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World Routes 2017
2017-09-23 12:00 - 2017-09-26 20:00 (Europe/Athens) | Fira Barcelona – Gran Via, 64, Avenida Juan Carles I , Barcelona, 08908, Spain
World Routes is the global meeting place for every airline, airport and aviation stakeholder.
The event presents an unrivalled platform for route development professionals to discuss, develop and plan network strategy. Providing unique cost and time saving benefits, World Routes is a ‘must attend’ event and attracts the most senior decision makers from the world’s leading aviation organisations.
In 2017 will be held on 23-26 September, hosted by the government of Catalonia with the support of Barcelona city council.
Face-to-face meetings
Over three concentrated business days, 3,000 delegates will take part in over 15,000 face-to-face meetings to discuss new and existing air services.
Networking events
Designed to maximise business development and networking opportunities, the hospitality programme provides an informal setting for delegates to foster new and develop existing business relationships.
Conference
Industry experts will provide a valuable insight into key air service development issues currently affecting the route development community. World Routes brings together top-level speakers from across the sphere of aviation, including airlines, airports, destinations, aircraft manufacturers and more, to discuss the most pressing issues facing aviation now and beyond.
The World Routes 2017 Marketing Awards will be held on 25 September during World Routes 2017 in Barcelona. The ceremony will be part of the Networking Evening at Palau Sant Jordi, the Arata Isozaki-designed building which was one of the main venues for the 1992 Olympic Games.

Mykonos Run 2017
2017-09-23 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Athens) | Mykonos town, Mykonos, Cyclades, 84600, Greece
The Out Loud is co-organizing with Mykonos Municipality, for the second year in a row, the Mykonos Run on September 23.
Races have been designed in such a way to include a pass through all the main historic monuments of the Mykonos town. Moreover, this year the Mykonos Run has been certified as a member of Association of International Marathon & Distance Races (AIMS).
Mykonos Run includes three races:
– 10km
– 5km
– Kid’s run
The starting point of 5km route is the Mykonos New Marina (Alieftiko Katafygeio) and the starting point of 10km route is the Panagia Tourliani Monastery in Ano Mera. The finish point for both is set outside the historic building of the Municipality of Mykonos.
Registrations deadline is the 22nd of September.

Trofonios Half Marathon 2017
2017-09-24 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Levadia town, Levadia , Viotia, 32100, Greece
The Sport Swimming Club of Levadia (AKOL), within the frame of the annual cultural festival “TROFONIA 2017” will hold the 5th Trofonios Half Marathon on 24 September, at Levadia town.
The event is organized in collaboration with the Regional Division of Viotia, Levadia Municipality, while it’s supported by the SEGAS of East Sterea Evia.
Organizers aim to kin as much people to participate to sport activities and to highlight the history and beautiful landscapes of the area.
Start & finish point of the Half Marathon is the Labros Katsonis Square and the event will be completed within 3 hours. The route is certified by IAAF & AIMS and the runners’ times are counted for their participation to the National Marathon Championship.
Alongside to the half marathon, four more races will be held:
* 10km for Men & Women
* 5km for Men & Women
* 1,15km for Children (up to 15 yo)
* 1,15km for Special Olympics athletes
For more information visit Trofonios Half Marathon official web page or official facebook page.

Run Greece Alexandroupoli 2017
2017-09-24 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Greece
The fifth stop of 2017 events will be the town of Alexandroupoli, where the Run Greece race will be held on September 24.
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 Alexandroupoli is organized by Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS), with the support of SEGAS local office, the Regional Division of Evros and and co-organizer the Municipality of Alexandroupoli.
More relevant details you can find here.

IT&CM Asia & CTW Asia-Pacific 2017
2017-09-26 09:00 - 2017-09-28 15:00 (Europe/Athens) | Bangok Convention Center, 74/9 Rama 1 Road, Pathumwan Soi 6, Bangok, 10330, Thailand
Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia (IT&CMA) and Corporate Travel World (CTW) Asia-Pacific is the world’s only Doublebill Event in MICE and Corporate Travel. Both events have been co-locating since 2004, offering its delegates a valuable platform to do business, learn and network.
IT&CMA, established in 1993, is the leading international MICE show centered in Asia, offering the largest collection of Asia-Pacific MICE suppliers.
IT&CMA brings together MICE suppliers as well as regional and international buyers in a 3-day exhibition showcase coupled with intensive business appointments.
Exhibition features include destinations, products, services and solutions relating to meetings, incentives, conventions and events.
CTW Asia-Pacific, launched in 1998, is a conference and exhibition on Travel & Entertainment (T&E) management for the Asia-Pacific region.
Influencers, planners and decision-makers of Corporate Travel functions in their organization attend the annual conference to keep themselves abreast of the latest trends and knowledge that enable them to get the most out of their T&E decisions.
Contact e-mails respectively are itcma@ttgasia.com & ctw@ttgasia.com.

