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DIVE 2017
2017-10-21 09:30 - 2017-10-22 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | 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.
This year’s DIVE Exhibition will be held on 21-22 October 2017, at the NEC Birmingham.

World MICE Day 2017
2017-10-25 08:30 - 2017-10-27 20:00 (Europe/Athens) | Shangri-La Hotel, Xiang Gang Zhong Lu 9, Qingdao, 266071, China
World MICE Day is an initiative of the Qingdao Government and CCPIT-Qingdao Sub Council, BIT Congress Inc., aiming to provide the MICE people around the globe with a professional communication platform.
With the participation of 400 domestic and foreign hosted buyers, more than 150 suppliers and exhibitors and an expected number of 2,000 visitors, the 1st World MICE Day (WMD) is scheduled to take place on October 25-27 in the city of Qingdao in China, under the theme “Boosting Silk Road Meeting Industry”.
The three-day events comprises 6 professional programs including Keynote Forum for government representatives, MICE Industry Forum for PXOs, MICE Organization Forum, MICE Partnership Forum, Technology and Innovation Forum and PSA (Pre Scheduled Appointments)/Training Courses. It provides organizers of domestic and international events with a professional platform networking and doing business.
Day 1
08:30-09:00 — Opening Ceremony
09:00-12:00 — MICE New Leadership Champion; Education; Society/Association Meeting Management; Tsingtao MICE Beer Festival & Golden Camel Award; Business &Career Development.
13:00-17:00 — MICE New Leadership Champion; Governmental /Corporate MEGA Event Green Growth; Society/Association Meeting Management; Miss. MICE; MICE Professional Photo EXPO and Award; Education.
18:00-20:30 — Gala Dinner
Day 2
09:00-12:00 — Career and Business Development; Education Forum; New Strategy and New Growth for DMC and Venue Management; China Smart Health-Release stress for hosted buyers;
13:00-17:00 — New Strategy and New Growth for DMC and Venue Management; Governmental /Corporate MEGA Event Green Growth; Education; Culture Tour in Qingdao
17:00-20:00 — MICE Global Village（Night Club）
Day 3
7:30-8:30 — Running MICE Men
9:00-12:00 –Career and Business Development’ IVY Forum; Events Makers Innovation Competition; Internet + MICE; IAPCO (Education) for PCO
13:00-14:00 — Education; MICE on air, Roundtable, dialogue, Visual Participation; Industrial Sponsored Happy Hour
14:00-16:00 — Closing Ceremony
16:00-20:00 — Post-Event Tours (To the Top 20 Asia Pacific Destination Cities)

ITB Asia 2017
2017-10-25 09:30 - 2017-10-27 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore, 018956, Singapore
Asia’s largest and only hybrid show, bringing 10,876 show attendees from MICE, Corporate, and Leisure sectors.
A purely B2B show with 100% pre-schedule appointments, ITB Asia had a record high 15,000 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
2016 key figures – 846 exhibitors from 110 countries, 895 pre-qualified buyers, almost 11,000 attendees.
For more figures, facts of ITB Asia 2016 visit us on our ITB Asia Website at www.itb-asia.com

BLTM Delhi 2017
2017-10-26 10:00 - 2017-10-27 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Hyatt Regency Gurgaon, NH8, Sector 83, Gurugram, Haryana, New Delhi, 122004, India
BLTM – Business & Luxury Travel Mart – is India’s first full-fledged travel mart focused on specialised sellers and buyers from business, MICE and luxury travel segment from all over the world. The first edition of BLTM, held at Hyatt Regency Gurgaon from 24-25 October 2016, recorded a huge success with over 94 sellers, comprising from states, global destinations, premium hotel chains and private sector companies from all over India.
BLTM provides destination sellers and travel service providers, the ultimate business platform to meet hundreds of corporate MNC buyers plus many qualified meeting planners and incentive travel planners hosted from other major Indian cities.
Last year, BLTM hosted over 150 organisations as qualified buyers from all across the country and abroad. Moreover, in 2017 BLTM will be expanded to three cities – Mumbai, Hyderabad and Delhi NCR, to cater to the West, South and North India markets of business travel and MICE.
BLTM last stop for 2017 will be the city of New Delhi, on 26-27 October, at Hyatt Regency Gurgaon.

