IFTM Top Resa reports good results for 2017

The IFTM Top Resa exhibition brought together 32,480 travel professionals from 26 to 29 September. The event organisers are now looking ahead to the 2018 edition, which will celebrate Top Resa's 40th anniversary.
IFTM Top Resa
IFTM Top Resa brought together over 32,000 professionals

La 39th edition of IFTM Top Resa ended on 29 September at Porte de Versailles. The event succeeded in bringing together no less than 32,480 professionals - one figure in increase of 5% than last year - as they set out to discover the 1,700 brands representedor listening to some 150 conferences. This year's event, the 2018 edition, will have witnessed an internationalisation of the audience, with the organisers registering 18% of foreign visitors compared with 12% the previous year.

Hackathon
The first IFTM hackathon was organised this year

Le business travel was no stranger to the success of the 39th IFTM Top Resa. A quarter of visitors (24%) cited business travel as the reason for their visit, while 14% of those surveyed targeted business tourism (MICE). In addition to the Business Club and its 32 exhibitors, they will have had the opportunity to attend the IFTM Sabre hackatonThe first edition was won by the Vizity, Click Team Wood and Havas Voyages teams.

Now it's time for the 2018 edition, which is set to make history. The organisers will be celebrating the 40th edition of IFTM Top Resa. The dates are set for 25 to 28 September next, at the Pavillon 7 at Porte de Versailles.

The 2017 edition in figures:

  • 1700 brands
  • 30,000 m² of exhibition space
  • 32,480 professionals, including 82 % French nationals
  • 105 airports and airlines
  • 14 online travel agencies
  • 43 shipping and cruise companies
  • 8 railway companies
  • 335 hotel chains, hotel residences, hotel reservation centres and hotels
  • 19 car rental companies
  • 181 destinations and representative offices
  • 7 distribution networks
  • 22 TMC business agency networks
  • 86 technology players - GDS - startups - digital
  • 54 tour operators
  • 15 leisure parks
  • 32 Business Club exhibitors