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InBroadcast asks Glynn Clarke, Director of Expo World Travel, about their service catering specifically for the business traveller in the broadcast sector.
Glynn Clarke, Director

InBroadcast: What services do Expo World Travel offer? Glynn Clarke: Expo World Travel is an innovative specialist provider of co-ordinated travel services for broadcast businesses attending exhibitions, trade fairs, conferences, meetings worldwide. Our clients choose Expo World Travel to book and co-ordinate their hotel accommodation and travel itinerary, giving them more time to focus on their business. Expo World Travel has a global

convenient for the exhibition venue and within budget. We source everything for our clients and their team, from hotel rooms and meeting venues to hire cars and restaurants for entertaining – all tailored to their individual needs. InB: Who are Expo World Travel’s expert team? GC: The business is fronted by me - Glynn Clarke - my partner Lee Barker and Helen Holmes. Between us have amassed almost 40 years of experience in the hospitality and travel industry. For 20 of those years we have focused on the Broadcast Exhibition market and events. We’ve handled group reservations of up to 125 exhibitors for IBC and NAB, as well as groups for CABSAT, BroadcastAsia & CommunicAsia, Broadcast & Cable (SET), BIRTV, ISE and CES. We have worked with a broad international client base in this sector which include many high profile Blue chip companies.

InB: Why was Expo World Travel formed? GC: Over the years, our expertise in the exhibition travel field, has allowed us to identify opportunities to enhance service levels. We aspire to ensure that services offered are tailored exactly to clients’ needs not only in terms of meeting budgets, airline preferences or a preferred hotel, but also by providing them the tools to manage their reservation in whatever way is most efficient. InB: Why would you recommend using Expo World Travel? GC: Cities experience exceptional demand during exhibitions, in particular at hotels in the immediate vicinity of an exhibition centre. This great influx of people can create a great many pitfalls which can be encountered when making hotel reservations for exhibitors or visitors to conventions. Expo World Travel constantly keep abreast of changing availability meaning we are often able to offer accommodation for

new requests right up to and throughout the duration of the show. Even if we cannot initially offer your first choice hotel we can usually find a good close alternative. InB: So what is the latest news at Expo World Travel? GC: We have CABSAT and NAB coming up soon. Hotels are filling up fast but a good choice of properties are available and there are special offers to be had on flights. I would recommend contacting us asap for the direct routes to Las Vegas! We are also working on ISE in Amsterdam in January and Mobile World Congress Barcelona in February and would be happy to offer a quotation on those events for any readers attending who have not already made their reservations. And, despite it seeming that IBC 2011 finished only days ago, we are already taking requests for IBC 2012 and would always advise putting in a reservation request for this as early as possible.

Helen Holmes, Account Manager

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