Welcome to the latest newsletter from ITE’s Travel & Tourism events Division. This is our busiest time of the year as we enter our peak exhibition season with MITT and UITT only just around the corner.

We have great news to report as MITT has grown again since last year’s event. The show now covers an additional 3,000m², taking the gross space to around 47,000m². New to the event are the destinations of Costa Rica, the Fiji Islands, South Australia and Kazakhstan. This year, there will be tighter restrictions on visitors during days one and two of MITT with only pre-registered or invited visitors allowed into the venue. This has been implemented to give exhibitors more time to conduct their business with qualified trade buyers at what is always a very busy event!

We are also delighted to report a 25% increase in the size of UITT in Kiev with Korea, Czech Republic, Italy and Slovakia joining the show along with a number of new destinations such as Singapore, Vietnam and Africa.

If you have any last minute questions about the exhibitions, please contact us soon. Otherwise, we’ll see you during showtime!

Best Regards,

The ITE Travel & Tourism Team

 

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CzechTourism opens an office in Kiev and participates at UITT for the first time

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Travel and tourism leaders forecast continued growth for 2008

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New airline routes for 2008 in Russia and Ukraine

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