What is World Travel Market Africa ?
Africa is as unique as it is beautiful. It is underneath their starry skies that generations of storytellers have held court while telling their folktales. They invite you to experience the beauty of African days and African nights as our stories unfold. They celebrate all that lies beneath their African skies as they honor the stars of African tourism and the enchanting tales they weave for their guests. Entries are now open for WTM Africa Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM Africa.Under African, Skies celebrates the success of national, regional and city tourist boards and recognizes outstanding private sector companies and individuals. Organized by WTM Africa, along with an independent panel of expert judges, the 12 awards showcase the most compelling stories in the African travel & tourism industry, in front of an audience of 500+ senior industry professionals.
Why exhibit at WTM Africa?
They bring the travel industry together annually in South Africa so that you can find the regional and international business that you’re looking for.
Take a look at World Travel Market Africa, and find out what the future holds for travel and tourism in the Middle East.
If you’re launching new products, looking to increase brand exposure, want to position your brand as an expert and leader in the industry, aiming to generate new sales leads or to strengthen existing relationships then WTM Africa is the right event for you.
Their show provides an unmissable opportunity to showcase your products to over 6200 international travel professionals from 100 different countries over three days. Key industry buyers in attendance represent more than 47 countries.
The show provides an excellent platform to position your brand and products at the forefront of your target audience's mind and establish or consolidate your place within the industry. Join global travel professionals, media and travel trade at the must-attend event for the travel industry in Africa.
Why WTM Africa?
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A growing industry and show. Travel professionals visiting WTM Africa increased by an overall 15%, representing over 100 countries.
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Key international and regional decision-makers and budget holders attend and many have direct purchasing responsibility.
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The ideal opportunity to showcase new products, reach new markets and develop existing contacts.
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Generate new business connections. With more than 7,500 pre-scheduled meetings in 2019, WTM Africa acts as a relationship broker between buyers and sellers across regions and sectors.
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688 qualified WTM Buyers’ Club members or hosted buyers attend the event. These buyers have a strict pre-qualification process to ensure exhibitors are meeting the key decision-makers for direct purchasing.
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Our hugely popular speed networking events match you with the buyers you’ll want to meet.
Travel technology is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world, and The Travel Tech Show at WTM Africa provides the perfect platform for suppliers to meet with key decision-makers across the world looking to source technology systems.Following a hugely successful event in 2019, there will once again be a number of dedicated travel technology seminars taking place in the Travel Technology Theatre in 2020. The seminar content will be delivered by experts covering topics such as blogging, social media, mobile, tech and hospitality technology.Increase your business with the help of new technologies, the travel trade community that visits WTM Africa will find top quality exhibitors with the latest trends in technology for tourism while watching dedicated technology sessions in the Travel Tech Theatre.
Trawex is leading flight booking app development company that crafts excellent mobile applications for our clients across the globe. We build custom made, feature-rich and user-friendly mobile applications to enhance the user experience for our clients in USA, UK, India, and across the globe. Building an application for flight ticket booking is a boon for regular travelers. We integrate UI/UX which will serve as an eye candy, with the mobile and this is what makes our solutions irresistible. Trawex Online ticket booking application development enables your customers to book tickets for multiple destinations and routes. By using this application, your customer can schedule their destination, view availability of the seat, view interactive seat map and select their choice of seat. Moreover, it enables your customers to organize trips and daily shuttles effortlessly. Trawex has a unique model of multi layered Airline API Integration within its products where the company does airline xml integration with its products to provide a world-class supply system to its customers. We provide Airline Booking Portal for Travel Agents which is an exclusive solution for agents; this unique travel web application has designing pattern which complements the requirements of travel agents. Trawex provides end to end solution in the travel segment which does not confines to only Flight booking, Hotel booking, Bus booking, Car Booking but also offers other important services like travel & recharge portal development along with travel portal consultancy. We provide also readymade travel portal development services to our customers depends upon business requirements. Trawex Airline Reservation System is an online booking engine associated with worldwide GDS frameworks including Amadeus, Galileo, and Saber, which combines the information from all the airlines. The booking engine associated with GDS frameworks gives better stock and prices to end customers and travel agencies. Global travel companies are going for an online airline reservation portal because of 24/7 accessibility and real-time bookings. Trawex travel portal development provides online booking facilities to end users or customer. Our developer develops the travel portal according to the end user requirement. Travel Portal constitutes of following important features to its customers. Air ticket booking for domestic and international airlines, Hotel booking for domestic and international