Countdown to WTM Africa | The Planner

There is just under a month left until Africa’s largest B2B inbound and outbound travel trade show takes place in Cape Town.

WTM Africa will be taking place from 15 to 17 April at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and promises a vast array of business opportunities for key travel professionals and international buyers.

Included in the much anticipated 2015 programme is the Responsible Tourism in Destinations Conference, Responsible Tourism Awards and the WTM Buyers Club among others.

WTM Africa is the ideal meeting place for travel professionals and buyers, allowing them to engage in real quality business.

The WTM Buyers Club attracts top quality buyers and is renowned for generating sound business leads. Buyers’ Club Members primarily comprise of tour operators, travel agents, wholesalers and private travel arrangers with purchasing power.

The WTM Africa Hosted Buyer Programme provides a cost and time effective way for top level decision makers to source new suppliers, discover new destinations, be inspired, as well as network and connect with the African travel industry.

Also included in WTM Africa’s exciting line-up is the African Responsible Tourism Awards. These awards aim to celebrate the efforts made by individuals, organisations and destinations on the continent, and to inspire change in the African tourism industry.

“The World Responsible Tourism Awards at WTM have been a great success at World Travel Market over the past 12 years. I’m delighted that WTM Africa will be hosting The African Responsible Tourism Awards. Tourism is central to the continent’s economy, which makes it all the more vital that the African travel and tourism industry acts responsibly to preserve and protect its unrivalled natural resources. WTM Africa is ideal to highlight the best responsible practices in the African travel industry,” says Sugen Pillay, WTM Africa’s commercial director.

WTM Africa forms part of Africa Travel Week which comprises of three co-located industry events namely International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) Africa, International Business Travel Market (IBTM) and WTM Africa.