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The Boutique Hotel Workshop Tour 2019 - Athens
2019-02-09 10:00 - 2019-02-10 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Sofitel Athens Airport, Spata, 19019, Greece
Boutique Hotels are one of the most categories of hospitality in Greece. Despite their small size, they are a dynamic proposal to tourists who choose Greece for holidays and they are those that highlight the special Greek character.
The 100% Hotel Show travel this year to nine major destinations with “The Boutique Hotel Workshop” providing with advanced solutions for boutique hotels’ owners and staff, as well as architects who develop boutique accommodations through impressive presentations with ideas and smart tips.
First stop of the 2019 event series’ will be the city of Athens, during 9-10 February 2019, at the Sofitel Athens Airport. Admission is free for hoteliers, architects and tourism professionals and an online registration is required.
Greek Travel Pages – GTP is a media partner of The Boutique Hotel Workshop Tour and will be on-site for further information.
Program (same for both days)
10.00-10.30 | Intro
The new trends in Boutique Hotels
10.30-12.00 | Architecture & Boutique Hotel Operation
What should be under consideration in the Architectonic Study and Design, for the best operation of a boutique hotel
Architecture Case Study
Presentation of the design of a boutique hotel, according to the planned operation
12.30-14.00 | Boutique Hotel Design
How to shape the boutique character of your hotel, combining local architecture, timeless design and functionality
Design Case Study
Presentation of the local architecture’s implement into a boutique hotel
14.30-16.00 | Hotel Booking Strategy
The promotion channels suitable for the boutique hotels and the required actions should be taken to the hotel’s website and booking engine that will raise the direct bookings
Direct Booking Case Study
Presentation of a digital strategy that raise the direct bookings of a boutique hotel
16.30-18.00 | Hotel Upselling Methods
In which way you can enforce your boutique hotel’s revenue, while succeeding room upgrade and sale of other services
Upselling Case Study
Presentation of tools and actions that contributed positively in the turnover of F&B or Spa departments in a boutique hotel

IMTM 2019
2019-02-12 10:00 - 2019-02-13 18:00 (Asia/Beirut) | The Expo Centre, Tel Aviv, Rokach Blvd 101, Tel Aviv, 6121002, Israel
IMTM will celebrate its 25th anniversary on February 12-13, 2019. IMTM is the official and only professional exhibition for the tourism trade market in Israel, the meeting place and trendsetter for the global and local tourist industry.
IMTM features exhibitors representing just about every aspect of Israel’s tourism market – incoming tourism, domestic tourism and outgoing tourism, alongside a significant number of exhibitors from overseas. The fair is highlighted by professional workshops, seminars and press conferences. IMTM is also attended by groups of agents from abroad with the framework of tours to Israel organized by the Israel Ministry of Tourism.
IMTM gives tourism professionals an opportunity to meet with colleagues, buyers and suppliers. Eco-tourism, wellness or cultural tourism, beach holidays or city breaks, package deals or tailor-made trips… All these options can be seen on-site, and discussed during the conferences, events and presentations that are held in conjunction with the exhibition.
IMTM Secreteriat: imtm@ortra.com

Routes Americas 2019
2019-02-12 10:00 - 2019-02-14 17:30 (America/New_York) | Québec City Convention Centre, 1000, boul. René-Lévesque Est, Québec, G1R 5T8, Canada
The 12th Routes Americas will take place in Quebec, Canada, on 12-14 February, hosted by Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport and Quebec City Tourism.
Bringing together a range of airlines, airports and tourism authorities, including some of the largest carriers from North, Central and Latin America, this event offers the opportunity meeting with some of the most influential aviation professionals from across the Americas region.
Each year Routes Americas, which is the annual gathering of air service decision makers for the Americas region, attracts the region’s senior decision makers positioning it as the must attend event for all those interested in meeting with the industry’s key players.
In 2019 Routes Americas is expected to attract over 80 airlines, 300 airports and almost 50 tourism authorities along with a number of other industry stakeholders from across the region to discuss air service development.
The event consists of four main elements:
– Meetings
– Networking
– Routes Americas Strategy Summit
– Route Exchange Airline Briefings

