00 - 2018-10-18 16:00 (Europe/Ljubljana) | GR- Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre, 18, Dunajska cesta, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Showcasing a different golf destination every year, International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) is organised by the world’s leading exhibition organiser, Reed Exhibitions, in partnership with IAGTO, the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, providing a winning combination of event and industry expertise for the world’s golf tourism professionals.
The unique focus of IGTM is on delivering for exhibitors (golf resorts, clubs, tourist boards and golf travel suppliers) and buyers/ golf tour operators, an exclusive one-to-one closed community experience where real business and high value networking takes place. Networking functions include the IGTM Welcome Reception and the IAGTO Awards Gala Dinner on the last night.
With a long history of success, IGTM facilitates over 14,000 quality 1:1 meetings bringing together 1,300 golf tourism professionals from over 65 countries including 400+ golf tour operators who collectively control 80% of the world’s outbound golf tourism market. Since its inception, the event has taken place across 9 countries including the Dominican Republic, France, Italy, South Africa, Spain (various locations), Mexico, Portugal, Turkey and the USA.
IGTM is just one of seven leading global events for the travel industry which form Reed Travel Exhibitions’ World Travel Market (WTM) portfolio – a portfolio with a proven track record of helping travel professionals drive commercial success by delivering to them, quality contacts, content and communities.
IGTM Helpline
Tel: +44 20 82712150
e-mail: igtm.helpline@reedexpo.co.uk

SETE's Conference 2018
2018-10-15 19:30 - 2018-10-16 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Hilton Athens, Leof. Vasilissis Sofias 46, Ilissia, Attica, 11528, Greece
Under the title “Tourism in Transition: #someTHINKdifferent”, this year’s conference will feature interactive sessions, aiming to present new practises and ways to reform the tourism product.
This year’s event, that will be held in cooperation with the destination marketing agency Toposophy and the weareJARVIS, a new content studio of Found.ation, is to highlight internationally established practices for promotion and display of destinations, new digital tools that create space for business developments, as well as issues that lead to the gradual remodeling of the world tourist product.
International figures of enterprising & traveling industry and other prominent speakers will discuss about innovation and digital skills’ issues and topics that lead to the gradual remodeling of the world tourism product.
This year’s conference promises a fully updated content & experiences at its two stages. The main stage will host keynotes, firesidechat and panels, while in the second one interactive masterclasses will be presented.

IMEX America 2018
2018-10-16 10:00 - 2018-10-18 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sands Expo and Convention Center, 201, Sands Avenue, Las Vegas, NV, NV 89169, United States
IMEX America is America’s worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events, backed by the experience and resources of the IMEX Group of exhibitions, which also delivers the award-winning IMEX exhibition in Frankfurt, a show which has grown every year since launch.
The show runs the largest hosted buyer program ever held in North America with over 2,000 qualified buyers expected – the guarantee to exhibitors of genuine global buying power on the trade show floor the moment doors open.
The show welcomes exhibitors from across the world including convention and visitor bureaus, national and regional tourist offices, major hotel groups, airlines, destination management companies, service providers, trade associations and more. Plus over 2,000 American and international hosted buyers alongside thousands of US trade attendees representing the association, corporate and agency markets.

ITB Asia 2018
2018-10-17 09:30 - 2018-10-19 18:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore, 018956, Singapore
ITB Asia is the Asia’s largest and only hybrid show, bringing 11,000 show attendees from MICE, Corporate, and Leisure sectors.
A purely B2B show with 100% pre-schedule appointments, ITB Asia had a record high 22,000 pre-matched appointments between exhibitors and pre-qualified buyers, prior to show. Capture the immense growth of the Asian outbound market with over 70% buyers based in Asia. A guaranteed 1 : 1 ratio between buyers and exhibitors; with 1 in 2 buyers signs contract with exhibitor on-site.
ITB Asia 2018 will be held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, Marina Bay Sands, from 17 – 19 October. It is organised by Messe Berlin (Singapore) Pte Ltd and is the largest travel and trade show in Asia.
For more figures and facts of ITB Asia visit the official website www.itb-asia.com.

