Lotus UK at WTM
Lotus UK will be representing the following clients at WTM
Alaska: Travel Alaska
Andorra: Turisme Andorra
Guernsey: Visit Guernsey
Finland: Visit Finland
Greece: Visit Greece
Heathrow Express
Ibiza: Ibiza Tourist Board
Latam Airlines Group
Liguria: In Liguria
Palladium Hotel Group
Palma: Fundacion de Turismo Palma de Mallorca
Spain: Turespaña
Jules Ugo: 07957 133 939
Sarah Johnson: 07876 506 014
Frances Tuke: 07415 136 001
Kate McWilliams: 07917 190 705
Nina Derham: 07961 401 492
Amelia Astley Birtwistle: 07833 512 811
Georgina Oakley: 07979 235 471
Maria Costa Lobo: 07455 641 517
Alaska
NA350C
www.travelalaska.com
Account contact: Kate McWilliams – kate@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07917 190 705
Maria Costa Lobo – Maria@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07455 641 517
Jesse Carlstrom from the state of Alaska will be available to catch up with UK trade and tour operator partners as well as meet travel media interested in writing about Alaska.
Jesse will be joined by Al Koch from incoming agency All Alaska Tours as well as Tania Hancock from Visit Anchorage.
For more information please email Alaska@lotus-uk.co.uk
Andorra
EM1855
Account contact: Sarah Johnson - sarah@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07876 506 014
Georgina Oakley – georgina@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07979 235 471
Joaquim Tomas, Commercial Director of Andorra Turisme, will be in London on Monday and Tuesday of WTM. Andorra will be meeting trade partners to discuss their ski programme and growing summer programme. To make an appointment please contact Sarah or Georgina ASAP.
Visit Finland
EM540d
Account contact: Jules Ugo – jules@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07957 133 939
Georgina Oakley – georgina@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07979 235 471
Press pack on stand.
Guernsey
UKI540
Account contact: Jules Ugo – jules@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07957 133 939
Amelia Astley Birtwistle – amelia@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07833 512 811
Please come by the stand to meet Wendy Pedder, Marketing Manager – Trade and Media, and Mike Hopkins, Marketing Director, take a press pack and hear the news for Guernsey in 2015.
Greece
EM1270, EM1200
Account contact: Jules Ugo - jules@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07957 133 939
Frances Tuke – frances@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07415 136 001
Journalists are invited to lunch on Monday 3 November at 12.00-13.45 at the stand and then to the press conference in Platinum Suite 1 at 14.00.
From 10.00-10.30 on each day of the show trade visitors are invited for breakfast, while journalists and bloggers are invited for breakfast from between 10-11.30 am each day.
Journalists and trade visitors are also invited for lunch between 14.00-15.00 on Wednesday 5 November and between 13.00-14.00 on Thursday 6 November.
Travel agents will be able to attend cookery demonstrations and enter into a prize draw.
For more information or to attend any of the above please contact Frances Tuke.
Heathrow Express
Account contact – Sarah Johnson – sarah@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07876 506 014
Frances Tuke – frances@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07415 136 001
All WTM delegates can obtain free travel between Paddington and Heathrow on the Heathrow Express between Wednesday 29 October to Wednesday 12 November by emailing contact details and the six digit id badge number to eticketing@heathrowexpress.com. More details can also be found at www.wtmlondon.com/Content/Getting-There
Ibiza
EM1550
Account contact: Jules Ugo - jules@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07957 133 939
Amelia Astley Birtwistle – amelia@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07833 512 811
Join Carmen Sanchez, Director UK & Ireland, Ibiza Tourism Board and Carmen Ferrer Torres, Minister of Tourism for a drink and some authentic Ibizencan food on Monday 3rd November from 16.00-18.00. RSVP jules@lotus-uk.co.uk
LATAM Airlines Group
LA530
Account contact: Nina Derham – nina@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07961 401 492
Please drop by the stand to hear about LATAM’s plans for 2015 and pick up a press pack. Meetings with LATAM Airlines Group commercial director for UK & Northern Europe, Martin Modarelli are available on request.
Trade and media are invited to join the LATAM Airlines Group team for a drink on their stand between 16.00-17.30 on Monday 3rd November.
Liguria
EM2080, EM2100, EM2150
Account contact: Jules Ugo – jules@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07957 133 939
Amelia Astley Birtwistle – amelia@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07833 512 811
Meetings are available with Tiziana Suman from In Liguria. Please contact the PR team to arrange a meeting.
Palladium Hotel Group
EM1803
www.palladiumhotelgroup.com/en
Account contact: Kate McWilliams – kate@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07917 190 705
Georgina Oakley – Georgina@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07979 235 471
Please come by the stand to meet Iñaky Bau, Marketing Director, take a press pack and hear Palladium Hotel Group’s expansion plans, investment projects and new openings in 2015. Interviews with Iñaky Bau are available on request. Please contact phg@lotus-uk.co.uk ASAP.
On stand event: Celebrate the White Isle with Palladium Hotel Group
Tuesday 4th November from 16.00-17.30
By invitation only: Enjoy White Island vibes at World Travel Market with Palladium Hotel Group and find out about the new five star Grand Palladium White Island Spa & Resort, scheduled to open in spring 2015. For more information, please contact Kate or Georgina. To request a place please contact phg@lotus-uk.co.uk
Palma
EM1550
Fundación de Turismo Palma de Mallorca 365
Account contact: Nina Derham nina@lotus-uk.co.uk
Maria Costa Lobo – Maria@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07455 641 517
Kate McWilliams – kate@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07917 190 705
Press Conference
Date: Wednesday 5th November
Time: 11.00-12.00
Place: Balearic Islands Stand, EM1550 (ExCel, London)
Please join Palma de Mallorca’s deputy mayor, Álvaro Luis Gijón Carrasco for the launch of Passion for Running, an exciting new product which aims to raise Palma’s profile for sports tourism and put the city on the map as the ideal destination for athletes and running aficionados. Gijón will be joined by special guest speaker, Kathrine Switzer, one of running’s most iconic figures, who challenged the all-male tradition of the Boston Marathon and became the first woman to run as a registered entry in 1967.
Please RSVP to maria@lotus-uk.co.uk to confirm your place.
Spain
EM1500, EM1550
Account contact: Nina Derham – nina@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07961 401 492
Kate McWilliams – kate@lotus-uk.co.uk / 07917 190 705
Press Conference
Date: Monday 3rd November
Time: 11.30-13.00
Place: North Gallery Room, 14/15, World Travel Market (ExCel, London)
All press welcome.
Please join Spain’s Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism, Mr José Manuel Soria, for an update on Spain as a tourist destination, key results from 2014 and the main initiatives for 2015.
Please RSVP to spain@lotus-uk.co.uk to confirm your place.