hotels, Bus Booking engine using which a user can book Bus from one location to the other location nationwide, Car Booking engine which can help a user to book the car rental of his choice at his desired location & exclusive travel and destination holiday packages. Holiday packages helps users to choose the desired or suiting package as per the requirement. The package section is exclusive in features and can be categorized into different user segment. As a fully focused travel portal development company we provide highly interactive package tour booking websites with complete dynamic packaging system. We understand the interest and mindset of travelers and develop industry specific package tour booking solution that can meet your travelers expectations. Our team delivers the best travel portal software with broad and powerful web based online booking system. Designed for travel business especially for travel management companies, destination management companies and travel aggregators. We deliver development for all aspects for B2B and B2C with the best competitive rates. We have travel API integration for airline booking, hotel booking, travel packages, bus booking and car rental. Trawex is a reputed travel portal development company that offers you the complete B2B travel portal development solutions. B2B web portal enables the capacity of travel agents, tour operators, travel businesses to sell their travel products efficiently. We use latest technologies to develop the travel portals that helps us to deliver the products cost effective and realistic. As a web development company we provide these as managed services where the scope of work and timelines are freezes and then delivered. Our web agency offers fully customized web development services based on your business requirements and goals. If required, we asses your market environment and provide suggestions for implementation of features. Hotel Booking Engine is a feature packed tool that allows you to take direct bookings through your website anytime. We develop Hotel Booking Portal and integrate multiple hotel suppliers. We integrate the below listed Suppliers XML and many more through the hotel reservation software. Choosing the best hotel reservation system company Trawex will the right choice for Hoteliers.
Why Visit?
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The Travel Tech Show sessions focus on topics pertinent to technology and its influence on the industry.
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Acknowledged for its high calibre of speakers, the Travel Tech Show at WTM Africa features an impressive program of events in a dedicated area that will cover the latest trends and innovations in the travel technology and digital space.
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Highlights across the three days include programs in Blogging.
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Mobile, Social Media Technology and Hospitality Technology.
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Travel Technology is the fastest-growing region on record.
The history of World Travel Market
The World Travel Market story begins in 1980 when World Travel Market London was launched. The show took place at Olympia London and was opened by the Duke of Kent and Miss World, Kimberly Santos of Guam. The show was attended by 350 exhibitors and 7,753 trade visitors.
In 1992 the show moved to Earls Court and the Meridian club was launched. This was an exclusive club for the industry’s senior travel buyers, designed to aid negotiations with exhibitors, Meridian Club launched with almost 7,000 members. In 2013, WTM Meridian Club changed its name to WTM Buyers’ Club.
In 2002, WTM London moved from Earls Court to ExCeL in London. Visitors were welcomed by the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. The opening was performed by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan. The world-famous Irish dance group Riverdance provided the entertainment, underlining ExCeL’s dockside location by the River Thames.
In 2010, the first WTM Speed Networking session was introduced, matching buyers and exhibitors for quick business meetings on the first day of the event.
In 2016, WTM London revamped as a three-day event following exhibitor and visitor feedback and an unprecedented period of growth.
Arabian Travel Market first opened its doors in 1994 at the Dubai World Trade Centre with 52 nations, 300 exhibitors and 7,000 trade visitors. In 1995, ATM moved to Bahrain International Exhibition Centre - this was the only time the show was staged outside Dubai.In 2002, the hosted Meridian Club (now known as ATM Buyers Club) was launched, an exclusive club for senior travel buyers.In 2003, ATM celebrated the 10th-anniversary edition of the show with 783 exhibitors and 12,111 visitors. A total of 695 journalists covered the show along with 982 VIP guests arriving onsite.In 2005 the New Frontiers Award was launched to recognize efforts made to rebuild tourism in destinations that have faced a natural disaster. In 2007, ATM featured a host of initiatives, including an expanded seminar program, an upgraded media center and a new dedicated area for travel technology. The launch of the ATM and UNWTO Industry Forum took place in 2012.ATM now facilitates $2.4 billion in industry deals and attracts 2,800 exhibitors from 86 countries and over 26,000 influential visitors.
The International Golf Market joined the World Travel Market portfolio in 1998 and is the only annual business-to-business event dedicated to the global golf tourism market. The event is organized together with IGTM’s event partner IAGTO, the International Association of Golf Tour Operators. Over 600 golf tourism suppliers join 350 pre-qualified buyers and 100 international Press for four days of pre-scheduled appointments, networking opportunities, and industry updates.In 2012, WTM Latin America was launched at the Transamerica Expo Centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It's a three-day business-to-business event that brings the world to Latin America. The show now attracts over 6,500 influential visitors and 700 exhibiting companies during the three-day event.Then in 2014 WTM Africa was established as part of Africa Travel Week. The three-day event is held in Cape Town’s International Convention Centre (CTICC) and it is the only inbound & outbound B2B Travel show on the African Continent.