IFTM Top Resa 2017
2017-09-26 09:00 - 2017-09-29 16:00 (Europe/Athens) | Paris Porte de Versailles, 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, Paris, 75015, France
Each year, thousands of travel & tourism specialists visit IFTM Top Resa to develop their expertise and specialist knowledge.
The IFTM Top Resa show is several exhibitions rolled into one, catering for: the French outbound and inbound market sector, travel agents, leisure tourism, business tourism and events, incentive travel, coach operators, and business travel.
The Map Pro, the meeting point of groups’ operators in France and Europe, will be held over two days on 26 and 27 September 2017, jointly with the IFTM Top Resa . Those two events offer unique access to the entire BtoB French and international tourism (tourism groups in France and internationally, MICE, business travel, leisure travel).
In 2017, two new villages will be launched:
– Le Village Digital IFTM
– Le Village de la Montagne

WYSTC 2017
2017-09-26 13:00 - 2017-09-29 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Palais des congrès de Montréal, 001 Pl. Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montréal, H2Z 1H5, Canada
The World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) is the leading trade event for the global youth, student and educational travel industry and in 2017 will be held at the Palais des congres in Montreal on 26-29 September.
Since its inception in 1992 as the annual event of WYSE Travel Confederation youth and student travel professionals have been gathering annually to trade, network and take part in seminars and workshops.
To best represent the global youth and student travel industry, WYSTC travels to a different destination each year to ensure that attendees get first-hand experience of the topics and trends affecting youth and student travel within the host country and/or region. WYSTC 2016 will take place in Belgrade, Serbia.
It’s the must-attend B2B trade conference for key stakeholders and organisations in youth, student and educational travel. Over 600 participants from more than 450 organisations across the globe come together to network, learn from industry experts, collaborate in business appointments and attend cutting edge seminars.
WYSTC delivers an unparalleled opportunity to meet and do business with the many markets and diverse international organisations that serve today’s students and young independent travellers.
WYSTC provides buyers with the opportunity to meet with a diverse range of cultural exchange, work and travel, education and study abroad, volunteer and internship providers in one go, under one roof.

Sanganai World Tourism Expo 2017
2017-09-27 09:00 - 2017-10-01 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre (ZIEC), Hillside Road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Sanganai/Hlanganani – World Tourism Expo is an annual Tourism Trade Fair organized by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority. It showcases the widest variety of Africa’s best tourism products, and attracts international visitors and media from across the world.
The Fair is the successor of Shanyai/Vakatshani, the Zimbabwe International Travel Expo (ZITE) that was held annually at the Harare International Conference Centre. ZITE started as a small expo in 1982 and grew over the years to become one of Africa’s leading tourism showcases by 2007.
The past eight editions of Sanganai/ Hlanganani were a resounding success and attracted the leading African destinations and major world tourism markets such as South Africa, Botswana, Malaysia, China, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Indonesia, India, Italy and many others. The editions have seen the whole world converging in Zimbabwe in the form of high calibre international buyers as well as exhibitors.

Astana Leisure 2017
2017-09-27 10:00 - 2017-09-29 16:00 (Europe/Athens) | KORME Exhibition Centre, Dostyk Av. 3, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Astana Leisure is strategically timed to promote winter travel services and destinations. The event is organised jointly with the Ministry of Industry and New Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan has over 17 million potential tourists and an excess of 1,500 tourism agencies operate in the country.
For more information, please visit the website: www.travel-exhibitions.com/Astana-Leisure

Go2Balkans 2017
2017-09-29 09:00 - 2017-09-30 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Inter Expo Center, Bulevard "Tsarigradsko shose" 147, Sofia, 1784, Bulgaria
Go2Balkans is a B2B networking forum, created by and for professionals from the travel industry and aims the following:

Opportunity for participants to share ideas, develop tourist products and exchange direct business contacts;
To provide opportunity for municipalities and regions to present their natural, cultural and historic sites in front of tour operators;
To enable providers of tourist services from the regions to find business partners;
To draw main directions and trends for tourism development in the region, as well as to discuss the challenges all participants in the tourism industry face.