Yperia 2017
2017-10-26 17:00 - 2017-10-29 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Aegialis Hotel & Spa, Aegiali, Amorgos, Cyclades, GR 84008, Greece
The Cultural Association of Tholaria, Amorgos and Aegialis Hotel & Spa are pleased to organize, for the 15th consecutive year, the YPERIA International Convention on Tourism and Culture, on 26-29 October 2017 at Amorgos island.
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. The main scope of discussion will be “Cinema – A Challenge for Local Economic Development” and will inspect subjects such as:

Film Commission – A tool of Attraction for International Productions
The Role of Cinema Festivals for word wide promotions – As CIFFT case
“Film tourism in Greece: The economical & legal possibilities for investing in a film production in Greece ”

During YPERIA Convention, participants will discover the island, walk the ancient hiking paths, visit the historical monuments, collect aromatic herbs from the mountains, visit the essential oil distillery laboratory, enjoy local products, attend traditional festivities and get introduced to the work of different artists through exhibitions (ceramic, photography, handicraft).
The 8th International Short Tourism Film Festival of Amorgos will take place within the frame of YPERIA.
The Convention will be held in English. Accommodation, food and tours on Amorgos are offered by the organizers. The participation form should be submitted no later than September 1st, 2017.

International Short Tourism Film Festival 2017
2017-10-26 17:00 - 2017-10-29 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Aegialis Hotel & Spa, Aegiali, Amorgos, Cyclades, GR 84008, Greece
The International Short Tourism Film Festival Amorgos is an annual 4-day event, with every day screenings, held during the works of the YPERIA International Convention on Culture and Tourism.
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.
The International Short Tourism Film Festival was established in 2010 by the Cultural Association of Tholaria – Aegiali on the occasion of the 8th YPERIA International Convention on Culture and Tourism.
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.
The festival has already launched its Call for Entries 2017 and invite filmmakers from all around the world to submit feature films, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental works. This year the Film Festival of Amorgos has the privilege to be an official member to CIFFT (Comité International des Festivals du Film Touristique).

Swiss International Holiday Expo 2017
2017-10-27 10:00 - 2017-10-29 17:00 (Europe/Monaco) | 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.

Donousa Mountain Run 2017
2017-10-28 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Donousa, Donousa, Cyclades, 84300, Greece
Cyclades Trail Cup will incorporate for the first time this year the Donousa Circuit Race.
The event is scheduled to be held on October 28 and includes two trail races: 15km with an ascent of 730m and 3,5km with an ascent of 110m.
The 15km route is circular and is a trail around the Donousa island. The 3,5km route is also circular but is more easy as it’s passable from everyone. Start & end point for both routes will be the Stavros village.
Runners will run all the traditional footpaths that consist the Donousa Cultural Interest’s Routes Network , in a Cycladic landscape and through all four villages of the island. This will allow participants to get know the island, its natural beauties and its inhabitants.
The race is co-organized by the cultural environmental club of Donousa “Poseidon”, the Region of Aegean and the Union of Donousa’s people of Cyclades with the support of Donousa Community and the Trade Association of Donousa.
Stay up to date by following event’s facebook page.

FIT America Latina 2017
2017-10-28 15:00 - 2017-10-31 19:00 (Europe/Athens) | La Rural – Buenos Aires Exhibition Centre, Juncal 4431, Buenos Aires, C1425BAA, Argentina
FIT, the International Tourism Trade Fair of Latin America, the most long awaited business meeting by worldwide tourism in Latin America, will be held on 28-31 October 2017.
Every year, La Rural, Predio Ferial de Buenos Aires, opens its doors to more than 1,700 exhibitors from 45 countries pursuing a single goal: the unstoppable expansion of tourism industry throughout the world.
Enhance your business, expand your market to colleagues and industry professionals; make direct contact with new customers and introduce your new products and services in different ways in the right setting.
Exhibition’s performance is by Ferias Argentinas SA
Contact details
Telephone/Fax: +54 11 43941113, e-mail: fit@fit.org.ar

