FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Bernadette Mari
Marketing Manager
212-895-8264
bmari@questex.com
NEW YORK, NY - March 10, 2011. The ITE Portfolio, a property of the Travel + Hospitality Group, announced today that its sixth annual Incentive Travel Exchange (ITE), held in partnership with Site, has sold out its supplier positions for the fourth consecutive year in record-breaking time and a wait list is growing. The event, being held June 20-22 at THEhotel at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, will bring together top-producing incentive buyers and global suppliers for three days of high-caliber networking.
“With the increasing competition in the MICE industry, we are pleased the supplier positions are sold out for the fourth straight year,” stated Alicia Evanko, vice president of tradeshows and events, the Travel + Hospitality Group. “We have received an overwhelming response in record time from suppliers as they value the quality business that results from Incentive Travel Exchange's exclusive vetting process and appointment-based format.”
The suppliers in attendance at ITE will include the most sought after incentive destinations across the globe including: hotels and resorts, spas, destinations, cruise lines, tour operators, destination management companies and more. For the complete supplier list please visit the event website. Applications for supplier positions at sister events, Caribbean Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (CMITE) and Europe Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (EMITE), are being accepted. For information on joining the ITE wait list or applying for CMITE and EMITE, please contact Danielle Cirami-Gillis, director of sales.
Applications for 2011 fully hosted buyer positions are extremely limited and are being accepted online at IncentiveTravelExchange.com. High-volume incentive buyers who book domestic and international incentive trips are encouraged to apply immediately. Interested buyers may also contact buyer relations director, Cindy Binder at 914-400-6648.
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About Incentive Travel Exchange (IncentiveTravelExchange.com)
Incentive Travel Exchange, owned and managed by Questex Media Group LLC and held in partnership with the Site, is an invitation-only, appointment-based event catering exclusively to the incentive travel market. The formula brings together North American buyers with pre-qualified suppliers and consists of pre-arranged one-to-one meetings.
About The Travel + Hospitality Group (TravelandHospitalityGroup.com)
The Travel + Hospitality Group delivers integrated products and intuitive solutions to drive demand as the largest multimedia organization in the world dedicated to the travel and hospitality industries. It represents a collaborative collection of tactical services consisting of robust online solutions, events and industry-leading publications. Within The Travel Division, the Travel + Hospitality Group will reach audience members through a variety of digital, print and event services. These include up-to-the-minute online portals travelagentcentral.com, luxuryta.com; print publications Luxury Travel Advisor and Travel Agent; cutting-edge educational sites tauniv.com and luxurytravelu.com; live networking events Luxury Travel Expo, Caribbean Meeting and Incentive Travel Exchange, Incentive Travel Exchange, Europe Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange and Hawaii Travel Exchange; and on the online luxury booking system fivestaralliance.com.
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