The idea and initiative comes from the tourist industry, represented by the members of the Association of Bulgarian Tour Operators and Travel Agents (ABTTA), which institute Go2Balkans consortium. The main goal of the consortium is to attract the attention of tour operators from all over the world towards the tourist services offered in Bulgaria and the other countries on the Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro and Croatia.

Samothraki Open Forum 2017
2017-09-29 18:30 - 2017-09-30 23:30 (Europe/Athens) | Cultural Center “Nikolaos Fardys”, Samothraki, 68002, Greece
The Samothraki Open Forum will be held on September 29-30, organized by the Iasion at the “Nikolaos Fardys” Cultural Center under the auspices of the Samothraki Municipality.
The forum aims to be a path for information, training and dialogue among institutions, businesses and professionals with target the sustainable development of Samothraki island.
This initiative is based on the thought that the tourism development is sustainable if all the sources and contributors cooperate to create products & services of high quality, while the benefits of this development are diffused to the major part of the local economy.
At the launching event of Samothraki Open Forum an emphasis will be given in the presentation of the possibilities and the utilization of the best practices for the development of alternative forms of tourism, based on the environment, the culture and the gastronomy of Samothraki island.

Andros Trail Race 2017
2017-09-30 08:00 - 2017-10-01 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Korthi Bay, Korthi Bay, Andros, 84502, Greece
Andros Trail Race, that will take place on September 30-October 1 on Andros island, is the biggest sport event of the year for the island and the Cyclades in general, attracting participation of renowned athletes and mountain running fans from around the world. Andros Trail Race is part of the 2nd mountain racing championship of the Cyclades aka Cyclades Trail Cup, which is consisted of 6 races this year on islands of Naxos, Amorgos, Tinos, Syros, Andros and Donoussa-one on each island- and aspires to include races of all the Cycladic Islands creating a large Cycladic sports event.
Participants will have the opportunity to choose between two routes, the 24km Great route making the race the most challenging and demanding in the Greek islands and the 11km Small route as an introduction to mountain running.
Organizers aim to highlight the natural landscape of Andros, with emphasis in the mountainous mainland and the hiking paths, establishing the island as a center of alternative tourism and sports, and the meeting point of Greek and foreign athletes in a great sports celebration!
In the same context, the selection of routes was based on the natural beauty of the island and the hiking trails, the importance of the interest points and the technical challenges, which are similar to major mountain running race events. The athletes will be rewarded for their efforts, running through nature’s and man’s amazing “creations” such as old tracks, cobbled old streets, Venetian pathways and certified hiking trails, high mountains, ravines and streams, small oak forests, fountains, water mills, stone bridges, traditional villages, Monasteries and medieval Castles.
Korthi Bay central square will be the base and starting point of both routes for Andros Trail Race.
The 24km Route starting from Korthi Bay central square is directed to the area of Paleokastro and the traditional settlements of Lardia, Giannisaio (Stavros) and Messa Vouni, crossing through the Monastery of Panachrantos and towards Vrakhnou settlement. Before reaching Vrakhnou, the route turns and climbs the slope of Gerakona Mount. until outside Exo Vouni settlement where it meets the asphalt at the entrance of the Dipotamata gorge, then the stone arch bridge, the old watermills and the medieval path. From this point the athletes go up to the Epano Kastro (Upper Castle) through the old Castle gate crossing it and continuing to the village Kochylos “hanging” on the hillside, finally returning to Korthi Bay.
The 11 km Route of the race, starting from Korthi Bay central square, is initially directed towards the valley of Korthi, then turning to Kato Khones settlement and it’s beautiful fountain, continuing alongside the valley and viewing traditional dovecotes, threshing floors and cottages, crossing Alamania settlement, and uphill to Episkopeio settlement, by the chapel of the Prophet Elias, the ruins of windmills and a unique mill called “Tavlomillos” found only on Andros. The path is directed towards the picturesque stone bridge and a watermill in Episkopeio (famous from the film “Little England”). Then the route continues through Episkopeio to Lardia (Paleokastro) settlement and returns to Korthi Bay.
Stay up to date by following the Andros Trail Race 2017 on facebook & twitter.