DEMA Show 2017
2017-11-01 08:00 - 2017-11-04 14:00 (America/Detroit) | Orange County Convention Center, 9899 International Dr, Orlando, FL, 32819, United States
DEMA Show 2017 will take place on 1-4 November at the Orange Country Convention Center, south hall, in Orlando, Florida produced by the DEMA, The Diving Equipment & Marketing Association.
The annual DEMA Show, the largest trade-only event in the world for companies doing business in the scuba diving, ocean water sports and adventure/dive travel industries, attracts hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of dive and travel industry professionals from around the world.
In addition to providing an arena in which to conduct business and network, DEMA Show offers participants the most extensive education curriculum in the industry including DEMA- Sponsored Seminars and Exhibitor-Sponsored Seminars from participating manufacturers, travel destinations and dive certification organizations.

Tourism Megatrends 2017
2017-11-01 08:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Excelixi – Center of Sustainable Entrepreneurship, El. Venizelou & Romilias, Nea Erythrea, Attica, 14671, Greece
Tourism Megatrends will inform senior Greek tourism executives about major international trends in the areas of Hospitality Strategy, Guest Experience, Tourism Marketing & Technology.
More than 10 international speakers, including Christoph Hoffmann CEO of 25hours Hotel Group, Martial Robardet CityHub Amsterdam Development Director and John Goldwyn Vice President, Director of Planning & Landscape WATG will analyze select tourism megatrends while Greek tourism executives will present Greek market best practices.
Sign up to attend Tourism Megatrends Conference at www.hospitalityconference.gr and take advantage of early bird prices until August 31st.

BTPF 2017
2017-11-01 08:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Athens) | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Leoforos A. Syggrou 364, Kallithea, Attica, 17674, Greece
SWOT | Simple Way of Tourism will held the 5th Business Travel Professionals Forum, the leading B2B Forum in Greece, with the participation of top hotels, travel agencies and companies.
Through the BTPF hotels have the opportunity to meet, introduce themselves and create cooperation’s by communicating “face to face” with the decision makers of the most important corporations and various travel agencies (DMC’s, PCO’s, MICE, Business Travel, Leisure, Tour Operators & Wholesalers), who materialize corporate travel, corporate events and leisure travel in Greece.
The success of BTPF is based on the fact that during the 2days of the forum the contacts that are made lead to prosperous cooperation agreements between the participants which they develop direct relations with the market protagonists, by meeting the best… with the best.
The 5th Business Travel Professionals Forum will take place in Athens, on 1 November 2017 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. This year’s BTPF will be a full day event under the title “The Full Day Project”, where apart the pre-scheduled B2B meetings, presentations and workshops will take place and a cocktail networking party as well.
For registrations and further information please visit www.btpf.eu or contact SWOT: +30 210 65 25 520 / btpf@swot.gr

World Travel Market London 2017
2017-11-06 10:00 - 2017-11-08 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | ExCeL London, 1, Western Gateway, London, London Docklands, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
WTM London 2017 takes place at ExCeL, London on Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 November.
WTM London, the leading global event for the travel industry, is the must-attend three-day business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry.
Almost 51,500 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international press, embark on ExCeL – London every November to network, negotiate and discover the latest industry opinion and trends at WTM London.
WTM London is the event where the travel industry conducts and concludes its deals. WTM London generates around £2.8 billion of travel industry contracts from almost one million on-stand business meetings.
WTM London launched in 1980 with the 2017 edition being its 38th.
WTM London is part of Reed Travel Exhibition’s World Travel Market events, which also includes Arabian Travel Market, World Travel Market Latin America and World Travel Market Africa.

