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Reed Travel Exhibitions announces Americas Meetings Trade show for 2011 Incentive Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition

1 October 2009

Reed Travel Exhibitions has announced today, 1st October 2009, its commitment to the American meetings and incentive market by confirming that the inaugural Americas Incentive Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (AIBTM) will now take place in Baltimore, Maryland from June 21- June 23, 2011.

This new major event adds to the company’s established portfolio of ‘IBTM’ exhibitions specifically serving the global meetings industry marketplace. AIBTM joins EIBTM in Barcelona, GIBTM in Abu Dhabi, and CIBTM in Beijing. The portfolio also includes AIME, Melbourne and the ICCA Congress Exhibition held in a different destination each year.

Vanessa Cotton, Chair of Reed Travel Exhibitions Meetings and Incentive Events commented: “Having consulted with the industry we now feel that it is an appropriate time to announce the launch of AIBTM in 2011.  When the global economic downturn hit the industry, and we had to postpone the event, it was always our intention to consider 2011 as our goal for launch.”

Tom Noonan, President and CEO of Visit Baltimore said: “This is a major coup for Baltimore. We are delighted that Reed Travel Exhibitions has demonstrated its commitment to our city and belief in the resurgence of the US economy.”

AIBTM will witness the first truly large-scale international Hosted Buyer program in the Americas enhanced by a substantial domestic Hosted Buyer and trade visitor population. Baltimore is superbly located to draw upon the world’s largest concentration of meetings planners situated in the North East USA.

AIBTM is a joint venture between Reed Travel Exhibitions Meetings and Incentives Events and Reed Exhibitions Americas.  Chet Burchett, President Reed Exhibitions Americas commented, “We are delighted to be part of bringing the world’s best brand for business travel, meetings and incentive travel to our customers in the Americas and offering an extension of the value we already provide to them around the world.
 
This venture is a clear indicator of the opportunity our customers find in Reed’s global scale. With more than 100 tradeshows, meetings and conferences every year in the Americas, we have the resources and local market expertise to help AIBTM quickly gain traction and add value to the industry it serves.”

Dates for AIBTM from 2011 are as follows:
21 – 23 June 2011
19 – 21 June 2012


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To interview Vanessa Cotton, Chair of Reed Travel Exhibitions Meetings and Incentive Events, or for a photograph please contact Simon Greenbury at Cut Communications on +44 (0) 20 7096 2960; mobile +44 (0)7789 004421 or email simon.greenbury@cut-coms.co.uk or Nina Gardiner on +44 (0) 20  7096 2953; mobile +44 (0) 7770 306689
Notes to Editors:
1. EIBTM forms part of the RTE portfolio of Global Meetings and Incentives Events along with AIME (www.aime.com.au <http://www.aime.com.au>), GIBTM  (www.gibtm.com <http://www.gibtm.com>), CIBTM  (www.cibtm.com <http://www.cibtm.com>), AIBTM  (www.aibtm.com <http://www.aibtm.com>) and the ICCA Exhibition in association with ICCA Congress (www.iccaworld.com <http://www.iccaworld.com>).   EIBTM (www.eibtm.com <http://www.eibtm.com>) is the annual global meetings and incentive exhibition held in Barcelona, Spain.
 
EIBTM is ABC Audited every year to guarantee that the number of visitors promoted is completely accurate and are unique attendees only.
 
2. Reed Travel Exhibitions organise 14 events worldwide, including World Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, European Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (EIBTM), Americas Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (AIBTM), Asia Pacific Incentives  & Meetings Expo (AIME), International Golf Travel Market, Top Resa, ICCA Exhibition, in association with the ICCA Congress, International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), La Cumbre, City Break, China Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (CIBTM), Gulf Incentive Business Travel & Meetings  (GIBTM) and Asia Luxury Travel Market (ALTM).
 
3. For further press information, please visit the Reed Travel Exhibitions’ website on www.reedtravelexhibitions.com <http://www.reedtravelexhibitions.com>.
4. Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading events organiser, with over 470 events in 37 countries. In 2008 Reed brought together over seven million industry professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 38 fully staffed offices.

5. Reed organises a wide range of events, including exhibitions, conferences, congresses and meetings. Its portfolio of over 470 events serves 44 industry sectors, including:
Aerospace & aviation, automobiles, broadcasting, building & construction, electronics, energy, oil & gas, engineering, manufacturing, environment, food service & hospitality, gifts, healthcare, interior design, IT & telecoms, jewellery, life science & pharmaceuticals, machinery, medical education, printing & graphics, property & real estate, security & safety, sports & recreation, travel.

6. Working closely with professional bodies, trade associations and government departments Reed ensures that each and every event is targeted and relevant to industry needs. As a result, many Reed events are market leaders in their field.

7. Reed Exhibitions is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a FTSE-100 company and world-leading publisher and information provider. In February 2009, Reed Elsevier reported revenues for 2008 of £5,334/€6,721m.