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JANUARY
Jan. 6-10: SATH 12th World Congress for
Travelers with Disabilities and the Mature,
Disney’s Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney
World Resort, Fla. Call 561-361-0017 or visit
www.sath.org.
Jan. 8-10: Louisiana Travel Promotion
Association, Louisiana Travel and Tourism
Summit, New Orleans, La. Call 225-346-1857 or
visit
www.lpta.com.
Jan. 11-12: Virtuoso North East Regional
Meeting, The Ritz-Carlton Battery Park, N.Y.
Call 817-870-0300 or visit
www.virtuoso.com.
Jan. 13-15: Caribbean Hotel Association's
Caribbean Marketplace, Atlantis Paradise Island,
Bahamas. Call 305-443-3040 or visit
www.caribbeanhotelassociation.com.
Jan. 16-17: South Dakota Department of
Tourism Governor's Conference on Tourism Pierre,
S.D. Call 605-773-3301 or visit
www.sdvisit.com.
Jan. 16-20: Student & Youth Travel
Association of North America (SYTA) 2008 SYTA
Summit, Tampa Bay, Fla. Call 800-509-SYTA or
visit
www.syta.org.
Jan. 17-18: Virtuoso South Central
Regional Meeting, Location TBD, Little Rock,
Ark. Call 817-870-0300 or visit
www.virtuoso.com.
Jan. 21-23: National Business Travel
Association (NBTA), Mexico Corporate Travel
Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. Call
703-684-0836 or visit
www.nbta.org.
Jan. 22-24: Explore Minnesota Tourism’s
Explore Minnesota Tourism Conference Mankato,
Minn. Call 888-868-7476 or visit
www.exploreminnesota.com.
Jan. 24-25: Virtuoso North Central
Regional Meeting, Four Seasons, Chicago, Ill.
Call 817-870-0300 or visit
www.virtuoso.com.
Jan. 27-28: Virtuoso Western Regional
Meeting, The St. Regis San Francisco, Calif.
Call 817-870-0300 or visit
www.virtuoso.com.
Jan. 27- 29: Florida Huddle Tampa 2008,
Tampa, Fla. Call 904-268-1354 or visit
www.floridahuddle.com.
Jan. 28: Association of Travel Marketing
Executives (ATME) 2008 Travel Marketing
Forecast, Yale Club, New York, N.Y. Call
212-765-0625 or visit
www.atme.org.
Jan. 28: HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala, New
York Marriott Marquis, New York, N.Y. Visit
www.adrianawards.com.
Jan. 29-31: Virtuoso Southeast Regional
Meeting, The Cloisters, Sea Island, Ga. Call
817-870-0300 or visit
www.virtuoso.com.
FEBRUARY
Feb. 6-8: Society of Government Travel
Professionals (SGTP) Government Travel
Conference, Alexandria, Va. Call 202-363-7487 or
visit
www.sgtp.org.
Feb. 11-13: South Carolina Department of
Parks, Recreation, & Tourism, South Carolina
Governor’s Conference on Tourism & Travel,
Columbia, S.C. Call 803-734-0450 or visit
www.scprt.com.
Feb. 13-15: Illinois Bureau of Tourism,
Illinois Governor’s Conference on Tourism,
Springfield, Ill. Call 312-814-3155 or visit
www.illinoistourism.org.
Feb. 21-24: BIT Italy, Milan, Italy.
Visit
www.bit.fieramilanoexpocts.it.
Feb. 22-24: The Boston Globe Travel Show
2008, MSE Management, Inc., Boston, Mass. Call
203-622-6666 or visit
www.bostonglobetravelshow.com.
Feb. 24-26: U.S. Travel Insurance
Association Conference to Examine Global Trends
and Issues Affecting Travel and Travel
Insurance, Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa, Fort
Myers, Fla. Visit
www.ustia.org/membership/conferences.htm.
Feb. 27-28: Massachusetts Office of
Travel & Tourism, Massachusetts Governor's
Conference on Travel & Tourism, Fairmont Copley
Plaza, Boston, Mass. Call 617-973-8511 or visit
www.mass-vacation.com/industry/tourism-day.php.