The Travel Tech Show @ WTM 2017
2017-11-06 10:00 - 2017-11-08 18:00 (Europe/London) | ExCeL London, 1, Western Gateway, London, London Docklands, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
The Travel Tech Show at WTM, UK’s largest travel technology event, will be held on 6-8 November at ExCeL London, incorporated in WTM London 2017.
The Travel Tech Show at WTM continues to play a vital role in the growth of the travel industry and is the largest dedicated travel technology event in the UK.
The access to The Travel Tech Theatre facilitates the ability to showcase your services to all visitors at WTM. Moreover, acknowledged for its high calibre of speakers, the Travel Tech Show at WTM features an impressive programme of events, dedicated to covering the latest trends and innovations in the travel technology and digital space. Highlights across the four days include programmes in Blogging, Mobile, Social Media Technology and Hospitality Technology.
The Travel Tech Show at WTM London this year will focus on payment solutions, responding to the demand by over 2,000 attendees to get more insights into this sector. The Travel Tech Show at WTM provides payment solutions providers the ideal opportunity to engage with travel tech buyers. Every exhibitor will receive their own private pod, ideal to hold meetings and present new solutions.

GAD World 2017
2017-11-07 08:00 - 2017-11-09 14:00 (Europe/Paris) | The Westin Paris Vendome, Rue De Castiglione 3, Paris, 75001, France
The 24th annual Global Airport Development (GAD) conference will be held on 7-9 November 2017, at the Westin Paris Vendome, in Paris.
Over the last three decades, GAD has firmly established itself as the one annual event the industry makes sure not to miss. GAD regularly attracts 350+ airport operators, investors and financiers, as well as airlines, regulators and senior executives from banks, consultants and law firms. This includes over 100 airport operators, 50+ airport & operator CEOs & CFOs and 50+ powerful investors, making GAD a great place to meet the best of the global industry under one roof.
GAD focuses on maximizing value in the airport business model. With a 150+ strong speaker faculty covering the latest developments in airport strategy, finance and management, GAD World offers a unique environment in which to learn, network and do business.
Bringing together 500+ attendees for an evening of relaxed networking, the cocktail night on Day One of GAD World is always one of the highlights of the event. This year will also be held the GAD Awards, last run at the 20th anniversary conference in 2013. Winners will be selected by GAD World attendees earlier in the day and the results revealed during the evening event.

World Travel Monitor® Forum 2017
2017-11-09 19:00 - 2017-11-10 21:00 (Europe/Athens) | Villa di Corliano, S. S. Abetone 50, San Giuliano Terme, 56010, Italy
In 2017, IPK International is organizing its 25th World Travel Monitor® Forum, taking place on 9-10 November in Pisa, Italy.
The World Travel Monitor® Forum is an insider meeting exclusively for a limited number of selected stakeholders from the international travel and tourism industry. The conference is organized every year by IPK International in cooperation with ITB Berlin – the world’s leading tourism fair.
The primary objective of the World Travel Monitor® Forum is to analyse the state of the travel industry in the current year. It furthermore provides up-to-date touristic forecasts, preliminary outlooks for all major tourism markets and additionally discusses current trends and challenges of the travel industry. Speakers and participants from all over the world present and discuss their latest confidential research findings in order to provide participants with a first orientation over latest trends in tourism and changes to be expected in the near future. Speakers and participants from all over the world as well as representatives from important international tourism bodies represent an international and multi-disciplinary group of specialists who give the Pisa Forum its international reputation as the annual “think tank” of the global tourism industry.
Highlights of this year’s meeting in November 2017 will among others be the following:

World Tourism Performance 2017 and first Outlook 2018
Latest information by UNWTO
Travel Technology
Religious Travel
Overtourism
Luxury Travel
Chinese Outbound Travel

Philoxenia 2017
2017-11-10 10:00 - 2017-11-12 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Helexpo – Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre, Egnatia 154, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece
In its 33rd edition, the International Tourism Exhibition Philoxenia, a leading meeting point for tourism professionals from Greece and the Balkans, welcomes you to the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center from 10 to 12 November, 2017.
The purpose of the organization is to highlight the latest developments of the international tourism industry, thus enriching the Greek exhibition market with a high level event. Moreover this year, Philoxenia aims to rise its internationalization, as the last three years the tourism, the most important section of the Greek economy, is presented through a well organized and full exhibition.
During Philoxenia, TIF-HELEXPO invite and host important international trade visitors from specific target countries, giving the opportunity of direct contact and collaboration with global tourism business professionals to the exhibitors .
Philoxenia includes also many events in parallel, providing attendees with the opportunity to be informed, trained or just have fun.
– Philoxenia B2B Workshops
– Branding Destinations Conference by Philoxenia
– Philoxenia Happenings
As every year, Philoxenia will be held alongside with the Hotelia.
The Greek Travel Pages (GTP) is a media sponsor of the Philoxenia 2017 and attends as an exhibitor.

