Hospitality + Travel
Hospitality + Travel Overview
The Hospitality + Travel Group delivers integrated products and intuitive solutions to drive demand as the largest multimedia organization in the world dedicated to the travel and hospitality industries. It represents a collaborative collection of tactical services consisting of robust online solutions, events and industry-leading publications.
WITHIN THE TRAVEL DIVISION, the Hospitality + Travel Group will reach audience members through a variety of digital, print and event services. These include up-to-the-minute online sites including travelagentcentral.com, luxurytraveladvisor.com; print publications Luxury Travel Advisor and Travel Agent; cutting-edge educational sites tauniv.com and luxurytravelu.com; live networking events Luxury Travel Exchange International, Ultra Luxury Exchange, Incentive Travel Exchange, Caribbean Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange, Europe Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange, Latin America Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange, Young Leaders Conference and Hawaii Travel Exchange; along with an online luxury booking system fivestaralliance.com.
WITHIN THE HOSPITALITY DIVISION, the Hospitality + Travel Group will directly touch their audience through its breaking-news website hospitalityworldnetwork.com; industry news coverage seen in Hotel Management and HA+D magazines and valuable networking events including International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) Berlin, Asia Pacific Tourism Destination Investment Conference, North America Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference, North Asia Hotel Investment Conference, Brazil Hospitality Investment Conference, Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference, Turkey & Neighbours Hotel Investment Conference and HA+D Expo.
Media Brands
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Since launching over 81 years ago as the first publication dedicated to informing and engaging the travel agent community, Travel Agent continues to drive trends, spotlight innovators, introduce ideas and start conversations among global suppliers and over 50,000 active travel sellers with every issue. Delivering bi-weekly insider access to global travel’s most compelling highlights, Travel Agent remains an important industry mainstay helping every generation of travel agents to know more, sell more and do more.
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Luxury Travel Advisor is the travel trade’s first and only publication dedicated to educating a select group of luxury travel advisors through detailed coverage of luxury travel’s finest – hotels and resorts, destinations, exclusive features, cruise insights, event coverage and industry news. Known for informing and inspiring the purveyors of luxury travel, Luxury Travel Advisor and digital property, LuxuryTravelAdvisor.com, attract over 50,000 influential travel advisors, representing Virtuoso, American Express, Ensemble and Signature Travel Network, through unique insights backed by editorial excellence and founded on a commitment to delivering the best in luxury travel.
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Travel Agent University (TAU) is the travel industry’s premier platform for integrated online education and loyalty programs targeted to the travel agent community. In conjunction with the world’s leading suppliers and destinations, TAU boasts a dedicated following of over 100,000 travel agent registrants who account for over 410,000 certifications across 160+ sales-focused specialist programs. Last year alone, TAU loyalty programs drove over $100 million in recorded bookings.
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Luxury Travel University caters to those travel consultants who know selling luxury travel is as much an art form as deluxe travel experiences they sell. From the finest voyages on the high seas to the most luxurious properties found around the globe, Luxury Travel University educates luxury travel advisors about the latest the niche has to offer and rewards them handsomely for investing in their future.
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InternationalMeetingsReview.com partners with the industry’s leading publishers worldwide to provide a global perspective to over 250,000 meeting professionals who turn to the website for the world’s most detailed coverage of live events, destinations, breaking news, policy and planning resources. Additionally, the International Meetings Review weekly alert delivers top headlines so MICE market movers can successfully do business on a global scale.
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Launching October 2012 as the industry’s first centralized education portal specific to destinations, brands, and technology tools, Meeting University will revolutionize how meeting professionals of all stages receive the latest and most comprehensive industry education and loyalty incentives from global suppliers. Each customized and interactive Meeting University program will leave meeting planners with a thorough understanding of how to plan meetings at each featured hotel brand or destination, while deepening the relationship between buyers and sellers to foster an ongoing dialogue.
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As the most trusted source for global hospitality news for over 138 years, Hotel Management supplies credible news, analysis and operating resources that the lodging industry needs to prosper amid constant change in the global marketplace. Over 50,000 high-level hospitality decision makers rely on Hotel Management for in-depth analysis on key issues and subscribe to the Hotel Management Operations and Hotel Management Technology newsletters for breaking news and timely insights. Additionally, sister product, IHIF Hotel Investment News delivers the day’s top headlines from around the globe.
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HA+D is where the hospitality design industry’s innovation, technology, creativity and business converge. Each story and layout covers global projects and products, setting the course for business today and shaping the trends of tomorrow. HA+D’s distinctive voice inspires readers on a broad range of hospitality design disciplines and keeps them abreast of breaking news and trends through the twice-weekly HA+D Online newsletter.
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Five Star Alliance, the leading web site for luxury hotels, features the Internet's most comprehensive collection of luxury properties. The company's mission is to serve luxury hoteliers by delivering incremental sales. Five Star Alliance provides luxury hotels with exposure to a large, worldwide audience of upscale travelers, and enables hotels to leverage the online distribution channel while protecting their brand and maintaining control of their inventory. By focusing 100% on luxury properties, Five Star Alliance offers affluent travelers an unparalleled resource for discovering, researching, and booking the world's best hotels.
