TravMedia's IMM Spring event in London this week attracted a record-breaking 210 leading travel journalists from across print, broadcast and online media.

Statistics released following the event reveal journalists and exhibitors collectively scheduled over 2850 meeting appointments ahead of the day-long event, using TravMedia's IMM Appointment Manager site.

Media titles attending IMM, held on 2 March at London's QEII Conference Centre, included The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily and Sunday Express, ITV's 'Lorraine', Channel 4 News, Wanderlust, Food and Travel, Bella, Fabulous, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Travel Weekly, ABTA Magazine and C&IT.

Some 94 exhibitors participated in the show, collectively represented by over 125 PR professionals. Brands included Visit Scotland, Italian National Tourist Board, Visit Kent, Visit California, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Expedia, trivago, Virgin Limited Edition, Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Lines (full list below).

The event was making its first appearance at Westminster's QEII, central London's largest exhibition space, following three previous sell-out events in 2013 and 2014 at prestigious London hotels.

TravMedia's next event is IMM Autumn, taking place at the QEII on 30 October 2015 (www.travmedia.com/immuk). Once again, the day-long event will showcase travel and tourism brands to leading journalists.

Said Henry Hemming, TravMedia UK's Managing Director: “What a day! Huge thanks to every journalist and exhibitor who joined us at IMM's new home. For virtually every 15-minute time slot throughout the entire day over 90% of tables had a visitor, so the event surpassed our wildest dreams.”

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FULL LIST OF EXHIBITORS ATTENDING IMM: Accor Asia Pacific; AmaWaterways; Atlantic Canada; Austrian National Tourist Office; Belgian Tourist Office – Brussels & Wallonia; Brand USA; Cairngorms National Park; CaminoWays.com; Canadian Tourism Commission; Carnival Cruise Lines; Cayman Islands Department of Tourism; COMTUR - Special Agency Of The Naples Chamber of Commerce; Continuum Attractions; Cox & Kings; Crystal Ski Holidays; Cultural Heart of Germany; Cyprus Tourism Organisation; Destination British Columbia; D-Hotels & Resorts; Discover the World; Dreamland; Düsseldorf Tourist Board; Expedia; Experience Nottinghamshire; Explore; Fort Worth CVB; Glasgow City Marketing Bureau; Grapevine CVB; Great Rail Journeys; Hands Up Holidays; Hayes and Jarvis; Headwater; Historic Scotland; Holland America Line; Hong Kong Tourism Board; Honour Way Collection; Hotel ICON; Houston CVB; Inghams; Ireland's Blue Book; Israel Government Tourist Office; Italian Art Cities of the Po Valley Association; Italian National Tourist Board; Kuoni Travel; Love Loch Lomond; The Lyall Hotel & Spa; Macau Government Tourist Office; Macs Adventure; Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate; Mustang Monument Nevada; NUO Hotel Beijing; Oxfordshire Cotswolds; Isle of Eriska Hotel & Spa; Philadelphia CVB; Pugliapromozione; Quality Villas, Cottages, Unearthed; Quebec Tourism At Destination Quebec; Quebec City Tourism; The Royal Yacht Britannia; Safestay Hostels; Sandals and Beaches Resorts; Sawday's; Shakespeare's England; SIMON Shopping Destinations; Soar Mill Cove Hotel; Spirit Slovenia; State Tourist Board Baden-Wurttemberg; Texas Tourism; The Alnwick Garden; The AMResorts Collection; The Landmark Trust; The National Forest Company; The Outdoor Capital of the UK; The Travel Corporation; Thermae Bath Spa; Tirol Tourist Board; Tourism Ireland; Tourism Ljubljana; Tourism Promotion “In Liguria”; Travel Alberta; The Treasure Houses of England; trivago; Turismo Friuli Venezia Giulia; U.S. Travel Association; Virgin Limited Edition; Visit California; Visit County Durham; Visit Flanders; Visit Kent; Visit Scotland; Visit West Hollywood; Voyages-sncf.com; YHA Australia; Zagreb Tourist Board.

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 which connect journalists and public relations professionals according to their industries of focus. The company currently operates in ten regions: Australia, Germany, Dubai, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Africa, and accounts for over 40,000 journalist and PR members.

In the UK, TravMedia and Food4Media are part of the family of websites that includes Beauty4Media.com, Books4Media, Business4Media.com, Entertainment4Media.com, Fashion4Media.com, Health4Media.com, Homes4Media.com, Kids4Media.com, Money4Media.com, Motoring4Media.com, Property4Media.com, Sport4Media.com, Technology4Media.com and Weddings4Media.com that are run and operated separately by News4Media Ltd.

TravMedia has become the engine powering major global trade show media marketplaces and press rooms, such as International Pow Wow, Australian Tourism Exchange, AIME, the annual convention of the Society of American Travel Writers and many other white-label solutions for organisations around the world.

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 day to day working lives.

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For further information, please contact:

Howard Salinger

TravMedia UK

T: +44 (0)20 3440 8915

E: howard.salinger@travmedia.com