{"id":249536,"date":"2006-05-02T10:24:41","date_gmt":"2006-05-02T14:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2006\/05\/top-tourism-buyers-and-sellers-converge-on-grand-bahama"},"modified":"2006-05-02T10:24:41","modified_gmt":"2006-05-02T14:24:41","slug":"top-tourism-buyers-and-sellers-converge-on-grand-bahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2006\/05\/top-tourism-buyers-and-sellers-converge-on-grand-bahama","title":{"rendered":"Top Tourism Buyers And Sellers Converge On Grand Bahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The conference, which is being held in Grand Bahama until May 3, is being hosted at Westin &#038; Sheraton at Our Lucaya Resort in Grand Bahama.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is expected to result in high-volume business for The Bahamas, according to a press statement from The Ministry of Tourism in Grand Bahama.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say ITPC&#39;s unique, intimate structure allows high-quality one-on-one meetings between suppliers of tourism products and facilities and the buyers, allowing the parties to discuss in-depth details of future business and partnerships.<\/p>\n<p><P><!--adsense--><\/P><\/p>\n<p>Terrance Roberts, director of business development for the Ministry of Tourism in Grand Bahama said, &quot;ITPC is quite distinct from the many other conferences and trade shows you would find in the travel industry.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Only a select group of travel buyers and suppliers attend the event, giving them a chance to build new relationships and strengthen old ones,&quot; Mr. Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals and companies attend ITPC on an invitation-only basis allowing for &quot;only the highest-caliber suppliers and buyers&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Roberts said international registration has been conducted for the conference from strategic offices in North America and Europe. <\/p>\n<p>Master Classes have been arranged that organizers expect will strengthen the skill and increase the knowledge of industry professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Topics to be covered include Power Branding, Crisis Communications, and Information Management Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Information Management Technology will cover the value of quantitative data gleaned from Bahamas immigration cards and their impact on smart marketing decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The Power Branding class will use The Islands of the Bahamas&#39; brand identity as a case study.<\/p>\n<p>Under the topic, Crisis Communications, delegates will examine case studies of emergency response and relief in a major catastrophe. <\/p>\n<p>The topic will also cover how to deal with the outbreak of localized food poisoning at a property and how to contain crime and its potential impact on tourist arrivals.<\/p>\n<p><small>By: Daphne McIntosh, The Bahama Journal<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Travel Partners Conference (ITPC) has brought top buyers and sellers to Grand Bahama Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}