Tanzania at IATOS, Chicago


South Africa Ad Launch

Key Links
Corporate Council on Africa
US Tour Operators
USA Africa Inst.

Recommended Events


Cruise Tour World
Invites African Exhibits
Africa Goes to Harvard
African American Travel Show, Kansas City
Africa's Festivals
Bay Area Travel Show
Indaba, South Africa
Great Meeting Places
Luxury Travel Expo
New YorkTimes
Travel Expo
Seatrade Miami

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BAY AREA TRAVEL SHOW DRAWS RECORD TURNOUT

Congratulations to Chip Caruso and staff at Travel Industry Shows for another successful event. We recommend this show highly to our readers and will gladly assist you in becoming an exhibitor. We will also help you generate publicity through consumer and travel trade media in the Western USA, Canada and beyond. Marketing related information on the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose and the Silicon Valley, plus other key areas is available in our family of web sites. The following page will direct you to more Golden State opportunities. http://www.airhighways.com/california.htm .

Make a date for February 26 & 27, 2005 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.  Travel Industry Shows (TIS) of Pleasanton, CA, produced this pace-setting show, and TIS also will be producing the second annual CruiseTour World (the best attended cruise and tour show of '03), scheduled on May 14 & 15 in Ft. Lauderdale. Also coming up is the Honeymoon & Romantic Getaway Show and Conference, October 29 & 30, again in Long Beach, CA.

Flashback
PLEASANTON, CA, March 2: A record turnout for a Bay Area Travel Show attracted more than 6,000 consumers and 253 travel agents last weekend at the Santa Clara Convention Center near San Francisco.  Chip Caruso,  President of Travel Industry Shows, said, "When we launched the Bay Travel Show, we drew less than half of this year's turnout because we coincided with the Iraqi War and encountered the SARS scare, among other issues beyond our control.  But we knew that this area could support such a project, based on demographics in terms of affluence and travel demand."  Caruso went on to add that, "the result of this year's show demonstrates what we can accomplish with a level playing field."

And here's what some of our exhibitors had to say:

"This show was phenomenal, it was non-stop all day and the consumers were serious buyers," said Melissa Mango, national accounts manager of Sandals Resorts.

"This was an excellent venue for attendees.  Good mix of exhibitors; great crowd and they were motivated," said Alani Liu, regional director of sales, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts of Hawaii.

"We were overwhelmed by the large number of consumers and the response of the travel agents.  What a way to get the word out," according to Leticia Guevara, tourism coordinator, Sacramento CVB.

"I'm real happy with the response and the number of people attending.  The Bay Area Travel Show targeted the right audience," said Andrew Rostkowski, key account manager, Celebrity Cruise Lines.

 

For more information, contact Chip Caruso at (925) 249-2233, ext. 202, or go to www.travelindustryshows.com


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