Mad rush for tourism freebies looms at International Travel Festival 2013
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
A “mad scramble” for tourism
freebies and discounts looms at the forthcoming International Travel Festival (ITF)
2013 as airline tickets to famous foreign tourism destinations and free hotel
accommodations will be given away to many lucky visitors.
The
raffle prizes at the ITF include 10 gift certificates for overnight stay in
choice Philippine hotels for two, 10 international flight seats, and free trips
for two to Thailand, Malaysia and Bali, Indonesia, all with hotel
accommodations for three days, two nights.
Big
discounts will also be available at the ITF’s component events such the Travel
Philippines Show, Teambuilding Destinations Sale, Extreme Adventures Sale,
Travel and Tours Christmas Sale, Hotels & Resorts Asia Christmas Sale, and
Airline Tickets Sale for Asia, Europe and USA.
For
local tours, free online travel reference services will be offered by Choose Philippines
of ABS-CBN TV network in its exhibit booth.
The
freebies and discounts are expected to bring in thousands of local and foreign
visitors to the ITF, which will be held at the Mall of Asia’s SMX Convention
Center Metro Manila on December 10 and 11, right at the peak of the travel
season when tourists pour in droves to experience the country’s unique
Christmas celebration.
The
sale, involving also the destinations for teambuilding and extreme adventures,
is seen to similarly attract hordes of corporate clients for their human
resource development requirements and market engagement activities.
“Shoppers
are likewise expected to join the massive influx of visitors looking for unique
Christmas gifts that come in the form of packaged tours and travel souvenirs,
thus turning the entire ITF into a fun-filled yuletide festivity for families
and friends,” said chief executive officer Mitch Ballesteros of festival
organizer Exlink Events.
“With
our family activities and raffle draws spicing up the festival, our guests will
have two full days of fun and amazing travel deals,” Ballesteros added.
Leading
the global exhibitors in the ITF are executives of worldwide service provider
Amadeus and members of the British, Turkish and European chambers of commerce and
other Manila and foreign-based organizations.
Their
big number will be matched by the local industry players and government travel
marketers from the various regional offices of the Department of Tourism
nationwide and its attached agency Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone
Authority.
Among
the hundreds of local exhibitors are tourism destinations in Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao – from as far north as the Cagayan Valley to as far south as General
Santos City and as far west as the island province of Palawan.
“It
will be a complete two-way tourism traffic, with both inbound and outbound
tourism players doing brisk business from both ends of the supply chain and all
the segments in between,” Ballesteros pointed out.
“They
(exhibitors) include airlines, international hotel and resort chains, travel
agencies, tour operators, MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions and
events) organizers, shopping malls and global retail brands,” Ballesteros said.
Also expected to
participate in the ITF are transfers and transport firms, cruise ships and
domestic passenger vessels, telecommunication companies, destination owners and
managers, banks and financial institutions, and the academe and various service
providers, among many others.
More information about the ITF can
be obtained from Exlink Events (tel: 632 6433887; mobile: 0920 9242532, 0920
9814376; email: info@exlinkevents.com; or visit www.exlinkevents.com).
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