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Inbound Tour Operators & Accommodations

Making Business Happen:
Promote and share your adventure product.

The 2012 Marketplace provides a focused setting for tour operators and accommodations* to present product to potential partners, hold business meetings, and promote your brand. This is your opportunity to start international business relationships, develop your network, drive new business, and build new product, new approaches, marketing and sales offerings worldwide.

Past Suppliers include: Adventure Slovenia, Encounters Asia, Gateway to Egypt, Iceland Encounter, Le Quebec Maritime, Inkaterra, Ocean Quest, Summits Africa, Traditions Mexico, Wilderness Scotland, Voyage Colombia, destination sponsors and more.

Who might you meet?

The Buyer Directory will be available mid-summer on Summit Connections for registered delegates.

How does it work?

1. Become an ATTA Member.
2. Register for the Summit AND purchase your Marketplace table.
   
3. Complete your Supplier Profile on Summit Connections – Coming Soon!.
4. Submit your Appointment Request Form (only available Aug 17 – Sept 7, 2012). Learn more under Tips for Success below.
5. Receive your 2012 Marketplace Meeting Schedule: 2-3 weeks prior to the Summit. Optional: Schedule additional appointments with Buyers or Media privately through Summit Connections only after you have received your matched schedule.
6. After the 2012 Marketplace Welcome & “How To” session, ATTA will announce the start. Then, after each 17-minute meeting, we will announce it’s time for the next appointment to begin. It’s similar to “speed-dating,” except we give you a bit more time to build business relationships.

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All Suppliers must be ATTA Members and Registered ATWS Delegates

2012 Marketplace Supplier Table $500

Click Here to Purchase your 2012 Marketplace Supplier Table

There are limited 2012 Marketplace tables for purchase, at an additional cost to Summit registration. Along with a comfortable space to meet with potential partners, your company will gain exposure through the ATWS website and Supplier Directory on Summit Connections. To purchase a Supplier table, your company MUST be an ATTA Member, and a receptive (inbound) tour operator or accommodation (or a destination marketing company representing such product) specializing in adventure travel. Sharing of tables is not allowed, with the exception of sponsor destinations; one company per table.

Each supplier will have two or three chairs and one (1) small cafe-style table provided, along with electricity via wall outlets and power cords (230-Volt, 50-Hz) ). Only small stand-alone banners are allowed. Please limit printed brochures and collateral to reduce waste. You will be asked to remove all collateral from your table at the end of the day.

*Service providers, tourism boards or other industry partners interested in securing marketplace tables, please contact info@adventuretravel.biz to learn about Sponsorship opportunities.

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Tips for Success

• Very Important: The only way to schedule appointments for the 2012 Marketplace is to submit one Appointment Request Form (available Aug 17 – Sept 7, 2012).
• TIP: Use the Buyer Directory to contact Buyers on Summit Connections – Coming Soon! that you would like to meet. Ask them to request a meeting with you using their Appointment Request Form. This way, you will more likely be matched in the scheduling program.
• Avoid double-booking! Do NOT schedule private events that will conflict with your pre-scheduled meetings.
• Do not miss appointments. Being late or going over the 17-minute time will diminish the quality of your meeting and interfere with others. Missed meetings will need to be rescheduled on your own.
• The 2012 Marketplace will be THE best time to determine if/when to set follow up appointments for the remainder of the Summit – during meals, networking breaks, cocktails, etc. Write your temporary local contact details on the back of your business card to schedule follow-up meetings.