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TInews Archive #20040116.html
| Date: |
Fri, 16 Jan 2004 |
| From: | TInews Announcement <announce@tinet.ita.doc.gov> |
| To: | TInews Announcement <tiannounce@tinet.ita.doc.gov> |
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Participate in the ITB Berlin to Reach the German Market |
=== TINEWS ===================================
January 16, 2004
Contact: Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
E-mail: tinet_info@ita.doc.gov
Web: http://tinet.ita.doc.gov
Phone: (202) 482-0140, Fax: (202) 482-2887
Participate in the ITB Berlin to Reach the German Market.
Germany was the 3rd largest overseas travel market to the United States
in 2002 with nearly 1.2 million visitors. German travelers spent almost
$3 billion yearly in the U.S. in 2001 and 2002.
According to the Office of Travel & Tourism Industries’ newest
international travel forecast, the German market to the U.S. will grow
steadily through 2007, approaching 1.5 million visitors. From 2004 until
2006, U.S. arrivals from Germany are forecasted to increase seven percent
each year, and another five percent in 2007.
Participate in the ITB
The International Tourism Exchange (ITB) Berlin is known throughout the
world as the leading trade fair for the global tourism industry. Its leading
position as an international meeting place is underlined by the fact that
more than three quarters of its exhibitors and just under 30% of trade
visitors come from outside Germany.
This makes ITB Berlin the main forum for communication and marketing
for the worldwide tourism sector, attracting ever more exhibitors and
trade visitors. In 2003, more than 67,000 trade visitors attended out
of 129,943 visitors in total. And of nearly 10,000 exhibitors, 230 from
the United States were in Berlin.
The U.S. Commercial Service and the Visit USA Committee Germany are working
together to support your efforts to attract more German visitors to the
United States by providing a range of services to you before, during and
after ITB 2004, which takes place from March 12-16, 2004.
BEFORE ITB
Your local U.S. Export Assistance Center (USEAC) is available for a free
business counseling session on the export promotion programs of the U.S.
Commercial Service (CS), including market research on the German market
for travel & tourism to the United States. Go to www.usatrade.gov
and click on “Contact Us” for the address of your nearest
USEAC. CS Germany and the Visit USA Committee Germany are outreaching
on your behalf, inviting European tour operators to visit all 230 U.S.
exhibitors in the SeeAmerica Pavilion, and offering to coordinate appointment
requests for them with you.
DURING ITB
Members of our U.S. Commercial Service Travel & Tourism team will
be on hand with information and contacts in their markets, and our Visit
USA Committee Germany, along with partners from many of Europe’s
Visit USA Committees, will provide information on their activities. The
U.S. Commercial Service Business Information Office in the SeeAmerica
Pavilion has information on our export promotion programs. By briefing
us on your products and services, we can better help you find business
partners in Germany. Visit the Visit USA Committee Germany in the SeeAmerica
Pavilion where we can provide you with information on promotional events
throughout Europe such as travel shows, travel agency training breakfast
seminars, and other marketing opportunities.
AFTER ITB
CS and Visit USA staff can help you follow up with contacts made, to give
greater assurance that promising leads develop into business success.
We can also assist in developing new leads and in expanding into additional
markets.
If you are interested in exhibiting, please contact:
Mr. Kimdell Lorei
Director of Sales, B-FOR International USA
Phone: (540) 373-9935
Fax: (540) 372-1414
Email: klorei@exhibitpro.com
For more information, please visit the following websites:
The SeeAmerica Pavilion Website:
http://seeamericapavilion.com
The ITB Website (English):
http://vip8prod.messe-berlin.de/vip8_1/website/MesseBerlin/htdocs/www.fair.itb-berlin.de/index_e.html
The U.S. Commercial Service’s ITB Website:
http://www.buyusa.gov/germany/en/itb.html
Commercial Service Germany Website:
http://www.buyusa.gov/germany/en
To read about how the Commercial Service can assist you with trade events,
please visit:
http://www.export.gov/tradeevents.html
The Visit USA Committee Germany Website:
http://www.vusa-germany.de
More Research: The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries invites you
to visit our website and explore our resources available on Germany:
German Outreach Page:
http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/inbound.country_in_europe.germany.html
German Market Profile for 2002:
http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/f-2002-144-001/index.html
Forecast:
http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/f-2000-99-001/index.html
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