Convention and Hotel Meeting Facilities at Cancun

Become a Meeting Convention Trade show Incentive travel specialist

Over the past ten years, our attractions, shopping centres, restaurants,  and resorts have expandedtheir offerings to include the Caribbean's mos timaginative array of activities and amenities.There are over 140 separate tours available  on a daily basis

Your clients will thank you for providing these options,and come to appreciate the value of a professionally planned holiday.Perhaps Cancún's biggest challenge in attract Selling international travel .

The problem in any pricedriven service industry is that  distinguish your self from your competition you have two basic options: undercut the competitionin terms of price (very difficultunless you have huge volume) offer something others don't have  in a word, SPECIALIZE!
With so many agencies trying to sell the same product to thesame customers, specialization is ameans of standing apart from your competition. It can be a very effec-tive strategy.

The key is tobecome an expert without equaland then get the word out! And remember, when you specialize it'seasy to spend all your time researching, coun selling, administering and NOT selling. You're not running a library, you're running abusiness! Steps towards specializing might flow as follows:a Research an area of specialization Develop a sound business plan with realistic revenue andexpense projections
Establish solid  relationships with needed airlines, hoteliers, local ground operators, tourism

Becoming a Specialist  Customized Holidaysing more "special interest" holidaymakers isdislodging long held images of Cancún as a"beach-only" destination. To broaden consumerand travel agent awareness of Cancún's holidayoptions, the Cancún CVB has developed ten tar-getted "product clubs." Each club is comprisedof local tourism professionals with a dedicatedinterest and background in the intricacies oftheir field. Currently, our product clubs arefocussed on the following 10 areas:S Cuisine & EntertainmentS Eco-AdventureS GolfS Mayan Culture & ArchaeologyS ShoppingS SpasS Value LodgingS Water SportsS Weddings & RomanceS Meetings, Incentives & GroupsAs you study this chapter, you'll find the back-ground knowledge, local contacts, and salesinformation to capitalize on these growingspecialized travel products. Remember, spe-cialization can be both lucrative and fun!You'll be earning commissions on added pro-grammes and services, while enjoying immer-sion in a field of interest for which you have areal passion.Value Symbol  Throughout this course, look for this symbol. It signals added commission for you and the chance to expand your agency's Cancún tripplanning services.

Mexico has beenthe site of important meetings of indige-nous peoples, gathered in such awe-inspir-ing locations as Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, andTulúm to exchange ideas and get inspirationfrom their gods. Nowadays, those magnifi-cent ancient places are surrounded by resortareas that provide the modern conveniencesrequired to hold outstanding meetings, con-ventions, and incentive trips.Cancún has world-class hotels and resortsas well as the state-of-the-art Cancún Cen-tre, located in the heart of the Hotel Zone.The Centre has 13 meeting rooms which canbe divided into 37 breakout rooms totalling75,350 sq.ft. of meeting space. Able to accom-modate approximately 8,000 attendees, Can-cun Centre offers 77,900 sq.ft. of exhibitionspace divided in two levels. The scope of Cancún's attractions providessomething for every meeting planner's"wish list": fabulous beaches, the impressiveart and architecture of the Mayan culture,beautiful 16th-century colonial cities nearby,and a fascinating blend of pre-Hispanic andEuropean traditions.Other appeals such as the weather, the hos-pitality of the people, easy access and fre-quent air service, make Cancún one of the mostpopular destinations in the world.A Little Help From Your FriendsIn order to facilitate meetings and conventions,the Cancún CVB provides promotional material,specialized information on hotels, assistance incoordinating site inspections, and guidance onimmigration procedures.When selecting Cancún as a destination, do your-self a favour and work with an incentive house, aconvention management company, or a destina-tion management company (DMC) that has hadyears of experience organizing group travel toMexico.
What you will save in time, effort, andenergy is well worth the expenditure.Whether you're bringing in a small incentivegroup or a large convention, you will want to workwith someone who can help with the logistics,negotiate hotel contracts, get discounted meetingfares, and secure concessions from other serviceproviders.Meetings, Incentives & Groups

AMSTAR specializes in high quality products and ser-vices for meeting planners, incentive and conferenceorganizers, group organizers and tour operators. Theyhave more than 14 years experience providing unparal-leled hospitality services, events organization, theme par-ties, team building, tours, adventure activities, ground ser-vices, fam trips and site inspection. Over 3 million custom-ers have passed through their expert hands.dmc.amstarmexico.com or www.amstarmexico.comTel. 998-881-9590 Fax. 998- 881-959
4BEST DAY DMC Ground handling, incentive travel,groups & conventions, hotel reservations, FIT, charters. BestDay strives to be your "complete solution" for Cancún.www.bestday.com Tel. 998-881-1390 Fax. 998-881-1398
CANCUN TRAVEL ADVISORSQualified and dedicated destination management com-pany in the Mexican Caribbean, specialized in VIP, incentive,and corporate groups.sales@cancuncta.com | www.cancuncta.com Tel. 998-848-0010 Fax. 998-849-2423

