Event Information for Travel Professionals

TravelMart LatinAmerica

Cancun Travel Mart - Mexico Summit

Discover Ecuador

New Europe Travel Mart

Peru Travel Mart

See Ecuador

Select Match Pre-Scheduled Appointments System

Jordan Travel Mart

TREX - Travel Exchange Central America

... brings Tour Operators/Buyers from Worldwide origination markets and Suppliers from every Latin America country together every year in a Central or South America destination. This is the most respected and productive business development event of the year for Latin America Tourism, and the 40th Annual Event will be held in Iguassu Falls, Brazil,  September 14-16, 2016. The event attracts over 250 Tour Operators/Buyers delegates, 250 Suppliers organizations, International Press and Media, and VIP's totaling almost 1000 delegates.  Supplier attendance is limited to preserve the business ratio, and there is a constant wait list.  The format is strictly business using our exclusive SelectMatch™™ pre-scheduled appointment system.  For more information, please click and connect to www.travelmartlatinamerica.com. 
 

... William H. Coleman, Inc. manages this event for the Cancun & Puerto Morelos Hotel Association, and the 29th annual Cancun Travel Mart Mexico Summit will be held October 17-19, 2016 at the Cancun Convention Center.  The event is attended by 600 Buyers, Suppliers, Press and VIP's. The format includes two (2) full days of pre-scheduled appointments between over Buyers from global markets and Suppliers representing destinations from all of Mexico. The format is strictly business using our exclusive SelectMatch™™ pre-scheduled appointment system.  For more information, please click and connect to www.cancuntravelmart.com.

    ... William H. Coleman, Inc. has organized a series of educational/business development seminars/workshops sponsored by Ecuador Ministry of Tourism in North America markets. Ecuador Suppliers  are "on the road" for a unique and productive half day working session that includes a Welcome Breakfast, Destination Presentations featuring The Four Worlds of Ecuador, pre-scheduled product sessions with Suppliers, and Lunch. For more information, please click and connect to http://www.discoverecuador.info.

 

 

William H. Coleman, Inc. launched its inaugural New Europe Travel Mart (NETM), successfully held in 2011 in Dubrovnik, Croatia and the second annual event as held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This tourism sales/business development event is designed to increase leisure travel to the region that includes the Baltic to the Balkans, increasingly referred to as “New Europe.” NETM brings “Buyers” of Leisure Travel services from global markets to meet senior sales and marketing executives representing “Supplier” organizations from the entire “New Europe” region. For more information, please click and connect to www.neweuropetravelmart.com.
 

  Peru Travel Mart (PTM), sponsored by CANATUR (the National Chamber of Tourism of Peru), is held in May each year. William H. Coleman, Inc. assisted CANATUR in 2011 and 2012 in the registration and appointments process for PTM. The Schedule of Events begins with an early arrival day for Buyers, Supplier set-up day, followed by one and a half days of seminars and pre-scheduled business appointment periods at supplier Table-Tops. For more information, please click and connect to www.ptm-perutravelmart.com.

... is designed to increase inbound tourism to all four (4) of Ecuador’s Tourism Regions/Destinations: Amazon, Andes, Pacific Coast, and Galapagos. Tour Operator Buyers and Retail Travel Agents from the USA, Canada, Europe, and Suppliers from all Ecuador destinations participate. The event features seminars, sightseeing, site inspections, pre-scheduled meetings between Buyers, Travel Agents, and Suppliers, and sponsored social functions. For more information, please click and connect to www.seecuador.com.

                

  Event Planners, Conference Managers, and Trade Show Organizers now have the ability to add an exclusive Pre-Scheduled Appointments System - "SelectMatch" - to their events worldwide. William H. Coleman, Inc., an international events management firm specializing in the Travel Industry, is now making The Company's exclusive SelectMatch Management System available to other conference and trade show organizers. "SelectMatch" enables Trade Show Delegates to have business appointments scheduled for them in advance with customers, prospects, and vendors. The System, successfully used for over 30 years, revolutionized Travel Industry Trade Shows, and literally transforms "trade" shows into "business" shows. Event Organizers adding "SelectMatch" receive a complete "Turn Key Management System" containing marketing, sales, and administrative materials as well as the actual appointments scheduling. NO Investment in computer hardware or software is required. Fees are based on the number of exhibitors and delegates participating, and the services and materials used. All "SelectMatch" event services are available on the Internet, including "on line" registration that can be “linked” to existing Web Sites making it easy for Event Managers to make this service available to their delegates.  For more information, please click and connect to www.select-match.com.

