VCB attends World Travel Market

The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB) promoted The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel at World Travel Market in November. The annual event is the largest travel trade show in the United Kingdom with more than 5,631 exhibitors from over 200 countries and more than 50,000 people in attendance.

Representing the Lee County delegation at World Travel Market 2008, from left to right are: Jo Piani, Lee County sales & marketing representative; Commission Chairman Ray Judah; Nancy Hamilton, VCB communications director; Katja Kunz, Pink Shell Beach Resort & Spa; Gary Young, Universal Vacations; Suya Davenport, VCB executive director. In front: Heather Zawisza, SunStream Hotels & Resorts.
 

Lee County Board of County Commissioners and former Tourist Development Council Chairman Ray Judah (left) and Patrick Lynch, travel writer for National Geographic Traveler U.K., meet at the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau media lunch during World Travel Market in London.

The VCB goes to the World Travel Market every year to network, meet with marketing partners, new advertisers and journalists, and to get updates on the global travel industry. It is attended by tourism representatives from countless worldwide destinations, cruise lines, hotels, tour operators, airlines, car rental firms, travel agents and travel technology vendors.

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