Mediterranean Resort & Hotel Real Estate Forum 2018
2018-10-17 15:30 - 2018-10-19 14:00 (Europe/Athens) | Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Agiou Nikolaou 10, Vouliagmeni, Attica, 16671, Greece
Launched in 2015 as part of the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) series, the Mediterranean Resort & Hotel Real Estate Forum is an annual conference and networking event dedicated to facilitating investment and development in hospitality real estate in the Mediterranean.
IHIF is the industry’s leading hotel investment conference, bringing together over 2,400 senior figures involved in all aspects of the hospitality and tourism value chain, and with the Mediterranean market set for a promising upswing, it was a natural choice to develop a more focused event on the region where our delegates can network, debate and do the deals that will forever shape the region.
The event covers the markets of Southern Europe (including the key markets of Spain, Portugal, France and Italy), South-Eastern Europe (Adriatic, Greece), North Africa (from Morocco to Egypt), the Eastern Mediterranean (Turkey and the Levant) and island markets.
Over three days, MR&H brings together over 300 senior industry specialists for an unrivaled programme of conference sessions, interactive discussions, networking activities and business development opportunities.
Check the forum’s program and make your registration today.

Salon International Tourisme Voyages 2018
2018-10-19 11:00 - 2018-10-21 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Place Bonaventure, 800 de la Gauchetière West, Montreal, Quebec, H5A 1K6, Canada
The International Tourism and Travel Show is an event all travel lovers simply must experience. More than 100 countries are represented either by their tourism offices, by tour operators or by travel agents. The show offers all travel-related services, and also hosts numerous conferences in four different rooms. Last but not least, you can book your destination on site at the show, because a number of professionals are there to advise you.
The ITTS offers travel enthusiasts something for every taste and need. Whether you’re planning an exhilarating ski, cycling, diving or golf vacation, heading off on a spiritual retreat, looking for the cruise of your dreams, preparing to charter a sailboat with friends, longing to just kick back and relax, or craving a romantic week under the Caribbean sun, you’ll find all the information you need at the Show.
In fact, more than 1000 travel professionals comprised of 400 exhibitors and partners will come together under one roof at the ITTS to answer all of your questions and help make the dreams of your next destination come true.

MCE South Europe 2018
2018-10-21 10:00 - 2018-10-23 15:30 (Europe/Athens) | Makedonia Palace, Leof. Meg. Alexandrou 2, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, 54640, Greece
For the 4th consecutive year, Europe Congress organizes the MCE South Europe forum – a highly successful MICE event bringing together worldwide buyers with high quality solution providers from South Europe.
Building on the region’s vast MICE business potential, this unique forum is held this year in Thessaloniki, Greece at the wonderful Makedonia Palace.
DMCs, PCOs, event management companies, convention bureaus, hotels, airlines from participating South European countries meet up with carefully selected, qualified and pre-screened buyers. Not only do all business counterparts meet face-to-face in match-made meetings but they also spend quality time together, as can only happen in this boutique format event.
MCE South Europe offers the perfect mix of pre-scheduled meetings, educational sessions presented by industry opinion leaders, networking opportunities and social events. It will be your best investment – as many of our previous and returning participants say – into finding new business leads and partners.

IATA Airline Industry Retailing Symposium 2018
2018-10-23 09:00 - 2018-10-25 17:00 (Europe/Rome) | Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center, Viale Del Pattinaggio 100, Rome, 00144, Italy
Retail is at the heart of all current industry transformation efforts and IATA is once again leading the pack by organizing the first airline industry symposium dedicated to retail.
Based on the success of the Distribution Track of what used to be the IATA World Passenger Symposium (today discontinued), the new AIR Symposium will address in depth the topics of Distribution and Payment, being the pillars to bring Airlines into Retailing.
View the full program of events here.
Join the conversation using the hashtag #IATAAIRS.

