AMAZING GATEWAY TO GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION (TTM+2007) June 7 - 10, 2007Since 2001 Tourism Authority of Thailand and Thai Tourism Industry play host to Thailand Travel Mart, Thailand biggest annual travel mart which has continue to gain a recognition as an important distribution channel to present quality tourism products as well as a platform for travel trade to meet and exchange ideas on tourism trends of Thailand and beyond. This year’s TTM 2007, targeted quality invited buyers from key and emerging markets and sellers from Thailand and the Mekong Region countries. In addition, TTM2007 will be held in conjunction with Thailand Tourism Festival for Thai consumer which will help to boost the publicity of the event.
Three of Thailand’s primary travel and tourism showcase events are to be merged into one large function targetted at both the trade and consumer during 7-10 June 2007 at Challenger Hall, Impact Muang Thong Thani Exhibition Center.
The event will bring together the Thailand Travel Mart (TTM) 2007 Plus Amazing Gateway to Greater Mekong Subregion and Thailand Tourism Festival 2007 (TTF 2007), making it the biggest such event to be ever held in the country.
About 315 sellers from Thailand and GMS countries are expected to participate in the Thailand Travel Mart (TTM) 2007 Plus Amazing Gateway. These include 224 hotels, 5 airline, 8 ecotourism and adventure operators, 18 medical & health tourism facilities, NTOs and other services, 29 tour operators and 31 companies from the Greater Mekong Subregion.
The broad range of sellers will mean that the 350 invited buyers will have an opportunity to get information about products and services about Thailand as well as all its neighbouring countries.
Hosted buyers are carefully selected by the TAT with cooperation from its overseas offices and private sector. The registration fee is US$200, EUR155 or Bt7,400 for each hosted buyer with complimentary air fares, accommodation and transportation to and from the venue provided.
Other local and overseas operators are also allowed to participate at their own expense. The registration fee is USD70 or EUR55 or Thai Baht 2,590 for each non-hosted buyer.
About 50 corporate buyers from Thailand will be invited to attend on the afternoon of the final trade day to give additional exposure to the sellers. This will be followed by two days of consumer participation on June 9-10.
The event is especially important for the small and medium sized enterprises which do not have the large marketing budgets to afford participation in the major international trade shows.
Meetings between buyers and sellers are arranged by a matching appointment system with 70% of scheduled appointments being pre-arranged before the mart opens, leaving the rest to be done on-site. Each appointment will last 15 minutes.
The official programme will begin on June 6, 2007 with a welcome reception in the evening at Siam Paragon, a newly-opened world class shopping and entertainment centre. The business functions will be held on June 7-8 at the Challenger 3, Impact Muang Thong Thani Exhibition Center, the world’s largest column-free exhibition hall, Asia’s largest indoor exhibition center and Thailand’s largest ballroom.
Media are those invited by TAT's overseas offices to cover the travel mart as well as participate in the fam trips. Several complimentary post-mart tours are being organised by the TAT to take buyers and the media to surrounding areas such as:
> Trendy Bangkok
Route: Boutique and Hip Hotels in Bangkok
> A Legend of Historical River
> A Legend of Historical River
Route: Bangkok - Chachoengsao - Nakhon Nayok
> Journey Back to History - Classic Amphawa
> Journey Back to History - Classic Amphawa
Route: Bangkok - Samut Sakhon - Samut Songkhram – Ratchaburi
> Colors of the East - Country of Tropical Fruits and Peaceful Beaches
> Colors of the East - Country of Tropical Fruits and Peaceful Beaches
Route: Bangkok - Rayong – Chanthaburi
> Classical Central - Chic Vacation by the Romantic Coastline
> Classical Central - Chic Vacation by the Romantic Coastline
Route: Bangkok - Samut Songkhram - Phetchaburi-Prachuap Khiri Khan
> Pattaya - City of Variety
> Pattaya - City of Variety
Route: Bangkok - Pattaya (Chonburi Province)
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VENUE: Challenger 3, Impact Exhibition and Convention Center.
Schedule : June 7-10 ,2007
Trade Days & Consumer Days
June 7-8 (Thursday and Friday), are Thailand Travel Mart (TTM) or “Trade Days” – the show will be opened to Trade Buyers only.
From evening of June 8 onward to June 9-10 (Friday – Sunday), are “Consumer Days” – the show will be opened to the publics. More than thousands of Thai consumers and expatriates expected to visit TTF to shop and book for their holiday and travel.
Sellers are invited to participate for both Thailand Travel Mart and Thailand Tourism Faire as this will be a good opportunity of conjoined events to meet with both travel business partners for negotiation and trade deals as well as consumers to promote and expand direct sell channel.
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Welcome to the Thailand Travel Mart and Experience the Amazing Gateway to the Greater Mekong Subregion!
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