 

  ... is an annual event sponsored by the Jordan Tourism Board and held at the Dead Sea in February every year. The format includes two (2) days of pre-scheduled appointments between USA, Canada, and Latin America “Buyers” and Jordan “Suppliers,” product and “voluntourism” updates, and an extensive selection of official pre and post tours throughout the entire Country. For more information, please click and connect to www.jordantravelmart.com.

... is an annual event which promotes travel from worldwide markets to all Central America countries including El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, and Belize.  The TREX format features the SelectMatch™ pre-scheduled appointment system.  For more information, please click and connect to www.trexca.com.

 

William H. Coleman, Inc.

About The Organizers!
William H. Coleman, Inc. is an international events management firm headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, with offices in London and Toronto. The Company is one of the first organizations in the world to begin using the pre-scheduled appointments format over 35 years ago. The Company's events in Europe, North America, Latin America, Mexico, The Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim are quality events that produce results.

William H. Coleman, Inc. Profile:
William H. Coleman, Inc. was originally established in 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida to provide Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations services for domestic USA and International clients. The Company’s first significant assignments in the Travel Industry were to help launch the first Rendez-Vous Canada in Toronto, and the inaugural TravelMart LatinAmerica (Bolsa de Turismo) in Lima, Peru, in 1978. These two events marked one of the first times that a “pre-scheduled appointments system” had been used to help organize a “Buyers and Suppliers” Trade Show.

The Company used this revolutionary new format to create new Travel Industry events in Florida, The Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, and several regions in the USA. Most Travel Industry Events now using the “pre-scheduled appointments” format are based on the original William H. Coleman, Inc. “SelectMatch” management systems.

William H. Coleman, Inc. events enable Buyers of travel services (Tour Operators, Wholesalers, Meeting/Incentive Planners, & Travel Agencies handling Group Travel) to research, identify, and develop new products and services for their clients. Buyers are senior “decision makers” from global primary markets who can “negotiate and contract” Group and FIT business, including any kind of “special interest” travel ranging from adventure, culture and eco-tourism to city stays, luxury and all types of activity holidays.

Suppliers have the opportunity to “show and tell” their product, pricing, and promotion policies to Buyers who are genuinely interested in what they have to offer in an efficient and effective “strictly business” format. Suppliers are senior sales/marketing executives representing hotels and resorts, cruise companies, airlines, tourist boards, city and convention bureaus, receptive operators, car rental firms, attractions and other promotional organizations.

The Company exclusively manages Travel Industry events in Latin America, Mexico, and in Europe that are carefully targeted to accomplish specific sales development objectives.

Today, TravelMart LatinAmerica, owned by William H. Coleman, Inc., is widely recognized as the most important “strictly business” annual event for building business to Latin America from world-wide markets. Attendance at TravelMart LatinAmerica in the last 10 years has been limited to 1000 total delegates: 275 Buyer Delegates, 250 Supplier Organizations/600 Supplier Delegates, 25 Journalists, and 100 VIP’s.

The Company also currently manages other travel industry events including Cancun Travel Mart Mexico Summit, organized for the Cancun Hotel Association and in recent years has managed Peru Travel Mart for the National Chamber of Tourism of Peru, and Meet Ecuador and See Ecuador for the Quito Visitor’s Bureau. The Company also helped launch the Jordan Travel Mart held at the Dead Sea, and sponsored by the Jordan Tourism Board.

William H. Coleman, Inc. recently launched its inaugural New Europe Travel Mart (NETM), successfully held in April 2012 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This new annual tourism sales/business development event is designed to increase leisure travel to the region that includes the Baltic to the Balkans, increasingly referred to as “New Europe.”

The Travel Industry around the world has changed dramatically since William H. Coleman, Inc. organized its first TravelMart LatinAmerica in 1978! However, the original management philosophy of carefully “balancing” Buyer and Supplier registration and attendance to provide maximum business opportunities has not changed, and it remains one of the primary reasons the Company’s events have remained productive and successful.

William H. Coleman, Inc. continues to be one of the most respected event management firms in the Travel Industry.

If you would like additional information about William H. Coleman, Inc. events and clients, or to find out how to add the SelectMatch™ Pre-Scheduled Appointments Management System to your event(s) contact Irma Coleman, President & CEO:  Telephone: 904-398-6777, EXT 8030, Email: [email protected].

Thank you for your interest.