World Religious Travel Expo drawing participants from 28 countries, 6 continents to Orlando
Website article link: http://www.churchexecutive.com/news.asp?N_ID=1443
LITTLETON, CO – Travel providers and planners from 28 countries on six continents will gather in Orlando, Florida, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, for the inaugural World Religious Travel Expo and Educational Conference. With registration still underway, organizers are already preparing extra exhibit space to accommodate companies that continue to join the first large-scale forum of the $18 billion worldwide religious travel industry.
Destinations, tour operators, cruise lines, attractions, hotel properties, car rental companies and a host of other providers and planners from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Holy Land will be represented at this assembly of Who’s Who in the growing faith tourism industry.
“Faith tourism has evolved to the point where a gathering of this magnitude is necessary for the industry to respond to the needs of today’s faith-based consumers,” said Kevin J. Wright, president of the World Religious Travel Association (WRTA), host of the event. “Our global partners recognize that – just as in music, books and film – contemporary religious consumers represent tremendous market potential for travel organizations willing to provide meaningful products and services that meet their specific needs.”
The exhibitors and products show the diversity of the faith tourism industry. Alongside obvious religious travel suppliers such as the Steps of Paul Coastal Cruises and the tourism ministries of Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, Jordan and Israel, are those with a less overt connection, such as:
EcoAndes Travel, Ecuador (Adventure tours in South America)
Nissi Holidays, Uganda; Cordial Tours and Travel Services, Tanzania (Africa safari operators)
Armenian Tourism Development Agency
Korea Tourism Organization
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
Condor Verde Travel (Mexico and Venezuela)
The WRTA Expo will feature two venues: The International Tradeshow and The Educational Conference. The combined event provides a one-stop opportunity for travel suppliers, destinations and wholesalers to come face-to-face with more than 400 agents and church travel planners to develop partnerships, introduce new products and services, generate qualified leads and build long-term relationships.
The Expo will be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2008 at the Gaylord Palms Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Orlando. For more information, including a complete list of exhibitors, visit www.religioustravelexpo.com.
Aug 15, 2008
Globus VP Steve Born to Deliver Keynote at WRTA Expo
Globus Executive to Share Insights of Landmark International Religious Travel Study
LITTLETON, Colorado (August 14, 2008) – Participants at the World Religious Travel Expo and Educational Conference will hear Globus Vice President Steve Born’s insights and firsthand observations of the faith tourism industry, based upon the recent groundbreaking Globus/Menlo international religious travel study. WRTA Expo organizers have selected Born to give a keynote speech on the opening day of the first international gathering of the $18 billion worldwide religious travel industry.
“As one of the first and only large tour operators to embrace faith-based travel, creating a religious travel division in 2004, it is both my pleasure and honor to speak about this burgeoning travel trend as well as the Globus family of brands' first-hand experiences in creating and selling religious travel vacations at the World Religious Travel Expo," said Born.
The World Religious Travel Expo is the seminal gathering of the worldwide faith tourism industry. More than 100 exhibitors from 25 countries and more than 400 travel agents and group planners are expected at the unprecedented event. The Expo will be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2008 at the Gaylord Palms Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The event is organized by the World Religious Travel Association (WRTA), the source and voice of the religious travel industry. For more information, visit www.religioustravelexpo.com.
LITTLETON, Colorado (August 14, 2008) – Participants at the World Religious Travel Expo and Educational Conference will hear Globus Vice President Steve Born’s insights and firsthand observations of the faith tourism industry, based upon the recent groundbreaking Globus/Menlo international religious travel study. WRTA Expo organizers have selected Born to give a keynote speech on the opening day of the first international gathering of the $18 billion worldwide religious travel industry.
“As one of the first and only large tour operators to embrace faith-based travel, creating a religious travel division in 2004, it is both my pleasure and honor to speak about this burgeoning travel trend as well as the Globus family of brands' first-hand experiences in creating and selling religious travel vacations at the World Religious Travel Expo," said Born.
The World Religious Travel Expo is the seminal gathering of the worldwide faith tourism industry. More than 100 exhibitors from 25 countries and more than 400 travel agents and group planners are expected at the unprecedented event. The Expo will be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2008 at the Gaylord Palms Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The event is organized by the World Religious Travel Association (WRTA), the source and voice of the religious travel industry. For more information, visit www.religioustravelexpo.com.
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