In 2018 WTM was launch Travel Forward, the most exciting tech event in travel, as a platform to inspire the travel and hospitality industry with the next generation of technology. Co-located with WTM London, Travel Forward was taken place at the ExCel on 5-7 November.Launched in March 2018, WTM Insights is a brand news quarterly magazine to connect and inform the WTM community year-round. This new print and digital publication, in collaboration with TTG, is packed with essential reading for the global travel industry including trends, data, and analysis, interviews with industry leaders and destination news. The World Travel Market Africa is the leading B2B exhibition for the African travel and tourism markets. The next edition was taken place from 10-12 April 2019 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town. WTM Africa is vibrant, culturally diverse and is a veritable highlight on the business person's calendar. It presents a diverse range of destinations and industry sectors to South African, African and International travel professionals. A wealth of travel industry suppliers and service providers exhibit at the event, launching new products, raising brand awareness and developing and maintaining relationships with customers.
World Travel Market aims to promote Africa to the world, allowing the attendees to explore a world of opportunities, all under one roof. The event delivers the right business contacts, gives the African travel industry a voice, offers all an even playing field and opportunity to invest in the future of African tourism.World Travel Market (WTM) Africa 2019 opened yesterday with thousands of travel professionals visiting from across the globe to attend the leading event for the travel industry in Africa.Taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, nearly 5880 travel industry professionals attend Africa’s leading and only business to business (B2B) exhibition for inbound and outbound Africa travel and tourism markets.Cape Town's MAYCO member for economic opportunities and asset management, Alderman James Vos says, "Statistics have revealed that a phenomenal $410-million (R5.7 billion) was generated over the three days of business on-site last year and all indications are that the potential for this year’s show is even more promising".Mirrored on WTM flagship events WTM London and Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, WTM Africa delivers a proven mix of hosted buyers, media, pre-scheduled appointments, on-site networking, evening functions and invited travel trade visitors.
Visitors to the event will be enriched by the jam-packed line up featuring:
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Engagements and one-on-one business conversations with Sub-Saharan African, South African and international exhibitors who'll be educating the public on their products and services.
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Insightful and relevant event's programme running throughout the show.
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Opportunities to network and exchange business ideas with like-minded people from across the African continent and the world.
Exhibitors categories are:
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Accommodation
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Airlines
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Airports
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Business & Financial Services
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Conference Organizers
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Destination Management
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Event Management Services
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Golf Related Services
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Ground Handling Services
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IT/Technology Company
World Travel Market (WTM) Africa, launched in Cape Town, takes place again in 2019 from 10 to 12 April. The trade show for travel professionals and only B2B exhibition for inbound and outbound Africa travel is part of the Africa Travel Week and will be held again at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).The leading B2B exhibition for Africa’s travel industry is the leading travel show event has grown tremendously and now is getting even bigger and better. From 10 April, the exhibiting companies will be ready to bring the world to Africa and promote Africa to the world’s leading source markets. Travel professionals can expect to choose from over 700 exhibiting companies with whom to do business, interact with likeminded individuals from over 60+ countries around the globe including other parts of Africa, attend debates and seminars and listen to topical and beneficial talks from a vast array of speakers covering to-the-point topics that have a direct impact on the business of travel.Designed to offer something for everyone, the tourism and travel event will showcase a diverse range of products and deliver the right business contacts in a fresh new environment. Visitors will find a superb assortment of products and services on the show floor as well as a number of exciting events, topical education sessions, industry insights, and networking opportunities. In 2018, WTMAfrica introduced a special festivals program which offers stand-holders the opportunity to showcase their unique culture, music, and cuisine to the delegates to entice them even more.
WTM Africa - A Top Event for the Tourism Industry
WTM Africa provides a key industry platform that offers all travel industry professionals the chance to engage in real value business conversations, meet new contacts, exchange ideas, share best practices and learn and network in a positive and inspiring environment. More than 5,000 travel experts attended the 2018 show.
About World Travel Market
This African travel expo is the leading global event for the travel industry and the must-attend business-to-business exhibition in Southern Africa for the worldwide travel and tourism industry. WTM London launched the first World Travel Market Africa show in 2014 and has grown markedly to provide insights into world travel trends also in 2019.
