London in the Spotlight at World Travel Market
17 October 08
London will be in the spotlight at World Travel Market 2008. Visit London, the official tourism agency for the capital, will be exhibiting in the London Pavilion (stand L3000) along with many of London’s top tourism businesses. This will be Visit London’s first attendance at a travel trade show since the Olympic Handover in Beijing in August.
Visit London’s Deputy Chief Executive, Sally Chatterjee, said:
“In 2008 the world witnessed London’s celebrations on becoming the official Host City of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our excitement, passion and dedication to the Games were on display for all to see and Visit London’s aim is to build on that momentum through our marketing and travel trade campaigns.
“At World Travel Market, we will be promoting everything that’s great about London, from world-class theatre shows to our vibrant cultural offer, iconic visitor attractions and superb range of accommodation.”
Visit London will be giving away 10,000 London Pass vouchers at World Travel Market. The vouchers can be exchanged for London Passes at the Britain and London Visitor Centre in Lower Regent Street. Worth £39.00 each, the passes allow free entry into 55 paid-for London attractions, including places like the Tower of London, London Zoo and Kew Gardens.
SEE Tickets will be sharing Visit London’s stand and bringing along some colourful characters from a West End show. One lucky visitor to the stand will win a luxury weekend in the capital, including a night at the Cavendish hotel and tickets to a top theatre show.
On the afternoon of Wednesday 12 November – World Travel Market’s Responsible Tourism Day - 22 London businesses will receive Green Tourism for London Awards. The scheme, managed by the London Development Agency, was launched in October 2007 and this will be the first awards ceremony. The awards acknowledge tourism businesses’ efforts to reduce their environmental impact. The event is open to all London tourism businesses that want to find out more about the scheme.
Three brand new Visit London official guides will also be launched at World Travel Market: Travel Trade Guide 2009, Accommodation Guide 2009 and ‘Discover London’ City Guide 2009. These will be available on the stand and also downloadable from visitlondon.com.
Notes to Editors
For information on the London Pass visit londonpass.com.
For information on the Green Tourism for London Awards visit lda.gov.uk/greentourism or contact Robyn Griffith-Jones at .
The following companies will be exhibiting alongside Visit London in the London Pavilion:
• Bateaux London
• BCS Business Concierge Services
• Chelsea FC Stadium Tours and Museum
• City Cruises Plc
• City Inn Contemporary Hotels
• Corporate Insignia Ltd
• Cutty Sark
• Emirates Stadium Tours
• Encore Tickets Ltd
• Lords Tours
• LOVEtheatre.travel
• Medieval Banquet
• Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Plc
• Planet Hollywood
• SEE Tickets
• The Big Bus Company
• The Original Tour – London Sightseeing
• Twickenham World Rugby Museum & Stadium Tour
• Venuemasters
• Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum and Tour
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