Tuesday 10 June ANTOR welcomed 21 tourist boards including Lithuania and over 80 members of the travel trade for their inaugural “ANTOR Meets the Travel Trade” networking event in aid of building strong relationships between tourist boards and the personnel who sell the destination.

Throughout the evening members of the travel trade had the opportunity to network with ANTOR members. The event provided a chance for the Lithuanian Tourism Office in the UK to speak with over 80 members travel trade to network and discuss new products, niche markets and new program ideas such as medical tourism, Lithuania's Amber route, wildlife, winter activities and homesteads. The evening ended with a business card prize draw with many prizes being offered including Lithuania's coveted goodie bag including a leather travel wallet and amber USB stick - Saranna Murphy and Jack Leaf from Travel Counsellors were the lucky winners. For images from the event please visit http://www.antor.com/galleries/meets-the-travel-trade-2014

Cindy Landlust, Travel Trade Manager for Lithuania Tourism Office in the UK commented “The event was a great idea as it enabled us to speak to so many travel agents and tour operators under one roof within a few hours and build relationships where necessary rather than aimlessly sending emails and we could answer direct questions. I look forward to the next event!”

Thomas Rast, Product Manager at Voyages Jules Verne said, “It was a good evening yesterday and some good contacts have been made”.

For more information on Lithuania visit: www.Lithuania.travel

-ENDS-

For more information please contact:
Lithuanian Tourism Office in the UK
Felicity Beckett
Tel: + 44 (0) 208 877 4504
Email: lithuania@representationplus.co.uk
Visit: www.Lithuania.travel

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Notes to Editors:

• Visit: www.Lithuania.travel
• Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) and Wizz Air (www.wizzair.com) both fly from London Luton to Vilnius International Airport. Ryanair also fly to Vilnius from London Stansted. Air Baltic via Riga from Gatwick.  For more information, visit www.vilnius-airport.lt/en. 
• Year round events include Mardi Gras in February, Vilnius International Film Festival in March, the International Jazz Festival in April, the International Contemporary Dance Festival “New Baltic Dance” and Street Music Day in May, the Medieval Festival in Trakai Peninsular Castle in June, the Cultural Night ‚Let it be the Night' in July and the Vilnius Marathon in September and the “Christopher Christmas” music concerts in December, with many other notable events throughout the year.
• Lithuania is the southernmost country of the three Baltic States and has a 90km coastline along the Baltic Sea. Summers are generally warm with temperatures up to 30°C. Winters are cold with easterly winds bringing temperatures down to as low as -12°C. Spring and autumn are mild and there is normally snow cover for two months of the year.