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25 May 2010

WTM launches Meridian Club Think Tanks for Senior Buyers

World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry, is launching a year-round executive Think Tank programme for senior buyers in its Meridian Club.

The programme is designed to give Meridian Club buyers the opportunity for year-round networking and thought-provoking discussion amongst their peers.

The first meeting will discuss the fast-evolving sector of sport tourism and takes place on June 3 at TV’s Masterchef judge John Torode’s The Luxe restaurant in east London.

It will be followed by a meeting on the hotels industry at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium on September 2, with further events to take place after WTM 2010 in November.

Meridian Club Marketing Manager Mark Jakobsen said: “Meridian Club buyers need to be kept abreast of the latest product and trends to help inform their purchasing decisions.

“The Think Tank programme allows Meridian Club members to network and debate throughout the year about the key issues in the industry.

“The Think Tank programme has been met with a lot of enthusiasm from Meridian Club members so is poised to become a real added benefit to the travel and tourism industry’s calendar.”

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About World Travel Market

World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry, is the must-attend four-day business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry.

Almost 46,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international press, embark on ExCeL - London every November to network, negotiate and discover the latest industry opinion and trends at WTM.

WTM, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009, is the event where the travel industry conducts and concludes its deals.

WTM 2009 will generate £1,139 million of travel industry contracts, revealed independent research by Fusion Communications.

WTM is owned by the world’s leading events organiser Reed Exhibitions (RE), which organises a portfolio of other travel industry events including Arabian Travel Market and International Luxury Travel Market.

RE holds more than 500 events in 38 countries throughout Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific covering 47 industry sectors including aerospace & aviation, healthcare, manufacturing and sport & recreation.

In 2008 RE, part of the Reed Elsevier group, brought together more than six million industry professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business.

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