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Astana Leisure 2018
2018-09-26 10:00 - 2018-09-28 16:00 (Asia/Almaty) | KORME Exhibition Centre, Dostyk Av. 3, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Astana Leisure is an annual professional tourist event, which was first organised in 2004. Today it is the only tourist exhibition held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Over recent years, the event has grown and become a regular meeting place for the industry.
Astana Leisure caters for both the B2B and B2C markets and features a vibrant mix of inbound and outbound destinations, all vying for visitors’ attention with tempting competitions, attractive displays and eye-catching cultural shows.
Astana Leisure is strategically timed to promote winter travel services and destinations. The emergence of Kazakhstan’s affluent middle class who are keen to travel out of the country, especially during the winter season, means this annual event is growing in importance.

Uzakrota Aegean Travel Talks 2018
2018-09-28 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | The Cube Athens, Kleisovis 8, Athens, Attica, 10677, Greece
Over 120 Greek and Turkish tourism professionals are expected to attend the Uzakrota Travel Summit, which will be held for the first time in Athens, Greece, on September 28. The Uzakrota Travel Summit is a leading tourism event in Turkey and organized by Uzakrota, a Turkish travel industry news website.
Titled “Uzakrota Aegean Travel Talks 2018”, the event will be held at The Cube in Athens.
Issues to be touched at the summit will include “How to make a digital transition in the tourism field”, “Tourism in Greece and Turkey”, “The importance of SEO, of Digital Marketing and Content”, “PR and Destination Marketing” and “Additional Income in Tourism”.
According to organizer Uzakrota, the travel summit in Athens will aim to bring together leading Turkish and Greek travel agencies, travel technology companies, hotels and bloggers.

TTF Pune 2018
2018-09-28 10:00 - 2018-09-30 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Messe Global, Seasons Mall, Magarpatta Police Station Road, Hadapsar, Pune, 411028, India
TTF is India’s largest travel trade show network. Since 1989, it provides an annual marketing platform and the opportunity to network with the travel trade in all major cities. The regional circuit of the TTF branded shows covering 9 major cities in India culminates into the grand finale – OTM, India’s biggest travel trade show in India on the basis of number of sellers, buyers and rented area.
More than 2,500 exhibitors from 80 Countries and 36 Indian States / Union Territories have participated to TTF and OTM branded shows.
Outbound Village@TTF is designed to highlight the International destinations, who are interested in promoting directly in strong regional markets in India.
TechForum@TTF is the only specialised showcase of its kind in India, focusing on Technology, E-commerce Systems & Software for the travel industry. It’s also a networking platform to discuss challenges, evaluate technology needs, source latest technologies and launch new technology products.
Fifth stop will be the city of Pune, where TTF will be held on 28-30 September, at Messe Global, Seasons Mall.

Andros Trail Race 2018
2018-09-29 08:00 - 2018-09-30 17:00 (Europe/Athens) | Korthi Bay, Korthi Bay, Andros, 84502, Greece
Andros Trail Race, that will take place on September 29-30 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 3nd mountain racing championship of the Cyclades aka Cyclades Trail Cup, which is consisted of 6 races this year on islands of Kimolos, Folegandros, Ios, Andros, Kythnos and Tinos -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 four routes, the 24km Great route, the 10km Small route, the 5km route and the 1km for kids.
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.
Stay up to date by following the Andros Trail Race 2018 on facebook & twitter.

FIT America Latina 2018
2018-09-29 15:00 - 2018-10-02 19:00 (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires) | 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 September 29 – October 2, 2018.
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

Trofonios Half Marathon 2018
2018-09-30 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 2018” will hold the 6th Trofonios Half Marathon on 30 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

Run Greece Alexandroupoli 2018
2018-09-30 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Athens) | Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Evros, Greece
The fifth stop of 2018’s events will be the town of Alexandroupoli, where the Run Greece race will be held on September 30.
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.

4th Naftemporiki Shipping Conference
2018-10-03 09:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Athens) | Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Vas. Sofias & Kokkali, Athens, Attica, 11521, Greece
The 4thNaftemporiki Shipping Conference will be held on October 3, 2018, organized by Naftemporiki at the Athens Concert Hall.
The global economy is at crucial crossroads at present, given that forces espousing a protectionist agenda are attempting to raise obstacles to free trade. The Greek and international shipping industry, a truly globalized sector, is closely following recent developments – and hopes that in the end the benefits of free trade will “win”.
At the same time, the continuous legislative arrangements, which are supposedly aimed at the most correct and environmentally friendly operation of shipping, have created imbalances in the industry. The latter have negatively affected transport costs and healthy competition, to the detriment of the international community and consumers. The challenges for international and Greek shipping are many, including the adoption of new technology proposals that dramatically change the way a shipping company operates.
Amid these uncertain times, Greek shipowners, leading players in the industry, keep the wheel steadily towards growth and with enviable liquidity invest in increasing their market share to the detriment of their colleagues from countries mainly in the Far East.
The present and, above all, the future of global marine shipping, with an emphasis on the Greek, European and international shipping sector, will be the focus of addresses and panel discussions by top Greek and international executives, as well as industry experts, at the 4th annual “N” conference on shipping entitled “Greek and European Shipping: Setting sail for the future”.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contact e-mail: traveltrade@athenscvb.gr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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