For Release:            September 12, 2007                       

 

Contact:                 Irma Coleman, President & CEO, William H. Coleman, Inc.

Telephone:     904-398-6777, EXT 8030

E Mail:            irmacoleman@whcoleman.com

 

Zully Salazar Fuentes, Director of Marketing and Promotion
Corporación Turismo Cartagena De Indias

Tel: (57-5) 655-0640/6550277        Fax: (57-5) 655-0709

Email: mercadeo@turismocartagenadeindias.com 

 

Record-Setting Buyer Attendance

At TravelMart LatinAmerica 07 in Quito, Ecuador.

 

(Jacksonville, Florida, USA & Quito, Ecuador)  Over 300 Tour Operator Buyers from world-wide markets are registered to meet 260 Travel Industry Supplier Organizations from Latin America at the 31^st Annual TravelMart LatinAmerica ’07 in Quito, Ecuador, September 12, 13, 14, 2007 at the Centro de Convenciones Quito. 

 

This prestigious tourism business development Event, inaugurated in 1978 in Lima, Peru, features an exclusive Select-Match “pre-scheduled appointments system” that arranges meetings between “Buyers and Suppliers” in advance. 6,134 25 minute appointments have been pre-scheduled for this year’s event in Cartagena.  This format provides an organized and professional environment that helps TravelMart LatinAmerica delegates manage their time, and maximize their results.

 

All the TravelMart LatinAmerica 2007 business sessions are being held at the Centro de Convenciones Quito. Delegates are staying in Cartagena at participating 4 and 5 star hotels including Hotel Almirante, Hotel Capilla del Mar, Hotel Caribe, Hotel Cartagena Plaza, Hotel Cartagena Suites, Hotel Charleston, Hotel Dann Cartagena, Hotel Hilton, Hotel Las Americas, Hotel Monterrey, and Hotel Sofitel Santa Clara.

 

Special Pre and Post Tours are available to provide delegates an opportunity to personally experience why Cartagena, and all of Colombia, are becoming one of the most important vacation options in Latin America.  

 

The Colombia Ministry of Tourism, Proexport Colombia, and Corporacion Turismo Cartagena De Indias will be the Official Host, and will coordinate local support services.  TravelMart LatinAmerica Sponsors include: Cotelco (Colombia Hotel Association), Quito’s Visitors Bureau & Ecuador Tourism Promotion Fund, Oro Verde Hotels,  Hotel Quito,  Argentina Activa,  ARASHA Ecuador's Tropical Forest Resort & Spa,  Avis Budget Group and Continental Airlines, and Turismo Chile (Chile Tourism).

 

American Airlines, the Official TravelMart LatinAmerica Airline, and Avianca Airlines, the Host Country Airline, are offering special promotional fares for Buyers and Suppliers.  Almost all airlines serving Colombia and Cartagena from worldwide markets are also participating by offering special TravelMart LatinAmerica airfares.

 

Mrs. Irma Coleman, President & CEO of William H. Coleman, Inc., the TravelMart LatinAmerica Management Company, said: “We are very pleased that Tour Operator Buyer registration for this year’s Event in Catagena now exceeds pre-9/11 levels.  We think this high Buyer registration reflects the increasing awareness and interest in Cartagena, and other Colombia Tourism Destinations.  We are delighted to be here, and to be providing the global tourism industry an opportunity to see this very special destination.”  Mrs. Coleman also confirmed that Supplier Registration once again “sold out.”

 

TravelMart LatinAmerica is produced and managed by William H. Coleman, Inc., an international events management firm headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA with offices in Toronto, Canada, and London, England.  The web site is: www.travelmartlatinamerica.com