New York’s Premier Travel Show produces report attendance and exhibitor numbers, finishing the inaugural New York Travel Week.
NEW YORK, NY- The Travel & Adventure Shows hosted their third present in as many weeks on the Javits Convention Center on January 28-29 welcoming greater than 21,500, over 350 exhibitors and 850 journey advisors and over 3,000 journey commerce and media members. Show attendees engaged with vacation spot representatives, tour operators and journey suppliers each domestically and from across the globe providing up journey concepts and inspiration. Attendees have been even invited to reap the benefits of particular offers and promotions on the spot to stretch their journey greenback and make their dream trip a actuality.
Following the success of this previous weekend, upcoming Travel & Adventure Shows have seen a return to pre-COVID pre-event registration numbers for reveals in Washington D.C. (February 4-5), Los Angeles (February 18-19), and Denver (February 25-26) and extra. The subsequent occasions promise vacationers in these main cities will go away with an abundance of latest journey data from tons of of the highest locations and journey suppliers from world wide, in addition to recommendation from main journey consultants.
The New York Travel & Adventure Show featured a Croatian National Tourist Board Pavilion, the place regional locations and tour operators from Croatia promoted essentially the most journey experiences whereas assembly with over 185 pre-qualified Travel Advisors throughout a networking occasion previous to the present opening on Saturday. Included in The Travel Trade Day Program have been three subsequent panel discussions that includes prime Cruise Line, Caribbean, and Florida-based Tourism Board Executives.
The present additionally included the expanded LGBTQ+ Pavilion, that showcased gay-friendly locations, tour operators and journey businesses, in addition to devoted programming on the Global Beats Stage. Attendees discovered of locations which have up-and-coming LGBTQ tendencies and had the chance to talk to representatives who can reply questions or tackle issues. Also featured at this yr’s present was the Passport Acceptance Program, the place attendees might register to have their passport purposes accepted, expedited, renewed, and even have their passport photographs taken, proper on the present flooring.
“The New York Travel & Adventure Show was a huge success for us. We literally triple what we did in 2019 while meeting the most qualified audience of attendees we have ever seen in New York. The attendance was very impressive, and the event run as always to a high degree of professionalism,” mentioned Michael Consoli, Cruise Planners/Michael Consoli & Associates Agency Owner, “I don’t know what you did for marketing, but each show keeps getting better for us!”
In addition to those new pavilions, present attendees gained useful recommendation from business consultants Samantha Brown, Pauline Frommer, Peter Greenberg, Andrew McCarthy, and Patricia Schultz, whereas taking part in dozens of informational and training journey workshops. They additionally watched cultural performances on the Global Beats Stage and explored the Caribbean Experience the place completely different Caribbean locations showcased their cultures with culinary experiences and performances.
“The attendance at this show proves that travel is back in the U.S. The abundance of pent-up wanderlust by show attendees, and the success of this show in the Media Capital of the World proves the demand is only increasing,” mentioned John Golicz, CEO of Unicomm, LLC, which produces the Travel & Adventure Shows. “Our Washington D.C. event next weekend is already exceeding pre-pandemic numbers, and Los Angeles is trending in a very similar direction.”
New York Travel & Adventure Show sponsors included Major Sponsor MSC Cruises, Contributing Sponsor Go Touch Down Travel & Tours, Supporting Sponsors Barbados and Croatian National Tourist Board. The LGBTQ Pavilion was sponsored by Presenting Sponsor Visit Lauderdale and Supporting Pavilion Sponsors AIG and Marco Island. The Photo Booth was Sponsored by the Florida Keys & Key West.
Industry journey commerce professionals have been capable of facilitate useful enterprise with journey media, journey advisors, customers and influencers in the course of the inaugural “New York Travel Week.” The main elements of Travel Week have been TravMedia’s International Media Marketplace, the New York Travel & Adventure Show, in addition to quite a lot of specialty occasions all through the week.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDay by dayNews Media Network the place she is the Editor-in Chief. She can be liable for the day by day operation and the monetary coverage. She holds a Bachelor’s diploma in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales.
She has a few years of each tutorial and industrial expertise inside the journey business. She has written/edited quite a few articles in numerous tourism magazines.