Georgia hosting business tourism industry professionals in forum
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said the buyers would also meet representatives from the local private sector. Photo: GNTA
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About 60 buyers from Germany, France, the United Kingdom and other countries are visiting Georgia as part of Discover Georgia, a forum for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions tourism, with the event supported by m&i, a company running networking events in the industry.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration on Friday said the event, running in the capital city of Tbilisi between Wednesday and Thursday, involved buyers discovering locations for hosting prospective future international conferences in the country.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili said the buyers would also meet representatives from the local private sector in networking opportunities for Georgian companies to be introduced to “leading companies from Europe and Great Britain for further business activities”.
We expect that a successfully held business forum will bring an income of more than $50 million to our country. We are sure that this event will promote to raising awareness of our country and further increase tourist flows from Great Britain and Europe”, Kvrivishvili said.
Photo: GNTA
Heri Kashema, the Commercial Director of m&i, said the forum was bringing “the best client companies from Europe in the field of business tourism”.
We are glad that the companies have the opportunity to meet each other and see how high the hospitality industry is in Georgia [...] I hope very soon these companies will bring large groups and organise events in your country”, Kashema said.
GNTA Head Maia Omiadze told Agenda.ge the body’s Convention and Exhibition Bureau had been involved in the bidding to “get this event off the ground”, adding a successful hosting of the event would “bring 500 buyers next year” to Georgia.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration on Monday announced its Convention and Exhibition Bureau had won the title of the Best Service Provider Company in Europe at m&i Summer, an international forum of business tourism that ran between June 25-28 in Oslo.
Georgia’s export-promotion agency Enterprise Georgia will promote the country’s investment potential in meetings with companies at the ongoing Annual Investment Meeting in Abu Dhabi this week.
The Convention and Exhibition Bureau of the Georgian National Tourism Administration featured in 17 international business tourism fairs hosted in 13 countries this year to promote the country’s potential in the industry, the state agency said on Monday in the end-of-year summary of its work.
The Convention and Exhibition Bureau of the Georgian National Tourism Administration has presented the country’s business tourism potential at M&I Europe Spring 2022, one of the largest international forums in the field.
The Georgian National Tourism Administration organised an informational tour, promoting the country’s tourism potential for the participants of the Discover Georgia forum supported by m&i, a company running networking events in the industry, the GNTA said on Sunday.
Farruh Hashimov, the Director of Business Development at m&i, a company running networking events in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions tourism industry, summarised an international forum hosted in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi last week by noting it had hosted “top companies” from across Europe.
Maia Omiadze, the Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, on Friday said the country would host representatives from over 100 international companies at m&i Forum, an event for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions tourism industry next year.
Representatives of Georgian-based tourism businesses on Friday said the hosting of the 2024 m&i Forum, an event for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions tourism industry, next year in Georgia would make a “positive effect” on the tourism industry of the country.