I visited WTM this year along with 50,245 other brave souls (including 2,531 press, 26,498 delegates and 5,631 exhibitors) who made the trek daily for 4 days via tube and Dockland Light Railway delays, as usual. Notwithstanding the pain of getting to and from WTM at the ExCel Exhibition Centre, the show is always outstanding. You can view one visitor’s experience here: https://www.travelmole.com/stories/1132812.php?mpnlog=1&m_id=nvbY!nb
You can see from the pictures presented here that Tourism offices take WTM seriously, building 2 and 3 story booths including areas to meet, refreshments, entertainment and presentations. There is so much to see and do that 4 days is actually not enough time to get to everyone. Maybe someone should create a full 7 day event and consolidate the number of travel industry events (that would be a miracle!).
The TravelMole team was literally running around and captured many people and exhibitors on video. Here are some of the links:
Continental Airlines news about their new seats (BTN reported that they beat out American Airlines last month for favored airline among business travelers): https://www.travelmole.com/stories/1132810.php?mpnlog=1&m_id=nvbY!nb
An overview of WTM from TravelMole TV:
http://www.travelmole.tv/watch_vdo.php?sid=&id=14812
The Canadian Tourism Commission speaks:
http://www.travelmole.tv/watch_vdo.php?sid=&id=14829
News from the Caribbean:
http://www.travelmole.tv/watch_vdo.php?sid=&id=14792
Israel Tourism update:
http://www.travelmole.tv/watch_vdo.php?sid=&id=14798
Report by Frances Kiradjian, Publisher TravelMole USA