Boutique Hotels Forum 2019
2019-02-13 08:30 - 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Hotel Grande Bretagne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Vasileos Georgiou A 1, Athens, Attica, 10563, Greece
The Boutique Hotels & Villas Forum (BHVF) is an annual modern tourism Forum which hosts boutique hotels (up to 40 rooms), hostels, villas and BNB’s from all over Greece.
These exclusive lodgings have the opportunity through direct B2B meetings with travel agencies and suppliers from Greece to develop cooperative relationships in order to increase their sales and their services.
During the Boutique Hotels & Villas Forum travel agencies and suppliers will get in touch with the lodgings representatives and learn more about their product in order to promote them to their worldwide customer network.
In 2019 the Boutique Hotels Forum will be held on February 13, at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, A Luxury Collection Hotel, in Athens. This year the forum is supported by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels through a strategic synergy with the SWOT.

Holiday & Spa Expo 2019
2019-02-14 10:00 - 2019-02-16 17:00 (Europe/Sofia) | Inter Expo Center, Bulevard "Tsarigradsko shose" 147, Sofia, 1784, Bulgaria
The 36th International Tourist Fair Holiday & Spa Expo will take place in Inter Expo Center, Sofia on 14-16 February 2019.
The event is organized by PRIM EXPO and it is held under the aegis of Ministry of Tourism and in partnership with Municipality of Sofia, BTCH, BHRA, BATA, ABTTA, BUBSPA and Sofia Tourist Council.
Holiday & Spa Expo is the largest tourist forum in Bulgaria, designed both for professionals and target audience. Every year the exhibition welcomes more than 350 exhibiting companies and over 20,000 professionals from the tourism industry – participants, visitors and guests.
The format of the exhibition provides an excellent opportunities for useful contacts between participants and the offering of various types of products, programs and offers to the professionals and the large public.
Participant’s profile includes tour operators, travel agencies, hotels, SPA and wellness resorts and hotels, representative of tourism boards, municipalities, golf, wine and alternative tourism, professional schools, hotel and spa equipment and others.

Panorama World Festival 2019
2019-02-16 10:00 - 2019-02-18 17:00 (Europe/Stockholm) | Stockholmsmässan, 1, Mässvägen, Älvsjö, 12530, Sweden
The first fair was an instant success, counting over 7.000 visitors, 115 exhibitors and 22 destinations from Greece and Cyprus. The fair’s success was also due to the active participation and strong sales offers from all major tour operators in Scandinavia including TUI, Apollo, VING, Airtours, TEMA, Detur, PRO-Favoritresor and many – many others.
The exhibition continued to grow in the following years in 2015 and 2016 counting even greater visitor numbers and exhibitors, when in 2017 it was decided to present a greater range of destinations, including the Mediterranean countries, thus Mediterranean Panorama.
Again the success grew to over 13.000 visitors and participations from Tunisia, Israel, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, the Canary Islands and many other countries & companies who made their first appearance at the Panorama fair, enjoying wide exposure and strong sales results. Since the closure of the international exhibition in Gothenburg, TUR, the company decided to proceed in 2018 with a truly international profile this time allowing participations from around the world.
The tourism-gastronomy-culture “recipe” with a lively rich program of events and fun activities is the secret behind the success story of the Panorama fairs in Sweden.