Hotelia 2017
2017-11-10 10:00 - 2017-11-12 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Helexpo – Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre, Egnatia 154, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece
Hotelia will be held in November 10-12 at Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center. Once again, it is here to show all novelties from the hotel, catering and coffee making sectors.
Covering the entire scope of professional equipment, Hotelia 2017 aims to prove that last year’s engagement for outplacement will be expressed through the presentation of a contemporary and absolutely business orientated exhibition product.
Hotelia is held in parallel with Philoxenia, where hotels, resorts and significant tourist agencies will exhibit their services in almost 15.000sm. Once again, the representation of the entire Greek territory – with the participation of touristic destinations, popular or alternative ones, will be remarkable.
Hotelia’s main sectors will be:
– Design & Renovation
– Cook & Serve
– Technologies
– Clean & Maintain

For another year Hotelia will include D Point Spaces, Conferences and bartendering shows at the Art of Drinking Coffee & Spirit Event.

Athens Marathon. The Authentic 2017
2017-11-12 07:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Athens Marathon Start Venue – Town of Marathon, Municipal Stadium of Marathonas, Marathon, Attica, 19007, Greece
The 35th “Athens Marathon. The Authentic” will be held on 12 November 2017 by the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) with the support & sponsorship of the state as well as the private sector.
The Athens Marathon, an event with 121 years of history, has managed to increase participation from 4,000 runners in 2005 to more than 40,000 in 2016. The Athens Marathon is enhanced by the willingness of 3,000 volunteers and it is totally supported by several authorities of the public and private sector.
The Athens Marathon was awarded with the very important prize “Event of the Year” Award! This recognition showcases the dynamic of the Athens Marathon not only within the sport community but to an even larger group of people who evaluate and award the impressive outcome of a collective effort of various people and authorities.
For event’s further details check the program.
Stay up to date by following Athens Marathon. The Authentic on facebook & twitter.
Contact
Tel.: +30 2109331113, 2109315886
e-mail: info@athensauthenticmarathon.gr, registrations@athensauthenticmarathon.gr

ICCA Congress 2017
2017-11-12 08:00 - 2017-11-15 13:00 (Europe/Prague) | Prague Congress Center, 5. kvetna 1640/65, Prague, 14000, Czech Republic
The 56th ICCA Congress will be held in Prague, on November 12-15, 2017.
As every year the congress incorporates the General Assembly, as well as many individual meetings, presentations, discussions, seminars etc.
Delegates will first meet in their sectors (industry supplier segments) to discuss issues of relevance to their branch of the meetings industry, to debate the merits of policy changes and other proposals recommended by ICCA’s Board of Directors, and to develop new ICCA projects and promotions. After discussing those important internal matters, different sector education sessions start and delegates can choose which sector education session they would like to join regardless to which sector they belong to.
There will be a range of new networking experiments introduced to enable delegates to do better business with each other, and to exchange knowledge more effectively.

CruiseWorld 2017
2017-11-15 09:30 - 2017-11-17 18:00 (America/Havana) | Greater Ft. Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center, 1950, Eisenhower Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL, FL 33316, United States
Travel Weekly’s CruiseWorld is where a diverse group of travel agents come to meet suppliers from all segments and sectors of the travel industry. CruiseWorld brings agents and suppliers together through pre-scheduled, one-on-one meetings as well as through networking events, educational workshops and the Exhibitor Showcase. As the industry’s leading news and information source, Travel Weekly supports experienced and promising professionals to assure the strength and growth of our industry’s future.
CruiseWorld’s STAR Program (Select Travel Advisor Recognition Program), launched in 2014, hosts over 300 pre-qualified travel advisors to participate in dynamic one-to-one meetings with suppliers during the Exhibitor Showcase. Travel advisors selected to attend include industry veterans, newcomers, top producers and future go-getters, home-based and traditional agency professionals – all with a diverse book of business and all with a desire to expand their networks.
CruiseWorld successfully brings together the leisure travel industry – cruise, tour, destinations, hotels, technology and more.

