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The Greater China Travel Mission (GCTM) 2009 will be held from 8 – 12 November 2009 in Guangzhou. The Australian Travel Mission to China (ATMC) ran for the past 12 years and was one of the major annual trade events in North Asia. In 2009 the event will be transformed to include more buyers outside of Mainland China. Key partners from Hong Kong and Taiwan will be recruited to join this trade event in 2009 which has been renamed the ‘Greater China Travel Mission’. GCTM targets group and leisure travel markets and provides direct access to travel agents, tour operators, government representatives, media and airlines in Greater China Regions of China Mainland, Hong Kong SAR & Taiwan. The event will also educate Australian suppliers on new and existing issues affecting the Greater China Regions.

Computer scheduled workshop appointments provide the opportunity to promote your tourism product and build business relationships. Workshop sessions occur between ATEC supplier members (tourism product providers) and inbound tour operators from around Australia will take place on Thursday 3 December 2009. Two workshop sessions of approximately three hours duration are available: - Thursday 3 December, AM Session: 8.00am - 12.30pm - Thursday 3 December, PM Session: 1.30pm - 6.00pm

The International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) is a dedicated luxury tradeshow targeting a specialised selection of fully qualified buyers and will be held in Cannes, France from 7-10 December 2009. Exhibitors attending the event are those who are active in the international luxury travel market.

FITUR is the annual key travel show in Spain. The 3rd edition of the event will be held from 20 - 24 January, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. Tourism Australia will be coordinating an Australia Stand at this leading event in Spain and invites you to join us. FITUR is a meeting point for tourism professionals to establish lines of action, strategies and business alliances to energize and consolidate the tourism business, innovating to answer the changing demands of the market. In 2008, FITUR attracted 12,312 exhibiting companies from 170 countries/regions. 136,177 professional participants and 8470 journalists met to transform leisure into business and business into development for those destinations that welcome millions of travellers who visit and enjoy them. Applications close 30 October 2009

Japan Australia Mission (JAM) and Korea Travel Mission (KTM) 2010 will be combined and held in Tokyo this year from Wednesday 24 February - Friday 26 February 2010. JAM 2010 and KTM 2010 continue to be the premier trade event presenting Australian products and services to key Japanese and Korean travel industry personnel. To apply to attend both JAM and KTM you will need to apply separately for each event.

Back after 3 years due to popular demand, this is an ideal opportunity for Australian tourism operators to present their products specifically to the South African travel industry, including meeting face to face with approximately 300 key retail and wholesale travel agents. The timing links into recent and planned growth in aviation capacity between Australia and South Africa. Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town - 1 - 5 March 2010 Application open until Tuesday 17 November 2009

The European New Product Workshop 2010 is a three day in-market briefing and workshop event exclusively for Australia’s new tourism product and product managers from key wholesalers/tour operators in the UK, Ireland, Nordic and European markets. The event provides an opportunity for Buyers to meet with exciting new Australian product in a convenient and efficient way.

Travel agents from the UK, Europe and South Africa will come together at Corroboree ’10, a new and exclusive training event for qualified Aussie Specialists.   Corroboree '10, an initiative of the Destination Australia Partnership*, combines two existing events (Discover Australia and Corroboree UK) into an improved format that will offer a great range of benefits to all who attend. This year, the training workshop will be followed by a familiarisation. Each State will host up to 43 agents on a famil program that is designed to showcase the diversity and quality of tourism experiences available in Australia.  Following this, the agents will attend a training workshop that provides the opportunity for participating Australian sellers to train approximately 300 Aussie Specialists from Germany, Austria, Switzerland (x 102), Italy (x 18), France (x 18), Belgium & Netherlands (x 12), Norway, Finland, Denmark & Sweden (x 10), Ireland (x 10) UK (x 130) and South Africa all in one location during one event.