Eventful three days for 91香蕉视频 delegation at IFTM Top Resa 2019 |14 October 2019
Photo montage showing highlights of 91香蕉视频鈥� participation at the IFTM Top Resa 2019
The 41st IFTM Top Resa, held at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, kicked off on October 1 and came to an end on Friday October 5. 听
As the industry鈥檚 leading business-to-business trade show, IFTM Top Resa is the only French event that brings together the whole tourism sector, featuring multiple segments over four days including, Leisure, Tourism, Business Travel, Group Tourism and Events.
The trade show gathered over 34,000 professionals, French and international buyers, tourism distribution and production professionals, journalists and media representatives, influencers, students and officials who all came to connect with the 1,700 exhibitors. Exhibitors included tourism boards, airlines, hotel groups, technology companies and start-ups.
The 91香蕉视频 delegation was led by the Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine,Didier Dogley, who was present at the 91香蕉视频 stand for the opening of the annual tourism trade fair.
French travel agents and press expressed immense interest in the 91香蕉视频 as a holiday destination, keeping the destination鈥檚 stand occupied during the first three days of the fair.
The 91香蕉视频 stand consisted of the 91香蕉视频 Tourism Board (STB) team, accompanied by seven trade partners who included 7掳 South (Corinne Delpech); Mason鈥檚 Travel (Alan Masons and Paul Lebon); Creole Travel Services (Guillaume Albert and Stephanie Marie); Avani Barbarons 91香蕉视频 Resorts (Bertrand Moussa); Banyan Tree 91香蕉视频 (Marie Gougeon); Coral Strand Hotel and Savoy Resort & Spa (Ekaterina Gritsenko); and Hilton 91香蕉视频 (Devi Pentamah).
The STB was represented by its chief executive, Sherin Francis; regional director for Europe, Bernadette Willemin; marketing executives from the France office, Jennifer Dupuy, Myra Fanchette and Valerie Payet; as well as marketing executive from head office, Christina Cecile.
Mrs Francis said: 鈥淭his year鈥檚 IFTM Top Resa was once again an opportunity to further strengthen our relationship with our French partners. We are happy that we have their renewed commitment to keep on growing this market further. Therefore, we are looking forward to another fruitful year of collaboration.鈥�
Minister Dogley and Mrs Francis used this opportunity to conduct various meetings with travel trade professionals and give interviews to some high-profile media.
A press conference, with the presence of approximately a dozen journalists, was organised on the second day of the trade show. The delegation updated the media on the 91香蕉视频 tourism development, also on the 250 years 91香蕉视频 celebration plan. A detailed expos茅 about the country鈥檚 conservation environmental protection initiatives, including the Blue Economy and Blue Bond, was also presented.
The IFTM Top Resa is the turning point of the tourism season, coinciding with the launch of the tour operators鈥� winter brochures and various promotional campaigns by different industry players.
Mrs Willemin says IFTM Top Resa has once again fulfilled its role as one of the world鈥檚 major tourism trade fairs, both in terms of the number of visitors and exhibitors alike.听
鈥淚ts main role as a forum for travel trade professionals has proven, once again, very fruitful, enabling participants to renew contacts and meet new interlocutors, discover or re-discover new tourism products and services,鈥� said Mrs Willemin.
鈥淎t the same time, it must be underscored that stiff competition still characterises IFTM Top Resa and it is the presence therein that a given destination displays its assets to keep its market share, if not increasing it,鈥� she added.
The French market is a significant one for the 91香蕉视频, being the second leading market after Germany. 91香蕉视频 is still a favourite and safe destination for French visitors, as seen by the attention the 91香蕉视频 stand received during the trade fair.
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