International Hosted Buyers from 16 countries including the Middle East, Europe, Asia, North America, and Russia, have arrived in Cape Town to attend ibtm Africa, which commenced on 13 April and will conclude on 15 April 2015.
ibtm Africa, which recently opened at the Cape Town International Conference Centre, offers an exclusive opportunity for African meetings industry suppliers to connect and engage with top level international decision makers representing meetings, events and incentive planners from large corporations and agencies.
“Quality is priority and we have worked to bring together attendees who will not only enhance our offering through their attendance from both a buyer and supplier perspective but who will also be able to gain the maximum amount of business from their participation,” commented Shinu Pillai, Exhibition Manager, ibtm africa.
The event featured exclusive one-to-one pre-scheduled business appointments, 10 exclusive networking opportunities and the ibtm africa forum which opened the show, keynote speaker Lynn Baker and James Fernie delivered inspiring and engaging sessions.
Together with the two other co-located shows – ILTM Africa and World Travel Market – more than 30 industry related debates, forums, conferences, seminars and lectures delivered during Africa Travel Week will also create further opportunities for participants across all events to build communities and business relationships across the sector and across borders.