Meetings Incentive market Puerto Vallarta mexico

Puerto Vallarta Meeting Convention Expo trade Show Junio 2009

Mexico has the most adequate venues and facilities as sites for incentive travel and corporate conventions, it has grown in buildings and specialized services throughout the country.
Mundo Editorial, editor and publisher of the trade magazines of Mexico: "Convenciones", Weekly de Convenciones and "Giros", as well as Avanti Meetings & Incentives, are directly involved in the total organization of mpm 2009 with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and the Mexico Tourism Board.
mpm 2009 in Puerto Vallarta will be the sixth edition of Mexico's meetings and incentives marketplace.

The event is divided in five equally important elements to reach expected results, always thinking on the buyers and their needs:
1. Seminars.- Attendees will learn how to do business, and find solutions when organizing events in Mexico.
2. Trade show.- Designed so that buyers might, on the basis of pre-established appointments, research and inquire on Mexican tourism destinations, facilities and specialized services.
3. City orientation visit.- Puerto Vallarta is a warm, friendly and exciting destination, full of tastes and colors, suitable for conventions and incentives. A tour around the city to discover its beauty and the site's attractions will be part of the general program.
4. Pre and Post – extended stay.- Only for foreign buyers.That way the participants have a chance to experience Puerto Vallarta and see what is has to discover for the MICE business as well as getting some free time to relax in Puerto Vallarta.
5. Networking.- Enjoy public relations, meet your peers, learn how they manage their own business and react to the same problems you find in the industry and see others' points of view about future conventions and incentives.

The Board of Directors is formed by 3 members and the support of a Marketing Board:
a) The Ministry of Tourism of Mexico: SECTUR
b) The Mexico Tourism Board: CPTM
c) Mundo Editorial and AVANTI Meetings and Incentives
d) Marketing Board
Eligible buyers for mpm 2009 must be people who organize, influence or make budgetary decisions for conventions, meetings, incentive travel, or conferences and are interested in hosting events in Mexico.
Applicants will be chosen through a careful selection process to ensure the best possible quality of participants.
Two types of guests are eligible to attend mpm 2009 as buyers:
1.-Association and Corporate Executives in charge of event planning.
2.-Incentive houses, specialized travel agencies, incentive fulfillment companies and marketing specialists involved in meeting planning

PROGRAM
Sunday, June 7th
All day Arrivals
  Transfer from host hotels to the dinner (check exact time at the hospitality desk)
 19:30 - 22:00  Cocktail and Dinner at the Casamagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort sponsored by Tamaulipas
22:00 Transfer to host hotels
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Monday, June 8th
  Breakfast at the host hotels
  Transfer to the Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (check exact time at the hospitality desk)
08:45 - 10:25 Seminars, (Maito Room)
 10:30 - 13:00 Preschedule appointments in the exhibition area
 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch sponsored by the Puerto Vallarta CVB
14:30 - 17:45  Preschedule appointments in the exhibition area
 17:45  Transfer to host hotels
 Transfer from host hotels to the Vallarta Palace (check exact time at the hospitality desk)
 19:30 Dinner sponsored by Palace Resorts
 21:30 Transfer to the host hotels

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Tuesday, June 9th
  Breakfast at the host hotels
 Transfer to the Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center (check exact time at the hospitality desk)
09:00 - 10:20 Seminars (Maito Room)

10:30 - 13:00 Preschedule appointments in the exhibition area
13:05  Transfer to the Sheraton Buganvilias
13:15 - 15:15  Lunch sponsord by Oaxaca
15:15 Transfer to the host hotels (leisure time)
18:00  Transfer from host hotels to City Tour (check exact time at the hospitality desk)
19:30  Dinner sponsored by Restaurant Ztai
21:30  Transfer to the host hotels

