Fair programme

Programme

ITM Warsaw - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MARKET
Special event:
ITM BUSINESS TOURISM

Warsaw, 27-29 January 2012
EXPO XXI Centre, Prądzyńskiego Street 12/14

Friday, 27th January 2012

11.00 – 12.00 Room C1 First floor (Polish-English simultaneous translation)
Opening ceremony of the ITM Warsaw and ITM Business Tourism
Guest of the 2012 Opening: Indonesia
Partner country of the Fair: Turkey
Special guest: Jacek Pałkiewicz - journalist, explorer and discoverer, member of the British Royal Geographical Society, the head of numerous expeditions through all continents, including the discovery of sources of the Amazon

12.00 – 13.00 Room C1 (Polish-English simultaneous translation)
Press conference – Tourism Authorities of the Republic of Turkey

12.00 – 13.45 Room B
Inbound Tourism Forum - open meeting of the Presidium

13.00 – 14.45 Room C1 (Polish-English simultaneous translation)
'Are We Using All of Poland's Assets to Promote the Development of Tourism?' - debate regarding Polish tourism and international cooperation. Summary of the year 2011 will be presented by dr Krzysztof Łopaciński (Institute for Tourism). The participants: Zbigniew Gajewski – President of the European Forum for New Ideas EFNI organized by PKPP Lewiatan; Andrzej Kozłowski – marketing director of the Nałęczów resort; Andrzej Hulewicz – president of the Mazurkas Travel; dr Janusz Majewski – Poznan University of Life Sciences. Conducted by: Adam Mikołajczyk and Jarosław Górski - BEST PLACE European Institute for Place Management.

15.00 – 16.00 Room C1 (Polish-English simultaneous translation)
‘Will the Poles spend their holidays on the balcony? Current trends in the travel market’ - presentation of Krzyszof Piątek, president of the Polish Tour Operators Association. The sum-up of 2011 in outbound tourism of the Poles and discussion about the trends for 2012 based on already made bookings. Will economic crisis affect the Polish outbound tourism in 2012? What will be the most popular holiday destinations? Will the political situation dethrone North Africa and if so, where this year the Poles will choose to go?

14.00 – 15.00 Room C2
'Poland – the Prime Destination for Tourists and Business Visitors' – seminar upon invitation, meetings with the Hosted Buyers

15.00 – 17.00 Room C2
'Using the Speaker's Personality to Ensure Success of Conferences and Events' – debate of the Polish Conference and Congress Association. Among our guests – Jacek Pałkiewicz, traveller. Conducted by: Piotr Wilczek – President of SKKP.

Presentation of TOP TEN ranking in the conference facilities and services ranking.

'Business Travel with a Bit of Culture' – how to enrich your foreign business partners' trip to Poland? - Andrzej and Krzysztof Korczak, KRAB Music House & Special Events Agency.

12.00 – 16.30 Room A
Workshop for registered participants: 'Holidays for Each Budget – Installment as an Effective Sales Tool', conducted by: LUKAS Finance. Prior registration required.

15.00 – 16.15 Room B
‘Is Groupon for everyone? Ways of using the group purchasing platform for offer promotion’ Conducted by: Aneta Sękalska-Bartold, Sales Director Key Accounts

16.15 – 17.30 Room B
‘Technological innovation in the promotion of tourism, culture and regions’. Presentation: Michał Stefański, director/owner MobileMS

16.15 – 17.30 Room C1 (Polish-English simultaneous translation)
'365 Days of Armenia' – Conducted by Sac Voyage Travel, Armenian incoming tour-operator. For agencies and tour-operators interested in finding and offering new destinations.

Exhibitors' Soiree. Sponsor of the soiree: TURKEY – PARTNER COUNTRY OF ITM WARSAW (upon invitations).

