Newlink is the Mexico Tourism Board’s New Agency for Public
Relations in the United States
The Mexico Tourism Board Participates IN the 2009
edition of the Motivation Show in Chicago
Mexico will showcase its top
incentive travel destinations and feature some of its newest developments on
the rise
CHICAGO, Ill., (Sept. 21st, 2009) – The Mexico Tourism
Board is proud to once again take part in the largest incentive travel industry
show of the America’s: The Motivation Show 2009, which returns to
Chicago’s prestigious McCormick Place on September 29th
through October 1st. Mexico will welcome more than 12,000 buyers and
international suppliers at the Mexico Pavilion – one of the largest
booths in the show.
The Motivation Show – the most important
incentive travel exhibition in the United States
– will allow Mexico
to continue to position itself as one of the best world destinations for the
meeting and conventions market.
According to the International Congress &
Convention Association (ICCA), Mexico
has moved from 11th to 9th place in terms of number of
attendees at conferences worldwide. This means that from 2008 to 2009, the
number of attendees increased from 74,116 to 119,084, a significant boost of
6%. This shows that Mexico’s
modern infrastructure, advanced technology, along with the friendliness and
kindness of its people, partnered with its natural attractions, continues to
lure the meetings market.
Mexico has many new and exciting
developments on the rise including a variety of convention centers and exhibit
areas opening now through 2010. Many are being
constructed, remodeled or expanded throughout 12 cities. Mexico’s
meetings industry is adapting to the needs of the market. In the Pacific Coast,
most recently, the Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center opened with
the capacity to host events with up to 7, 000 people. The MazatlanInternationalCenter
for 5,000 people will open in a few weeks. The convention center in Colima was
renovated to increase its capacity to 1,000 people. The main venue in Guadalajara, Expo Guadalajara, was recently renovated and
is now considered one of Latin America’s
largest venues with 530,000 sq ft of exhibit and meeting space.
In the Northern region, the ConventionPalace
was opened in Zacatecas- an eco-friendly building with a capacity for more than
5,000 people. The convention center in Tampico
was also redone and now it can hold events for up to 2,500 people. The city of Torreon will have a convention center in the next few
years and in Monterrey,
Cintermex will add eight meeting rooms to increase its capacity. In the Central
region a new convention center will be opening in 2010 in Aguascalientes. The new convention center in
Queretaro
will open this year and it is expected to have a capacity for over 10,000
people. And in the Southeast, Ciudad del Carmen will
have its own convention center that will be located close to the tourist area
of Playa Norte, with a capacity for 1,140 people by 2010.
Among the most important sites for meetings and conventions in Mexico
are: The World Trade Center and The Banamex Center in Mexico City, The Acapulco
Convention Center, The Campeche XXI Convention Center, The Cancun Convention
Center, The International Center for Business of Monterrey, and Expo
Guadalajara; there are also hotels and other meeting sites in various cities
along the country.
Mexico recognizes the importance of
this multi-billion dollar industry in which U.S. companies’ annual share
accounts for 15 billion dollars spent on incentive travel alone. Hence, Mexico
continues to stay on the vanguard of global incentive travel trends by adapting
successful programs into the country’s tourism supply such as the
implementation of 0% VAT Tax for congresses and conventions
travel in 2005, the creation of Your Best Reward is Mexico in
2006 – a program which since has introduced Veracruz, Guadalajara and
Campeche as certified incentive destinations.
All of these programs are a mere bonus to the already
valuable and internationally favored Mexican destinations; this is proven by an
Incentives & Meetings International 2007-2008 Reader’s Survey
conducted by I&MI Media which demonstrates that Mexico is the 3rd
most preferred incentive travel destination in the world.
About the Mexico
Tourism Board
The Mexico Tourism Board (MTB) brings together the resources of federal
and state governments, municipalities and private companies to promote Mexico’s
tourism attractions and destinations internationally. Created in 1999, the
MTB is Mexico’s tourism promotion agency,
and its participants include members of both the
private and public sectors. The MTB has offices
throughout North America,
Europe, Japan
and Latin America.
For more information on destinations and online trip bookings please go towww.visitmexico.com.
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travel and tourism information about Mexico, please contact the
MTB’s U.S. Press Room directly at 1-800-929-4555,
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