{"id":26563,"date":"2013-01-18T18:39:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T22:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=26563"},"modified":"2013-01-18T18:59:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T22:59:48","slug":"the-new-york-times-travel-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=26563","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times Travel Show Opens Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times Travel Show hosted a Trade Day for travel industry professionals on Friday, January 18, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The Trade Day will feature travel industry seminars and a preview of the Travel Show exhibition, which is open to the general public January 19 and 20.<\/p>\n

The 2013 Trade Day began with the Travel Industry Conference, held from 8:30 a.m.to 2 p.m., featuring speakers and panelists including Lillian Africano, president, Society of American Travel Writers (SATW); Edward Bergman, executive director, Africa Travel Association (ATA); Susan Black, CMO, Travel Impressions; Terry Dale, president, United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA); Yvette De Vries, president, Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa (APTA); Michelle Fee, CEO, Cruise Planners; Katie Gorga, senior manager of social media, Travel Impressions; Kier V.B. Matthews, vice president of sales, Europe Express; John Peters, president, Travel Media Group, USA Today; James Shillinglaw, editor in chief, Travalliance.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Travel Industry Conference will feature eight conference tracks and more than 50 top industry executives. The conference sessions will provide a comprehensive overview of the travel industry to travel agency owners, managers, line agents, homebased agents and travel industry professionals.<\/p>\n

Saturday, January 19th ASIA STAGE<\/strong>
\n11:15AM \tExperience the joy of traditional dances from Indonesia<\/strong>.
\n11:45AM \tPacific Delight Tours presents a martial arts performance created by the buddhist of the Shaolin Temple, China<\/strong>.
\n12:15PM \tLearn about China\/Asia<\/strong> escorted tour packages, sweepstakes for an iPad Mini, and more from Nexus Holidays Group.
\n12:45PM \tExplore fascinating Central Asia<\/strong> destinations with Silk Road Treasure Tours! Culture, music and dance with Zulya Rajabova! Khush Kelibsiz-Welcome.
\n1:15PM \tExperience a blend of traditional and contemporary Japanese festival culture by JAPAN<\/strong>.
\n1:45PM \tChef David Bouley shares a taste of his upcoming culinary tour of Japan, presented by JAPAN<\/strong>.
\n2:45PM \tExperience the joy of traditional dances from Indonesia.
\n3:15PM \t\u2018Malaysia Truly Asia\u2019 presented by Tourism Malaysia New York<\/strong>.
\n3:45PM \tSavor the culinary secrets of China<\/strong>, presented by Nexus Holiday Tours.
\n4:15PM \tTaiwan Tourism Bureau<\/strong> presents Jumping Princes.<\/p>\n

For a complete schedule of seminars and exhibitors, and to register online, please visit
\nwww.NYTimes.com\/TravelShow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Kao (Ambassador Director-General of TECO) and Thomas Chang (Director of Taiwan Tourism Bureau) attended the opening of 2013 New York Times Travel Show<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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