American Tourism Society announces location of Fall 2011 Conference

New York, NY – The American Tourism Society (ATS) announced that its Annual Fall 2011 Conference will take place in the Czech Republic spa town of Luhacovice, on October 23- 27, 2011.

New York, NY – The American Tourism Society (ATS) announced that its Annual Fall 2011 Conference will take place in the Czech Republic spa town of Luhacovice, on October 23- 27, 2011. The Conference will be followed by a product development tour to Moravia and Slovakia from October 27-20.

In making the announcement, David Parry, ATS Chairman and Chairman, Academic Travel Abroad, noted โ€œwe are confident that our US-based ATS members will find that, true to our mission of Presenting Tomorrowโ€™s Destinations, this conference will showcase another region in the Czech Republic and Slovakia that Americans are less familiar with, but which has great tourism potential for this market.โ€

Pavel Kosar, Director of Czech Tourism North America said, โ€œWe are thrilled to work with ATS and bring the acclaimed conference to the Czech Republic for a second time, but to a totally different area. Czech Tourism is especially pleased that the ATS delegates will be able to experience and tour the beautiful region of Eastern Moraviaโ€“ starting with Luhaฤovice, the biggest Moravian spa town with a distinct architecture and the iconic town of Zlin, famous for the historic Tomas Bataโ€™s factory and museum.โ€

ATS will bring its ATS Tourism College Program to students at Zlin University. The well respected ATS Tourism College has received much praise from the host countries of the past three conferences in Egypt, Germany, and most recently, Kosovo in October 2010. The ATS Tourism College program consists of three tracks, the first where ATS tourism professionals spend a day teaching students at the local university tourism programs; the second, the students are invited to attend the ATS conference sessions; the third are the educational sessions at the ATS Conference focusing on how to promote and sell to the US market, geared to the local and non-US travel professionals.

Following the Fall 2011 ATS Conference, there will be an optional product development tour to the picturesque regions of Moravia and Slovakia from October 27 to 30, 2011. Delegates on this tour will start from Luhaฤovice to Bratislava with visits along the way to Spa Pieลกลฅany and the Tatra Mountains.

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