On Thursday, January 15, 2009, senior ATA representatives will be available to press for interviews either face-to-face or via a conference call at ATA Headquarters in Manhattan from 4:00-5:30 pm to discuss the global travel trade association’s upcoming events in the United States in its continuing effort to promote travel, tourism and transport to Africa.

Africa is one of the fasting growing destinations around the world, with vast opportunities for growth and investment in the travel, tourism and transport industries. To showcase Africa’s tourism products to the U.S. marketplace, ATA will host several Africa Destination networking events in the United States over the next few months. Participants will include tourism, sports, and diaspora ministers and government officials, the diplomatic community, hospitality/travel industry professionals, business, finance, infrastructure, investment and SME leaders, airline representatives, sport marketing firms, travel agents, tour operators, airline and hotel representatives, community leaders, college and university faculty and students, writers, publishers, and journalists.

The Africa Travel Association, a U.S.-based non-profit 501(c)(6), is the world’s premier travel association promoting tourism to Africa and intra-Africa travel and partnership since 1975. ATA members include ministries of tourism and culture, national tourism boards, airlines, hoteliers, travel agents, tour operators, travel trade media, public relations firms, NGOs, and SME’s.