ICOMIA World Marinas Conference 2018
2018-10-25 08:00 - 2018-10-27 16:00 (Europe/Athens) | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Leoforos A. Syggrou 364, Kallithea, Attica, 17674, Greece
The much anticipated ICOMIA World Marinas Conference, to be held during 25-27 October 2018 in Athens, Greece, promises to deliver an innovative programme of topics, speakers and events under the theme: “Cross Sea Challenge for Marinas – Setting the Scene for Collective Development and Growth”.
Presented by the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA), organised by the ICOMIA Marinas Group and hosted by the Greek Marinas Association, IWMC 2018 is expected to draw over 300 delegates to the three-day event, consisting of two conference days and day touring the best marinas Athens has to offer.
Delegates will hear detailed reviews on the marina markets of the world, with an emphasis on America, Asia, Australia, the Mediterranean, MENA and Russian markets. As well as a special focus on Greece – which is fast-becoming the destination of choice for the coveted millennial boater looking for an adventure laced in mythical tales and told through ancient, sun-bleached ruins and dazzling blue seas. Experts from the county’s marina sector will showcase current major waterfront and marina projects and explain the Greek concession model in marinas.
There will also be speakers presenting their expertise on electric boat propulsion, solar piers, floating houses and floating infrastructures. Plus, delegates will learn about security issues at ports and marinas, oil pollution crisis management and marina marketing. Other hot topics in the programme include the international growth of superyacht charter as well as managing change in boating and ownership.
In addition, ICOMIA will present its latest policy papers, introduce its Environment Guide and explore global issues affecting marinas – such as new international guidelines for marina design and ISO regulations for ports.
IWMC 2018 is presented by the International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA), organised by the ICOMIA Marinas Group and hosted by the Greek Marinas Association.

World MICE Day 2018
2018-10-25 09:00 - 2018-10-27 20:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Shangri-La Hotel, Xiang Gang Zhong Lu 9, Qingdao, 266071, China
World MICE Day 2018 which will be held during October 25-27, 2018 in Qingdao, China, is a grand meeting of MICE people.
It provides organizers of domestic and international events with a professional platform networking and doing business. Attending an expo, like WMD-2018, is the most efficient way to acknowledge the latest development of MICE Industry.
Not only buyers can find and build long lasting relationship with their target industry suppliers, thereby driving business forward; but also the whole MICE industry could get sound development.
Check WMD agenda, join in WMD 2018 and find your best partner here!

Tourism Panorama - Greece 365 Days 2018
2018-10-25 10:00 - 2018-10-28 17:30 (Europe/Athens) | Ioannina National Sport Center (PEAKI), 5 km Ioannina - Athens National Highway, Ioannina, Epirus, 45500, Greece
In order to empower the tourism product in the Epirus region, the Grand Tourist Expo will be held on 25-28 October in Ioannina town.
The Tourism Panorama – Greece 365 Days aims to be a fully-fledged tourism exhibition and establish its awareness in Greece and abroad.
The exhibition will feature:
B2B meetings with hosted buyers from the main countries – tourist providers for Greece
Greek gastronomy with local products
Events and forums

DIVE 2018
2018-10-27 09:30 - 2018-10-28 17:00 (Europe/London) | Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Pendigo Lake, Marston Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, B40 1N, United Kingdom
Organized for more than 25 years by DIVER, Britain’s best-selling diving magazine, DIVE event attracts hundreds of exhibitors offering the latest diving holidays, training courses, and dive gear – on display and to buy – and is visited by thousands of experienced and aspiring divers from the UK, Europe and beyond.
Moreover the DIVE delivers an unrivalled programme of free presentations from the world’s top diving speakers, combined with popular in-hall features.
DIVE 2018 will again feature two large in-hall presentation stages – plus pools, New Product Showcase (pictured), mini-theatres and prominent dive-travel, training and underwater photography areas.
This year’s DIVE Exhibition will be held on 27-28 October 2018, at the NEC Birmingham.