Company  / Activity Stand / Booth
Barceló Hotels & Resorts  Hotel 417 y 419
Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda Hotel 106
Brisas Hotels & Resorts  Hotel 404
Buró de Convenciones Puebla  OCV / CVB 516
Campeche Convention Bureau OCV / CVB 300
Cancun CVB  OCV / CVB 510
Centro Banamex  Recinto Ferial / Exposition Center  406
Cintermex Convention Center, Monterrey  Recinto Ferial / Exposition Center  226
Ciudad de México  OCV / CVB 426A y 427
Consejo de Promoción Turística
de México OCV / CVB 118
Crown Paradise Resorts Hotel 415
Cruceros Carnival Crucero / Cruise Line 112
Cuernavaca OCV / CVB 423
DMC CTA México, Puerto Vallarta, Cancún & Cabo Traveler Advisor DMC 505
Eco Parque El Edén / Canopy El Eden / Canopy Costa Azul  Recintos Especiales / Special Venues 114
El Dorado Resorts & Azul Hotels
by Karisma Hotel 121
Exposystems Montaje de Exposiciones -
Diseño de Stands /
Exposition set up Company -
Booth Designer
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Hotel 615
Fideicomiso de Promoción de Acapulco  OCV / CVB 322
Four Seasons  Hotel 609
Grand Bay Hotel Isla Navidad  Hotel 407
GRUPO DIESTRA / HOTELS & RESORTS Hotel 416
Grupo Posadas  Hotel 108
Guanajuato OCV / CVB 504
Guatemala Corazón del Mundo Maya OCV / CVB 317
Hermosillo - Guaymas - San Carlos  OCV / CVB 613
Holiday Inn Ciudad de México Tlalpan Churubusco  Hotel 215
Hotel Ceiba del Mar Hotel 104
Hoteles Hilton  Hotel 400
Hoteles Solaris de México Hotel 314
IVI Destination Management DMC 308 y 309
IVI Destination Management DMC 619
Marriott Casamagna
Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa  Hotel 100 y 101
Mazatlán OCV / CVB / Hotel  117
Meeting Incentive Experts -
Royale Tours Puerto Vallarta   500
Mexicali OCV / CVB 509
Mexicana Línea Áerea / Airline 122
Michoacán OCV / CVB 522
Mundo Cuervo   623
OCC San Luis Potosí OCV / CVB 110
OCV Aguascalientes OCV / CVB 401
OCV Culiacán OCV / CVB 621
OCV de Colima  OCV / CVB 222
OCV Ixtapa Zihuatanejo  OCV / CVB 405
OCV Riviera Nayarit CVB  OCV / CVB 521
OCV Saltillo OCV / CVB 511
OCV/SECTUR Zacatecas OCV / CVB 120
OCV Tampico  OCV / CVB 426
OVC Guadalajara OCV / CVB 304
Oficina de Convenciones y Visitantes Manzanillo OCV / CVB 220
Oficina de Turismo Las Vegas  OCV / CVB 605
Palace Resorts Hotel 501 y 600
Palladium Vallarta Resort & Spa  Hotel 518
PSAV Presentation Services  Audio / Video / Audio & Video Specialist 409
Puerto Vallarta CBV OCV / CVB 204
Québec   320
Querétaro CVB OCV / CVB 617
Riviera Maya OCV / CVB 217 y 219
Secretaria de Turismo del Estado de Durango OCV / CVB 514
Secretaria de Turismo / Oaxaca  OCV / CVB 227 y 326
Sheraton Buganvilias
Resort and Convention Center  Hotel 315
Sectur Hidalgo OCV / CVB 526 y 527
Silversea Cruises, Ltd.
 Crucero / Cruise Line  611
Landry & Kling
Tabasco  OCV / CVB 300 y 301A
Tamaulipas OCV / CVB 326A y 327
The Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta  Hotel 408
Tijuana OCV / CVB 507
Tourisme Montréal   316 y 318
Ungerboeck Systems International  123
Vallarta Adventures  Tours / Sightseeing tours 520
Veracruz OCV / CVB 515
Vista Vallarta  Club de Golf / Golf Club 116
Wynn Las Vegas  Hotel 607
Yucatan Convention Bureau  OCV / CVB 221 y 223
Ztai  421
 

trade show conference expo meetings incentive travel cancun

Meetings and Incentive travellers in Cancun Expo and conference June 2  2009

Meeting place caribbean is the most professional trade show  in the Caribbean for the Meeting and Incentive industry  with the participation of buyers who organizes or make monetary decisions for meetings and incentives and  suppliers offering the best destinations, properties and services for this market.

ORGANIZERS
Mundo Editorial, editor and publisher of the trade magazine of Mexico: "Convenciones", as well as Avanti Meetings & Incentives, are directly involved in the organization of mpc 2008 with the support of the Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau, Riviera Maya Tourism Board the Ministry of Tourism and the Mexico Tourism Board.

THE FIVE mpc ELEMENTS
The event is divided in five equally important elements to reach expected results, always thinking on the buyers and their needs:

1. Seminars.- Education will be given by incentive and meeting planners from the USA and the EU who hold events in Mexico and the Caribbean regularly. Attendees will learn how to do business, and find solutions when organizing events in this area.

2. Trade show.- Designed so that buyers might, on the basis of pre-established appointments, research and inquire on tourism destinations, facilities and specialized services.

3. City orientation visit.- Cancun is a warm, friendly and exciting destination, full of tastes and colors, suitable for conventions and incentives. A tour around the city to discover its beauty and the site's attractions will be part of the general program.

