It’s time for the Philippine Travel Mart 2009! Cheap Travel Packages on sale!

Get ready as the country’ s most premiere and biggest travel, tourism and trade show will take center stage again! The 20th Philippine Travel Mart 2009 ill be held this coming September 4-6, 2009 at the MegaTrade Hall of SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.

Spearheaded by the biggest association of tour operators and allied members, PTM has a solid track record of bringing in thousands of local corporate buyers and consumers in a single venue for travel and tourism. It has also carved a niche in the international market as a prime venue for foreign buyers as a must-see, must-be event held in collaboration with the Department of Tourism.

Philippine Tour Operators Association (PHILTOA), the main proponent behind the Philippine Travel Mart (PTM), is the biggest association of tour operators and agencies that promote exclusively domestic and inbound tourism. It has a nationwide membership and has been at the frontier of Domestic tourism promotion, partnering with DOT, and its regional offices.

With “Beyond the Usual…” as conference/exhibition theme, the main highlights of the 20th PTM will include beyond the usual regional culinary fares, beyond the usual exciting destinations, beyond the usual travel and tour experiences, and beyond the usual events and festivities that are the hallmarks of our unique Philippine culture.

20TH PTM KEY FEATURES

• Exhibitor Mix – PTM has the most extensive coverage of the tourism and travel industry in the Philippines. From the Cordilleras to the southernmost tip of our Mindanao islands, one can span the beauty and richness of our tourism and culture in one single venue; upcoming, new and popular destinations right at consumers’ fingertips. This year, we are promising BEYOND THE USUAL travel options and activities for all our guests and visitors.

• Great Buys and Sale Packages Limited Period Product Offers - PTM goes on its highly successful BIYAHE SALE NG BAYAN! A once-in-a-year OFFER that makes great adventures, trips and tours, bonding time with family and corporate outings so much more affordable! Great opportunity to book and buy tours, hotel accommodations, airfares, seafares, adventure tours and packages, health and wellness packages, travel packages to any destination in the Philippines generating tremendous turn-out of visitors and buyers! For this year, PTM wil be using the Department of Tourism’s Island Getaways as the official banner of Sale ng Bayan.

• High Visitor Turn-Out – PTM can claim a very solid high volume of consumer turn-out who are serious in prospecting and/or buying tours and travels. In fact, we were able to register 133,000 visit hit rates last year.

• Special Events – An exciting line-up of special crowd-drawing events are conducted by PTM to ensure patronage from the different provinces as well as the greater Manila area consumers. The traditional Bituin ng Kasuotang Filipino (a competition of indigenous fabrics crafted into the most beautiful gowns by local designers) will be given a new twist; the traditional Best Exhibit Display will focus on Beyond the Usual; seminars/mini-trainings for students and practitioners in the travel industry and new competitions that will generate more patronage are being lined-up as well for the 20th PTM.