by Ben Schneider
The 18th. edition of MITM Americas,Meetings and Incentive Travel Market is taking place from 5th. to 10th. of december, this year in Panama, sponsored by the ATP, Panama´s Tourism Authority, in its intense effort to attract the maximum business possible from groups, congresses and incentives from several market niches to Panama.
MITM Americas, is the Pioneering fair in the Americas specialised in MICE, where corporates, incentive houses and incentive travel agencies, marketing companies, congress, meetings and events organizers from all over the world meet with internationalexhibitors by individual and pre-scheduled appointments.

Different to other massive fairs for “professionals”, MITM Americas follows its unique format: quality oriented fairs, not focusing in the quantity of the buyers but in their quality, with individual and pre-scheduled appointsments, besides a networking social program that guarantees the interactive contact between all the suppliers and clients. It is a professional trade show closed to visitors and public.

MITM Americas has been previously held in different cities throughout the American Continent: in Guadalajara (two editions), Leon and Merida in Mexico, Guatemala City , Orlando, Miami and Las vegas (three editions) in the United States; Varadero and Havanna in Cuba; Quito(two editions) in Ecuador; Salvador de Bahia in Brazil; Cartagena de Indias in Colombia and San Salvador in El Salvador.
Panama´s Tourism Authority is offering three different post-tours to MITM Americas hosted buyers, with the purpose for them to visit and experience different areas of the country, besides the beautiful Panama City that they visited during the city tour.
Participants come from 36 countries in the World.
Estimated contacts between exhibitors and buyers is 3.670.
Estimated business on medium and long terms is € 95.200.000