THE EXOTISSIMO TRAVEL PROFESSIONAL’S GUIDE TO VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, LAOS & MYANMAR 2003

London’s World Travel Market will once again be the venue for the launching of the new Exotissimo Travel Professional’s Guide to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. For Exotissimo, 2003 will be a special one as we celebrate our 10^th anniversary in the travel business and to mark this occasion we have produced our biggest, and we believe our best, brochure and tariff yet.

This year, as in previous years, the Exotissimo Travel Professional’s Guide comes in two sections, an attractive full-colour brochure and an information-packed professional tariff.

In our full-colour brochure we will take you on a journey through the exotic locations of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, brought to life by a wonderful new collection of Bill Hobdell images of some of the people, sights and scenes you can expect to encounter along the way. Each country section is colour-coded for easy reference and all the popular destinations, and some lesser-known destinations, are featured along with a summary of highlights. There is also a full-colour guide to every Exotissimo Preferred Hotel in each of our destinations to help you choose the most suitable hotels for your clients. Colour maps of each country, new city street maps and full contact details for Exotissimo offices in the region complete our 2003 brochure.

While our professional confidential tariff is not as pretty as our brochure it is certainly just as important, if not more important, for travel professionals. In our 2003 confidential tariff you will find a wide range of sample tour programmes, including many innovative new itineraries, net wholesale rates, booking conditions and an invaluable section of up to date useful information for visitors to each country. Among the many new tours introduced in the 2003 Exotissimo Guide are a river trip from Ho Chi Minh City to Siem Reap, a two day tour to the lost fortress of Banteay Chmar in Northwestern Cambodia, more than a dozen highly original ‘off the beaten track adventures’ in Laos and a monastery trek from Kalaw to Inle Lake in central Myanmar.

We have attempted to make the Exotissimo Travel Professional’s Guide to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar 2003 as attractive, informative and user-friendly as we possibly can within the limits of what a brochure and tariff can hope to achieve. We do hope you enjoy reading it and that it will become an invaluable tool in your office helping you to promote our fascinating destinations to your clients over the coming year.

The Exotissimo Travel Professional’s Guide to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar 2003 is due to be mailed to tour operators at the beginning of October. If you are attending WTM in London we will also have a limited supply on the Exotissimo Travel Group stand (AS 4031) located in the Asia Pacific section at the new ExCeL venue. For further information contact marketing@exotissimo.com.

As usual Exotissimo will be participating in all the major travel trade shows around the world during the coming year. Below is our schedule up until May 2003 with information of stand number where known. We look forward to meeting partners both old and new at one or more of these events. If you would like to arrange an appointment in advance for any of these shows you can do so by e-mailing us at marketing@exotissimo.com.

23-25 October 2002 - IT&CMA, Bangkok (Stand No. 606)
11-14 November 2002 - WTM, London (Stand No. AS4031)
25-27 January 2003 - ATF, Phnom Penh

29 January-2 February 2003 - FITUR, Madrid

15-18 February 2003 - BIT, Milan
18-19 February 2003 - AIME, Melbourne (Stand No. 2805)
25-27 February 2003 - CONFEX, London
3-7 March 2003 - SEATRADE, Miami
7-11 March 2003 - ITB, Berlin
20-22 May 2003 - EIBTM, Geneva

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