05 Dec 2016
100 Exhibitors Already Confirmed | Event Set to Exceed 275 Journalists Record
TravMedia UK is on course to deliver a record-breaking IMM in 2017, as the leading single-day event for journalists and travel PR professionals returns on 13 March to London's QEII Centre.
Already over 100 leading tourism and travel brands have signed up to attend IMM (www.travmedia.com/immuk), a year-on-year record, leading TravMedia to predict 2016's tally of 148 exhibitors will be exceeded and that the venue's capacity will sell out.
Over 200 journalists have pre-registered for the event, meaning 2017's IMM is also set to surpass 2016's record of 275 attending journalists.
Last year over 4900 meetings were pre-booked between journalists and exhibitors through the event's Meeting Manager site. The day attracted writers from publications including BBC Good Food, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star, ELLE, Good Housekeeping, Lonely Planet Traveller, MailOnline, Marie Claire, The Guardian, The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times, Travel Weekly, TTG and Wanderlust.
Exhibitors already confirmed for this year include Atout France, Austrian National Tourist Office, Carnival Cruise Lines, Croatian National Tourist Board, Isles of Scilly, Kuoni, London & Partners, National Trust, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, Saga Travel, Trainline and Visit Scotland.
IMM is established as the industry's leading platform for travel and tourism brands to meet the media.
Exhibitors enjoy a dedicated branded table where they can brief leading travel journalists, editors and broadcasters on their news and developments. As a single-day networking and relationship-building opportunity the show is unrivalled.
Said Henry Hemming, Managing Director of TravMedia UK: “So many journalists and exhibitors say they can forge a year's worth of results in a single day at IMM, which is why the event has grown so successfully. We're looking forward to a sold-out show in March.”
IMM has become the leading event connecting media with international tourism and travel brands. TravMedia also hosts IMM events in Australia, Singapore, Germany and the USA.
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EXHIBITORS ALREADY BOOKED FOR IMM 2017: AmaWaterways, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, Asilia Africa, Aspen Chamber Resort Association, Atlantic Canada, Atout France, Austrian National Tourist Office, Brand USA, Brend Hotels, CaminoWays.com, Carnival Cruise Lines, Catalonia Tourist Board, Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, CityPASS, Club Med, Coastal Cottages of Pembrokeshire, Croatian National Tourist Board, Daytona Beach Area CVB, Destination British Columbia, Destination Canada, East Scotland, Emirates Spinnaker Tower, Europa-Park, Explore!, Federation of Hostelery and Tourism in Tarragona, Food & Drink Devon, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region, Frontier Travel, Gastein Tourism, Gran Canaria Tourist Board, Grand American Adventures, Great Plains Conservation, Great Rail Journeys, Greater Houston CVB, Hayes & Jarvis, Headwater, HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts, Inghams, Insider Journeys, Isles of Scilly, Jacada Travel, Kandima Maldives, Kuoni, Le Tarn Tourisme, London & Partners, Long Travel, Love Loch Lomond, made, Massimo Villas Collection, Michigan Tourist Office, National Trust, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, NewcastleGateshead Initiative, Nira Hotels and Resorts, One Ocean Expeditions, Ottawa Tourism, Perfect Stays, Philadelphia CVB, Quark Expeditions, Regional Agency for Tourism Promotion “In Liguria”, Rhineland Palatinate Region, Rickshaw Travel, Saga Travel, San Francisco Travel Association, Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme, Schladming-Dachstein, Serenity Holidays, Slovenian Tourist Board, Snowmass Tourism, Sonoma County Tourism, SouthWest Germany, Sovereign, Spain-Holiday.com, Switzerland Tourism, Texas Holiday Travel, Texas Tourism, The AMResorts Collection, The Lake Geneva Region Switzerland, The Real Mary King's Close, The Resort at Paws Up Montana, The Travel Corporation, Thermae Bath Spa, Tourisme Québec, Trainline, Travel Alberta, Travel Manitoba, trivago, Tualatin Valley, Uganda Tourist Board, Verbier Tourism, Visit California, Visit County Durham, Visit Denver, Visit Flanders, Visit Kent, Visit Portsmouth, Visit St Petersburg / Clearwater, Visit Tampa Bay, Visit Wales, VisitAberdeenshire, VisitDenmark, VisitEngland, VisitScotland, Voyages-sncf
EDITORS NOTES
Originally created by a travel journalist seeking a better way to research and report travel news, TravMedia is dedicated to creating thriving online communities of travel journalists and travel PR professionals.
The company currently operates in 11 countries: Australia, Germany, Dubai, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Africa, and has amassed over 50,000 journalist and PR members.
In the UK, TravMedia and Food4Media are part of the family of websites that also includes Homes4Media.com and Property4Media.com, sites that are owned and operated separately by News4Media Ltd.
TravMedia has become the engine powering major global trade show media marketplaces and press rooms, such as U.S. Travel Associations IPW in America, AIME in Australia the annual convention of the Society of American Travel Writers, and many other white-label software solutions for organisations and events worldwide.
The technology used by the sites has become an essential tool for journalists and PR professionals in their day-to-day activities, as they connect and share information in their working lives.
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For further information, please contact:
Howard Salinger, Regional Director
TravMedia UK
T: +44 (0)20 3440 8915
E: howard.salinger@travmedia.com
Lauren Michôd
Vice President, Communications & International Relations
T:+1 (212) 808-0811 ext 107
