The East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel (EMITT) Exhibition
  • CATHIC 7-9 February 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
  • EMITT 10-13 February 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

EMITT is the largest exhibition for the travel and tourism industry in Turkey, with 15 years’ success. Its location and attraction as both an outbound and inbound tourism market make it a feature in many tourism professionals’ calendars.

  • 65,000 square meters
  • 3,000 exhibitors
  • 60 destinations
  • Over 100,000 visitors

The exhibition opens in just two months’ time – don’t miss out on this opportunity to build awareness of your brand in Turkey. Already 85% of the exhibition has been sold and sales are up 27% on this time last year so please contact us as soon as possible.

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The Central Asia and Turkey Hotel Investment Conference (CATHIC) taking place in the two days before EMITT, will debate the growing need for hotel investment in the region. The conference being attended by top level investors, developers and operators from this area and internationally will discuss the importance of raising finance in these markets against year on year growth in Turkish Tourism of between 5 and 20%. “There is a great need for hotels – and particularly mid-market 3-4 star hotels across Turkey. We need to see more examples of international three star brands. There are great opportunities for groups such as Accor, Novotel, Ibis, Courtyard by Marriott and The Rezidor Hotel Group to develop their mid-market brands” commented Mehmet Önkal, Managing Partner – Turkey, BDO Hospitality Consulting who will be speaking at the conference.

CATHIC, taking place at the Ceylan InterContinental Istanbul 7 – 9 February, is offering anyone that attends Emitt a special discount rate if booked before January 10. The conference will also include sessions on the hottest markets in Central Asia, a session Perspective from International Leaders and another Creating Successful Resorts, to register or for details of the full programme visit

EMITT continues to grow

In 2011, EMITT will cover TEN pavilions! The additional pavilion will cater for the continuing growth of the exhibition. Every year, more destinations are present at the exhibition and, as Turkish consumers become more and more interested in traveling abroad and experiencing new cultures, countries with a regular presence at the show are increasing the size of their booths. This year, they include: Azerbaijan, Egypt Air, Ecuador, Japan, Lebanon, Tanzania, Thailand and Yemen and Brazil, Croatia- Zagreb. The show will feature companies representing the following countries: Adigeya, Abu Dhabi (UAE), Adjara, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, , Cuba, North Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominic Republic, Dubai (UAE), Croatia- Dubrovnic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Thailand-Pattaya, Tatarstan RF, Tunisia, UK, USA, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

More about Turkey’s travel market

Outbound tourism in Turkey is making faster progress than other sectors of the economy: Between 1970 and 2005, whilst real GDP grew by 4.06%, outbound tourism grew by an impressive 9.38%. Its proximity to many popular tourism destinations inspires Turks to venture into new countries and recent low-cost flight combined with an increase in the average income have triggered a rise in outgoing departures over the last few years.

Current trends point to rises in the following sectors:

  • Winter destinations
  • Luxury travel
  • City breaks
  • Adventure holidays
  • Educational tourism
  • Business travel

Hacer Aydın
Director
+90 212 233 97 54
The Bench

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