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World Travel Market gets under way
World Travel Market is under way – and TravelMole will bring you all the top stories from the massive trade show, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Having moved to ExCeL, in London’s Docklands, three years ago, the exhibition’s organisers are boasting that the show will incorporate its “most comprehensive event and training programme ever”. There are some 5,000 exhibitors covering 190 countries around the world, with 70 new exhibitors including Uzbekistan, Qatar Airways, Mali, Gabon, Lesotho, Georgia State Department of Tourism and Italy’s Domina Hotels and Resorts. TravelMole will report from WTM each day and bring its readers details from the plethora of debates, press conferences and other events that will take place between today and Thursday. Report by Tim Gillett, News From Abroad Ltd
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