World Travel Market 2011 has been voted UKinbound’s Industry Event of the Year at the association’s annual convention Gala Dinner for the second year in succession.

The awards, which took at the association’s annual convention in Belfast last week, were voted by UKinbound members only, with one vote per member company.

World Travel Market triumphed in the Event of the Year category.

WTM 2011 experienced a 5% rise in visitors to more than 28,000 visitors (28,183) compared to 26,908 that attended WTM 2010. The 2011 rise cemented the massive 10% increase in visitors WTM 2010 experienced compared to WTM 2009.

New exhibitors from the UK included tour operator Thomas Cook Sport, tourist attraction the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Visit Guernsey, Windermere Lake Cruises and hotel operator Millennium & Copthorne Hotels.


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