Athens Rum & Whiskey Festival 2017
2017-09-30 13:00 - 2017-10-01 20:00 (Europe/Athens) | Zappeion Conference & Exhibition Hall, Zappeio, Athens, 10557, Greece
Athens is celebrating it’s second Rum festival, accompanied this year by whiskey. The Athens Rum & Whiskey Festival will be held on 30 September-1 October at the Zappeion Megaron, Athens.
Attendees will have the opportunity to get familiar to these two distillates and taste some of the most remarkable products on the Greek and international market.
There will be also seminars, comparative tastings and discussions based on the history, production and course of distillates, from well-known industry professionals who will present and share their knowledge with us. Athens bars will also participate creatively in a festive mood.

Run Greece Rhodes 2017
2017-10-01 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Rhodes, Rhodes, Dodecanese, 85100, Greece
One more stop has been added in 2017 series of events. This is the town of Rhodes, the 6th in row, and will host the Run Greece race on October 1.
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 .

Travel Trade Athens 2017
2017-10-02 08:30 - 2017-10-03 23:00 (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 2-3 October 2017.

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 2nd and October 3rd 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!

Contact e-mail: traveltrade@athenscvb.gr

Uitm 2017
2017-10-04 10:00 - 2017-10-06 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | 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.
For more information, please visit the website: www.travel-exhibitions.com/UITM

Santorini Experience 2017
2017-10-06 - 2017-10-08 | Santorini, Cyclades, 84700, Greece
The sports tourism event “Santorini Experience” that drew the attention of all sports friends and offered unique moments and emotions to professional and amateur athletes, returns for third consecutive year on the energetic volcanic island of Santorini in the second weekend of October!
This year’s event program includes open water swimming from volcano to the old port of Fira. The swimming route has been designed by the Federal Technical Coach of Swimming, awarded with Olympic and World medals in open water swimming, Nikos Gemelos, who will be the Technical Director of the event in swimming. Moreover, great names of our national team, such as the Olympic and World Champion in open water swimming, Spyros Gianniotis and the World Champion in open water swimming, Kelly Araouzou, along with a many leading athletes in open water swimming like Antonis Fokaidis, Giorgos Arniakos and Dimitris Negris will take part in this year “Santorini Experience”.
Respectively, various running routes will take place at the magical path that connects Oia to Fira, overlooking the Caldera. This year’ s routes have been selected by the former marathon runner, holder of national best performance on the classical route, running coach, manager of All About Running and technical director of the event in running, Nikos Polias.
“Santorini Experience” is a collaboration between the Municipality of Santorini, the Municipal Sports Cultural Environmental Organization of Santorini and Active Media Group. The event is under the auspices of the Hellenic Swimming Federation, a fact that shows its great importance.
This year’s video-documentary will carry forward unique images of sports tourism in Santorini, to millions of homes in Europe, Asia and Africa through the vast television network of FOX Sports.
Socialize and stay up to date by following event’s official pages on facebook, twitter, youtube, google+, instagram

Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2017
2017-10-06 08:00 - 2017-10-08 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 6-8 October 2017.
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.

Spetses Mini Marathon 2017
2017-10-06 17:00 - 2017-10-08 14:00 (Europe/Athens) | Spetses, Spetses, Attica, 18050, Greece
The Spetses Mini Marathon 2017 will be held on 6-8 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.
Spetses Mini Marathon will include the following races:
– 5km – Running
– 10km– Running
– 25km– Running
– 3km (Kosta-Spetses) – Swimming
– 5km (Spetses-Kosta-Spetses) – Swimming
– Spetses SUP event by BIC
– My Spetses mini Marathon Kids 0-5 years – Running
– Kids 0- 5 years 500m – Running
– Kids 6-12 years 1000m – Running
– Kids 8-12 years 150m – Swimming
Moreover, the three day event will entertain the attendees with:

Spetsiot Treats: A feast -free for all participants- with local pies and other delicacies served with ouzo and tsipouro, lovingly prepared by the women of Spetses & Chrysi Zymi company.
Free for All MELISSA Pasta Night (Saturday 7 October).
Sunset Yoga Session

Red Bull Art of Motion 2017
2017-10-07 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Athens) | Oia, Oia, Santorini, 84700, Greece
Red Bull Art of Motion returns to the island of Santorini, Greece, the so-called freerunning paradise, on October 7, 2017, for its 7th edition.
Once again, the world’s top freerunners will get together on an epic course setting, against the volcanic landscape and the infinite blue sea. Deploying their unique style in a demanding and natural track, 14 freerunners will be competing against the course and their selves, presenting their own unique skills through their awesome tricks, runs and drops.
The field of contenders consists of the Top 6 finishers of the 2016 competition, five participants determined by an onsite qualifier in Santorini on October 7, and seven additional online qualifiers.
The final performance will be held at Golden Sunset Villas / Fanari Villas in Oia, Santorini.
Stay up to date by following Red Bull Art of Motion facebook page.

