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U.S. Travel’s IPW in San Antonio Sets Stage for Future Inbound Travel Growth
U.S. Travel Association | May 24, 2023
Nearly 5,000 attendees from more than 60 countries gathered in San Antonio, Texas, May 20-24 for the 54th annual IPW—the travel industry's premier international marketplace and the largest generator of inbound travel to the United States. “The thousands of attendees we welcomed this week is indicative of the strong demand we are seeing for inbound travel to the U.S.,” said U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Geoff Freeman. IPW convened domestic travel professionals together with international tour operators, buyers and wholesalers from around the world, to meet under one roof—the Henry B. González Convention Center—for...
U.S. Travel’s IPW Trade Show on Track to Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
U.S. Travel Association | April 5, 2023
The number of international buyers and media attending U.S. Travel's IPW in San Antonio (May 20-24) has returned to pre-pandemic levels—with several notable markets surpassing 2019 counts—a prime opportunity to boost the critically important U.S. inbound travel market. “Given the incredible early interest and confirmed registrations from our key global inbound buyers and media, IPW will be the main arena for building back international travel to the United States,” said Malcolm Smith, IPW general manager and U.S. Travel Association senior vice president of business development. “This can’t-miss event, coming to first-time hos...
U.S. Travel: International Delegates Return in Strong Numbers for IPW 2022
U.S. Travel Association | March 29, 2022
WASHINGTON — March 29, 2022 — A full two months ahead of the opening of IPW – the annual international trade show of the U.S. Travel Association – numbers shared today by the association reveal a strong return of international travel buyers and media for the 2022 event, which will be held in Orlando, Florida, June 4-8. Ten weeks out, registrations by international buyers and media have nearly doubled last year’s international delegate count. As of March 25, 712 international buyers and 364 media from 62 countries have registered to attend IPW. With the addition of 280 domestic buyers and 70 domestic press, more than 1,400 inter...
U.S. Travel Announces Cooperation With Connect Travel for IPW 2021
U.S. Travel Association | December 10, 2020
WASHINGTON (December 10, 2020)—The U.S. Travel Association announced Thursday that it will coordinate with the trade show company Connect Travel to co-locate several events around IPW 2021 (September 18-22 in Las Vegas) in order to maximize value to attendees and provide travel marketers with cutting-edge tools and intelligence to promote their destinations and products in a post-COVID environment. As travel businesses evolve their promotion strategies to emerge from the global pandemic, the adjusted IPW format for 2021 will enable exhibitors to grow domestic visitation in addition to regaining their share of rebounding inbound travel—...
U.S. Travel Announces New Dates for IPW 2021 in Las Vegas
The U.S. Travel Association | October 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (October 1, 2020)—The U.S. Travel Association today announced that IPW, its annual international inbound travel trade show, will be a live, in-person event held in Las Vegas from September 18-22, 2021. The September dates are revised from previously released 2021 event dates. U.S. Travel, together with premier sponsor Brand USA and our hosts, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Travel Nevada, secured later dates to provide additional time for international long-haul travel to the United States to broadly resume. “Next year’s IPW will reunite the global travel community and be the keystone for safely rebu...
U.S. Travel Announces New City, Dates for IPW 2021
The U.S. Travel Association | April 23, 2020
WASHINGTON (April 23, 2020)—The U.S. Travel Association has announced that its annual trade show, IPW, will next be held in Las Vegas May 10-14, 2021. This year's IPW, scheduled to convene in Las Vegas on May 30, was forced to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The previously scheduled 2021 host city, Chicago, agreed to step aside for next year and will assume the host mantle in 2025. "This is incredibly welcome good news amid the serious challenges facing the travel industry, the country and the world," said U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow. "Cancelling this year's IPW was a difficult though clearly n...
Travel Trends Index: Steady April Growth, But International Outlook Alarms
U.S. Travel Association | June 5, 2019
ANAHEIM, CA (June 4, 2019) — Overall travel to and within the U.S. grew 3.0% in April, including an expected 5.6% recovery surge in year-over-year international travel due to the timing of the Easter holiday. But the predictive Leading Travel Index—which has proven to be an accurate forecast of official U.S. government arrivals data—warns that the one-month international figure is a flash in the pan, and growth of the inbound market will slow to an anemic 0.8% through October. The data fuels worries that the U.S. continues to miss out on robust growth of the lucrative and competitive global travel market. Long-haul arr...
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