About ITM Warsaw

On January 27-29, 2012, another edition of ITM Warsaw International Tourism Fair will take place in the center of Warsaw at the Warsaw International Expocentre Expo XXI.

2011

The first edition of the Fair took place in 2011 at the same location. More than 100 exhibitors representing 23 countries took part in it. Almost 5000 individual visitors and 250 trade guests visited the Fair.

Exhibitors included domestic and regional travel agencies, tour operators, tourist organizations, airlines, hotels, private companies and many other organizations.

Both, exhibitors and visitors, praised professional organization of the fair: high quality of services, attractive design of stands, well prepared promotional campaign, easy access to the venue, broad and diversified offer of exhibitors, additional attractions and other merits of the event.

2012

The 2012 edition of ITM Warsaw International Tourism Fair has just ended. It took place at the Warsaw International Expocentre Expo XXI on January 27-29 2012.

ITM Warsaw 2012 was a great success – the fair expanded, the number of exhibitors increased by over 60% and guests by over 32%. It was also enlarged by a special allocated part dedicated to business tourism and a number of debates, seminars and other accompanying workshops.

The fair was visited by over 2100 business guests and over 4300 individual consumers – over 6400 visitors altogether. The number of visitors rose by 32% comparing to the previous edition, whereas the increase of the number of business visitors was exceptionally striking: by 854%. It obviously strengthens the business profile of the event.

The number of exhibitors increased by 60%. There were more than 160 exhibitors from over 24 countries, such as Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Algeria, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, India, Nepal, Armenia, Greece, Italy, Andorra, Scandinavian countries (including Norway), Germany, Ukraine, Lithuania, Macedonia (FYROM), Australia, Canada and Poland.

The stands were set up by countries, regions, cities, travel agents, tour operators and incentive agencies, hotels, conference centers, airlines, and many others. They presented their offers for individual and business clients.

There were 26 exhibitors in the ITM Business Tourism part. We also had a pleasure to receive a group of hosted buyers from Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada and Poland. They took the opportunity to attend many fruitful meetings with the ITM Warsaw exhibitors.

Not only did the exhibitors praise the perfectly chosen date of our event, but they also appreciated a very well designed exhibition venue, central localization of the fair, a highly satisfying number of visitors and a lot of additional attractions.

However, what they seemed to appreciate the most was the business aspect of the fair: a great number of business guests, including hosted buyers invited by the organizers, online meetings arrangements system and very comfortable conditions for business meetings.

ITM Warsaw brought over 30 additional events, including the summary of the year 2011 in tourism industry and forecasts of trends in tourism for 2012, presentations of destinations, debates, seminars and workshops, trade award prize-giving ceremonies and matchmaking evenings.

Turkey was the partner country of ITM Warsaw 2012. It was also organized under the honour patronage of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, the Marshal of the Mazovian Voivodship and the President of the City of Warsaw.

2013

The organizers expect the ITM Warsaw Fair to become the most important tourism fair in Poland, as it takes place at a perfect time and at an excellent, central location in Warsaw, offers extensive range of themes, it is promoted in a professional way and has individual approach to its partners. The ITM Warsaw Fair is to become the site of annual travel industry meeting, the market of ideas.

For the Fair organizer, a company named Fairex Ltd., the priority is to guarantee 100% satisfaction to the exhibitors and visitors to the ITM Warsaw International Tourism Fair. We would appreciate any comments that would contribute to sustaining the high quality of our services.