TravTalk India Online Magazine
Emphasising on new ideas and opportunities this year, Simon Press, Senior Executive Director, Reed Travel Exhibitions for WTM London talks about brokering healthy relationship between buyers and sellers.
TT Bureau
Shaping the future of the travel industry, World Travel Market (WTM), London offers the most effective business to business networking opportunities for the international community of travel professionals every year. In a conversation with TRAVTALK, Simon Press, Senior Executive Director, Reed Travel Exhibitions for WTM London talks about his plans and expectations from this year’s edition scheduled to take place from November 5-7 at ExCeL London.
Sharing more information about the exhibition this year, Press says that this year’s edition ushers in freshness with new ideas and opportunities. “Our main stance this year is all about new ideas and it’s really assuring that we push those new opportunities of awareness of what is new within the industry. We want to use various platforms around WTM London to emphasise and help people find what is new.”
WTM London 2018 will be about new learnings. It could be new destinations, new flights opening up, new price points, new products, new hotels or new excursions
“It’s also about new learnings as well. It could be new destinations, new flights opening up, new price points, new products, new hotels or new excursions. Certainly, it is something we are looking forward to at WTM London this year,” he added.
Speaking about giving new opportunities to people at the regional level, Press explains, “Events like WTM London play a key role in brokering relationship on a regional basis. The process brings buyers and sellers together and also educates the industry. It also helps tour operators and agents at the local level in understanding new opportunities around the world with an idea in terms of what new they can sell to the customer.”
Talking about the Indian outbound market, Press says that Reed Travel Exhibitions keeps looking for new opportunities in India. “We are certainly open to opportunities, but it has to be the right one with right fit to our brand, where we can add value to individuals and also to the brand we interact with.”
WTM London is a unique podium for the global travel trade to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business under one roof. The event offers an opportunity to discover and get inspired by industry leaders discussing trends, issues and innovations in the travel industry. The global travel event generates more than £3.1 billion of business contracts between attendees.
Over three days, the travel industry comes together as almost 5,000 exhibiting destinations, technology and private sector companies to find and network with 51,000 travel professionals, key industry buyers, journalists, digital influencers, students and tourism ministers.
