Opening 4th Annual E-Tourism &E-Marketing Conference

The IOETI first conference in Sharm El-Shaikh Egypt held in 2008 drew more than 190 attendees. In December of 2007, IOETI Online Marketing Conference rotated the show to Middle east to reach further into the market. Over 200 attendees spent three days learning about concepts including Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Content Syndication, Web 2.0, Revenue Management and many more topics, with 4 workshop rotations and numerous keynote speeches and panels.

The IOETI Second conference , held December 2009 in El-Gouna Red sea Egypt, hosted over 230 of Middle east leading tourism professionals including Destination Marketing Organizations, Hotel Brands, Tourism Associations, Search Engines, Technology Companies and Tourism Marketing experts. Over the four day event, 8 workshops, 3 panel discussions and 3 keynote presentations addressed critical issues influencing tourism in the middle east with content presented by tourism professionals and internet marketing experts in a non-intimidating, interactive and fun atmosphere.

The IOETI Third conference , In December of 2010 IOETI conference its way to Luxor, for the first Online marketing Conference in upper Egypt . 2010 saw IOETI conference hosted in culturerama Hall and Luxor famous library with over 300 attendees and high profile internet marketing experts from Google and TripAdvisor,Ifitt,Pata,MODUL University,Mobile Marketing Association,Amadeus, Turkcell,Travel Google,YAHOO,Visit Britain,Orange Lab , Microsoft ,InMobi ,Mobinil, Ministry of Communication,ETC,Helwan University, Ministry of tourism Egypt , elevating the conference to new heights. The IOETI Conferences offer a forum with a unique approach to the ever-changing online marketplace and what it means to hospitality suppliers, vendors, hotel groups, individual hotels, tourism operators, travel intermediaries, agencies and other Travel Professionals, Social media and tourism.

Pharaoh exchange

By Jeremy Gates

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/outdoors/travel/pharaoh_exchange_1_4048222
Published on Monday 12 December 2011 00:00

Luxor temple

 

Tour operators and travel agents selling holidays in Egypt are stressing that renewed protests in Tahrir Square, Cairo, should not deter travellers from visiting other areas.

While the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is advising travellers to avoid the square and nearby parts of Cairo, it has no travel warning for the rest of the country.

Yet the number of visitors to Egypt in the second quarter of 2011 showed a massive plunge: some 2.2 million against 3.5 million in the same period of 2010. And large discounts are beginning to appear on holidays there on either side of the festive season.

Olympic Holidays offers a seven-night all-inclusive Christmas package based on the four-star Pyramisa Isis Hotel, set in extensive gardens beside the Nile in Luxor, with flights from Manchester on December 21 and transfers. The package, originally priced at £1,000, has been slashed to £625.

First Choice has slashed the price of seven nights’ all-inclusive from December 18 at a four-star holiday village in Sharm el-Sheikh from £979 to £559, saving a massive £420.

Peter Kearns, managing director of Red Sea Holidays, which is adding El Gouna to its 2012 programme, says: “We have suspended Cairo excursions temporarily until the situation calms down, but in Red Sea resorts and Luxor, everything is business as usual.

“Our customers seem to understand how far away Cairo is from the Red Sea resorts; it is more than 300 miles from Luxor or Hurghada to Cairo, for example.

“The disturbances themselves are confined mainly to Cairo’s downtown area and Tahrir Square which, of course, should be avoided. But Cairo is a huge city and most tourist areas remain completely unaffected.”

“Far from deterring travel to Egypt, sales continue to come in.”

Red Sea Holidays has some great value mid-December packages: seven nights’ all-inclusive at the five-star Grand Hotel, Sharm el-Sheikh, starts at £459, including return flights ex-Manchester.

At rival operator Discover Egypt, Philip Breckner says: “We have not been using hotels in central Cairo for some time, and we house our clients in the outer areas of Giza and Heliopolis. Our tours are operating normally, though we take security advice on a daily basis.”

Longwood Holidays’ Alan Meadows says: “Confidence for Luxor has been returning in the last month, but with Cairo in the news like it is, bookings can be affected for other areas. But Egypt does bounce back quickly.”

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