Bangkok--Apr 19--eTurbo news
IMEX (The Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events), now joins ITB Berlin as a Trade Fair partner of the International Council of Tourism Partners.
The two organisations will be working together over the coming year to develop initiatives by working to the UN Millennium Development Goals and the World Tourism Organization Code of Ethics:
Public/private partnerships for development & poverty reduction
Fair tourism trade
Enhanced security and travel facilitation
Sustainable tourism — ecological, social, economic
Improved travel education
Tourism as an instrument of peace & reconciliation
Disaster relief initiatives
Geoffrey Lipman, President, ICTP said “Although IMEX is still young, it is already successful and continuously expanding. IMEX also shows it has the same outlook as ICTP through its programmes such as the New Vision projects. The meetings and incentive travel sector plays an important role within the travel and tourism industry and it is vital for ICTP to have IMEX‘s commitment and formal agreement to support our joint venture.
IMEX Chairman, Ray Bloom added, “The ICTP is an excellent framework for engaging the meetings and incentive travel industry in the ‘make poverty history’ campaign. We are delighted to be partnering with the ICTP to increase awareness of these projects and through such initiatives as our Corporate Responsibility Centre and Programmes of Purpose Award, we aim to show ways in which meeting suppliers and planners can have significant and positive impacts on the community in which they operate.”
ICTP chairman Thomas Steinmetz and president Geoffrey Lipman will be participating for the first time at IMEX and can be found in Hall 8, stand no. G112.
For further information about the joint venture contact:
Carina Bloom
IMEX
[email protected]
Karen Hay
ICTP
Karen Hay
[email protected]
During IMEX, call Thomas Steinmetz +49-178-6381100
Notes to Editors:
IMEX - is the benchmark worldwide exhibition of the meetings and incentive travel industry. The 2004 show united more than 12,000 industry professionals including 2,500 exhibitors from over 130 countries. IMEX is the only global exhibition to combine a major international gathering of hosted buyers with direct access to the massive German market.
ICTP - The International Council of Tourism Partners is a force for socially responsible travel. With members across the globe, the ICTP supports the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the World Tourism Organization’s Code of Ethics and a range of programs that underpin them.
For more information and membership information go to www.tourismpartners.org
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