Nea Smyrni Historic Run 2017
2017-10-08 09:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Athens) | Nea Smyrni Square, 25is Martiou 19, Nea Smyrni, Attica, 17121, Greece
The Nea Smyrni Historic Run aims to surpass the 5,500 participants of last year’s event and reinforce the title of the biggest run event in Attica, right after the Athens Marathon, the Authentic and the Athens Half Marathon, while wish to sensitizing the public to the lost homelands.
The 3rd Nea Smyni Historic Run includes 10km, 5km and 2,5km races. To the 10km & 5km races can participate persons over 12 y.o. and to 2,5km persons of all ages.
The Nea Smyrni Historic Run is organized for third year in a row by the Cultural & Sport Organization of Nea Smyrni Municipality, under the auspices of SEGAS and with the support of Panionios Sports Club, Grove Allied Friends Club (SAFANS) and the Red Cross Youth.
Registrations continue unabated on the events official website online either at the special kiosk in the Nea Smyrni Grove, operating daily 9.00-14.00 and 18.00-22.00. The registrations will end on 27th of September.
Furthermore, the organizing committee calls everyone to support the event by participating to the Volunteers program.

Run Greece Patra 2017
2017-10-08 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Patra, Patra, Achaia, Greece
On October 8, the city of Patra will be the last stop of Run Greece’s series of events for 2017.
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.

MCE South Europe 2017
2017-10-08 10:00 - 2017-10-10 15:30 (Europe/Rome) | Four Points by Sheraton Catania Hotel & Conference Center, Via Antonello da Messina 45, Catania, Sicily, 95021, Italy
MCE South Europe is the high-end MICE event offering unique opportunities for South European destinations and its MICE providers to meet up face-to-face with selected worldwide meeting planners, having imminent interest in finding new business partners in South Europe for their pending inquiries.
MCE South Europe further combines event essentials as education and social events within the format to assure the variation, to keep all participants in the optimal state of mind performing business.
During the two and a half day event up to 35 direct business encounters are being scheduled. These meetings are tailored according the needs of the hosted buyers matching the products and services of the participating Convention Bureaus and suppliers. Meetings are chosen by both to assure the right synergy at the event and so both parties do have business interest in each other and assuring the highest possible ROI opportunities for all involved.
Serving as the cradle of European civilization, South Europe offers more than one can imagine. With event suppliers from countries as Turkey, Greece, Croatia, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and many more, event planners will have plenty of excellent destinations, hotels, DMC’s, congress centers and airlines to meet with.
It is one of the USP’s of Europe Congress’ MCE events: A dedicated selection of destinations, offering the invited buyers a clear concept and focus for their upcoming business without the confusion of the larger scale.

IMEX America 2017
2017-10-10 10:00 - 2017-10-12 16:00 (Europe/Athens) | 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 will run 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 will welcome 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.

INWETEX – CIS Travel Market 2017
2017-10-12 10:00 - 2017-10-14 16:00 (Europe/Athens) | 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 which in 2016 gathered 315 exhibitors from 21 countries of the world and over 5133 experts of the sector in the North-Western and other regions of Russia and the CIS countries.
For 23 years already 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:
– 23rd 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.
– 11th Specialised Exhibition MICE- industry, which bring together leaders of congress services of St.Petersburg and create a platform for communication with potential customers.
– 8th 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.

TTG Incontri 2017
2017-10-12 10:00 - 2017-10-14 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Fiera di Rimini, 155, Via Emilia, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, 47921, Italy
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.