WTM Africa attracts exhibitors from all categories of the leisure travel industry within sub-Sahara Africa as well as North African destinations. WTM Africa aligns itself with sister events; WTM, WTM Latin America, Arabian Travel Market, and International French Travel Market Top Resa. WTM is owned by the world’s leading event’s organizer Reed Exhibitions (RE), which organizes a portfolio of other travel industry events including World Travel Market Latin America, Arabian Travel Market, and International Luxury Travel Market.World Travel Market Africa is an annual Trade Show. WTM Africa is to be a stage where several noteworthy solutions and products tend to be put on a show. These will be about Hotel Industry, Travel Industry, Travel Services, and Luxury Travel. World Travel Market Africa kicked off in the Host City of Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), welcoming thousands of Exhibitors, Buyers, Travel Professionals, and Media from across the globe to attend the leading event for the travel and tourism industry in Africa. The floor was buzzing with over 6,500 pre-scheduled meetings in a play setting the scene for a week of great travel business.
World Travel Market Africa is the leading B2B exhibition for the inbound and outbound African travel & tourism markets. Through its industry networks, global reach and regional focus, WTM Africa create personal and business opportunities providing our customers with quality contacts, content and communities. Co-located with SETE and ILTM.To mark the start of the three-day event, the City of Cape Town Mayor, Dan Plato welcomed all attendees and Reed Exhibitions MD Carol Weaving highlighted the key events taking place at WTM Africa this year. In addition, Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) CEO TshifhiwaTshivhengwa moderated a panel including Special Advisor to the Tourism Minister, Minister Derek Hanekom, Gillian Saunders; Southern Africa Tourism Services Association (SATSA) CEO, David Frost and Ghana Tourism Development Company CEO, Kwadwo Antwi in a discussion about the amazing prospects for continental African tourism growth.With the number of direct flights into the rest of Africa – and the rest of the world – to and from Cape Town on the increase, the potential to grow tourism numbers in one of the world’s most beautiful cities is massive.
World Travel Market Africa 2020 delivers the leading global events for the travel industry. One of six shows in the WTM portfolio, our Africa show was launched in 2014 to bring the benefits and opportunities of our global industry expertise to travel professionals in this region.Taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, nearly 5000 travel industry professionals attend Africa’s leading and only business to business (B2B) exhibition for inbound and outbound Africa travel and tourism markets.Beyond the event, we continue to help professionals in the African travel industry to drive commercial success with all-year-round access to make connections, industry news and developments, trends and technologies from around the world.Through industry networks, global reach and regional focus, WTM Africa create personal and business opportunities providing customers with quality contacts, content and communities.
World Travel Market Africa 2020 is a 3-day event being held in the month of April at the CTICC (Cape Town International Convention Centre) in Cape Town, South Africa. This event showcases products like accommodation, hotels, and resorts, adventure travel, spa and wellness services, transport services, etc. in the Travel & Tourism industry.World Travel Market Africa 2020 is the leading B2B exhibition for Africa’s leisure travel industry, bringing the world to Africa and promoting Africa to the world’s leading source markets. World Travel Market Africa 2020 is the only trade show of its kind to cater to inbound and outbound buyers and partners.
Visitors Profile:
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Tour Operators
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Travel Agencies
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Online Travel Companies
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Group Travel Organizers
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Corporate Travel Organizers
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Business, Incentive and Independent Travel Agencies
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Inbound and Outbound Retail Travel Agents
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MICE Professionals
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Wholesale Travel Advisers
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Wholesale Product Buyers
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Group Travel Organizers
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ITC’s
Who should exhibit?
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National, Regional & City Tourist Offices (NTO’s)
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Hotels and Hotel Groups
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Accommodation Providers
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Tour Operators
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Wholesalers / OTA’s
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Airlines
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Transport Companies e.g. trains, coaches, yachts, cruises and limos
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Destination Management Companies
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Tourist Attractions & Entertainment
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Travel Technology
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Venues
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Medical Tourism
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Adventure Tourism
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Film Tourism
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Luxury Tourism
WTM Africa was launched to bring the benefits and opportunities of our global industry expertise to travel professionals in this region.Platforms such as WTM Africa provide with an opportunity as Africans to share with the world what they have to offer not only as a city, or a country but as an African region.As Cape Town, they are eager to share with the rest of the world how they worked with the tourism industry, their residents and businesses.The tourism industry, especially our hotels and guest houses came on board to drive sustainable practices and encouraged visitors to get a board with the Save like a Local campaign and visitors could still enjoy the best that Cape Town has to offer.Over 5800 travel industry professionals attend WTM Africa, a business to business (B2B) exhibition for inbound and outbound Africa travel and tourism. 10 - 12 April 2019 at Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Who Should Attend the WTM Africa Event?