TTR Autumn 2017
2017-11-16 10:00 - 2017-11-19 16:00 (Europe/Bucharest) | ROMEXPO Exhibition Center, Marasti Boulevard 65-67, Bucharest, 011465, Romania
The Romanian Tourism Fair, organized by ROMEXPO twice a year, gathers each year the elite specialized companies, from Romania and around the world.
At its 38th edition, The Romanian Tourism Fair remains the ideal place for presenting the most interesting touristic offers and attractions, both from Romania and abroad, as well as the accessories and gadgets necessary for any journey.
Besides the B2C element, The Romanian Tourism Fair has a significant B2B aspect, representing for the professional visitors the ideal platform to meet business partners, to renew and improve the existing relationships with their traditional partners.
Furthermore, The Romanian Tourism Fair contributes to the developing of country’s tourism industry by promoting the services and the touristic regions in Romania, and also by organizing conferences and discussion sessions where the authorities in the field, together with the visitors, will debate on the industry specific problems and solutions. Therefore, at each edition, Romexpo organize parallel events together with the partners of the fair.

100% Hotel Show 2017
2017-11-17 17:00 - 2017-11-20 18:00 (Europe/Athens) | Mediterranean Exhibition Center (MEC), Leoforos Athinon - Lavriou 301, Peania, Attica, 19002, Greece
The 100% Hotel Show, continues its successful trip by its next edition scheduled to be held on 17-20 November 2017, at the MEC Peania exhibition center.
Last edition’s premium quality was stressed out by the deluxe pavilions constructed by some of the most renowned architect & decoration companies, supporting by main service & technology providers as well while the qualitative turnout of major hoteliers and tourism entrepreneurs, completed the exhibition experience.
Emphasizing on the hotel market development, the Hotelier Workshops were a key benchmark of the event, attended by over 1000 guests, while Greek Design hotel product highlighted in the best way through the 100% Hotel Design Awards.
Based on the experience gained during the previous editions as well as the feedback from the visitors, the fair presents its new exhibition structure, that divides 100% Hotel Show to Exhibition Sections, Special Segments, and Case Study Rooms.
EXHIBITION SECTIONS
At the specially designed exhibition sections, the visitor hotelier, can find solutions for a hotel’s different development stages, presented by categories. Grouping by category helps in attracting more targeted audiences with increased buying interest, while presenting all exhibition entries equally.

Architecture
Construction
Interior & Exterior Design
Services
Operation

SPECIAL SEGMENTS
Special Segments: Since the sectors of technology and gastronomy are among the most important factors in a hotel’s overall profitability, 100% Hotel Show creates two special sections: Digital Square and Gastronomy Village, which aim to provide absolute tailor-made solutions to the fair’s visitors. The Special Segments exhibitors will have the opportunity to reach a qualified audience, as the exhibition itself informs and stresses the need for these specific sections.

Digital Square
Gastronomy Village

DESIGN CASE STUDY ROOMS
Since a product or service’s application is one of the best presentation ways, 100% Hotel Show has created a new, innovative exhibition area where companies and professionals can present real examples to the visitors. In a specially designed environment, companies will have the option to rent dimension-specific spaces, aiming to demonstrate the implementation of their product or service.

