01 Mar 2017
Press Release
28 February 2017
Top US Visitor Attraction To Celebrate 25th Anniversary at the Leading Event for Travel Journalists
Mall of America, the largest shopping and entertainment complex in North America, is today announced as sponsor of IMM's post-event Drinks Reception.
The Mall, a long-term international partner of IMM organiser TravMedia, will host delegates as TravMedia's flagship industry event (13 March 2017, London's QEII Centre), draws to a fanfare finale, following a day of meetings for an anticipated 400 media and PR delegates.
The major visitor attraction (www.mallofamerica.com) celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2017. The Mall annually draws over 40 million visitors from around the world, with over one billion people having visited MOA since it opened on Aug. 11, 1992.
Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, next to MSP International Airport, the Mall features 520 stores (with no sales tax on clothing or shoes), leading family attractions, restaurants, 400 annual events, and on-site hotels.
Said Doug Killian, Mall of America's senior director international tourism: “TravMedia has been a valuable partner for the Mall as it communicates how it attracts more than 40 million visitors annually from throughout the world. We're delighted to be a sponsor at IMM.”
Killian is responsible for the Mall's international marketing and public relations activities and will attend IMM. He joined Mall of America in 2001 after having served Northwest Airlines in corporate communications, including four years based in Tokyo, Japan.
Henry Hemming, Managing Director of TravMedia UK responded: “Mall of America's 25th anniversary is big US tourism news, and we're thrilled they'll be celebrating this milestone at IMM.”
IMM, the leading show connecting travel journalists with the travel and tourism industry (www.travmedia.com/immuk), is on course for another record-breaking event.
Brand USA was recently announced once again as IMM's headline sponsor and will address delegates at the lunch reception. CityPASS is again the event's refreshments sponsor.
TravMedia has announced that a record 159 brands are taking stands, while well over 300 journalists are registered to attend.
New IMM exhibitors include tourist boards such as Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, Croatian National Tourist Board, Isles of Scilly, Cook Islands Tourism Corporation, Italian National Tourist Board and Dubai Tourism. Other IMM debutants include Emirates Spinnaker Tower, Grecotel, Nira Hotels and Resorts, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts, Saga Travel, Serenity Holidays, The View from The Shard and Trainline.
Publications represented include Daily Mirror, Daily Express, ELLE, Good Housekeeping, Lonely Planet Traveller, MailOnline, Marie Claire, The Guardian, The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times, Travel Weekly, TTG and Wanderlust.
Meetings Manager, TravMedia's appointment-bookings platform for IMM, which generated almost 5000 15-minute meeting bookings in 2016, is now live, and will close on Wednesday 8 March at 6pm to allow delegate schedules to be prepared.
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MALL OF AMERICA: Mall of America (www.mallofamerica.com) is the largest shopping and entertainment complex in North America. It attracts over 40 million visitors annually from around the world. Located in Bloomington, Minnesota and next to MSP International Airport, the Mall features 520 stores (with no sales tax on clothing or shoes), leading family attractions, restaurants, 400 annual events, and on-site hotels.
Mall of America, located adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport in Minnesota, features 520 stores with leading designer brands and no sales tax on clothing and shoes. It is a leading family travel destination also with the largest U.S. indoor theme park (30 rides), aquarium, LEGO (land), mirror maze, flight simulators, miniature golf, longest indoor zip line in North America and more. MOA also offers 50 restaurants, over 400 annual events all free to guests and two luxury on-site hotels - JW Marriott and Radisson Blu. Both hotels offer courtesy guest package pick-up anywhere in the Mall.
EXHIBITORS BOOKED FOR IMM 2017: Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, AccorHotels Asia Pacific, Alabama Tourism Department, AmaWaterways, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, Asilia Africa, Aspen Chamber Resort Association, Atlantic Canada, Atout France, Austrian National Tourist Office, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Tourism Board / Jura Mountains, Brand USA, Brend Hotels, CaminoWays.com, Catalonia Tourist Board, Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Choose Chicago, CityPASS, Club Med, Coastal Cottages of Pembrokeshire, COCO Collection, Colorado Tourist Office, Cook Islands Tourism Corporation, CoolStays, Croatian National Tourist Board, Daytona Beach Area CVB, Destination British Columbia, Destination Canada, Dubai Tourism, Düsseldorf Tourist Board, Eagles Villas, East Scotland, Emirates Spinnaker Tower, Europa-Park, Explore!, Federation of Hostelery and Tourism in Tarragona, Food & Drink Devon, Forsthofalm, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region, Frontier Travel, Gastein Tourism, Gran Canaria Tourist Board, Grand American Adventures, Great Plains Conservation, Great Rail Journeys, Greater Houston CVB, Grecotel, Greek National Tourist Organisation, Hamburg Tourist Board, Hayes & Jarvis, Headwater, HF Holidays, Hong Kong Tourism Board, Hotel Nikko San Francisco, HotelREZ Hotels & Resorts, Inghams, Isles of Scilly, Italian National Tourist Board, Kandima Maldives, Kuoni, Landal GreenParks, Latin Trails, Lausanne Tourism Board, Le Tarn Tourisme, Leipzig Region, Ljubljana Tourism, London & Partners, Long Travel, Love Loch Lomond, made, Madeira Promotion Bureau, Maine Windjammer Association, Mall of America, Massachussetts Office of Travel & Tourism, Massimo Villas Collection, Michigan Tourist Office, Nashville – Music City, National Trust, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, NewcastleGateshead Initiative, Nira Hotels and Resorts, One Ocean Expeditions, Ottawa Tourism, Outrigger Resorts, People Make Glasgow, Perfect Stays, Philadelphia CVB, Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Ramblers Walking/ Chapters Experience Holidays, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, Regional Agency for Tourism Promotion “In Liguria”, Romantic Cities, Saga Travel, San Francisco Travel Association, Savoie Mont Blanc Tourisme, Schladming-Dachstein, Seattle and Washington State, Scenic Air Safaris, Serenity Holidays, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts, Slovenian Tourist Board, Snowmass Tourism, SouthWest Germany, Sovereign, Spain-Holiday.com, St Kitts Tourism Authority, Switzerland Tourism, Texas Tourism, The AMResorts Collection, The Basque Country, The Capital Hotel Tokyu, The Lake Geneva Region Switzerland, The Real Mary King's Close, The Travel Corporation, The View from The Shard, Thermae Bath Spa, Tongole Wilderness Lodge, Tourisme Québec, Trainline, Travel Alberta, Travel Manitoba, Travel Portland, Trentino – Dolomites & Lake Garda, trivago, Tualatin Valley, U.S Travel Association, Uganda Tourist Board, Umbria Region, Verbier Tourism, Vicenza E' Convention and Visitors Bureau, Visit California, Visit County Durham, Visit Denver, Visit Flanders, Visit Kent, Visit North Carolina, Visit Orlando, Visit Portsmouth, Visit San Diego, Visit St Petersburg / Clearwater, Visit Tampa Bay, Visit Wales, Visit West Hollywood, VisitAberdeenshire, VisitDenmark, VisitEngland, visitportugal, VisitScotland, Voyages-sncf, and WOW air
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
