ATA WORLD CONGRESS

ATA's signature event in Africa provides a networking, learning and agenda-shaping platform for 300-500 travel professionals from around the world. The event addresses timely industry topics and offers professional development opportunities. Delegates also participate in roundtables for tourism ministers, an African Bazaar for buyers and sellers, networking events, host country day(s), gala dinners and pre- and post- country tours.

Senegal to Host ATA's 36th Annual Congress

May 25 - 29, 2011

Hosted by the:

Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts, Liaison with the Private Sector & Small Businesses

Republic of Senegal

Under the auspices of

Honorable Minister Thierno Lo

and in cooperation with

Ibrahima Sarr, Director General of the Senegalese Tourism Authority
(Agence Nationale pour la Promotion du Tourisme), ANPT

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Registration & Accommodation

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(Some hotel rates are listed in EURO. To find current conversion rates visit Universal Currency Converter at http://www.xe.com/ucc/)

Program

Click here to view the final congress program.

This year's congress features TICAA (The International Tourism, Cultural Industries and Artistic Crafts Fair). TICAA, organized by the National Tourism Promotion Agency (ANPT), is the premier international travel and tourism event of Senegal and the larger West Africa region. The fair, held annually in Dakar from May 25-29, 2011, brings together travel-trade professionals working in the Africa tourism industry to develop business opportunities, tourism products, and strengthen markets for tourism in Africa. For more information, visit http://www.tourismesenegal.sn/ticaa

Pre and Post Congress Tours

Option 1: Kaba Tours

Option 2: Africa Connection Tours

Option 3: West Africa Tours

Dakar Options

Half Day Tours in Dakar

Restaurants in Dakar

Media and Communications Materials

• Pictures of Senegal
• ATA Congress Flyer
• Media Credential Form

Special Offers

ATA Member, MedjetAssist invites US delegates to enroll medical evacuation and repatriation membership program before departure. As an ATA member, you have preferred pricing for this benefit year round. See http://www.medjet.com/ata for more information or call MedjetAssist at 1.800.527.7478.

Young Professionals Program

• To apply for the Young Professionals Program in Senegal, click here.
• View the YPP Program during the Congress.
• View a flyer for the Young Professionals Program Social Event on May 28, 2011

Senegal in the Media

• ATA Announces Impact of 36th Annual Congress on Africa's Tourism Industry (June 9, 2011)

• Travel World News (May 2011)
• ATA 2011 Congress Scheduled, The Daily Observer (April 20, 2011)
• Registration Opens for Africa Travel Association’s 36th Congress, Breaking Travel News (April 2011)
• Senegal: Africa Travel Association’s Next Exotic Congress, The African Times (March 1-15, 2011)
• Radio interview with Ali Sidy Mbar Sow, Directeur des Etudes et de la Prospection / Agence Nationale de Promotion Touristique, Président du Comité Scientifique du salon TICAA 2010 (April 22, 2011)
  
• Senegal Welcomes ATA's 36th Annual Congress (Press release from Senegalese Ministry of Tourism)
• Discover the New Destination Senegal at ATA's 36th Annual Congress; On-line Registration Now Open; Special Airfares Available (April 8, 2011)
• Radio interview with Jean-Marc Provis, General Manager of Le Meridien with Ogo Sow and Sharon Roling (March 19, 2011)
• Senegal: Africa Travel Association's Next Exotic Congress, The African Times, March 1-15, 2011
• ATA Announces 2011 World Congress: Senegal to Host ATA's 36th Annual Congress in May 2011 (News Release)
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (February 6, 2011)

Senegal Congress News & Views

ATA Congress News & Views, Volume 1, June 13, 2011

News Releases inside News & Views

• Senegalese Prime Minister Opens ATA’s 36th Annual World Congress in Dakar
• ATA to Release Second “State of Tourism in Africa” Report: Preliminary Findings Reveal Visitor Arrivals to Africa Continue To Grow At Higher Rate than Overall Arrivals Worldwide
• ATA Hosts a Tourism Ministers Roundtable on the Future of Tourism to Africa
• ATA Announces Recipients of the 36th ATA World Congress Awards
• Republic of Chad Joins Africa Travel Association
• Largest Young Professionals Program Delegation Convenes at ATA’s 36th Annual World Congress in Senegal

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Past Congresses

2011: Dakar, Senegal

2010: The Gambia
2009: Cairo, Egypt
2008: Arusha, Tanzania
2007: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2006: Accra, Ghana
2005: Nairobi, Kenya
2004: Douala, Cameroon
2003: Lusaka and Livingstone, Zambia
2002: Conakry, Guinea
2001: Cape Town, South Africa
2000: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1999: Accra, Ghana
1998: Arusha, Tanzania
1997: Cotonou, Benin
1996: Windhoek, Namibia
1995: Nairobi, Kenya
1994: Accra, Ghana
1993: Lusaka, Zambia
1992: Ivory Coast
1991: Cairo, Egypt
1990: Casablanca, Morocco
1989: New York, New York, USA
1988: Harare, Zimbabwe
1987: Douala, Cameroon
1986: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1985: Nairobi, Kenya
1984: Banjul, The Gambia
1983: Cairo, Egypt
1982: Lome, Togo
1981: Lusaka, Zambia
1980: Libreville, Gabon
1979: Tangier, Morocco
1978: Sousse/Monastir, Tunisia
1977: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1976: Nairobi, Kenya

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