Arabian Travel Market Director takes on Group Portfolio Role

Reed Travel Exhibitions’ Mark Walsh heads up new Luxury and Specialist show sector as portfolio expands Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), has given former Group Exhibition Director Mark Walsh an expanded remit and directive. In addition to Arabian Travel Market to lead the luxury and specialist shows in his new role as Portfolio Director. Walsh’s successful management of ATM, the Middle East's premier travel and tourism event, and hands-on leadership in facing the twin challenges of the global economic slowdown and the Arab Spring, has given him a uniquely well-rounded perspective to drive new business opportunities. Richard Mortimore, Managing Director of Reed Travel Exhibitions, commenting on the appointment said: “This expanded role reflects Mark’s professional capabilities and commitment to Reed Travel Exhibitions. His no-nonsense style of business is both popular with the ATM team and our partners. He has consistently delivered a successful business strategy and shown determined leadership in his delivery.” Under Mark’s direction, ATM attendance numbers have increased year-on-year growing from 21,900 in 2009 to 23,984 in 2011. In terms of the show’s size and reach, Mark has developed the exhibition space ensuring annual growth resulting in it’s current size of 20,500 square metres. He has also launched a number of positive exhibitor and visitor initiatives to reflect the market including dedicated cruise and medical pavilions, workshops and seminars. In his expanded role as Luxury and Specialist Portfolio Director, Walsh will continue to run ATM along with other significant travel exhibitions including International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), ILTM Asia in Shanghai, International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), and La Cumbre – the annual Americas’ Travel Industry Summit. Walsh said: “This is a great opportunity to focus on a complementary portfolio of industry events and off the back of the success of ATM is an exciting time for myself and the team to be working across multiple markets with global tourism and travel industry leaders.” Reed Travel Exhibitions has re-organised its portfolio as a result of the company’s continued success and increasingly active schedule. Reed has assigned a Portfolio Director to each of the three show groups – ‘Meetings, MICE and Business’, Luxury and Specialist’, and ‘General and Leisure’. This restructure allows each portfolio to be more streamlined with its content by promoting internal shared best practices ensuring all exhibitors and visitors receive a better and improved product. Arabian Travel Market 2012 will be held at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre from 30 April – 3 May 2012. For more information, go to www.arabiantravelmarket.com - Ends - Photo caption: Mark Walsh- Portfolio Director, Reed Travel Exhibitions. Notes to Editor For more information on Arabian Travel Market 2011, please log on to www.arabiantravelmarket.com About Arabian Travel Market: Arabian Travel Market 2010 boasted more than 2,200 exhibitors and stand-sharers, from 65 countries. Arabian Travel Market is part of the Reed Travel Exhibitions’ portfolio, which includes 15 of the world’s leading travel industry events. For more information visit www.arabiantravelmarket.com Reed Travel Exhibitions Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) is the world’s leading provider of exhibitions in the travel and tourism industry. Its wide-ranging portfolio of events around the globe covers leisure travel, luxury travel, business travel and the meetings and incentives industry. The 13 events are; World Travel Market (WTM), Arabian Travel Market (ATM), International French Travel Market (IFTM), La Cumbre, International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), International Luxury Travel Market Asia (ILTMA), Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) (owned by Melbourne Convention Visitors Bureau), Global Exhibition for Incentive, Business Travel, and Meetings (EIBTM), Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (GIBTM), Americas Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (AIBTM), China Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (CIBTM) and Business Travel Market. April 2013 will see RTE will launch World Travel Market Latin America in São Paulo. RTE is a business unit of Reed Exhibitions. In 2011, six million participants attended RE’s 500 events in 39 countries covering 44 industry sectors from aerospace and aviation to beauty and cosmetics to sports and recreation. Reed Exhibitions is owned by Reed Elsevier, the world’s leading provider of professional information and online workflow solutions. . www.reedtravelexhibitions.com Reed Exhibitions The world's leading organiser of trade and consumer events running over 470 events in 37 countries. Reed Exhibitions excels in creating high profile, highly targeted business and consumer exhibitions and events to establish and maintain business relations, and generate new business. Reed Exhibitions network of offices and promoters extends to 65 countries. www.reedexpo.com Reed Elsevier Reed Elsevier is a world leading provider of professional information and online workflow solutions in the Science, Medical, Legal, Risk Information and Analytics, and Business sectors.   Based in over 200 locations worldwide, they create authoritative content delivered through market leading brands, enabling their customers to find the essential data, analysis and commentary to support their decisions. www.reed-elsevier.com For more information, please contact: Nathalie Viselé Director Shamal Marketing Communications Dubai Media City, UAE Office: +971 4 3652711 I Cell: +971 50 4576525 E-mail: nathalie@smc-pr.com

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