Expo is returning to the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Glasgow on the 22/23 April 2009 and is exclusive to businesses with a Scottish tourism product.

VisitScotland will host over 500, hand picked, international tour operators, wholesalers, travel agents, travel media etc. to attend expo on experience Scotland through pre and post familiarisation trips. Around 400 UK based buyers and 50 media buyers also attend to meet with around 230 Scottish suppliers. Business output form last years Expo:

• 65% of international buyers at the show intend to expand their Scottish programmes.
• As a direct result of attending the event, 15% of international buyers intend to introduce a Scotland programme for the first time
• 58% will create an additional Scottish tour programme 70% will add new suppliers to their current programmes
• 92% of international buyers say they will feature places they visited in their programmes Almost half of international buyers thought VisitScotland Expo was better than other shows in terms of commercial benefit.
• 50% of international buyers at the show were first time attendees, and 21% of exhibitors were also new customers for VisitScotland Expo
• 83% of exhibitors conducted business with other stand holders
• Over 60% of exhibitors rated their return on investment at the show as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.
• Overall, 92% of respondents expressed a satisfaction rate of ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ for the services offered by VisitScotland staff, and 99% for the networking event.
• This year’s VisitScotland Expo saw our first ever Brazilian group come to Scotland, and their experience has resulted in some brand new cities programmes for Brazilian visitors. Immediately on returning home, one of the tour operators, RCA Turismo, has established five new programmes to Scotland, including a Harley Davidson programme covering Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness; a twin city holiday for Glasgow and Edinburgh and a 10 day tour encompassing Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Loch Lomond and Stirling amongst others.

Expo exhibitors are first choice to be utilized for pre and post expo buyer familiarization trips and for buyer accommodation in Glasgow during the event. They also have exclusive access to the Expo Golf tournament and to subsidised tickets to the Expo Networking Evening on Wednesday 22 April.

Through the expo website, exhibitors have password protected access to our buyer lists and buyers are driven to their stand through the on-line appointment scheduling service. They can contact buyers direct to invite them to make an appointment to meet at their stand. The expo website is accessed throughout the year by both travel trade and the consumer as an information service – free advertising for a year! Exhibitors are enabled to enter their own information and pictures to the site.

To book your stand click on floorplan from the navigation menu above. Shell scheme stands cost £1300 + VAT each. For all costs please see the floorplan.