Feb. 28-March 3: Virtuoso Overseas
Symposium, Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens,
Greece. Call 817-870-0300 or visit
www.virtuoso.com.
Feb. 29-March 2: The New York Times
Travel Show 2008, Jacob K. Javits Convention
Center, New York, N.Y. Visit
http://www.nyttravelshow.com/.
MARCH
March 1-5: Travel South USA’s Travel
South Showcase, Gulf Coast, Miss. Call
404-231-1790 or visit
www.travelsouthusa.com.
March 2-4: Wisconsin Department of
Tourism 2008 Governor’s Conference on Tourism,
Lake Geneva, Wis. Call 608-266-3978 or visit
www.wigcot.org.
March 5-9: ITB Berlin, Messe Berlin,
Berlin, Germany. Visit
www.itb-berlin.com.
March 6: PhoCusWright Conference 2007 at
ITB Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Visit
www.phocuswright.com.
March 7-9: Cruise Lines International
Association's cruise3sixty, Greater Fort
Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Visit
www.cruise3sixty.com
or
www.cruising.org.
March 10-13: Seatrade Cruise Shipping
Convention, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami
Beach, Fla. Call 609-759-4700, email
info@cruiseshipping.net or visit
www.cruiseshipping.net.
March 9-11: Arkansas Department of Parks
& Tourism Annual Governor’s Conference on
Tourism, Rogers, Ark. Call 501-682-1120 or visit
www.arkansas.com/governors-conference.
March 11-12: British Travel Trade Fair,
Birmingham, United Kingdom. Call
011-44-020-8910-7725 or visit
www.britishtraveltradefair.com.
APRIL
April 2-3: National Business Travel
Association (NBTA) Canada Annual Convention &
Exhibitor Showcase, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Call 703-684-0836 or visit
www.nbta.org.
April 2-4: National Tour Association 2008
Tour Operator Spring Meet, Mohegan Sun, Conn.
Call 859-226-4270 or visit
www.nta.org.
April 6-8: Travel Oregon Governor’s
Conference on Tourism, Portland, Ore. Call
503-378-8850 or visit
www.traveloregon.com.
April 8: HSMAI Travel Internet Marketing
Strategy Conference at TravelCom, Chicago, Ill.
Call 703-610-9024 or visit
www.hsmai.org.
April 8-9: National Business Travel
Association (NBTA) Second Annual Corporate
Travel & Technology World, Shanghai, China. Call
703-684-0836 or visit
www.nbta.org.
April 8-10: Travel Industry Association’s
TravelCom, Chicago, Ill. Call 202-408-8422 or
visit
www.tia.org.
April 9-10: HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings
Mid-America, Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill. Call
703-610-9024 or 914-421-3377 or visit
www.affordablemeetings.com
www.hsmai.org.
April 9-11: New Jersey Travel Industry
Association Governor’s Conference on Tourism
Atlantic City, N.J. Call 609-393-2020 or visit
www.state.nj.us/travel or
www.njtia.org.
April 10-16: Mexico’s Tianguis, Acapulco,
Mexico. Visit
www.tianguisturistico.com.
April 11-13: The Atlanta Travel Expo, MSE
Management, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Call 203-622-6666
or visit
www.atlantatravelexpo.com.
April 12-16: ASTA 2008 International
Destination Expo (IDE), Lyon, France. Call
703-739-6876 or visit
www.asta.org/expo.
April 16-18: HSMAI 8th Annual Resort
Conference, Hotel del Coronado, San Diego,
Calif. Call 703-610-9024 or visit
www.resortconference.com.
April 20-22: Global Travel & Tourism
Summit, World Travel & Tourism Council, Madinat
Jumeirah Resort, Dubai. Call
011-44-(0)20-7481-8007, email
enquiries@wttc.travel or visit
www.globaltraveltourism.com.