Events
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- June 02 - June 04
Ultra Luxury Exchange is an exclusive invitation-only appointment-based program designed to offer global ultra-luxury suppliers an unparalleled platform of networking with the world’s most elite travel advisor partners. Centered around one-to-one appointments, delegates will take part in elegant networking functions and engage during an interactive program that will deliver thought-provoking educational content addressing the global luxury marketplace. Ultra is the meeting place for the ultra-luxury travel professional where luxury travel trends will emerge from propriety research creating a road map for future business. What will result is the most recognized event for travel leaders and will be counted as the think tank for the industry. Ultra will debut June 2-4, 2013 at Turnberry Isle Miami.
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- September 10 - September 12
The second annual Luxury Travel Exchange International (LTX) brings together North America’s leading luxury travel advisors with luxury and premium travel suppliers in an exclusive and interactive event. LTX will be held September 10-12, 2013 at The Venetian® Las Vegas and builds on the success of the inaugural event, which introduced qualified luxury with over 7,000 one-to-one meetings conducted over the course of two days.
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- September 09 - September 09
The Young Leaders Conference brings together tomorrow’s travel leaders and mirrors an executive conference. The fourth annual event will take place September 9, 2012 at The Venetian® Las Vegas, and will foster an environment where travel professionals under 40 can learn, share and discuss topics pertinent to their business. YLC allows attendees to build lasting relationships with industry peers in a fun and relaxed atmosphere, featuring town hall workshops, mentor presentations, peer-to-peer networking and career development.
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The Hawaii Travel Exchange brings together pre-qualified hosted advisors who actively book leisure travel with Hawaiian suppliers representing hotels and resorts, spas, destinations, tour operators, transportation companies, airlines and more during this exclusive event. Celebrating Hawaii as a premier leisure destination, Hawaii Travel Exchange also includes a top-notch educational program, exciting networking opportunities and pre-arranged meetings to provide an intimate one-to-one experience.
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- March 03 - March 05
As the flagship event of the IHIF Summit Series, The International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin attracts the most influential faces in the industry as the global hotel investment community’s annual meeting place. Each year the event brings together over 1800 investors, operators, developers and industry players to consistently offer unrivalled educational and networking opportunities.
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Part of the IHIF Summit Series, NATHIC addresses the issues most relevant to the North American hospitality investment industry. Attendees represent senior level hospitality professionals including investors, operators, developers, management companies, lenders, hotel owners, hotel buyers, lawyers, special servicers and industry players.
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- October 21 - October 23
The Asia Pacific Tourism Destination Investment Conference is a unique strategy event that will bring together the event advisory board and supporting organizations throughout Asia Pacific with C-level executives and members of the property, tourism and financial communities. As part of the IHIF Summit Series, It will host a thought-provoking program featuring innovative insight into this market and will offer unprecedented opportunities for business growth and development.
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- May 15 - May 16
Part of the IHIF Summit Series, Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Forum will take place in one of Asia’s hottest investment markets, Bangkok. The conference will feature an agenda specifically tailored towards investors and owners.
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- May 29 - May 30
Launched in 2011, the Turkey & Neighbours Hotel Investment Conference (CATHIC) will help attendees and sponsors get the inside track on new developments and how hoteliers are driving profits in these challenging times in Central Asia, Turkey and surrounding areas. Part of the IHIF Summit Series, the event will see speakers and panelists discussing the current challenges facing the hotel industry while exploring growth opportunities in the future.
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- October 22 - October 23
As part of the IHIF Summit Series, the Russia & CIS Hotel Investment Conference (RHIC) is a unique three day event bringing together nearly 400 regional and global industry experts together from 28 countries to explore new business opportunities.
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HOTEC events are exclusive, appointment-based events that introduce buyers to suppliers in a dynamic, results-oriented business environment, offering unique networking opportunities for key industry executives. HOTEC Operations & Technology includes all elements of hotel operations, as well as all aspects of technology in a hotel environment. HOTEC Design encompasses all facets of Hospitality Design, showcasing vendors from Art & Décor to Window Treatments.
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The Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchanges Portfolio encompasses Questex MICE events, spanning the globe from the Americas, Caribbean and Europe. Leveraging the successful one-to-one formula, GMITE events are tailored to fit their destination and specific market needs.
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- June 24 - June 26
As the flagship event of the Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchanges (GMITE), Incentive Travel Exchange (ITE), in partnership with Site, remains the only North American-based event to bring fully-hosted, elite buyers and invitation-only suppliers together through an intricate hand-selection process. From the result-driven, one-to-one format to the discerning buyer screening process, Incentive Travel Exchange delivers an unrivaled experience where every interest is taken into consideration and every objective achieved.
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- September 15 - September 18
Caribbean Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (CMITE), held in partnership with Site, is the most established appointment-based event for the Caribbean MICE market. Leveraging the successful one-to-one appointment formula founded with sister event, Incentive Travel Exchange, CMITE brings together hand-selected buyers and invitation-only suppliers for strategic one-to-one meetings, results-driven networking opportunities and dynamic team-building exercises – all focused on fostering long-term relationships with major Caribbean MICE players.
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Created exclusively for European buyers booking business globally, Europe Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (EMITE) will bring together pre-qualified hosted buyers with suppliers from around the world. In partnership with Site, EMITE represents the first Global Meeting & incentive Travel Exchanges edition to focus solely on the European meeting and incentive buyer market. Leveraging the successful one-to-one appointment formula founded with sister event, Incentive Travel Exchange, EMITE brings together hand-selected buyers and invitation-only suppliers for strategic one-to-one meetings, results-driven networking opportunities and dynamic team-building exercises.




























