Gramado Tourism Trade Show

With the definition of the theme "Tourism: the vanguard of sustainable
economy" for the 25 years’ edition of GRAMADO TOURISM TRADE SHOW, the event
will focus on presenting cases, reflections and solutions around
sustainability. Remaining only three months for the beginning of Festuris,
it’s defined that the space of the trade show will be expanded from 17,000
to 20,000 square meters - an increase of almost 20%. The expectation is to
gather, from 7 to 10th of November, about 14,000 professionals at Serra
Park. The environment, suitable for large commercial partnerships, gathers
around 2,600 exhibitors, distributed in 350 stands.

New Halls:

Sustainability - The hall that brings the central theme of 2013 will be a
practice show of destinations and companies directly or indirectly linked to
tourism, whose initiatives address the needs of tourists and the receiving
regions, but at the same time, protect and expand opportunities for the
future. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), whose the promoting company
is affiliate to, defends the sustainable tourism, which has strengthened the
launch of this hall.

Mice Abeoc Brazil - The new hall involves the Brazilian Association of Event
Companies (ABEOC-Brazil) and is geared to the segment of tourism business
and events, or professional tourism. Includes tourist activities arising
from meetings of professional, associative and institutional character of
commercial, promotional, technical, scientific and social interest. On the
international scene, is usually termed as Mice-Meeting, Incentives,
Convention & Exhibitions or just Meetings Industry. The promoting event
companies operate in a market that represents 3.1% of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) and now moves more than R$ 50 billion a year.

Technical Activities:

– In order to give the opportunity to strengthen
commercial ties and put the company in direct contact with potential buyers
and sellers, the realization of business meetings during the event is being
organized.

Business Rounds – To develop the tourism trade’s themes and debates of
interest, there will be specific training spaces during the two days of the
trade show.

Bloggers’ Meeting FESTURIS opens the door to the meeting “Travel Bloggers
- the new mediators between tourists and destinations." The power of the
blogger in influencing the choice of a trip, volunteer tourism and
solidarity tourism are some issues that will be discussed at the meeting.