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The
Moroccan Travel Market, Marrakech, January
14-17, 2010
Under the Big Top at the Moroccan
Travel Market Patrick Peartree,
TravelTalkMEDIA MTM is held just around the corner from
the famed Marrakech Kasbah, a world class
destination featuring a major 24x7x365 event
with an eclectic and vibrant mix of people,
food, and adventure shopping. Travel buyers
and sellers swarmed the laser-lit "big tops"
to meet, network, learn and share the latest
information about travel and tourism
offerings in North Africa and beyond. Mr. Lamrani Mahdi, manager of PR and
communications for the event, described
reasons for the overwhelming success of the
MTM: "Morocco is really a growing tourism
market and ranks 31st among the most visited
countries in the world and 2nd among all
African countries. Actually, we created MTM
because there was a big need for a show like
this in the region. We wanted to create
something that attracted travel and tourism
professionals, both suppliers and buyers,
bringing them together to do business and
advance their initiatives. The event includes
not only leisure, luxury and business travel
segments, but also a large sustainable
tourism sector. As a result of all these
factors, we are getting bigger and better
every year. This year we are expecting 1300
attendees up significantly from the one
thousand we had last year." MTM features 30,000 square meters of
exhibition space and creates direct approach
opportunities with 600 international buyers.
Participant registrations for the 2010 event
were up as follows: 12% increase in
exhibitors, 70% increase in hosted buyers,
and a 25% growth in participating countries.
Sandy Dhuyvetter, executive producer and
host of TravelTalkRADIO, described MTM as, "a
unique variety of travel services and
destinations and an incredible experience for
us opening up our eyes to all the diverse
offerings that Morocco and North Africa
present. Exhibits, information, B2B
networking, seminars, investments,
infrastructure, MICE, education &endash;
anything you need to know about travel and
tourism in Morocco and MENA for that matter
is all right here." The 4th edition of the Moroccan Travel
Market is scheduled to occur once again in
Marrakech in January 2011. To listen to the complete interview with
Mr. Lamrani Mahdi, please go to:
http://www.TravelTalkMEDIA.com/archives_jan24_10.html#1010.
For more on the Moroccan Travel Market, go
to: www.MTM.ma.
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A
Mighty Force
Marrakech is a town where 1001 Arabian
Nights meets Palm Springs meets the Alps.
Movie stars, celebrities and ordinary
tourists all soak up the sun, climb the
mountains and shop here in one of the world's
oldest marketplaces. The city is also the
home of the Moroccan Travel Market (MTM), the
largest travel trade event in North Africa.
Held earlier this month in perhaps the
largest tented pavilion on the entire
continent, the venue for MTM is, in true
Berber fashion, built from the floor up each
year. Once again, Marrakech and the MTM
rolled out the red carpet to welcome travel
buyers and sellers from around the world to
this ancient medina. Now in its third
edition, the Moroccan Travel Market (MTM)
keeps growing with attendance this year up
nearly a third over 2009
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An excellent business platform, the fair is the
ideal opportunity for all Moroccan and foreign
tourism professionals to expose their products and
services and meet fellow professionals, decision
makers and buyers from around the world. Enjoying
its strategic geographical situation, between
Europe and Africa, Morocco, through the Moroccan
Travel Market, is becoming the vector of
development of the North-South exchanges. For fill
information and accommodation visit http://www.mtm.ma/Home_a71.html Why Exhibit at
MTM? A single quote summarizes the satisfaction of
the participants to the Moroccan Travel Market,
that of a Tour Operator who addressed the
organizers: "What has been noted here far exceeds
what we generally expect at some shows that are
more internationally famous. Morocco gave evident
that it can organize its own event and
succeed." In one edition, The MTM became the first Travel
Fair dedicated to tourism professionals in the
region, this is confirmed by the international echo
which it had that by the trust and the loyalty of
the participants. Indeed, 97 % of the exhibitors
renew their participations to the second edition
and the majority of exhibitors double their spaces
of exhibition. This trust is a strong signal
expressed by satisfied professionals. Exhibiting at the Moroccan
Travel Market it is benefiting from the
contribution of an integral event:
• Business and development opportunities
for your company • Fruitful and beneficial meetings • Professional visitors and
decision-maker • A rich and diverse program in a friendly
atmosphere • A meeting space for professionals to
promote destinations MTM offers you the possibility to: • Materialise commercial opportunities and
finalise partnership agreements • Follow new market trends and stay
up-to-date • Promote your offering to the leaders of
the industry • Boost your image and stress your
positioning • Enrich your address book • Complete your offer by new signing new
partnerships • Develop B to B synergies • Develop loyalty of your customers and
gain prospects • Attend conferences, discussions and
debates organized for professionals and assert your
positions. http://www.mtm.ma/Home_a71.html |
An
International Event, MTM's first edition in 2008
brought together tourism professionals from over 20
countries; with 230 exhibitors, 8689 visitors and
120 foreign journalists who took part in the
inaugural event, which has been unanimously
described as a master piece.