Yperia 2018
2018-10-31 17:30 - 2018-11-05 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Aegialis Hotel & Spa, Aegiali, Amorgos, Cyclades, GR 84008, Greece
The YPERIA International Convention on Tourism and Culture will be held during 31 October – 5 November 2018 on Amorgos island, for the 16th consecutive year.
The Convention aims to promote the natural beauty and culture of Amorgos, foster an exchange of ideas on cultural heritage preservation, as well as present and promote current projects on the island of Amorgos.
Just like every year, YPERIA is expecting a great number of participants: journalists, filmmakers, producers, photographers/reporters and tour operators.
This year the theme of the convention is “Gastronomy – Culture & Tourism”, as a tribute to the South Aegean Region as the Gastronomy Region of Europe 2019.
Representatives of Women’s Associations in the Cyclades and the Municipalities of South Aegean Region will present their products, their local flavors and dishes.
The 9th Amorgos Tourism Film Festival will take place within the frame of YPERIA.
The convention will be held in English and is organized by the Cultural Association of Women of Amorgos in cooperation with the Municipality of Amorgos and the South Aegean Region.
Check here the convention’s program.

Amorgos Tourism Film Festival 2018
2018-10-31 17:30 - 2018-11-05 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Aegialis Hotel & Spa, Aegiali, Amorgos, Cyclades, GR 84008, Greece
The Amorgos Tourism Film Festival is an annual 4-day event, with every day screenings, held during the works of the YPERIA International Convention on Culture and Tourism.
As of 2017, the Amorgos Festival is a member of the international organization CIFFT, based in Vienna. The festival has daily projections during the Yperia Conference, at Aegialis Hotel & Spa. Each year, it awards the best choices of documentaries, and travel films, that contribute to the development of domestic and foreign tourism and to the implementation of green practices.
The Festival’s main intention is to set up an international platform with a view to encouraging global tourism through audio-visual media. Every year, the best films, documentaries and activities that contribute to the development of domestic and foreign tourism and the implementation of green practices, are nominated for an award. Tourism films are a good opportunity to address important issues and highlight the cultural and environmental richness of a place.
For the 3rd year the Festival hosts the tribute “Youth & Employment, Women & Employment” is implemented through the Operational Program & Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning and is co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund) and Greek state. Its co-funded projects deal mostly with the improvement of education and employment in Greece. Its main targets relate to the development and promotion of human resources skills, activities against unemployment, strengthen social cohesion and social inclusion of vulnerable social groups, improvement of the quality of education & lifelong learning, awareness on environmental education, linking education with the labor market. The film tribute has free admission and it’s accessible to disabled people.
The Festival aims:
– To contribute to the development of domestic (particularly on Amorgos and the Cyclades islands) and foreign tourism.
– To popularize and encourage the implementation of green practices in tourism driven by the need for social responsibility and sustainable development.
– To encourage short film production and foster a spirit of friendship and cooperation among producers from around the world.
In the frame of the 9th Amorgos Tourism Film Festival, a Film Academy will be organized for students and young people. Their films will promote the local Cuisine, Culture and spectacular beauty of the island.
Every year the Festival awards the best tourism films and documentaries, selected by an international jury team.
The festival is organized by the Cultural Association of Women of Amorgos in cooperation with the Municipality of Amorgos and the South Aegean Region.

Swiss International Holiday Expo 2018
2018-11-01 10:00 - 2018-11-04 17:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Lugano Exhibition Center, Via Campo Marzio, Lugano, 6900, Switzerland
The Swiss International Holiday Exhibition, also known as iViaggiatori, is the prestigious tourism event in Italian Switzerland which belongs to the network of the most important European tourism fairs.
A meeting place for over 11,000 Italian and German speaking Swiss families, institutions, experts, decision makers, buyers, televisions and specialized press.
The Swiss International Holiday Exhibition leads into a perfect trip around the world discovering places, peoples and cultures. It showcases the most beautiful locations and the best facilities on five continents, International tour operators and all the various types of tourism.
With an exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, more than 200 booths, more than 26 countries represented, institutional seminars and thematic events, the Swiss International Holiday Exhibition in Lugano aims to please the different types of visitors (families, singles, young couples, students, pensioners, etc.) and exhibitors, transforming for three days the city of Lugano into the center of the world leading the way in the successful tourism promotion.
