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 Travel Trade Athens: Early bird registration extended up to and including 31/7/2018

The City of Athens’ signature annual event Travel Trade Athens 2018, now in its 6th year, will be taking place at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, on 8-9 October 2018, hosting selected international buyers focusing on Athens and Greece.

The three awards Athens received at the recent World Travel Awards Europe Gala Ceremony 2018 - where Athens was named Europe’s Leading City Break Destination 2018, the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau was announced as Europe’s Leading City Tourist Board 2018 and the Acropolis was named Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction for 2018- mark the concentrated effort by the City of Athens to promote the Greek capital as an ideal MICE and city break destination throughout the year.

Travel Trade Athens 2018 is organized by the City of Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) of the Athens Development and Destination Management Agency (ADDMA) in cooperation with the European Association of Tour Operators (ETOA).

The signature event offers Greek tourism professionals the opportunity to develop first-hand business relationships with 100 selected MICE, corporate and leisure buyers from across the globe. With over 12,000 B2B pre-scheduled meetings, in the past five years, Travel Trade Athens has attracted more than 420 selected hosted buyers from 35 countries representing Europe, USA, Asia, Australia and other strategic markets.

Hosted Buyer and Supplier applications are now open on www.traveltradeathens.gr. Greek professionals can still catch the early bird registration fee which has been extended up until and including 31/7/2018.

For all media enquiries, additional comment and request for interview please contact: Matina Magkou, Comms Department Athens Management and Destination Management Agenc, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Tel.: +30 210 3253123

and/ or

Anna-Maria Chatzidaki, Marketing Manager at Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Travel Trade Athens: 8 & 9 October 2018

Registrations are now open

The City of Athens signature annual event Travel Trade Athens 2018, now in its 6th year, will be taking place on 8-9 October 2018, hosting selected international buyers focusing on Athens and Greece.

Travel Trade Athens is organized by the City of Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) in cooperation with the European Association of Tour Operators (ETOA). The goal of the event is to develop first-hand business relationships between top MICE, corporate and leisure buyers from across the globeand leading tourism suppliers from Athens and Greece as well as showcasingAthens as a year-round cultural, artistic, and modern citybreak and meetings industry destination.

Travel Trade Athens aims to attract more than 100 representatives of tour operators, travel agents, conference and event organizers from the US and Europe as well as media representatives to promote the Greek experience.

The first Travel Trade Athens took place in 2013 as part of the City’s strategy to actively promote Athens as a destination in the global travel industry. In just 5 years, TTA has managed to become the signature travel trade event for promoting Athens. It has become a successful platform for networking between established travel trade and meetings professionals from across the world with Greek suppliers. With over 12,000 B2B pre-scheduled meetings, taking place in the past five years, Travel Trade Athens has attracted more than 420 selected hosted buyers from 35 countries representing Europe, USA, Asia, Australia and other significant markets.

Travel trade Athens 2018 programme includes:

  • A fully-hosted travel and accommodation package, including FAM trips that give participants the chance to discover the city’s products and experiences while experiencing the Athenian culture, hospitality and gastronomy.
  • A two-day B2B workshop with pre-arranged B2B appointments between buyers and suppliers.
  • Asocial program that offers the opportunity to network with fellow decision-makers from across the world and to interact further with leading tourism suppliers from Athens and Greece.

Hosted Buyer and Supplier applications are now open on www.traveltradeathens.gr. Suppliers can catch the early bird registration fee by 15/7/2018.

For all media enquiries and interview requests please contact:

Matina Magkou, Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Tel.: +302103253123

and/ or

for all other information on programme and registrations please contact:

Anna-Maria Chatzidaki, Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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