April 21-22: Wyoming State Office of
Travel & Tourism Governor's Conference on
Hospitality & Tourism, Casper, Wyo. Call
307-777-2856 or visit
www.wyotravel.org.
April 22-24: TRAMS Marketing Alliance
Technology & Marketing University 2008. Rio
Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. Visit
www.trams.com/TMU08/index.html.
April 24: Travolution Summit Europe (with
PhoCusWright), Royal Garden Hotel, London,
United Kingdom. Visit
www.phocuswright.com/travolution_summit_europe.
April 25-27: Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX),
Kingston, Jamaica. Call 800-526-2422 or visit
www.jhta.org/japex.htm.
April 27-28: German Travel Mart, Munich
and Augsburg, Germany. Visit
www.germany-travel-mart.de.
April 28-May 1: 10th Annual Caribbean
Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development
(STC-10), Beaches Resort & Spa, Providenciales,
Turks & Caicos. Contact the Caribbean Tourism
Organization at 212-635-9530 or 247-427-5242 or
visit
www.onecaribbean.org .
April 28-May 1: Home Based Travel Agent
Show & Conference & Travel Niche Marketing
Showplace, Town and Country Resort & Convention
Center, San Diego, Calif. Call 925-701-0225 or
visit
www.homebasedagentshow.com.
April 29-30: Pacific Asia Travel
Association’s “PATA CEO Challenge 2008:
Confronting Climate Change,” Bangkok, Thailand.
Visit
www.PATA.org/ceochallenge.
April 29-30: Puerto Rico Tourism Company
Annual Roadshows. Universal City and Costa Mesa,
CA. To RSVP call 1-800-526-0041 or email to
info@ntshows.com
April 30-May 4: International Gay &
Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) Annual
Convention, Las Vegas, Nev. Call 954-776-2626 or
visit
www.iglta.org.
MAY
May 2-4: Carlson Wagonlit Travel
International Summit, Berlin, Germany. Visit
www.mercavia.com.
May 6-7: New Hampshire Travel Council
Governor's Conference on Tourism, Bretton Woods,
N.H. Call 603-356-5543 or visit
www.nhtravelcouncil.com.
May 6-8: Caribbean Hotel Association's
Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference
(CHTIC), Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port of Spain,
Trinidad. Call 305-443-3040 or visit
www.caribbeanhotelassociation.com.
May 6-9: Reed Travel Exhibitions Arabian
Travel Market, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Call
011-44-121-252-4044 or visit
www.arabiantravelmarket.com.
May 8-9: Virtual Home Based Expo by
Agent@Home Magazine, sponsored by Palm Springs.
Call 856-505-1400, email
virtualtravelevents@pmgemail.com or visit
www.virtualhomebasedagent.com.
May 10-18: Travel Industry Association
25th Annual National Tourism Week. Call
202-408-8422 or visit
www.tia.org.
May 12-14: Utah Office of Tourism & Utah
Tourism Industry Coalition’s Utah Tourism
Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. Call Diane
Wilson 801-538-1312 or visit
www.travel.utah.gov.
May 18-20: Association of Corporate
Travel Executives (ACTE) Global Education
Conference with Corporate Travel World,
Washington, D.C. Call 703-683-5322 or visit
www.acte.org.
May 24-28: Tourism Industry Association
of Canada Rendez-vous Canada, Vancouver, B.C.
Call 613-238-9487 or visit
www.rendezvouscanada.ca.
May 26-29: New Zealand Tourism
Rendezvous, Rotorua, New Zealand. Email
info@tianz.org.nz or visit
www.trenz.co.nz.
May 31-June 4: Travel Industry
Association’s International Pow Wow, Las Vegas,
Nev. Call 202-408-8422 or visit
www.tia.org.
JUNE
June 3-6: National Business Travel
Association (NBTA) National Travel Forum,
Atlanta, Ga. Call NBTA 703-684-0836 or visit
www.nbta.org.
June 4-7: Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange,
Coral Coast, Fiji. Email
bfte@connect.com.fj or visit
www.bfte.com.fj.
