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ipw – WEDNESDAY JUNE 3

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Look for complete coverage of the 2015 ipw in Orlando next week’s issue of the Inbound Report.. For now, here is a day-by-day sampler of images we have assembled.

Vlado Sestan (left), CEO of Croatia Active-DMC Ariatic, at TheTourOperator.com booth, meeting with Betsy Cooper, engagement strategist for the NAJ Group, and Chris Guidone, director of Wine, Water and Wonders of Upstate New York .
Vlado Sestan (left), CEO of Croatia Active-DMC Ariatic, at TheTourOperator.com booth, meeting with Betsy Cooper, engagement strategist for the NAJ Group, and Chris Guidone, director of Wine, Water and Wonders of Upstate New York .

 

Maria Constanza Ferrucci, director of the department of outbound tourism for Buenos Aires-based Turar, meets with Ray Thomas, president of City Tours USA. Thomas himself is a native of Argentina.
Maria Constanza Ferrucci, director of the department of outbound tourism for Buenos Aires-based Turar, meets with Ray Thomas, president of City Tours USA. Thomas himself is a native of Argentina.

 

One of the best known and most liked of the international journalists who covers ipw, Alberto Sanchez Lavalle from Buenos Aires, who has been attending the event for some 30 years, pauses from his work in the press room to give us a smile.
One of the best known and most liked of the international journalists who covers ipw, Alberto Sanchez Lavalle from Buenos Aires, who has been attending the event for some 30 years, pauses from his work in the press room to give us a smile.

 

Gloria Lan, president of Tour America, a major Los Angeles-based receptive tour operator, meets with Rafael Villanueva, senior director of international sales for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Gloria Lan, president of Tour America, a major Los Angeles-based receptive tour operator, meets with Rafael Villanueva, senior director of international sales for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

 

Deb Hickok (right) president and CEO of Explore Fairbanks, with tourism sales manager, Ashley Ritenour.
Deb Hickok (right) president and CEO of Explore Fairbanks, with tourism sales manager, Ashley Ritenour.

 

The mood is buoyant in the San Antonio CVB booth after the announcement the day before that San Antonio will host ipw for the first time ever in 2023.
The mood is buoyant in the San Antonio CVB booth after the announcement the day before that San Antonio will host ipw for the first time ever in 2023.

 

The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset created so much buzz about the ipw exhibit floor, that the staff for the Visit St. Pete/Clearwater staff who showed the devices to visitors, said Frances Trabal, deputy direct (on the right) ran out of business cards, which mean that interested parties had to take smartphone photos of their cards. Also, the batteries on the devices got so much work that they died by mid-afternoon today.
The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset created so much buzz about the ipw exhibit floor, that the staff for the Visit St. Pete/Clearwater staff who showed the devices to visitors, said Frances Trabal, deputy direct (on the right) ran out of business cards, which mean that interested parties had to take smartphone photos of their cards. Also, the batteries on the devices got so much work that they died by mid-afternoon today.

 

Sally Davis Berry (left), leisure tourism sales and marketing manager for the Corning Museum of Glass, shows off a glass with the sand-blasted NAJ logo, made at the museum, to her colleague, Chris Guidone, director of Wine, Water and Wonders of Upstate New York.
Sally Davis Berry (left), leisure tourism sales and marketing manager for the Corning Museum of Glass, shows off a glass with the sand-blasted NAJ logo, made at the museum, to her colleague, Chris Guidone, director of Wine, Water and Wonders of Upstate New York.

 

Thousands of ipw delegates streamed into Universal Studios Orlando as the sun set on both the day and ipw itself in order to celebrate the event and the night.
Thousands of ipw delegates streamed into Universal Studios Orlando as the sun set on both the day and ipw itself in order to celebrate the event and the night.

 

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Jimena Villavincenencio Farfán, editor of Vamos!, a Peruvian trade publication, gets close to one of Universal’s most popular movie characters of the quarter century—Beetlejuice—at the big event.
Jimena Villavincenencio Farfán, editor of Vamos!, a Peruvian trade publication, gets close to one of Universal’s most popular movie characters of the past quarter century—Beetlejuice—at the big event.

 

Keith Nicholson, sales manager at Pole Position Raceway by two of the actors—Or are they actors—who lined the entrance into the Universal Studios party.
Keith Nicholson, sales manager at Pole Position Raceway by two of the actors—Or are they actors?—who lined the entrance into the Universal Studios party.

 

Tracy Francis (right), destination sales manager, Visit Baton Rouge, shivers a little as Deceptikon starts talking in his menacing voice just as she is ready to smile for a photo.
Tracy Francis (right), destination sales manager, Visit Baton Rouge, shivers a little as Deceptikon starts talking in his menacing voice just as she is ready to smile for a photo.

 

Clearly enjoying his predicament—being trapped midst a swirl of dancing Egyptians come to life after thousands of years—Paulo Roberto Miranda, chairman and CEO of Brazil’s Grupo Travel News, gives a thumbs up to show his approval of the situation.
Clearly enjoying his predicament—being trapped midst a swirl of dancing Egyptians come to life after thousands of years—Paulo Roberto Miranda, chairman and CEO of Brazil’s Grupo Travel News, gives a thumbs up to show his approval of the situation.

 

 

It is hard to tell whether the smile of Angie Zok, Brand USA marketing executive from Miles, is one that is nervous or happy as she is flanked by Curious George and the Man with a Yellow Hat.
It is hard to tell whether the smile of Angie Zok, Brand USA marketing executive from Miles, is one that is nervous or happy as she is flanked by Curious George and the Man with a Yellow Hat.
He likes the car. Oliver Yang, tourism marketing specialist in the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott enjoys the disco party car enough that he stops to pose in front of it.
He likes the car. Oliver Yang, tourism marketing specialist in the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott enjoys the disco party car enough that he stops to pose in front of it.

 

Gretchen Paxton (left) Chief Wiggum and Egidia Contreras Thomas, international sales managers for Enterprise Holdings (Alamo, Enterprise and National car rentals) seem unable to persuade Chief Wiggum, police chief in the Simpsons’ Springfield to share his favorite Lard Lad donut shop donuts
Gretchen Paxton (left) and Egidia Contreras Thomas, international sales managers for Enterprise Holdings (Alamo, Enterprise and National car rentals) seem unable to persuade Chief Wiggum, police chief in the Simpsons’ Springfield to share his favorite Lard Lad donut shop donuts

 

Nora Baumann, who works in customer service and product management, USA, for the German tour operator, Tour Consult International, seems to prefer a night at the operator to the rock beats heard throughout the Universal Studios part.
Nora Baumann, who works in customer service and product management, USA, for the German tour operator, Tour Consult International, seems to prefer a night at the operator to the rock beats heard throughout the Universal Studios part.

 

That’s a wrap. We’ll see you at ipw Jun3 18-22 next year in New Orleans.
That’s a wrap. We’ll see you at ipw June 18-22 next year in New Orleans.

 

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