Published on : Saturday, November 10, 2018
Company’s technically advanced system is facilitating the meeting that pairs the exhibitor and buyer preferences that ensures meetings are arranged between people having high probability of doing business.
David Thompson, Exhibition Director, said that most of our visitors come to them because they trust them to facilitate great business meetings.
He felt delighted to announce such positive numbers at this stage and the first round of appointment matching was a critical stage for them.
The high calibre of Hosted Buyers and an exciting exhibitor mix will make the event another great success for their attendees.
Around 50 per cent of the Hosted Buyers were attending the event for the first time this year. This was up 5 per cent on 2017, the event will provide the exhibitors with opportunities to build new contacts and companies.
Buyers from organisations like Moet Hennessy, Netflix, Bayer US, Diageo, Delta Air Lines – Worldwide Meetings and Events, Motorola, Peugeot Sport, MIA Comunicacion (WALMART), Inter IKEA, InfoWatch, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Procter & Gamble, Siemens Ltd. and SONY will be present.
IBTM will be present at the Barcelona event that will include Tourism Promotion Board Philippines, Tourism New Zealand, Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism, SIXT GmbH & Co., Global Passenger Network, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. and Standard Hotels.
Last year IBTM World welcomed almost 3,000 exhibiting companies from over 150 countries, 3,463 buyers and thousands of visitors for a packed schedule of meetings, networking and educational sessions. There were over 74,000 pre-scheduled meetings between exhibitors and buyers.
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