ITB BERLIN GATHERS THE INDUSTRY IN 2022 WITH A B2B NETWORKING EVENT SERIES IN EUROPEAN MARKETPLACES (Germany)
With two in-person networking events, the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show is for the first time gathering the industry in two selected marketplaces. |
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ITB BERLIN GATHERS THE INDUSTRY IN 2022 WITH A B2B NETWORKING EVENT SERIES IN EUROPEAN MARKETPLACES (Germany)
With two in-person networking events, the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show is for the first time gathering the industry in two selected marketplaces. |
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2022-02-10
Each event offers numerous networking opportunities, slots at a Speed Networking event, and wide-ranging workshops on the latest travel industry topics – The events are provisionally scheduled for early and late summer.
This summer ITB Berlin is going on tour, and the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show is organising a total of three event formats. In addition to the virtual ITB Berlin Convention from 8 to 10 March and the Digital Business Day on 17 March, featuring numerous business and networking opportunities, users can for the first time look forward to two live in-person events in other European countries.
These are the start of a new series of exclusive live B2B networking events, which will gather hand-picked contacts in leading European tourism marketplaces.
Each event offers numerous networking opportunities, slots at a Speed Networking event, as well as a Knowledge Track, with workshops presenting and discussing the latest travel industry topics. In terms of providers, the new concept in particular targets tourism organisations, tour operators, accommodation, technology providers, travel agencies, DMCs, carriers and business travel companies.
These will in turn address leading buyers, trade visitors representing the leisure, corporate and MICE segments – including tour operators, travel designers, agencies and anyone interested in the respective markets. Hand-picked media representatives will also be able to take part in these exclusive industry events.
“If there is one thing that is good about the pandemic, it is that we can completely rethink concepts“, said David Ruetz, head of ITB Berlin.
“In addition to the virtual formats of the convention and Digital Business Day, it was important for us to satisfy the urgent need for face-to-face meetings by offering fascinating networking events. These events give us an opportunity to spread out services over the course of the year and bring some 200 senior decision-makers together with relevant providers in selected markets. This is a first, and we are already looking forward to it.”
Day one of the two-day event will kick off with a business breakfast, after which users can look forward to a Speed Networking session, where matchmaking will take place with slots for providers and buyers, as well as numerous open networking opportunities, available to any user throughout the day.
After the lunch break, events will continue with the Knowledge Track, with experts holding keynote speeches, discussions and workshops, offering users market insights, trends and new developments as pointers for the future.
An informal get-together will round off the opening day. In addition, the following optional Destination Day will be devoted specifically to the host country, so that users can gain fascinating insights into that destination.
The exact dates and locations of the B2B networking event series will be announced soon.
Interested European destination partners can contact the ITB Berlin team directly: itb@messe-berlin.de.
About ITB Berlin and the ITB Berlin Convention
Since 1966, ITB Berlin has been the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show. The ITB Berlin Convention, the largest event of its kind, will be held in the period originally scheduled as an entirely virtual event on the new brand website itb.com. On 17 March the Digital Business Day will give the industry an opportunity to exchange views and do business in a virtual setting from anywhere in the world. As a virtual industry marketplace, it is a further addition to the ITB brand family and rounds off the trade show concept. With its new concept, ITB Berlin is planning a total of two in-person satellite events in various markets in summer 2022. 3,513 exhibitors from 120 countries were represented at the virtual edition of ITB Berlin NOW 2021 for the duration of the event. Some 65,700 users visited the new online platform, around two-thirds of whom were from abroad. In 2019 around 10,000 exhibitors from 181 countries displayed their products and services to 160,000 visitors, including 113,500 trade visitors.
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