topical panel sessions a Young Profession als Forum and engaging networking events Personal encounters and business take centre stage at the booths of IBTM s ex hibitors Last year s IBTM World saw over 67 000 pre scheduled meetings arranged over the three day event point out the organisers This great response is not least due to the Hosted Buyers whose visit to the fair is funded This year the selection process for the Hosted Buyers is to become even more fast tracked and targeted In addition organ iser Reed Travel Exhibitions wants to ensure that the highest calibre buyers are invited to attend the event A select group of elite Hosted Buyers will benefit from a new VIP service including limousine transfers to and from the airport access to an exclusive VIP lounge 5 star accommodation and a more flexible diary of appointments Of course the organisers will be celebrat ing this 30th anniversary in style The motto of this year s welcome party shows that IBTM World is a child of the 80s The party theme will be the decade of pop big hair shoulder pads peg top trousers and other fashion crimes So exhibitors and visitors can travel back to the beginnings of IBTM in Barcelona to the days when the fair was still small and its name started with an E www ibtmworld com PB 38 TradeFairs Internation al 4 2017 All around the world Visitors to IBTM World 2017 in Barcelona can travel virtually all around the world in oneplace According to the organising Reed Travel Exhibitions the show s exhibitors are fromover 150 countries including major well known destinations and highly dynamic markets with a huge potential Before the event kicks off here are three exhibitors promoting events and services in their home regions Qatar host of the 2022 World Cup is the most up and coming destination Nowhere else in the world will you find so many cranes turning so much construction material be ing shifted The Qatar Tourism Authority QTA will be promoting tourism and MICE activi ties at stand J 60 in Barcelona page 43 Malaysia is also making great headway as evi denced by the opening and expansion of event venues It aims to in crease its available exhi bition space by a factor of two and a half until 2021 according to Malaysia Convention Exhibition Bureau MyCEB exhibiting at booth H 60 page 40 Russia the world s largest country by surface area offers great oppor tunities The Russian pavilion at IBTM World has the number G 45 The Russian presence also features Meet Russia a destination management project intended to support prospective organisers with advice information organisation and services page 42 Bei der letzten IBTM World gab es an den drei Messetagen über 67 000 vorarrangierte Gespräche Over 67 000 pre scheduled meetings were arranged on the three days of the last IBTM World Ph ot o IB TM W or ld Ph ot o IB TM W or ld

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