Navarino Challenge 2017
2017-10-13 - 2017-10-15 | The Westin Resort Costa Navarino, Pylos, Messinia, 24001, Greece
Τhe multiple award-winning sports tourism event “Navarino Challenge” comes back for the 5th year in a row on October 13th to 15th 2017, in Messinia and in Costa Navarino! This year’s event will be held in October aiming to assist the extension of region’s tourism season.
In “Navarino Challenge” each year participate people of all ages. The non-competitive event aims to raise awareness about the benefits of healthy living, exercise and the Mediterranean diet as well as the issue of childhood obesity through its numerous sports activities.
In the agenda of “Navarino Challenge” will include the Half Marathon, the 10km route, the 5km route (running and dynamic walking), the 1km for children and the activities of open water swimming, climbing, bike-riding, pilates, boccia, basketball and kick boxing, and activities such as SUP (Stand up Paddling), golf, baby swimming, aqua aerobics and diving while the people attending should expect even more surprises.
Τhe event has also been honored in Tourism Awards with Gold Award in the categories “Sports Tourism”, “Strategic Partnership” & “Tourism of Health and Wellness” and with Silver Award in the category “Public Relations – Media Coverage”. It has been distinguished by the European Commission & the Hellenic General Secretariat of Sports for its participation in the European Week of Sport 2015. In its first participation at Ermis Awards, “Navarino Challenge” won the highest distinction in the annual event that was held in honor of the best advertising and communication companies in Greece, by winning the Grand Ermis award for the entire Event Production category and the Gold Award in the category of the sports events!
Once again, the event will be implemented with the support of Costa Navarino and The Westin Resort Costa Navarino, as well as the Municipalities of Pylos-Nestor and Trifilia.
Socialize and stay up to date by following event’s official pages:
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Nostos Expo 2017
2017-10-13 19:00 - 2017-10-16 14:00 (Europe/Athens) | Nostos Exhibition Center, Leoforos Kathodou Dorieon, Nafpaktos, Etoloakarnania, 30300, Greece
Nostos Expo, the exhibition focused on the alternative tourism, that is the most rapidly growing form of tourism worldwide, will be held for second year in a row on 13-16 October, organized by the Municipality of Nafpaktos.
Nostos Expo is the international reference event for the specialized and alternative tourism of every form, for all destinations and professionals in the field of tourism, activated in the Mediterannean and the Southeastern Europe. It’s the annual meeting that aims to the development, collaboration and networking of all those aspiring to exploit the most dynamic new trends in tourism.

Apart the exhibition the Nostos 2017 includes:
Nostos Forum: The annual international forum for training, information and views exchange on specialised and alternative tourism of all kinds. The forum is addressed to the destination management operators, the academic community and professionals and aims at highlighting the best practices, presenting researches and trends in all tourism sectors, targeting at viability and sustainability.

NOSTOS B2B meetings: With the support of the Greek Tourism Organization offices abroad, noted Hosted Buyers participate in the exhibition by holding B2B meetings with the participating Exhibitors. The process of the meetings’ planning is completed in advance, through a specially designed e-platform.
NOSTOS Food Tourism: Particular focus is given on the gastronomic tourism and the Greek Cuisine. Noted chefs and professionals in the field present the new trends in the traditional cuisine proposing unique local recipes and products produced throughout the country and constitute a reference point for the Mediterranean nutrition.
NOSTOS Events & Happenings: Events and Happenings are held at selected areas, indoors and outdoors of NOSTOS 2017, such as mountain bike shows, archery shows, kite surf events, sup events, horse riding lessons etc, attracting the interest of exhibitors and visitors.
NOSTOS for guests: Hosted Buyers, journalists and bloggers attend the unique experience of alternative activities in the wider region of Nafpaktia. Climbing, mountain bike, horse riding, hiking, trekking, cooking lessons, bird watching, off road jeep routes and local gastronomy tasting are among the activities that await the guests of NOSTOS 2017.
For more information visit Nostos Official website or facebook page.
Nostos Expo
Τ.: +30 26340 38116, F.: +30 26340 38552
www.nostosexpo.gr | info@nostosexpo.gr

International Thessaloniki Night Half Marathon 2017
2017-10-14 18:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Athens) | Thessaloniki, Leoforos Nikis, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
The 6th International Night Halfmarathon of Thessaloniki will take place on October 14 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 6th 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 20 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

SETE’s Conference 2017
2017-10-16 19:30 - 2017-10-17 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Leoforos A. Syggrou 364, Kallithea, Attica, 17674, Greece
The 16th Tourism & Development Conference of SETE, under the title “Greek Tourism: Development & Sustainability” will be held on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th of October 2017, at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens.
This year’s conference will focus on the sustainable development of tourism with economic, social and environmental terms. During the conference will be presented the best practices of specific forms of tourism, will be analyzed issues of spatial planning and will be researched ways for the rise of tourism impact to the society.
Special emphasis will be given to the interconnection of tourism to the agri-food section and its meaning to the creation of competitive advantages for the Greek tourism product and thereby for the local communities.
The “Tourism & Development” conferences are established interventions of SETE to open discussions and create public dialogue on tourism and are aimed towards investors, entrepreneurs, senior business executives and public sector officials who aspire to have an active role in the development of Greek tourism.
Conference’s official language is Greek, with simultaneous translation in English.
Attendance packages & registrations are already available here.
