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Embassy & Tourist Board Contact Information

An extensive listing of the USA addresses of foreign embassy's and consulates and the US embassy in the respective country. Covers 100 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Latin America. Many can be emailed directly from their listings.

View Addresses A-D  |  View Addresses E-I |  View Addresses J-R |  View Addresses S-Z

Industry Trade Shows

EIBTM

EIBTM 2008: 2 - 4 December, Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain

EIBTM 2008EIBTM aims are simple: To promote the best in business-to-business on the exhibition floor, supported by the best networking and best professional education, underpinned by an expanded Hosted Buyer Programme.

Exhibitors are...

Suppliers from every essential meetings and incentive market in the world exhibiting at EIBTM to meet the industry's top-level buyers with serious spending power and business to place.

Interested in exhibiting?

Visitors are...

Professionals responsible for the planning and organisation of meetings, conferences, incentive travel and events. A truly global audience of visitors from Corporations, Associations, Agencies, Professional Conference Organisers (PCO's) and Industry media.

Interested in visiting?

www.eibtm.com

IMEX

IMEX 2009: 26-28 May, Messe Frankfurt, Germany

The essential worldwide exhibition for meetings & incentive travel

IMEX is the show that exceeds your expectations every time. The trail-blazing exhibition has unleashed the energy of the global meetings industry with new ideas, new vision and a passion for business amongst record numbers of worldwide exhibitors and buyers. And IMEX is unique in attracting over 3,500 international hosted buyers (who travel and stay free as guests of the organisers) together with more than 4,000 decision makers from the valuable German market. The 3,400 exhibitors include national and regional tourist offices, major hotel groups, airlines, DMCs, service providers and trade associations.

"IMEX continues to deliver a tremendous, globally relevant event."
(Martin Sirk, CEO, ICCA)

Be inspired, make great contacts, do more business. Don't miss IMEX 2009.

Over 8,300 visitors. 3,500 international hosted buyers. 4,000 German buyers. 3,400 exhibitors. 150 countries.

www.imex-frankfurt.com

ITE 2008

ITE MICE 2008 - The Only MICE Trade Show in Pearl River Delta

ITE MICE is the only MICE trade show in Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong, which together has a combined population of around 100 million. Holding ITE and ITE MICE concurrently is a unique combination in Asia; it tripled the total number of corporate visitors last year to 2700 from around 900 in 2005. The long established ITE (over 20 years) is well attended by travel trade from Hong Kong, mainland China particularly southern China and Asia, while ITE MICE brings in more corporate visitors, thus generating synergy. A highly international profile of exhibitors of ITE MICE & ITE with many products and services for the up market travel are highly attractive to professional visitors. In 2007, there were 650 exhibitors from over 50 countries and regions, and over 40 official pavilions / participations by tourism authorities all Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia with over half of them from outside Asia.

www.itehkmice.com / www.itehk.com

The Motivation Show

Sept. 23-25, 2008 | McCormick Place South | Chicago, IL USA

The Motivation Show, Sept. 23-25, 2008, at Chicago’s McCormick Place, is the world’s largest exhibition of motivational products and services. It features nearly 2,000 exhibitors of:

  1. Incentive and recognition programs
  2. Branded products and gift cards;
  3. Recognition awards;
  4. Motivational destinations, services, and attractions;
  5. Promotional products, And related technology and other services

No other show provides such a unique combination of branded products and travel services, along with other corporate solutions under one roof.

www.motivationshow.com

Other Related Sites

Sales Marketing Network www.info-now.com An information mall offering the fastest way to get the sales and marketing how-to and reference information you need. Loaded with a wide range of helpful articles for the meeting and incentive professional.

World Travel Guide www.wtg-online.com Published annually by Columbus Press, the WTG website contains a wealth of highly detailed information about all the countries in the world including data on visas, climate, travel and business practices.

Industry Associations

Society of Incentive & Travel Executives www.site-intl.org The website of the worldwide organization of business professionals dedicated to the recognition and development of motivational and performance improvement strategies of which travel is a key component.

Meeting Professionals International www.mpiweb.org Website of the world's largest association of meeting professionals with almost 20,000 members in 100 countries committed to shaping and defining the future of the meeting and event industry.

ICCA www.iccaworld.com ICCA was founded in 1963 and is now is one of the most prominent organizations in the world of international meetings. It is the only association that comprises a membership representing the main specialists in handling, transporting and accommodating international events. Over 700 members in almost 80 countries represent the top destinations and the most experienced specialist suppliers worldwide. International meeting planners can rely on the ICCA network to find solutions for all their event objectives.