Day 2, Saturday, 28th January 2012

9.30 – 17.20 Room C1
Workshops by EventMapa.pl and Stowarzyszenie Branży Eventowej (SBE)

10.30 – 11.30 Room C2
Experience of the Mount Everest, Nepal. Host by Mr. Gokul Thapa (the General Secretary of High Altitude Mountain Workers Welfare Association ) and Three Jewels Adventure Ltd. The Presentation will consist of information about Nepal attractions, trekking, mountaineering and Mount Everest expeditions

13.30 – 14.25 Room C2
Presentation of the offer of the Anders Hotel Group and Traveland Travel Agency. Conducted by Wiesław Paluch

14.30 – 16.00 Room C2
'The most interesting places in Ethiopia and Cuba’ – slide show. Conducted by Travelmaniacy.pl

10.30 – 12.30 Room A
Program conference of the Polish Association of Travel Agents. Conducted by: OSAT

12.30 – 14.30 Room A
Presentation of the system for researching travel agents in the region. Conducted by: OSAT

14.40 – 15.25 Room A
'Berlin as a MICE Destination – the Phenomenon of Business Tourism in Berlin'. Conducted by: Travelick

10.30 – 12.00 Room B
'Seven Cardinal Sins of Tourism Promotion' – advice regarding the promotion of tourism business (creation of texts, composition of commercials). Conducted by: Slawomir Wroblewski, the editor of the Catalogue of Conference Venues and Services MeetingsPoland.pl

11.15 – 12.00 Room B
'Small Mistake – Big Loss' – the quality of translation creates our image. Why is excellence the only choice? No tolerance for bad quality! Conducted by: Hanna Szulczewska – Puenta: certified translator, English and Italian language trainer and Salvatore De Bello – DB Italia – Italian language trainer and translator living in Poland.

12.15 – 13:45 Room B
Presentation for the public 'Five Conditions of Accurate SPA Choice' – What is the competitive advantage of SPA & Wellness hotels? Is it worth to visit them as an individual consumer or to organize an event? Where to go and where not to go? What types of objects exist in Poland and in the world? Is it worth to choose certified hotels? Conducted by: Paweł Polka, the owner of the portal spahotele.pl, chief editor of SPA-Info, a member of the board of the European SPA Foundation

14.00 – 15.30 Room B
'Internet Marketing for the Tourism Industry (use of social media, website positioning)' – conducted by: Iwona Jakubowska and Marta Mucha, Blue Vision

15.30 – 16.45 Room B
'Effective Forms of Communication - E-mail Marketing in the Tourism Industry' – conducted by Filip Kłodawski, Fresh Mail.

Other events:

Arranged meetings with Hosted Buyers – contact the Organizational Office for more details
Internet meeting arrangement system at the stands – registration through www.itm-warsaw.pl required
Meeting with Jacek Pałkiewicz. The famous adventurer will sign his books at the stand A33, on Friday 27th Jan., 12.30 -14.00
What we have not tried yet! The history of Polish tourist promotion Piotr Dabrowski, collector, will guide around the exhibition of posters from the years 1908-1975. Place: Poster Exhibition, Friday 27.01 at 15.00, Saturday 28.01 at 12.00
Presentation of certificates to the laureates of the VI SPA Prestige Awards
Business Center - open 3 days
Lottery-drawing for the visitors funded by the exhibitors and partners
Relaxation zone – massage and presentation of cosmetics by Synesis – Noble Cosmetics
Photo exhibition – pictures made by the laureates of the contest organized under the auspices of the fair media patron – the portal Travelmaniacy.pl
Exhibition of unique travel posters from the Art of Poster collection
Playground for children
Events at the stands – lottery-drawing, special offers, music shows, snacks

Program coordinator:
Sławomir Wróblewski, Meetings Poland sp. z o.o., s.wroblewski@fairex.pl, Phone +48 601 29 88 36

Fair Organizational Office:
Fairex sp. z o.o. Telephone: +48 22 848 00 91, Fax +48 22 646 50 72, E-mail: itm@fairex.pl

Seminar program

The organizer reserves the right to introduce changes in the program. Version of 25th Jan. 2012