Guide to ITB For Industry and Travel Influencers

Welcome to ITB Berlin!

ITB is the largest and in addition one of the vital essential journey commerce festivals on the planet. And no, it’s not only for the German market, it’s worldwide!

First-timers will discover it merely large and overwhelming! Others who’ve been earlier than will discover it large and demanding, particularly in case you are not organized. Travel Dudes loves attending this occasion as it’s nice for networking.

For us, ITB journey is a Must-Go! 7 – 9 March 2023!

The world is represented in 26 halls and lots of halls present 3 to 4 ranges! There are even 3, 4 completely different bus traces, bringing individuals from corridor to corridor on completely different routes!

It’s simple to get misplaced. I’ve used the ITB journey app to seek out my means alongside efficiently. But you must attempt to be extra organized, particularly if you wish to meet individuals. Before making any appointments, have a look on the map and see wherein corridor which nation is positioned. Keep in thoughts that it could possibly take as much as half-hour to achieve your subsequent appointment!

So depart time between appointments and don’t make too many per day. Or be sensible about the way you arrange the following appointment and attempt to have the following appointment near the corridor of your first one.

Tip: Take a shortcut by means of the park to get to your subsequent assembly. The park lies within the heart of the exhibition and through the use of it, you don’t need to push by means of crowds. It’s additionally simpler to seek out your means alongside, as every corridor obtained large indicators on their partitions.

ITB journey is not only a should for the trade, however ought to can be needed for skilled journey bloggers!

It’s the eleventh 12 months of ITB Berlin now, that it’s open for this new and rebellion trade. In the previous ITB supplied many very fascinating shows, workshops and discussions. If there are any this 12 months, you will see most of them within the eTravel World (corridor 6.1).

There will probably be two phases, the eTravel Stage (corridor 6.1) and eTravel Lab (corridor 7.1c). Workshops could be discovered within the eTravel Lab and the eTravel Stage may have revolutionary periods and discussions.

Guide to ITB: Things to be careful for

The Travel Dudes & BudgetTraveller – ITB Travel Tweet-up 2023:

When: Wednesday eighth
Time: 19:00 – 23:55
Location: The Social Hub Berlin Mitte, Alexanderstraße 40, 10179 Berlin
Ticket: .eventbrite.de/e/the-travel-dudes-budgettraveller-itb-travel-tweet-up-2023-tickets

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Travel Massive – ITB Party

When: Tuesday seventh
Time: 20:00 – 02:00
Location: Selina Berlin Mitte, Alte Schönhauser Straße 2, 10119 Berlin
Ticket: eventbrite.com/e/travel-massive-berlin-itb-party-2023-tickets-526496805117

Here you will see the entire overview of exhibitors: itb.com/en/itb-berlin-for-visitors/exhibitor-list/

Tip: Arrive on Monday to fulfill up with associates and colleagues & on Wednesday our Travel Dudes Tweet-Up, but additionally to be at ITB from the primary day! The first three days it’s not open to the general public and you may transfer from corridor to corridor a lot sooner. But that’s additionally when the suitable individuals are nonetheless on the exhibition.

Many depart already on Thursday earlier than ITB Berlin opens its doorways to the general public. Then it will get mad and also you don’t even attempt to have any profitable conferences. At the stands, you’ll primarily discover hostesses and should you ought to have organized a gathering upfront, your opponent will probably be exhausted and uninterested in the times earlier than… identical to you. And you do need to meet them to do enterprise, proper?

Then there are as nicely once more the ITB conference program.

Come to ITB Berlin to remain forward of the curve on the most recent trade tendencies!

With keynotes, panel discussions, and skilled interviews on cutting-edge matters like journey know-how, advertising & distribution, future journey, MICE, sustainability and social accountability, hospitality, enterprise journey, future work and extra – you gained’t need to miss out.

Plus, awards will probably be given for excellence in numerous fields. Join us on the world’s main journey trade conference to achieve precious insights and sensible recommendation from a few of the brightest minds within the enterprise!

