September, 13 - 14 2012

Exhibition hall Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

(http://www.innsbrucker-messen.at/)

September 2012 will see the next theALPS-event. And it will be Innsbruck again, where leading decision makers from European Alpine tourism will come together for a fruitful exchange of ideas and business contacts.

"Working together in the cause of lasting, successful, all-the-year Alpine tourism", is the motto of the innovative trade fair and networking format theALPS. The overall aims of this B2B event are: To strengthen the Alpine tourism with and within the theALPS partner regions, to force innovation and to bring new inputs for development and promote joint strategies in the furthering of knowledge in the Alpine tourism.

Focusing on the following project pillars allows theALPS to become THE international stage for Alpine tourism:

theALPS-project pillars

theALPS-Experts Meeting

• Internationals Symposium on current topics of the Alpine tourism
• New ideas and exchange of information between science and business professionals

theALPS-Award

• Rewarding the most outstanding project in the Alpine region
• Compete with the best tourist projects in the Alps

theALPS - Best Experience

• Within the framework of selected pre- and post-tours, Alpine experiences are provided for international Tour Operators by the theALPS-Partners

theALPS - A new way of Trading

• The next stage after traditional B2B trade fairs
• Select the right business partners and make initial business contacts via the new online business dating platform
• The online platform is available 365 days of the year for keeping in contact and also for doing business
• On September 13 2012, the innovative trading room offers the possibility of forging new contacts and doing concrete business
• Greater efficiency in the buying and selling of tourism products courtesy of the very latest communication and presentation tools - with an iPad "replacing the trade fair stand"
• Better networking between international buyers and tourism suppliers in the Alpine region

• How it works:

  

theALPS-program pillars 2012

(changes reserved)

Thursday, September 13

Trading room - full day

Get Together and theALPS-Award-presentation - evening event

Friday, September 14

Symposium - half day