New Fort Myers attraction puts Lee County on worldwide stage

It was a record breaker at ITB this year as 179,351 visited the popular trade show in Berlin, Germany, March 10-14. 11,127 companies from 187 countries exhibited during this international show featuring the travel industry’s entire range of products and services. Approximately 110,953 trade visitors this year, equaled last year’s figures. 12,500 delegates took part in the show, including 10 from Lee County and two from Switzerland promoting Art of the Olympians, Fort Myers’ latest attraction.

Lee County delegation, from left: Carol Obermeier and Brian Solis, Lee County Port Authority (LCPA) marketing; Vera Sommer, VCB marketing director – Germany, Switzerland and Austria; LCPA Executive Director Robert Ball; Jennifer Seaborn, SunStream Hotels & Resorts; Lee County Commissioner Tammy Hall; Artist/Olympian Jean-Blaise Evequoz; VCB Executive Director Tamara Pigott; Francoise Evequoz; Nancy Hamilton, VCB director of communications; Katja Kunz and Bill Waiuchulis, Pink Shell Beach Resort & Spa.

From left: Lee County Port Authority Executive Director Robert Ball, Lee County Board of County Commissioners Chair Tammy Hall, President & CEO U.S. Travel Association Roger Dow and Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau Executive Director Tamara Pigott.

From left: Rudiger Edelmann, broadcaster with hr4 German radio (NPR), interviews Jean-Blaise Evequoz, an artist and former Olympian who competed in fencing for Switzerland, conducts an interview about his involvement with Art of the Olympians Museum and Gallery in Fort Myers.

Artist and former Olympian Jean-Blaise Evequoz answers questions about Art of the Olympians Al Oerter Center for Excellence for an interview with BBC TV Worldwide during ITB trade show in Berlin, Germany.

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