World
Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel
industry, is inviting the industry’s most senior buyers to apply
for wtm Meridian Club membership for WTM 2012.
WTM
Meridian Club – the leading global business network: making
contacts, concluding deals - is WTM’s exclusive business club for
the travel industry’s most senior buyers with direct responsibility
for purchasing.
At
WTM 2012, a Reed Travel Exhibitions event, WTM Meridian Club will
celebrate its 21 anniversary.
An
example of a WTM Meridian Club member would be a buyer for a tour
operator looking to purchase product from exhibitors to put in its
brochures, or an IT director looking to purchase technology for their
organisation.
WTM
2011 saw more than 8,000 Meridian Club members attend the event
helping the show to generate a record £1,653 million in industry
deals – a 16% increase on WTM 2010’s £1,425 million.
Membership
is open to the entire travel industry with a strict selection process
in place to ensure that only the most senior industry buyers are
granted membership. To apply, buyers should visit
www.wtmlondon.com/register.
WTM
Meridian Club facilitates business opportunities between buyers and
exhibitors to meet, network and conclude business deals.
At
event benefits include the WTM Speed Networking sessions and
exclusive Meridian Club lounges and access to private meeting rooms
and fast-track cloakroom.
Year
round Meridian Club benefits include annual discounts on trade
conferences, opportunities to attend Meridian Club Think Tank events
on key issues within the industry.
World
Travel Market Meridian Club Manager Raj Thakkar said: “Meridian
Club is the industry’s original and only truly global buyers club.
All buyers should register at www.wtmlondon.com/register to guarantee
their entry to WTM 2012.
“WTM
2011 was a great success for Meridian Club’s buyers with members
agreeing contracts worth £1,653 million with exhibitors, thanks to
an array of facilities including the expanded Speed Networking and
the Meridian Club lounges being on the exhibition floor.”