MCE Central & Eastern Europe 2019
2019-02-17 10:00 - 2019-02-19 16:00 (Europe/Prague) | InterContinental Prague, Pařížská 30, Prague, 11000, Czech Republic
The highly successful MICE business forum series, the MCE Central and Eastern Europe – MCE CEE – is organised by Europe Congress annually for the past 9 years.
Building on Central and Eastern Europe’s MICE business potential, this unique forum brings together buyers from all over the world with high quality solution providers from the region. DMCs, PCOs, event management companies, convention bureaus, hotels, airlines from participating Central and Eastern European countries and selected, qualified and pre-screened buyers take part, based on dedicated invitation.
Participating in this forum is the perfect opportunity to capitalize on the high value for money ratio the region is offering for the MICE industry. MCE Central and Eastern Europe is offering the advantage of not only bringing potential business partners together in one location as industry exhibitions do, but through its unique concept business counterparts meet face-to-face in pre-organised, match-made meetings.
This MICE forum offers the perfect mix of pre-scheduled face-to-face meetings, educational sessions presented by industry opinion leaders, plenty of networking opportunities and social events.

AIME 2019
2019-02-18 09:00 - 2019-02-20 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, 2, Clarendon Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3006, Australia
In 2019 AIME will be held on 18-20 February, in Melbourne, where elite meeting planners and buyers will join exhibitors for an exclusive opportunity to hold one-to-one meetings and access quality education and networking events.
The Asia-Pacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME) is where meetings, events and incentives industry decision makers meet for business adventures across Australia, Asia-Pacific and the rest of the globe.
As the largest international event of its kind in Australia, we are trusted for providing the stage on which businesses can connect, perform and prosper. Each year the exhibition unites a community of over 4,000 suppliers and meetings and events planners in the leading conference city of Melbourne, and the high quality Hosted Buyer® Program is the catalyst for over 11,100 face-to-face meetings.
In 2019 AIME will have significant enhancements and new initiatives, responding to the demands of attendees. These will be:

New PSA System
New Stands Options
Increased Networking Opportunities
Quantified Hosted Buyers
Reformed Hosted Buyer Program, with world-class education program, networking events, flights, accommodation and a customized experience

Business Travel Show 2019
2019-02-20 08:00 - 2019-02-21 17:00 (Europe/London) | Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX, United Kingdom
The Business Travel Show is Europe’s main exhibition and conference for corporate travel buyers, managers and bookers to source, learn and network. It’s the only chance each year for corporate buyers to find the information, innovation, introductions and inspiration they need to make more confident and informed buying decisions; to increase efficiency,reduce costs, enhance performance and boost their business network.
The hosted buyer program attracts hundreds of national, EMEA and global travel managers and procurement, purchasing and sourcing category specialists each year. The program’s initiatives deliver unrivaled sourcing, learning and networking opportunities for European corporate travel buyers.
The comprehensive conference program features more than 50 thought provoking sessions, catering for all levels and knowledge requirements from the fundamentals of travel buying to the in-depth Masterclasses.
The exciting Launchpad Zone for business travel start-ups will also feature this year.
A program of networking and social events is provided to facilitate better connections, create new relationships and strengthen existing partnerships.