Architectural Plans
Mock-Up Rooms
Painting Styles
Technological Applications
Automation

Moreover, this year the 100% Hotel Show becomes more extrovert by launching several new actions, such as:
* Participation to the WTM London exhibition, one of the most important tourism fairs, aiming at the extroversion of tourism-related Greek businesses. Within the context of its international campaign, 100% Hotel Show, will present at WTM London a mix of Greek companies, highlighting their high level of professionalism and expertise.
* Launch of the ‘Greeks Teach Hospitality’, a campaign that underlines the quality of Greek tourism companies, connecting the central message of the campaign with the world renowned Greek Hospitality. At the same time, the campaign invites tourism professionals from all over the world to meet and work with Greek tourism companies.

Touristik & Caravaning 2017
2017-11-22 10:00 - 2017-11-26 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Leipzig Exhibition Center, 1, Messe-Allee, Leipzig, Saxony, D-04356, Germany
Touristik & Caravaning (TC) in Leipzig is Central Germany´s largest travel exhibition. This year the exhibition will be held from 22-26 November at the Leipzig Exhibition Ground. Thousands of people interested in travelling will get detailed travel information about the most beautiful destinations all over the world.
Central Germany´s largest travel exhibition offer the perfect mix of tourism, caravaning, bike and outdoor. Fascinating lectures, live presentations and multi-visual shows about the most exciting places on Earth will be presented hourly in small cinemas at the exhibition ground. The show programme on stage create certain holiday feeling by presenting exciting show acts, exotic dance performances and entertaining lectures about travel experiences.
TC is a must as a meeting place for the tourism, caravaning, bike and outdoor industry. The exhibition offers the perfect platform for getting directly in contact with potential customers and experts. Benefit from Central Germany’s largest travel exhibition and its public that is keen to travel and make bookings to market products and services.

TT Warsaw 2017
2017-11-23 10:00 - 2017-11-25 17:00 (Europe/Warsaw) | MT Polska Trade Fair and Congress Centre, 56c Marsa, Warsaw, 04-242, Poland
International Travel Show TT Warsaw is the most important meeting place in Poland for the international and Polish tourism industry to establish business contacts. Characteristic traits of TT Warsaw are the possibility to meet both individual and business customers and to promote Poland on the international scene.
Business customers have a unique opportunity to attend business meetings of the international tourism environment and to establish valuable business contacts. It is the place of rewarding discussions which result in sharing your experiences and knowledge and, most of all, comparison of offers leading to the conclusion of new contracts and cooperation with companies from all over the world. This is why the first day of the show is dedicated exclusively for the industry and for business meetings.
Individual customers can find inspiration for an enjoyable holiday – TT Warsaw promotes places, offers and tourist attractions in various locations (winter, autumn, Christmas and New Year holidays). Furthermore, the show is an excellent opportunity to learn something about traditions and cultures from over 60 countries.

1st International Hospitality Forum
2017-11-25 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Athens) | Metropolitan Expo, Athens International Airport, Spata, Attica, 19019 , Greece
The 1st International Hospitality Forum will highlight the latest developments in the field of hospitality, as well as international hotel trends.
The Forum is organized by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, and will take place at the Metropolitan Expo, on November 25, 2017, during the very first day of the Xenia trade show.
The rapidly transforming global tourism environment will be discussed in the 1st International Hospitality Forum, featuring leading Greek and international speakers from the tourism industry, the academic community as well as consulting companies.
The Forum Themes

From digital to artificial intelligence: Hotels in the era of new technological revolution
Hotels Refreshed: Adapting the hotel product to the needs of today
Changing consumer behavior: a brand new marketplace
Hotel Sales and Marketing in the Tech Era

Check the full program here.
Forum Secretariat
Tel.: +30 210 6231305
E-mail: ihf2017@mind-work.gr

Ecommerce Expo 2017
2017-11-25 10:00 - 2017-11-26 20:00 (Europe/Athens) | Zappeion Conference & Exhibition Hall, Zappeio, Athens, 10557, Greece
The eCommerce Expo addresses to all sectors of Greek economy that wish to have the best presence on the internet.
The exhibition and the conference as well will focus on the key issues of the web presence, such as Digital Design, Digital Advertising, Mobile Business, Cloud Storage & Applications, Digital Payments, Startup Funding, e- Commerce.
The exhibitors once more will provide visitors with customized web solutions & tools. Last year’s conference was a 2-day event and included eight sections with more than 45 key speakers and renowned journalists as coordinators. This year the conference will be held on the same basis for the most complete and up to date information of the attendees.

