New dates for Travel Exchange trade show in Florida

LEXINGTON, Kentucky – NTA and the United Motorcoach Association have adjusted the dates of their new January 2013 trade show to give attending members more access to each other.

LEXINGTON, Kentucky – NTA and the United Motorcoach Association have adjusted the dates of their new January 2013 trade show to give attending members more access to each other. Travel Exchange, a combination of NTAโ€™s annual Convention and UMAโ€™s Motorcoach EXPO, is now set for January 20โ€“24 in Orlando, Florida.

โ€œBy fine-tuning the schedule, we created a more effective format for attendees to do business together,โ€ said Lisa Simon, NTA President, โ€œAnd thatโ€™s why weโ€™re there together: to double the opportunities for buying and selling, double the leads generation, and double the networking.โ€

NTA and UMA are separate travel associations with different members, but during the five days of Travel Exchange, theyโ€™ll join forces for a trade show that puts on one floor the full spectrum of professionals buying and selling travel to, from, and within North America.

Travel Exchange features components that both associationsโ€™ members seek in an annual trade show: one-on-one business appointments between buyers and sellers, an exhibit floor to showcase the latest developments in the industry, and a full slate of professional development sessions to help attendees hone business skills.

โ€œNTA and UMA members are go-getters and are always looking for more business prospects,โ€ said Simon, โ€œBy combining the business-building of two shows and two strong organizations, weโ€™re going to deliver those opportunities on a much larger scale than we ever could as a single association.โ€

NTA and UMA have set Travel Exchange dates and sites for the next three years:

โ€ข Orlando, Florida, January 20โ€“24, 2013
โ€ข Los Angeles, California, February 16โ€“20, 2014
โ€ข New Orleans, Louisiana, January 17โ€“21, 2015

For the Travel Exchange daily schedule, click here. For more information and videos, go to http://www.NTAonline.com/convention .

ABOUT NTA:

Founded in 1951, NTA is the leading business-building association for travel professionals interested in the North American marketโ€”inbound, outbound, and within the continent. Buyer members are tour operators who buy and package travel product from around the world. Seller members are destination marketing organizations and tour suppliers from the US, Canada, and more than 40 countries. For more information, see http://www.NTAonline.com

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