Messinia Pro-Am 2019
2019-02-20 08:00 - 2019-02-23 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | The Dunes Course & The Bay Course – Costa Navarino, Navarino, Messinia, 24001, Greece
Costa Navarino presents the 3rd edition of Messinia Pro-Am, 20-23 February 2019. The international golf tournament will welcome a total of 30 teams, while professionals will be competing for a total prize fund of 30,000 euros.
Among this year’s participants, a global sports figure will be joining Messinia Pro-Am: Former international rugby player Mike Tindall that represented England 75 times and 5 times as captain over a 17 year career.
The tournament will take place at the award-winning golf courses of Costa Navarino, which has been selected by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) as the “European Golf Resort of the Year 2017”, in a landscape full of centuries-old olive trees with stunning views of the Ionian Sea and the historic Bay of Navarino. The two signature 18-hole golf courses, The Dunes Course and The Bay Course will once again host professional and amateur golfers, for a four-day event filled with unique experiences both on and off the course.
Registrations for the 30 participating teams, will continue through the event’s official website here until January 18, 2019.
Messinia Pro-Am 2019 golfers will be able to get real-time updates on scores both at team and individual levels through the GolfBox live score service.
The 30 participating teams (comprising a professional and three amateurs) will compete with each other at The Dunes Course on Thursday, February 21, The Bay Course on Friday, February 22, and The Dunes Course on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The pros will compete in a 54-hole Strokeplay individual competition at the tournament.
The 3rd International Messinia Pro-Am tournament will further enhance the work of SOS Children’s Villages Greece, a member of SOS Children’s Villages International, that creates families for children in need.
The 3rd Messinia Pro-Am is organized in collaboration with the PGAs of Europe and is held under the auspices of PGA of Greece and the Hellenic Golf Federation.
For special accommodation packages at The Westin Resort Costa Navarino and the full program of Messinia Pro-Am, please visit https://bit.ly/2rLGKdY.
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Evia Tourism Workshop 2019
2019-02-20 10:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Athens) | Lucy Hotel, Voudouri 10, Chalkida, Evia, 34100, Greece
The Chamber of Evia in cooperation to Evia’s Hoteliers Association and with Evia Adventure Tours as a coordinator, co-organize the Evia Tourism Workshop on 20 February 2019, at Lucy Hotel in Chalkida.
This joint initiative aims to consolidate the tourism product of Evia, by promoting local providers of alternative activities, visiting wineries and various kinds of tourism related facilities.
The whole initiative, which aspires to support actively the actions of the tourism sector’s members, will be implemented as a workshop and B2B meetings among hoteliers, owners of tourist accommodations and tour operators with the providers of tourism products & services.

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Travel Technology Europe 2019
2019-02-20 10:00 - 2019-02-21 16:30 (Europe/London) | Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX, United Kingdom
Travel Technology Europe hosted at Olympia London, welcomes its 15th year with two days of peer to peer networking, social events and 1-2-1 appointments between attendees, industry experts and suppliers from across Europe to create new business relationships, share knowledge and best practice.
Whether you are an IT professional, part of senior commercial management or a marketing specialist, you will benefit from seeing hundreds of the very latest products, services and solutions on show from up to 100 specialist suppliers, plus 40 hours of top quality education content and over 5,500 of Europe’s top travel technology professionals.
The Travel Technology Europe Conference is an interactive and high quality conference programme streamed in four key topics: generate, evolve, innovate, disrupt.
In a dedicated area, start-up companies will present their latest developments for the travel industry. Moreover, the Business Travel Technology Showcase houses a full spectrum of technology suppliers demonstrating new products, services and solutions as well as conference content

REISE+CAMPING 2019
2019-02-20 10:00 - 2019-02-24 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Messe Essen, Norbertstrasse, Essen, D - 45131, Germany
Reise + Camping Essen is the large travel trade fair in NRW. Reise + Camping in Essen means “Trips, Camping, Cycling.” National and international destinations and campsites are the focus of the huge holiday world. In addition, the latest trends in camping, caravanning and accessories are demonstrated.
On four days (February 20-24, 2019) parallel to Reise + Camping, Fahrrad Essen will once again offer a comprehensive available range of bikes and accessories as well as a lot of information about trips with bikes.

f.re.e 2019
2019-02-20 10:00 - 2019-02-24 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Messe München International, Messegelände, München, D-81823, Germany
f.re.e is the popular fair C-B-R Leisure and Travel under a new name. It is Bavaria’s most popular interactive and sales exhibition for everything related to travel, leisure and recreation. It is the perfect place to find out more about the most beautiful travel destinations and latest recreation trends. Show stages, hands-on activities and special shows arouse wanderlust in everyone.
An attractive program of events in parallel with show stages and adventure worlds offers ideas and inspiration for the outstanding leisure and travel experience.
On an area of 15,000 square meters with over 200 vehicles, visitors had the opportunity to get advice on buying campers, vans and caravans.
In 2019 f.re.e is getting bigger by featuring:

