Criteria to Exhibit

International Pow Wow provides a cost-effective marketplace that offers "one-stop shopping" for pre-qualified International and Domestic Buyers to learn about and purchase U.S. travel products and services from eligible U.S. Suppliers. In order to exhibit at International Pow Wow, organizations must be selling only U.S. travel products and services to the buyers.

Buyers are not permitted to sell their services to U.S. Suppliers while attending International Pow Wow.

U.S. Suppliers are not permitted to sell their services to other U.S. Suppliers, unless they are registered as a Domestic Buyer.

In order to qualify to exhibit at International Pow Wow, organizations must meet the requirement of selling U.S. travel products and services to tour and travel operators and fall into one of the following categories:

• Direct promoters of U.S. destinations (city, local, state and regional) including:
  • Destination Marketing Organizations
  • Government Agencies: State and Territorial Tourism Offices
  • Convention and Visitor Bureaus

 

• U.S. based organizations directly selling travel and tourism products and services to tour and travel operators including:
  • Accommodations & Food Service: Restaurants; Hotels (chains, management, marketing, ownership groups, hotel representatives, motels); Resorts; Campgrounds; Bed & Breakfasts
  • Attractions: Amusement and Theme Parks; Museums; Cultural, Historic and Natural sites; Casinos; Shopping facilities; Sightseeing; Zoos; Aquariums; Dining/Entertainment venues; Attraction Services
  • Transportation Companies: Airlines; Automobile and R/V rental companies; Motorcoach; Cruise lines; Rail services

 

• Travel Packagers and Distribution Networks who sell wholesale U.S. travel products and services including:
  • Retailers
  • Tour Operators
  • Receptive Operators
  • Associations that represent the U.S. travel and tourism industry and offer U.S. services to tour operators
  • Allied Organizations whose core business or part of their product is travel related goods and services such as telephone services, credit cards and travel insurance.

NOTE: Allied organizations that are not eligible to exhibit include: print, broadcast, and interactive media; universities; advertising, public relations, consulting and research servicing companies; financial institutions, and services such as: marketing systems (SEO/SEM, advertising, email campaigns, web designs); distribution channel management, revenue and reservation systems and social media applications.

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