Xenia 2017
2017-11-25 10:00 - 2017-11-27 19:00 (Europe/Athens) | Metropolitan Expo, Athens International Airport, Spata, Attica, 19019 , Greece
Xenia is a premium exhibition, exclusively targeted to professionals from the hotel and wider hospitality industry. It will be held on 25-27 November at the Metropolitan Expo and it will be the premier commercial forum for the tourism industry in Greece.
Professionals from the sector of hotels and small accommodation will have the opportunity to contact with the leading companies providing hotel equipment, technology solutions and online services, companies specializing in construction, renovation and energy saving, as well as food industry suppliers, whose services apply to key areas of hotel operation.
The companies exhibiting at Xenia cover the entire range of products and services pertaining to the construction, renovation, decoration, equipment and supply of Hotels, Hostels, Rooms to Let and Camping. The main exhibit categories are the following: Construction – Decoration – Energy – Automation, Hotel Equipment, Kitchen Machinery and Equipment, Food & Beverage, Digital Technology.
The exhibition will function as a substantial innovation and development platform for the Hospitality Industry, through specialized special events of the Digi Hotel, Built Hotel and Future Hotel sections (seminars, masterclasses, open discussions), targeted at each specific visitor category, aimed at presenting and showcasing the latest trends in construction and decoration, technological developments regarding the functionality of each space, but also educational aspects regarding the latest web applications and digital environment.
The relaunch of Xenia, an exhibition that has been the meeting point for Greece’s Tourism Industry representatives for over 40 years, comes at a time when Greek tourism is developing rapidly and the needs for upgraded infrastructure and services are growing.
Ever since 1969, when it was held for the first time in the historic Zappeion Megaron Hall of Athens, the Xenia exhibition has contributed significantly to the improvement of hotel infrastructure and tourist services in Greece. It developed alongside Greek Tourism, as a pioneer in organizing special events and implementing innovative exhibition practices.
The Greek Travel Pages (GTP) is a a Strategic Media Partner of the Xenia 2017 and attends as a exhibitor.

Rooms to Vet European Meet Up 2017
2017-11-28 10:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Athens) | Life Gallery Athens, Thisseos 103, Ekali, Attica, 14578, Greece
With subject the tourism as the wealth-creating industry of the Greek economy and the question “How to live your myth in Greece?” tourism experts, among them representatives of European institutions, will meet up in order to discuss on new working models and guidelines for the upgrade of the providing services in tourism industry and the strengthen of the tourism professionals’ skills.
Those issues have had a new dimension, as the last years, in the economic crisis, have managed to open new perspectives of development and raise the available job positions, to produce technology intelligence and open new roads for the tourism product and the promotion of Greece.
This meet up innovation is a new conference dialogue type (The Public Interview©), where the traditional roles work vice versa and the “star” is the attendees. This event is held within the framework of the European project Rooms2Vet, that targets to the raise of the European tourism industry competitiveness. Rooms2VET have already publish a free, user friendly, online training platform for the upgrade of capabilities and the professionalism of tourism services, that are provided by lodgings’ owners.
The participation is for free but a pre-registration is required. Register here today.

ibtm world 2017
2017-11-28 10:00 - 2017-11-30 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Fira Barcelona – Gran Via, 64, Avenida Juan Carles I , Barcelona, 08908, Spain
ibtm® world, (formerly known as EIBTM) is the flagship event of the ibtm events portfolio with 8 events across the globe and owned by Reed Travel Exhibitions.
ibtm world is the leading global event for the meetings and events industry, held in the vibrant business and tourism destination of Barcelona. The three day event delivers a focused business environment, thought provoking professional education and networking for Exhibitors, Hosted Buyers and Trade Visitors.
The unique Hosted Buyer Programme sets ibtm world apart form other exhibitions, hosting over 4,000 top level decision makers who place international business, and facilitating over 78,000 one to one appointments between exhibitors and buyers.