10,000 extra square meters and a new hall division
Messe München has built new halls, Halls C5 and C6 that will be occupied by f.re.e starting from 2019. As a result, f.re.e will provide its exhibitors and visitors with 8 halls and 88,000 m² exhibition space in the future.
Travel will be bundled in the A halls, which also will include the topics of Cruises & Boat Trips as well as Health & Wellness.
Caravanning & Camping is being expanded and will occupy almost 3 halls in 2019. The topic of tents and accessories will be shown together with the Outdoor topic in Hall C5. This will create synergy effects.
Water Sports will occupy an entire hall. In this way, existing topics can be expanded in Hall B6. The topic of boating sports is also being given new life. With the support of the “Start Boating” campaign, the fascination of the boating sports will be conveyed to visitors.
Bicycles is moving; its new at home will be in Hall C6 in 2019.

GITF 2019
2019-02-21 09:00 - 2019-02-23 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, 380, Yuejiang Zhong Road, Guangzhou, China
As one of the most influential B2B fairs focusing on outbound travel, inbound travel and M.I.C.E., Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF) receives wide attention among the tourism industry since its first session 25 years ago.
It is recognized as a best way to get into the vast China market as well as a gate to diversified international markets by rooting in Guangdong, the largest tourist-source market of China.
As the most influential travel trade fair in Southern China, GITF has attracted 956 tourist service providers from 45 countries and regions to join and demonstrate. Such exhibitors come from various areas and they provide the most comprehensive and latest products and services for the buyers to purchase.

Holiday World 2019
2019-02-21 09:30 - 2019-02-24 18:00 (Europe/Prague) | Praha – Holešovice Fairground, Areál Výstaviště 67, Prague 7, Prague, 17090, Czech Republic
The Holiday World is the biggest and most famous Central European trade fair for tourism . In 2019 the Holiday World fair will be held on 21-24 February, at Prague Holešovice Fairground.
The exhibition regularly welcomes exhibitors from more than 40 countries worldwide and the expositions of official tourist boards present more than 20 countries. There is a numerous representation of towns and regions, travel agencies etc. The trade fair is held under the patronage of the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic and other important institutions.
The Holiday World is the most important presentation of travel agencies, domestic regions, national tourism offices and other services for the travel industry in the Middle Europe.

In addition to the interesting exhibits, the upcoming year of the fair plans also to feature an attractive accompanying programme, not only consisting of the travel film festival World Film but also a series of seminars, conferences and workshops on key topics in the tourism industry.

Sajam Turizma 2019
2019-02-21 10:00 - 2019-02-24 17:00 (Europe/Belgrade) | Belgrade Fair, Bulevar vojvode Mišića 14, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
The Tourism Fair Sajam Turizma will be held on 21-24 February 2019, at Belgrade Fair.
Sajam Turizma is the largest tourism event in Serbia and Southeast Europe. It has been fulfilling the worldwide business standards for 40 years, creating partnership relations with the exhibitors and attracting an increasing number of visitors annually.
Last year, more than 1100 exhibitors featured their offers at the Tourism Fair and the number of visitors exceeded 70 thousand. This event’s international character is confirmed by more than 340 international exhibitors from 55 countries. This event’s international character is confirmed by more than 300 international exhibitors from 50 countries – an increasing number of worldwide exhibitors is interested in this business fair event every year.
The Catering Equipment Fair – HORECA has been held within the Tourism Fair since 2005, as well and the International Wine Fair – BEOWINE is also held at the same time.
Many awards and praises show this is the most successful tourism event in Serbia and the region.

Ferie For Alle 2019
2019-02-22 10:00 - 2019-02-24 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | MCH Messecenter Herning, 1, Vardevej, Herning, DK-7400, Denmark
Ferie For Alle is Scandinavia’s largest consumer holiday fair and has been taking place every year since 1997. In 2018 60,000 people visited the fair with more than 1,200 exhibitors represented.
Danish Travel Show has 5 theme areas spread over 13 exhibition halls of 62,000 sq.m in total.
– 2 International Halls
– Danish Golf Show is the biggest golf show in Denmark and the golf players come here to find inspiration to golf trips and golf holidays.
– The entire Danish camping industry is at Danish Travel Show. All major brands are represented together with 200 Danish and International campsites.
– The Danish theme area has a focus on holiday experiences in Denmark. Located in the same hall as the Outdoor area.
– In the Outdoor section there is a great focus on active holiday experiences like hiking, climbing, trekking, canoe and kayak and outdoor life in general.