4. Pre and Post.- extended stay.- Only for foreign buyers.That way the participants have a chance to experience Cancun and see what is has to discover for the Meeting and Incentive business as well as getting some free time to relax in the Riviera Maya.

5. Networking.- Enjoy public relations, meet your peers, learn how they manage their own business and react to the same problems you find in the industry and see others' points of view about future conventions and incentives.

EVENT FORMAT
a) The event will take place in Cancun, a well communicated venue with sufficient flights from abroad.

b) Buyers program format will include seminars, a social events program along with one and a half days of trade show and one afternoon of city tour.

PARTICIPANTS
a) Incentive and meeting planners mainly from Mexico, USA, Canada and Europe.

b) Exhibitors of tourism venues, facilities and services.

c) National and foreign speakers.

d) National and foreign tourism specialized press.

PRESS
International and national press will promote and cover mpc 2008.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
The Board of Directors is formed by 3 members and the support of a Marketing Board:

a) The Ministry of Tourism of Mexico: SECTUR

b) The Mexico Tourism Board: CPTM.

c) Mundo Editorial and AVANTI Meetings and Incentives

d) Marketing Board

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE DECISIONS
Planning decisions and strategies, as well as the site selection are made by the Board of Directors.

Meeting place mexico vallarta 2009

Puerto Vallarta junio 7 al 9 del 2009  Meetng in Mexico for Incentive markets

Mexico has the most adequate venues and facilities as sites for incentive travel and corporate conventions, it has grown in buildings and specialized services throughout the country.

Mundo Editorial, editor and publisher of the trade magazines of Mexico: "Convenciones", Weekly de Convenciones and "Giros", as well as Avanti Meetings & Incentives, are directly nvolved in the total organization of mpm 2009 with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and the Mexico Tourism Board.

mpm 2009 in Puerto Vallarta will be the sixth edition of Mexico's meetings and incentives marketplace.

THE FIVE mpm ELEMENTS

The event is divided in five equally important elements to reach expected results, always thinking on the buyers and their needs:

1. Seminars.- Attendees will learn how to do business, and find solutions when organizing events in Mexico.

2. Trade show.- Designed so that buyers might, on the basis of pre-established appointments, research and inquire on Mexican tourism destinations, facilities and specialized services.

3. City orientation visit.- Puerto Vallarta is a warm, friendly and exciting destination, full of tastes and colors, suitable for conventions and incentives. A tour around the city to discover its beauty and the site's attractions will be part of the general program.

4. Pre and Post – extended stay.- Only for foreign buyers.That way the participants have a chance to experience Puerto Vallarta and see what is has to discover for the MICE business as well as getting some free time to relax in Puerto Vallarta.

5. Networking.- Enjoy public relations, meet your peers, learn how they manage their own business and react to the same problems you find in the industry and see others' points of view about future conventions and incentives.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
The Board of Directors is formed by 3 members and the support of a Marketing Board:

a) The Ministry of Tourism of Mexico: SECTUR
b) The Mexico Tourism Board: CPTM
c) Mundo Editorial and AVANTI Meetings and Incentives
d) Marketing Board

GUEST PROFILE

Eligible buyers for mpm 2009 must be people who organize, influence or make budgetary decisions for conventions, meetings, incentive travel, or conferences and are interested in hosting events in Mexico.
Applicants will be chosen through a careful selection process to ensure the best possible quality of participants.
Two types of guests are eligible to attend mpm 2009 as buyers:
1.-Association and Corporate Executives in charge of event planning.
2.-Incentive houses, specialized travel agencies, incentive fulfillment companies and marketing specialists involved in meeting planning

Mexico meetings incentive tourism expo showcase

8th Annual Mexico Showcase & Travel Expo April 30 - May 04 2009.

The Mexico Tourism Board Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau and Global Incentive Management are inviting qualified Incentive and Meeting Planners to our 8th Mexico Showcase and Travel Expo.

Local Hotels, DMC's and Support service providers are anxious to showcase their properties and services to promote Mexico as the perfect Group Travel Destination.

QUALIFIED PLANNERS WILL ENJOY:

    * 4 Nights complimentary at one of our host resorts.
    * $300.00 US plus tax round trip airfare from American Airlines from anywhere from the Continental Unites States and Canada.
    * Complimentary Airport transfer by host Destination Management Companies.
    * Complimentary Group Meals.
    * Complimentary Group Dinners.
    * Complimentary Sightseeing tour.
    * Complimentary Participation in local Trade Show.
    * Complimentary shuttle service to all scheduled group activities.
    * Plenty of Sun and Fun time for you to relax and enjoy the weather, destinations, and perhaps to do some shopping.
    * Pre and Post Rates available.
    * Welcome to bring spouse (additional charge will apply).