Event details
There are some big changes happening in the travel industry: can you afford not to know what’s just over the horizon? We have the solution – attend WTM London 2018. Join our seminar sessions this year and hear what big changes and trends are happening within the travel industry. Listen to industry experts from easyJet, Hilton, Euromonitor, Mintel, TUI and many more. Or just come to meet and gather information from some of our exhibitors and see what new products and destinations are top of the list for 2019. Whatever section of the travel industry you’re in we are here to help expand you and your business needs and vision.
Each year ABTA exhibits at World Travel Market, a global event and exhibition for the travel industry running from 5-7 November at Excel Centre, London. Over three days, the travel industry comes together as almost 5,000 exhibiting destinations, technology and private sector companies to find and network with 51,000 travel professionals, key industry buyers, journalists, digital influencers, students and tourism Ministers.
This year WTM has completely changed the floor layout making it much easier for visitors and Exhibitors.
ABTA is involved in the WTM Seminar programme and has an ABTA Stand, TP270 in the International Hub which ABTA Members and ABTA Partners can have a coffee, a bite to eat, rest their feet and have a chat with Member Services, Membership and the senior ABTA Team during the networking and refreshment sessions.
Key ABTA staff will be speaking or moderating at the following sessions
Business Taking Responsibility for Security, Health and Safety
Heather Pennock | Destinations Manager – Health, Safety, Crisis & Operations
Monday 5 November
10:30-11:10 Middle East & Africa Inspiration Zone - AF190
Destination Crisis Management - Plan, Prepare and Protect
Victoria Bacon | Director of Brand and Business Development
Monday 5 November
13:30-14:30 Americas Inspiration Zone - LA360
Are travel associations doing enough to protect wild animals in tourism?
Clare Jenkinson | Senior Destinations & Sustainability Manager
Tuesday 6 November
14:00 - 15:00 North Gallery 8
Travel Advice Essentials from ABTA and the FCO
Angie Hills | Senior Destinations Manager – Health, Safety, Crisis & Operations
Wednesday 7 November
10:30-11:30 UKI & International Inspiration Zone - TA190
Food Tourism & ABTA's Make Holidays Greener
Clare Jenkinson | Senior Destinations & Sustainability Manager
Wednesday 7 November
14:00-14:30 UKI & International Inspiration Zone - TA190
Networking and refreshment sessions
- Mon 5 Nov 2018: 11:30-13:30 – sponsored by Flagship Consulting
- Mon 5 Nov 2018: 14:30-16:30 – sponsored by Preverisk Group
- Tues 6 Nov 2018: 11:30-13:30 – sponsored by Infinity
- Tues 6 Nov 2018: 14:30-16.30 – sponsored by The Travel Visa Company
- Wed 7 Nov 2018: 11:30-13:30 – sponsored by CTS Horizons
- Wed 7 Nov 2018: 14:30-16:30
To avoid disappointment we suggest you register your place at the Networking and Refreshment Sessions by emailing us at membersinfo@abta.co.uk with your name, contact details and company position along with your preferred date.
We will provide updates as more activities are confirmed over the next few weeks.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Networking and refreshment sessions sponsors
Flagship Consulting
Flagship Consulting is an international top 100 communications firm, with deep expertise in travel and leisure PR. Working on high profile consumer and trade campaigns, Flagship helps clients to think differently, connecting with audiences via creative, dynamic, engaging and, most critically, measurable campaigns.
Flagship’s core strength is building brands and driving engagement across multiple platforms, in earned, owned, social and paid media.
From global launches to socially connected events, managing press offices to award winning campaign activation, crisis management and strategic positioning, Flagship has it covered when it comes to travel PR, delivering impact at every turn.
For more details, visit www.flagshipconsulting.co.uk.
Infinity
Infinity empowers businesses to sell more, streamline operational processes, and optimise marketing budgets. It is a cloud-based call intelligence platform, and an integral part of the technology stack for marketing, sales, and contact centres.
Available in over 75 countries, Infinity's technology allows you to measure which marketing channels generate calls giving you complete insight into every touch point of your customer’s journey.
Incorporating the most advanced Universal Analytics integration available, Infinity will send phone call data into Google Analytics as well as custom dimensions about the call, such as call length, call rating or your own custom dimensions passed through from your website.
If you want to know what a caller is interested in when you answer the phone, the ‘Infinity Caller Insight App’ makes this possible by providing real time information about incoming callers.
The Travel Visa Company
The Travel Visa service has provided a truly personalised visa service for over 25 years in the leisure and corporate travel markets.
A UK based specialist visa company, we are open 6 days a week and cater for all business and tourist visas. Our highly experienced team have a vast level of experience dealing with visas for destinations all over the world. We can advise and provide application services to your customers for all destinations and all nationalities.
Our services include checking applications and submitting them to embassies.
Preverisk Group
Preverisk provides a wide variety of consultancy services to the travel and tourism sector.
We are experts in the provision of Health & Safety services to tour operators, OTAs, bed banks and DMCs, and carry out 25,000 Health & Safety Questionnaires (HSQs) each year worldwide. Our innovative audit and analytics technology, App4Check, supports us and is one of the leading tools of its type in the world (www.app4check.com).
Our strong background in public health and tourism has allowed us to further specialise in Safety Management Systems, physical audits and training programmes. We carry out 7,000 physical audits and train over 35,000 staff members each year.
CTS Horizons
CTS Horizons, as the trading name of China Travel Service (UK) Ltd., is one of the overseas branches of the CNTS (China National Travel Service) Group, the first large travel company for tourism to and from China.
Since our operation started, in 1986, we distinguished ourselves for the exceptional quality of tours, the personal service we offer to our clients and the imaginative design of our itineraries. In our 32 years in the UK, despite being a small tour operator, we are proud to have maintained the highest quality standard in all our tours. Only our aim remains unchanged – bringing clients into the heart and soul of these unique destinations.
The main business scope of CTS Horizons includes Outbound, Inbound, MICE and Training. We are also a member of ABTA, ATOL, BETA and IATA.
We are partnering with Henan Province at WTM in 2018. Henan Province, located in the Northern Central Region of China, covers an area of over 160,000 Km2, and is the 5th largest provincial economy of China. Indeed, the name of the province Henan comes from its geographic location, indicating that the province lies to the south of the Yellow River.
Henan is the cradle of Chinese civilization with over 3,000 years of recorded history, and remained China's cultural, economic, and political centre for centuries. It is the birthplace of Shaolin Kung Fu, developed in the Shaolin Temple. The famous ancient cities of Luoyang and Kaifeng are testimony of its long and rich history. The countless statues and stone carvings of the Longmen Grottoes are an invaluable representation of devotion to the Buddhist religion.
Today, Henan Province has become one of the China’s favourite tourism destinations, attracting people from all over the world.
For more information please visit www.ctshorizons.com