Greek Hospitality Awards 2019
2019-02-22 19:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Athens) | Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, Agiou Nikolaou 10, Vouliagmeni, Attica, 16671, Greece
Greek Hospitality Awards rewards excellence in the sector of Greek Hotels through a fair and transparent process, in which a Judging Committee consisting of esteemed and carefully selected members as well as the audience participate with a 60/40 voting ratio.
The Awards are open to all hotel businesses in Greece that have an Operating License by the Greek National Tourism Organization. Each participating company may be nominated in as many categories as it chooses.
The event is under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Hellenic Hotel Federation, General Panhellenic Federation of Tourism Enterprises, TIF-Helexpo and the awards ceremony will take place on February 22 at the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso, in Vouliagmeni.
The Greek Travel Pages (GTP) is a communication sponsor of the Greek Hospitality Awards 2019.

Meetings Africa 2019
2019-02-25 09:00 - 2019-02-27 14:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Sandton Convention Centre, Maude Street, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa
Meetings Africa showcases Africa’s diverse offering of services and products where African associations and African meetings industry professionals can partner to help transform Africa continent.
In 2019 Meetings Africa will be held on 25-27 February, with the 25th of February be the Bonday and the next two the show days.
In 2018, the event attracted almost 3,000 delegates who visited to seal business deals, explore African products and forge new networks in the international meetings sphere. The 306 business tourism exhibitors represented 21 African countries, with 65 of these exhibitors coming from outside South Africa. The show also attracted 154 business and trade media representatives from across the continent and globe, while more than 6,400 business meetings were confirmed for the show.

The Boutique Hotel Workshop Tour 2019 - Thessaloniki
2019-02-25 10:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | The Met Hotel, 48, 26is Oktovriou, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54627, Greece
Boutique Hotels are one of the most categories of hospitality in Greece. Despite their small size, they are a dynamic proposal to tourists who choose Greece for holidays and they are those that highlight the special Greek character.
The 100% Hotel Show travel this year to nine major destinations with “The Boutique Hotel Workshop” providing with advanced solutions for boutique hotels’ owners and staff, as well as architects who develop boutique accommodations through impressive presentations with ideas and smart tips.
Second stop of the 2019 event series’ will be the city of Thessaloniki on 25th of February and the venue the MET Hotel. Admission is free for hoteliers, architects and tourism professionals and an online registration is required.
GTP Headlines is a media partner of The Boutique Hotel Workshop Tour 2019.
Program
10.00-10.30 | Intro
The new trends in Boutique Hotels
10.30-12.00 | Architecture & Boutique Hotel Operation
What should be under consideration in the Architectonic Study and Design, for the best operation of a boutique hotel
Architecture Case Study
Presentation of the design of a boutique hotel, according to the planned operation
12.30-14.00 | Boutique Hotel Design
How to shape the boutique character of your hotel, combining local architecture, timeless design and functionality
Design Case Study
Presentation of the local architecture’s implement into a boutique hotel
14.30-16.00 | Hotel Booking Strategy
The promotion channels suitable for the boutique hotels and the required actions should be taken to the hotel’s website and booking engine that will raise the direct bookings
Direct Booking Case Study
Presentation of a digital strategy that raise the direct bookings of a boutique hotel
16.30-18.00 | Hotel Upselling Methods
In which way you can enforce your boutique hotel’s revenue, while succeeding room upgrade and sale of other services
Upselling Case Study
Presentation of tools and actions that contributed positively in the turnover of F&B or Spa departments in a boutique hotel

