The National Tour Association will connect buyers and sellers at its annual convention with the introduction of a new Destination Pavilion at the 2007 Annual Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 2-6. The…
The National Tour Association will connect buyers and sellers at its annual convention with the introduction of a new Destination Pavilion at the 2007 Annual Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 2-6. The Destination Pavilion will group DMOs and their partnering suppliers by geographic region to allow tour operators to develop their tour product regionally. The Pavilion will be available to tour operators throughout the Convention.
Tour operators can now develop product more efficiently by meeting with both suppliers and destinations in one central location — it`s one-stop shopping at the NTA Convention, said NTA Chairman and CEO Randy Julian. Additionally, tour suppliers and DMOs will have a free way to distribute promotional materials and represent several destinations together.
Based on a recommendation of NTA`s Convention Committee, the new format will allow tour operators to shop by geographic region, a preference tour operators have voiced on past Convention surveys. In addition, tour suppliers and DMOs are encouraged to use the designated pods as their workstations and central meeting point. The space, which is complimentary to all state, provincial and country DMOs, can be used to distribute promotional materials from individual tables set up within the regional pod.
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