Where to remain: There are many nice districts to find a bit extra of Berlin, whilst you go to the ITB. But count on heavy site visitors when going or leaving ITB. There are just a few accommodations offering an ITB journey shuttle service! Find them right here. But there are as nicely many residences to hire, hostels, boutique accommodations and B&B’s.

For you:

Travel running a blog and social media is new to you and your corporation, however you have an interest in working with prime journey influencers? Or you already obtained expertise, understand the potential and want to heave your campaigns and methods to the following stage? Or you’re a journey blogger, however at the moment are at some extent to take the following steps, searching for a powerful companion?

Then contact us and let’s meet, Travel Dudes 

Also learn: Understanding Professional Travel Blogging: Explained with a Case Study

THE ITB SPEED NETWORKING GUIDE:

When: eighth March at 9.00 – 10:30 pm
Where: City Cube
Who: Exhibitors of ITB Berlin + patrons
Info: itb.com/en/trade-show-brands/occasions/itb-speed-networking/

How to Speed Date at ITB

1. Before signing as much as take part, know what exhibitors need to obtain from the ITB Speed Dating. Exhibitors need to meet individuals which may need to talk content material a couple of vacation spot or their enterprise in addition to assist for his or her social media actions.
    
2. Once you obtain the Log-In for the matching device fill out your profile absolutely. Speed relationship is a two-way determination. You want sponsors who’re occupied with working with what you need to do and supply. Exhibitors need to meet their advertising and promotion wants. The extra info you present about your weblog and your self, the higher for each side.
    
3. Spend a while researching which exhibitors you need to meet with and what your goals and expectations are, earlier than scheduling appointments. The exhibitor profiles within the matching device will embody details about the corporate, in addition to goals of the corporate on the Speed Dating. You must also check out the exhibitor’s web site with the intention to decide of whether or not they’re the kind of firm you need to work with.
    
4. Plan your appointments rigorously and cancel conferences in time, in case you can’t maintain the appointment.
    
5. Register your self as a purchaser on the Virtual Market Place to schedule further conferences beforehand or to plan follow-up conferences with the trade extra simply. itb.com/en/itb-berlin-for-visitors/exhibitor-directory/
    
6. Formulate questions and your pursuits for the conferences beforehand to make use of your 8minutes-slots in the best means.

ITB Travel Guide: How to Speed Date for exhibitors

1. Before signing as much as take part, know what your opponent need to obtain from velocity relationship. Bloggers need to meet folks that they may companion with on future initiatives. Project sorts could embody: the trade of journey for content material on their weblog concerning the location or firm; discovering firms that need to buy images, video or written content material; being employed to help the corporate’s social media efforts and varieties of initiatives of that nature.
    
2. Once you obtain the Log-In for the matching device, fill out your profile absolutely. Speed relationship is a two-way determination. You want bloggers that meet your advertising and promotion wants, however bloggers are additionally searching for potential trade sponsors linked to what they need to do and supply. The extra info you present about your corporation and expectations, the higher for each side.
    
3. Spend a while researching which bloggers you need to meet with and goal teams you need to attain, earlier than scheduling appointments. Their profiles on the matching device will embody details about the place their readers come from and what varieties of issues they write about. You must also check out their web sites and presumably additionally their Facebook Fan pages or Twitter feeds, with the intention to make a willpower of whether or not they’re the kind of individual you need to work with. 
    
4. Please embody a second contact individual of your organization in your planning. This individual might assist you in the course of the ITB Blogger Speed Dating or can act in your house if needed.
    
5. Plan your appointments rigorously and cancel conferences in time, in case you can’t maintain the appointment.
    
6. Register your self on the Virtual Market Place to schedule further conferences beforehand or to plan follow-up conferences with the bloggers extra simply. Please see itb.com/en/itb-berlin-for-visitors/exhibitor-directory/
    
7. Formulate questions and your pursuits for the conferences beforehand to make use of your 8minutes-slots in the best means.
    
8. If you may have any questions or need extra details about any explicit blogger, it’s completely acceptable to contact them straight.