Greek Panorama 2019 - San Diego
2019-02-25 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, Harbor Island Drive 1380, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
The 3rd Greek Panorama Roadshow in the US East Coast will be held on February 2019, in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Together with ASTA and with the support of FedHATTA, this roadshow will bring new opportunities for buyers and sellers, strengthening sales for Greece as a top tourism destination.
The first exhibition Greek Panorama in the US, took place in New York, during 11-13 May 2017, at the Grand Central Terminal station, which also featured business meetings for the tourism sector and a networking dinner event for strengthening public relations and developing closer cooperation’s with the NY travel sector. The event was a great success, as thousands of passersby’s in Manhattan’s central station had the opportunity to meet with Greek exhibitors including hoteliers, destinations, travel agencies and “ambassadors” of quality Greek food distributors, companies. It is estimated that over 750.000 daily commuters go through the Grand Central Terminal station, so the numbers – as well as the response from the Americans – were indeed very warm and welcoming.
The 1st Greek Panorama Roadshow 2018 took place in New York, Boston, Washington DC, and was transformed to become the 1st B2B Greek Tourism Roadshow with ASTA, the American Society of Travel Advisors. The roadshow, also, became a bid success as hundreds of US travel agents came to meet with the Greek destinations and tourism companies.

International Confex 2019
2019-02-26 10:00 - 2019-02-27 17:30 (Europe/London) | Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8UX, United Kingdom
International Confex is renowned as the UK’s leading event for the MICE industry. Attracting over 8,000 unique visitors, it provides the ideal platform to connect with senior event organisers of both inbound and outbound events.
Since 1983, Confex has occupied an unrivaled position in the UK as the focal point for thousands of event buyers – professional and commercial conference and exhibition organizers, corporates, agencies and associations seeking venue, destination and supplier inspiration.
International Confex will celebrate its 35th anniversary on February 26-27, 2019, at London Olympia, with 2 days of back to back, free to attend educational content and over 350 solution providing suppliers and venues.

Greek Panorama 2019 - Los Angeles
2019-02-26 18:00 - 2019-02-27 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Huffington Center, 324 South Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90006, United States

Greek Panorama 2019 - San Francisco
2019-02-28 17:30 - 2019-03-01 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fairmont San Francisco, 950 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94108, United States

Allt for Sjon 2019
2019-03-01 08:00 - 2019-03-10 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Stockholmsmässan, 1, Mässvägen, Älvsjö, 12530, Sweden
Allt för Sjön, Stockholm International Boat Show, is Sweden’s largest boat show. Enjoy all the sailboats, motor boats, canoes etc. on display and find lots of equipment and accessories. Here’s something for everyone dreaming of the life at sea.
Stockholm International Boat Show is one of the surest signs that spring is here – it’s time to get inspired and turn our thoughts to boats, life at sea and new summer dreams. A pleasure-filled and inspiring meeting place, as well as a complete and well-stocked market place!
New products, trends and ideas all under one roof in Stockholm International Boatshow Newshottest section.
Eight inspiring themes jam-packed with new products and expertise to attract and to experience during the Stockholm International Boatshow: Motorboats, Sailing, Accessories, Life Onboard, Water Fun for Kids, Environment, Classic Boat Show, Safety.
Stockholm International Boat Show is the traditional way to kick off the boat season after the long, dark winter months.