June 6-8: Uniglobe Travel International
Global Rendevous, Corinthia Lisboa Hotel,
Lisbon, Portugal. Visit
www.uniglobetravel.com.
June 11-12. HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings
West, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach,
Calif. Call 703-610-9024 or 914-421-3377 or
visit
www.affordablemeetings.com.
June 11-12: Association of Travel
Marketing Executives (ATME) 2008 Travel
Marketing Forecast, Red Rock Resort, Casino &
Spa, Las Vegas, Nev. Call 212-765-0625 or visit
www.atme.org.
June 14-20: Australia Tourism Exchange,
Perth, Australia. Visit
www.ate2008.com.
June 16: HSMAI Revenue Management
Strategy Conference at HITEC, Austin Convention
Center, Austin, Texas. Call 703-610-9024 or
visit
www.hsmai.org.
June 16-19: Vacation.com 10th Annual
International Conference & Trade Show, Las
Vegas, Nev. Call 800-843-0733 or visit
www.agentnet.com (members) or
www.vacation.com.
June 16-19: Asia Luxury Travel Market,
Shanghai, China. Visit
www.altm.com.cn.
JULY
July 9-11: Arizona Tourism Alliance
Arizona Governor's Conference on Tourism Tucson,
Ariz. Call 602-452-2906 or visit
www.aztourismalliance.org.
July 16: ASTA Legislative Action Day,
Washington, D.C. Email
askasta@astahq.com or visit
www.asta.org.
July 27-30: National Business Travel
Association (NBTA) 2008 Annual Convention, Los
Angeles, Calif. Call 703-684-0836 or visit
www.nbta.org.
AUGUST
Aug. 4-8: Texas Association of Convention
& Visitors Bureaus’ Annual Conference, Beaumont,
Texas. Call 361-749-0467 or visit
www.tacvb.org.
Aug. 20-21: Association of Corporate
Travel Executives (ACTE) Asia-Pacific Regional
Education Conference, Singapore. Call
703-683-5322 or visit
www.acte.org.
Aug. 22-24: Carlson Wagonlit Travel
National Meeting, New Orleans, La. Visit
www.mercavia.com.
Aug 23-26: Travel Industry Association
Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO),
Bonita Springs, Fla. Call 202-408-8422 or visit
www.tia.org.
Aug. 24-26: India Travel Mart, Jaipur,
India. Visit
www.indiatravelmart.com.
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 3-5: La Cumbre-The Americas Travel
Industry Summit, Miami Beach Convention Center,
Miami Beach, Fla. Visit
www.lacumbre.com.
Sept. 3-6: Adventure Travel World Summit -
South America, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Visit
www.adventuretravelworldsummit.com.
Sept. 5-9: Student & Youth Travel
Association of North America (SYTA) Annual
Conference, San Antonio, Texas. Call
248-814-7982 or visit
www.syta.org.
Sept. 7-9: THETRADESHOW (Travel Retailing
and Destination Expo), Orlando, Fla. Call
703-739-6876 or visit
www.tradeshow.org.
Sept. 9: HSMAI Hotel Sales Strategy
Conference, Washington, D.C. Call HSMAI at
703-610-9024 or visit
www.hdosm.org.
Sept. 10-11: HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings
National, Washington Convention Center,
Washington, D.C. Call 703-610-9024 or
914-421-3377 or visit
www.affordablemeetings.com,
www.hsmai.org.
Sept. 16-19: Pacific Asia Travel
Association’s PATA Travel Mart 2008, Hyderabad,
India. Visit
www.pata.org/mart.
Sept. 18-21: Japan Association of Travel
Agents (JATA) World Tourism Congress and World
Travel Fair, Koto-ku, Japan. Call
011-81-3-5368-1171 or visit
www.jata-net.or.jp/english.
Sept. 20-23: Kerala Travel Mart, Cochin,
India. Visit
www.keralatravelmart.org.
Sept. 20-27: SeaMaster Cruises Networking
Cruise, Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas.
