ATA's Third Annual Africa Presidential Forum on Tourism to be held on Friday, September 26, 2008

September 22, 2008 in Events

(Forimmediaterelease.net) WHO:
Heads of State from across Africa

WHEN:
Friday, September 26, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m
Doors open and Registration begins at 9:15 a.m.
Program starts promptly at 10:00 a.m.

WHERE:
New York University
Eisner and Lubin Auditorium
Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square South, 4th Floor
New York, New York

WHAT:
The Third Annual Africa Presidential Forum presents an opportunity for Heads of State, attending annual UN General Assembly Meetings in New York, to present their travel and tourism product to an audience of 200 guests from diplomacy, tourism, business, media and education, as well as to consumer and travel industry trade media. ATA members — tourism ministers, tourism boards, airlines, hoteliers, travel agents and operators, media, PR firms, NGOs and SME’s — will also participate in the event.

BACKGROUND:
In just three years, the Forum has become a one-of-a-kind event on the international travel industry calendar. At the 2006 inaugural Forum, the Heads of State of Nigeria and Tanzania launched the event with an audience of 100 travel industry experts; in 2007, eight leaders from Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania, as well as the African Union, spoke to 200 travel experts and specialists.

Africa Travel Association Angela Gerrow Tel: +1-212-447-1357 Email: info@africatravelassociation.org Website: www.africatravelassociation.org