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International Tourism Trade Fair FITUR 2010

Por Ana el January 7, 2010 | | Comments (2)
 
logo-fitur-2010.pngIn 2010, the International Tourism Fair (FITUR), one of the most important of its kind in the world, will celebrate its 30th anniversary, hoping to attract even more participants than in 2009. In the last edition, it was attended by over 136,000 professionals and around 12,300 companies, including promoters, hotels and tour agencies, from 170 countries and regions of the world. The fair, which will also be open to the public, will boast 10 pavilions and will be held from January 20 to 24 in Feria de Madrid.

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Feria de Madrid will become one big globe as it welcomes official organisations, wholesalers, tour operators, travel agencies, transport companies, catering companies etc. Together they will create one large showcase in which professionals of the tourism sector will be invited to define their strategies, alliances and lines of work. However, it is also an opportunity for the general public to discover the infinite number of destinations to which they can go and enjoy their next holiday. For the first two days the fair will be open exclusively to professionals, but at the weekend it will also welcome the general public. Concurrently with the commercial showcase there will also be array conferences, courses and presentations of products related to the tourism industry.

The figures speak for themselves, proving how successful the event is. This year, different stands will represent over 170 countries and 12,300 tourist companies that will bring their most attractive offers to Madrid. Business and leisure go hand in hand in Fitur, which also offers parallel events like Fitur Congresos, the monographic Meetings and Incentive Trips Workshop organised on January 18 and 19, which will attract 200 international buyers from some 30 countries. The 2010 edition will also present, for the first time, Fitur Green (on January 20 and 21), the fair's greenest initiative, showcasing proposals that focus on reasonable energy use in the hotel sector.

Gran Vía's Hundredth Anniversary

Fitur presents a whole range of novelties, such as the return of countries like Botswana, the celebration of the Jacobean Year along the Way of St. James and Switzerland's hiking year. And, what about Madrid? From its stand in pavilion 9, the host city will concentrate on the main event of 2010: Gran Vía's centenary, which will be celebrated on April 4. The legendary street will move to Fitur to stage a range of activities: a show of period costumes, photographic exhibitions, film cycles, concerts... An excellent atmosphere to celebrate a very special anniversary and to kick off a whole programme of leisure and culture activities that invites people from Madrid and elsewhere to enjoy the city to the full.

Programme

  • 18/01/2010, 3.30pm. UNWTO as a Knowledge-Based Organisation - Rooms 115 and 116 - V - Feria de Madrid.

  • 19/01/2010, 9.30am. 13th Iberoamerican conference of ministers of employment and employers in tourism CIMET 2010 - North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 20/01/2010, 00:00 h. Official opening FITUR 2010 - Feria de Madrid.

  • 20/01/2010, 00:00 h. AEPT meeting - Room A 10.15 - 1st floor, pavilion 0 - Feria de Madrid.

  • 20/01/2010, 10am. FEMP meeting - Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias - Room A 7.2 - 1st floor, pavilion 7 - Feria de Madrid.

  • 20/01/2010, 10.45am. FITURTECH 2010 - Pavilion 10 - Feria de Madrid.

  • 20/01/2010, 4.30pm. Meeting of the AECIT governing body - Room A 10.4// 1st floor, pavilion 10.

  • 20/01/2010, 4.30pm. 10th Euro-Mediterranean Forum "THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TOURISM" - Sala N 109 - 1st floor, North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 21/01/2010, 9am. FORUM INVESTOUR - North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 21/01/2010, 9am. UNWTO Seminar: "PERSPECTIVES AND RESPONSES FOR STIMULATING RECOVERY" - Rooms 107 and108 - 1st floor, North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  •  21/01/2010, 10am. FEMP meeting - Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias - Room A 7.2 - 1st floor, pavilion 7 - Feria de Madrid.

  • 21/01/2010, 10am. AECIT technical meetings - Room 110 // North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 21/01/2010, 11am. FITURTECH 2010 - Pavilion 10 - Feria de Madrid.

  •  21/01/2010, 11.30am. FEAAV Assembly - Room S, 13th floor -1 Main Building - South Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 21/01/2010, 12pm. AECIT general assembly - Room N 110 // North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 21/01/2010, 1pm. Tourism Steering Committee - Room 100 E- 1st floor - South Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 21/01/2010, 2.30pm. FITUR GREEN - Hotel Energy Solutions UNWTO - North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid. 

  • 21/01/2010, 5.30pm. CATA meeting - Room S 100 D - 1st floor Main Building - Feria de Madrid.

  • 22/01/2010, 10am. WORKSHOP FITUR - ANESTUR - TURIJOBS - Feria de Madrid - North Convention Centre.

  • 22/01/2010, 10am. Annual general meeting of former students of schools of hotel management and tourism - Room 112 // North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 22/01/2010, 10am. FEMP meeting - Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias - Room A 7.2 - 1st floor, Pavilion 7 - Feria de Madrid. 

  • 22/01/2010, 11am. FITURTECH 2010 - Pavilion 10 - Feria de Madrid.

  • 23/01/2010, 00:00 h. ANESTUR meeting - North Convention Centre - Feria de Madrid.

  • 23/01/2010, 11am. FITURTECH 2010 - "MI NUBE" - Pavilion 10 - Feria de Madrid. 

  • 23/01/2010, 11.30am. 30th Folklore Festival of the Peoples of the World - South auditorium /// 2nd floor, main south building.

  • 24/01/2010, 11.30am. 30th Folklore Festival of the Peoples of the World - South auditorium /// 2nd floor, main south building.

Web: www.fitur.ifema.es


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