In the tough times that we’re facing, it’s so important to maintain your international sales and marketing initiatives - and with this in mind, Houston Travel Marketing offers some very cost-effective marketing opportunities for networking with tour operators and other important tourism professionals in Holland and the UK immediately after this year’s ITB.

Spotlight Holland Workshops - Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 March in Utrecht and Rotterdam.

This is the fourth year in which Houston Travel Marketing Services has linked up with Holland-based Tourism Africa (Niel Venter and Anneli Bronkhorst) to organise our Spotlight on Holland workshops in Utrecht and Rotterdam. We’ve chosen Utrecht as it offers convenient rail connections for members of the trade based in Central Amsterdam, Eastern and Northern Holland. Rotterdam (the main commercial centre of The Netherlands) is also convenient for operators in the Southern part of Holland and in The Hague.

Total cost: Euro1800.00 for both workshops.

London & South-East England Workshops - Thursday 19 and Friday 20 March 2009

Our Friday morning networking workshop in Central London (Royal Garden Hotel Kensington) will feature pre-scheduled appointments with 40 to 50 major tour operators and travel agencies.

We have teamed up with AMG Events - which handles a number of blue-chip tourism clients and has established Network Namibia as one of the major dates on the UK tourism calendar.

The key advantage of this format is that AMG Events will personally target and talk to the top tour operators and travel agencies to actively encourage them to attend and make appointments with exhibitors.

Our Thursday evening workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn in Brighton and will target tour operators and travel agents in South East England (Sussex and Kent) - an important source market for Africa travel. This will be a traditional, free-flow workshop.

Total cost - GBP1100 for both workshops

Visit www.houstonmarketing.co.za  for full details on all Spotlight Workshops scheduled for 2009.

Arabian Travel Market Dubai (5 - 8 May)

Only three booths left! The South Africa stand is being organised by our Consulate in Dubai - join 30 blue-chip South African companies to gain high end business from the Middle East and the Gulf.

Bookings: Derek Houston, Houston Travel Marketing Services
Telephone: 0027 12 665 0896 / 665 1191 / 665 2323
Fax : +27 12 665 1677
Mobile 082 464 0901
derek@houstonmarketing.co.za