Hostelworld.com are delighted to be able to host their first conference in Shanghai this year and look forward to meeting many of you for the first time. The content of the conference will include topics such as Customer Reviews and advice on best practice on how to deal with them; up to date statistics on where people are going within Asia and what nationalities are growing in 2010; how to increase your bookings to grow your business; social media tips on what you can do to get more exposure on the web. You will have lots of opportunity to meet with fellow hostel owners and Hostelworld staff from our office in Shanghai and from head office in Dublin.

PATA Travel Mart is a great networking and contracting event in the Asia Pacific region.

This year the Hotel Operations Technology Conference & Exhibition is co-locating with a new event called Hotel Hospitality + Design over three days – Monday 24th to Wednesday 26thMay – at the Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre.

Staged annually in London, four-day business-to-business event presenting a diverse range of destinations and industry sectors to UK and International travel professionals. It is an opportunity for the global travel trade to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business under one roof.

Sustainable Tourism 2010 aims to find ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of new solutions which minimise the adverse effects of tourism. This can be achieved through the development of new strategies involving the active collaboration of society as a whole. Such solutions ought to cope with the continuous growth of tourism impacts on the country including culture and society.