The Boutique Hotel Workshop Tour 2019 - Corfu
2019-03-01 10:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Corfu Palace Hotel, Leof. Dimokratias 2, Corfu, Ionian Islands, 49100, Greece
Boutique Hotels are one of the most categories of hospitality in Greece. Despite their small size, they are a dynamic proposal to tourists who choose Greece for holidays and they are those that highlight the special Greek character.
The 100% Hotel Show travel this year to nine major destinations with “The Boutique Hotel Workshop” providing with advanced solutions for boutique hotels’ owners and staff, as well as architects who develop boutique accommodations through impressive presentations with ideas and smart tips.
Third stop of the 2019 event series’ will be the island of Corfu on 1st of March and the venue the Corfu Palace Hotel. Admission is free for hoteliers, architects and tourism professionals and an online registration is required.
GTP Headlines is a media partner of The Boutique Hotel Workshop Tour 2019.
Program
10.00-10.30 | Intro
The new trends in Boutique Hotels
10.30-12.00 | Architecture & Boutique Hotel Operation
What should be under consideration in the Architectonic Study and Design, for the best operation of a boutique hotel
Architecture Case Study
Presentation of the design of a boutique hotel, according to the planned operation
12.30-14.00 | Boutique Hotel Design
How to shape the boutique character of your hotel, combining local architecture, timeless design and functionality
Design Case Study
Presentation of the local architecture’s implement into a boutique hotel
14.30-16.00 | Hotel Booking Strategy
The promotion channels suitable for the boutique hotels and the required actions should be taken to the hotel’s website and booking engine that will raise the direct bookings
Direct Booking Case Study
Presentation of a digital strategy that raise the direct bookings of a boutique hotel
16.30-18.00 | Hotel Upselling Methods
In which way you can enforce your boutique hotel’s revenue, while succeeding room upgrade and sale of other services
Upselling Case Study
Presentation of tools and actions that contributed positively in the turnover of F&B or Spa departments in a boutique hotel

MaskaRun 2019
2019-03-03 11:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Orchomenos, Orchomenos, Viotia, 32300, Greece
MaskaRun is a colorful festive, a walk run, in which can take part adults and kids as well. It’s an original road race, which was organized for first time worldwide, in Orchomenos in 2016.
Its main feature is the participation and the termination to the race, the joy of sport and the teamwork. It’s an invitation to change the life style, a getaway from the daily routine.
This event is connected to the carnival, as it opens the event series of Orchomenos Carnival. The road is some 2,2km through the town, with start point the Skripou Square and end point the Iroon Square.
The MaskaRun is organized by the Cultural Traditional Club of Orchomenos in cooperation with the website www.asopichos.gr, as the inspirator of the event is Mr Babis Zannias, journalist and owner of the above mentioned website. The event is supported by the Orchomenos Municipality, Motor Club of Orchomenos and much more local institutions and companies.

FOODEX JAPAN 2019
2019-03-05 10:00 - 2019-03-08 16:30 (Asia/Tokyo) | Makuhari Messse, 2-1 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba city, 261-0023, Japan
FOODEX JAPAN is a ground-scale hub trade show in the Asia-Pacific region with promising track record of operation for 44 years.
Over the 4 days of the exhibition, about 85,000 buyers from food service, distribution, and trading companies are expected to attend.
This exhibition caters the perfect opportunity for those interested in growing Asian markets as our exhibition reaches its buyer’s gathering horizon across the Asia-pacific region such as Korea, Taiwan and China.
FOODEX JAPAN Secretariat
Convention Business Center
Japan Management Association
3-1-22 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8522, JAPAN
Tel: +81 3 34341391, Fax: +81 3 34348076
e-mail: foodexinternational@convention.jma.or.jp

IATA Legal Symposium 2019
2019-03-06 09:00 - 2019-03-08 19:00 (Europe/Rome) | Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, Via Alberto Cadlolo 101, Rome, 00136, Italy
The IATA Legal Symposium is the world’s premier annual aviation law event, with a reputation for insight, relevance and value among in-house counsel, private practitioners and government lawyers alike.
The event is well known for its engaging subject matter, outstanding speakers, lively debate and, of course, some of the best networking opportunities you’ll find anywhere in the industry.
In 2019, this flagship IATA conference will draw upon leading experts, from every co​rner of the world, to examine the key challenges of the legal and regulatory environment with a particular focus looking into the future.
IATA’s annual Legal Symposium will continue to move the industry from talk to action with this “into the future” edition.
The 2019 Legal Symposium will feature sessions with leading industry experts that tackle topics including digital transformation, liability, sustainability, antitrust and more.
Registrations are available here.
The Greek Travel Pages (GTP) is a media partner of the IATA Legal Symposium 2019.