Visit
www.seamastercruises.net.
Sept. 23-25: The Motivation Show,
Hall-Erickson, Inc., Chicago, Ill. Call
630-434-7779 or visit
www.motivationshow.com.
Sept. 25-27: Signature 2008 Owners'
Meeting, Chicago, Ill. Call 800-339-0868, email
info@signaturetravelnetwork.com or visit
www.signaturetravelnetwork.com.
OCTOBER
Oct. 5-7: Association of Corporate Travel
Executives (ACTE) Global Education Conference,
Rome, Italy. Call 703-683-5322 or visit
www.acte.org.
Oct. 13-15: Kentucky Tourism Council,
Annual Travel Industry Conference, Bowling
Green, Ky. Call 502-223-8687 or visit
www.tourky.com.
Oct. 15-19: Ensemble Travel Group 2008
International Conference, Red Rock Resort & Spa,
Las Vegas. Call 800-442-6871, Ext. 0, email
registration@ensembletravel.com or
www.ensembletravel.com.
Oct. 19-22: AAA 2008 Travel Conference,
Palm Springs, Calif. Call 407-444-8453 or visit
www.aaa.com.
Oct. 19-24: Cruise Holidays Annual
Convention (tentative cruise). Visit
www.chistores.com.
Oct. 21-25: Adventure Travel World Summit
- Europe, Tromso to Bergen (on a ship). Visit
www.adventuretravelworldsummit.com.
Oct. 22-25: DEMA (Dive Equipment &
Marketing Association) Show, Orlando, Fla. Visit
www.dema.org.
Oct. 29-Nov. 1: World Religious Travel
Association (WRTA) First Annual World Religious
Travel Expo & Educational Conference, Gaylord
Palms & Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Call
800-657-1288 or visit
www.religioustravelexpo.com.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 7-11: American Hotel & Lodging
Conference, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center,
New York, N.Y. Call 202-289-3171, email
conventions@ahla.com or visit
www.ahla.com.
Nov. 10-13: World Travel Market, ExCel
London, London, United Kingdom. Visit
www.wtmlondon.com.
Nov. 13-16: Network of Entrepreneurs
Selling Travel, NEST Fest 2008, Xcaret, Mexico.
Call 888-245-NEST, ext. 3007, email
rsarkis@jointhenest.com or visit
www.jointhenest.com.
Nov. 15-19: National Tour Association
Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, Pa. Call
859-226-4270 or visit
www.nta.org.
Nov. 16-18: Association of Corporate
Travel Executives (ACTE) Canada Education
Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Quebec. Call
703-683-5322 or visit
www.acte.org.
Nov. 17-20: The PhoCusWright Conference,
Hollywood, Calif. Visit
www.phocuswright.com.
Nov. 20-23: China International Travel
Mart, Shanghai, China. Visit
www.citm.com.cn.
DECEMBER
Dec. 2-4: EIBTM Global Meetings &
Incentives Exhibition, Fira Gran Via, Barcelona,
Spain. Visit
www.eibtm.com.
Dec. 3-5: United States Tour Operators
Association (USTOA) Annual Conference &
Marketplace, J.W. Marriott Resort & Spa, Palm
Springs, Calif. Call 212-599-6599 or visit
www.ustoa.com.
Dec. 4-6: Signature 2008 Sales Meeting &
Trade Show, Las Vegas, Nev. Call 800-339-0868,
email
info@signaturetravelnetwork.com or visit
www.signaturetravelnetwork.com.
Dec. 8-11: International Luxury Travel
Market 2008, Cannes, France. Visit
www.iltm.net.
Dec. 11: HSMAI Travel Internet Marketing
Strategy Conference at HEDNA, New Orleans, La.
Call 703-610-9024 or visit
www.hsmai.org.
December TBA: HSMAI/CHA Caribbean Sales &
Marketing Strategy Conference. Call HSMAI at
703-610-9024 or visit
www.hsmai.org, or call CHA at 787-725-9139
or visit
www.caribbeanstrategyconference.com.
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