Travel professionals and top industry representatives from sectors including safari holidays, city breaks, adventure travel, and business tourism should attend the WTM Africa event. There will also be key regional and international decision-makers, companies that directly supply the travel industry in Africa, and entrepreneurs looking to conduct business or showcase their products/services.
Don’t miss the topical event conference delivered by knowledgeable experts who will inspire you to develop your business using the latest market trends.
What is the Objective of the WTM Africa Event?
This event provides the perfect opportunity to showcase your latest products and reach new markets. With more than 7000 pre-scheduled meetings this year, WTM Africa is acting as an intermediary between buyers and sellers across the travel industry. The event’s purpose is to highlight new developments, destinations, and technologies, with which regional and international suppliers can generate a commercial success for the travel industry in Africa. So, if you are about to launch your latest products, generate new sales leads, or you wish to increase brand exposure, then you should not miss the World Travel Market Africa event.
WTM Africa is a must go to the event due to its dynamic activities such as workshops, conferences and Q&A up-close talks to the experts of the sector. It is also the prime trade show when it comes to national and international African travel and tourism market. A key platform for everyone who is involved in the industry to meet up since it provides the best atmosphere to connect to current and future clients, raise brand awareness, conduct market search and present quality products.Your brand will flourish all around here. Whether it is closing business deals or entering new markets, your stand needs to be here. Let us know and we will guide you the right way. Our specialists know all about the best stand designers and builders in Cape Town. WTM Africa presents a lively array of destinations and industry sectors to South African, African and International travel professionals. Don't miss out on this animated event.
The World Travel Market Portfolio is comprised of the leading leisure travel events in the world; World Travel Market London, WTM Latin America in Sao Paulo, WTM Africa in Cape Town, Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, Travel Forward in London and International Golf Travel Market in Europe. The WTM Portfolio events are attended by the global travel and tourism industry to conduct business deals and discover the latest research, insight, and opinion. WTM Portfolio is part of Reed Travel Exhibitions, the world’s leading provider of exhibitions in the travel and tourism industry, with a wide-ranging portfolio of more than 21 international events in 14 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Africa. Its market-leading, business-to-business events cover all elements of travel and tourism, including leisure travel, luxury travel, meetings, events, incentives and business travel, as well as golf, ski and spa travel.
WTM Africa is one of six shows in the WTM portfolio, with other exhibitions taking place in London, São Paulo, Dubai, Penang, and Cannes. These expos place the focus on regional products and services while giving them. "Platforms such as WTM Africa provide us with an opportunity as Africans to share with the world what we have to offer not only as a city, or as a country, but as an African region," Cape Town mayor Dan Plato told delegates. Three travel industry events – one venue – Cape Town International Convention Centre. An event comprising of three co-located shows – WTM Africa, ibtm Africa and ILTM Africa encompassing Africa's inbound and outbound markets for general leisure tourism, luxury travel, and the MICE/business travel sector brought to you by Reed Travel Exhibitions and Reed Exhibitions.Travel professionals from over 70 countries over three days in Cape Town, South Africa to connect with leading travel and tourism trade. WTM Africa is an international event that provides a platform to showcase travel and tourism products to serious buyers.
WTM Africa delivers a proven mix of hosted buyers, media, pre-scheduled appointments, on-site networking, evening functions and invited travel trade visitors.Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE), the leading provider of events in the global travel and tourism industry, is delighted to announce the launch of World Travel Market Africa - as part of the new Africa Travel Week.WTM Africa will attract exhibitors from all categories of the leisure travel industry within sub-Sahara Africa as well as North African destinations, aligning itself with sister events; WTM, WTM Latin America, Arabian Travel Market, and International French Travel Market Top Resa.WTM is owned by the world’s leading event’s organizer Reed Exhibitions (RE), which organizes a portfolio of other travel industry events including Arabian Travel Market and International Luxury Travel Market.
Discover the latest travel trends, products, and businesses at this incredible networking opportunity that sees thousands of travel industry professionals congregate in the Mother City.Stakeholders in the South African tourism industry are invited to meet travel operators from around the world in order to create business relationships, launch products, enter new markets, promote brands, conduct market research, showcase destinations and interact with media professionals.Around 5000 travel and tourism professionals, alongside 550 exhibitors, will attend this leading global business-to-business expo that will showcase the inbound and outbound travel markets from over 45 countries. This means that attendees will get access to unique business opportunities and top-quality contacts from around the world. Through pre-scheduled appointments and on-site networking, guests can drive their commercial success with all-year-round connections and updates on industry news, developments, and technologies.
