Many Wine Tourism Speakers already confirmed for the Wine Pleasures Wine Tourism Conference 2009

The Wine Pleasures Wine Tourism Conference (Sitges, 24 – 26 January 2009) is shaping up nicely. Speaker proposals already received and approved include:

• Blogging as a new marketing tool for a winery – Oscar Quevedo (Quevedo Estates, Portugal)
• Organic Viticulture in the Comunidad Valenciana – Pedro Calabuig(Pequeñas Bodegas de Levante, Spain)
• Selected Wineries. An innovative approach for the Portuguese Market – Ricardo Gomes (Selected Wineries, Portugal)
• El Impulso del enoturismo en el Priorat – David Esteller (Plan Fomento Turismo Priorat)
• Historia de un ambicioso proyecto de Enoturismo en la Comunidad Valenciana – Fabrizio Pegoraro (Vicente Gandia Plá, Spain)
• Enoturismo con los cinco sentidos – Glòria Vallès (Can Bonastre Wine Resort)
• Wine Marketing With YouTube and Video Marketing – Lasse Rouhiainen (MarketingConVideo.com)
• Organic or “Green” wines and their Producers-Eco Tourism in the Wine World” – Paul Chartrand (Chartrand Imports USA)
• Social Media and The Internet as tools for Wine Tourism – Ryan Opaz (Catavino Internet Marketing, USA)
• Una Visita bodegas familiar – Bernadette Miquel (J. Miquel Jané, Spain)

and many more. Hope you like the taster! Deadline to receive speaker proposals is 15 November and we are looking to have the full conference programme of around 40 seminars ready for 25 November – watch this space and/our web site and get a pdf download.

Wine Pleasures Workshop Internacional de Enoturismo (26 al 27 de enero 2009)

Alrededor de 30 Bodegas  participarán en la 1ª edición del Wine Pleasures Workshop Enoturístico en Sitges

 

Se estima que al Workshop, que se celebrará del 26 al 27 de enero 2009, asistirán unos 50 Touroperadores (TTOO) y Agencias de Viaje (AAVV) internacionales (compradores de productos enoturísticos) de unas 30 empresas diferentes de España, Francia, Italia y Portugal.

 

TTOO y AAVV de los países siguientes han confirmado su asistencia: Noruega, Dinamarca, Alemania, Brasil,  Canada, Portugal, Estados Unidos, Bélgica, Israel, y México.

 

Los workshops (talleres comerciales) tienen por objetivo ofrecer a proveedores de productos enoturísticos (bodegas, agencias incoming, hoteles) la posibilidad de contactar en profundidad con TTOO/AAVV internacionales interesados en ofrecer España e otros países de Europa como destino de turismo enológico.  Mediante la participación en el workshop, tanto las  vendedoras como las empresas compradoras se benefician de la posibilidad de conocerse mutuamente en un entorno eficaz, de bajo coste económico y cómodo, permitiendo la realización de transacciones comerciales favorables para ambas partes. Formulario de Inscripción.

Catalunya sede del I Congreso & Workshop Internacional de Enoturismo organizado por Wine Pleasures

La ciudad de Sitges acogerá la primera edición del Congreso & Workshop Internacional de Enoturismo que organizará Wine Pleasures..

 

Congreso Internacional de Enoturismo

 (24 al 26 de enero 2009)

 

Alrededor de 40 ponentes y 300 asistentes participarán en la 1ª edición del Wine Pleasures Congreso Internacional de Enoturismo

 

El congreso ofrece sobre todo a los asistentes una gran variedad de ponencias realizadas por ponentes nacionales e internacionales, que se desarrollan en sesiones plenarias, ponencias, talleres, demostraciones, debates, mesas redondas y presentaciones comerciales. Habrán unos 40 ponencias las que se ofrecen durante dos días y medio sobre temas muy variados.

 

Además hay: exposiciones organizados por empresas e asociaciones, presentaciones en forma de póster e intercambios de ideas, y actos sociales al final de cada día de la Convención (visitas bodegas, mueseos, catas etc)

 

De esta manera los participantes tienen la oportunidad de conocer las últimas novedades, investigaciones y teorías en el campo del enoturismo tanto en el ámbito nacional como internacional, y de intercambiar conocimientos y experiencias, además pueden contactar con compañeros y compañeras que comparten los mismos intereses. Los asistentes vuelven a sus centros de trabajo con ideas prácticas y materiales que les servirán para su día a día.

Más información desde Congreso Internacional de Enoturismo

International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop in Sitges

It is my great pleasure to invite you to attend and participate in the 1st International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop in Sitges.

 

The Wine Toursim Conference will bring together wine tourism professionals from around the world to discuss, reflect on and develop their ideas. The conference programme will offer many opportunities for professional contact and development. It involves a three-day programme of over 40 seminars, talks, workshops, panel discussions and plenary sessions. It also gives delegates a chance to meet leading authorities on wine & culinary tourism and exchange ideas with fellow professionals from all sectors of wine tourism. Further info Wine tourism conference

 

If you would like to make a presentation at the conference please also click on the above link or go direct to the Speaker Proposal Form.

The Wine Pleasures Wine Tourism Workshop brings together European wine experience providers and carefully screened, high-quality tour operators and travel agents at a unique event devoted to achieving results and growing international wine tourism in Europe.

 

In contrast to trade fairs and exhibitions, the Wine Pleasures Workshop is closed to the general public, and takes place in a private environment perfect for pre-scheduled one-to-one business meetings between wine experience providers (mostly wineries,) and travel professionals selected for their quality and credentials.

 

Wine Pleasures invites more agents than providers to ensure that the latter can fill each available appointment slot with useful and relevant contacts.

 

Wine experience providers will value the Wine Pleasures workshop because they can meet a diverse range of wine tourism agents from all over the world. They can increase their wine tourist bookings by meeting and appointing new agents, extending relationships with existing contacts, obtaining market intelligence and feedback, and promoting their brand in the international wine tourism marketplace.

 

Tour Operators and Travel Agents will use the Wine Pleausres Workshop to easily source new European wine experience programmes and providers for their portfolios, and to strengthen established business relationships – at one event in one location.

 

Further information can be viewed at  Wine Tourism Workshop

 

We look forward to welcoming you in Sitges.

 

With very best wishes,

 

Anthony Swift

Wine Pleasures

C/Vino y Sol, 1

08779 La Llacuna (Barcelona) – Spain

T. +34 93 897 70 48

E. info@winepleasures.com

W. www.winepleasures.org

 

 

 

Wine Pleasures bloq gets going

With the help and guidance of Ryan Opaz, Wine Pleasures gets its first ever blog up and running. We hope you like it and will find our near future postings useful and interesting.

Our first event coming up is the Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference and Workshop (24 – 28 January) 2009 in the Mediterranean Resort of Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. Speakers from around Spain, Europe and as far aways as the US will be either speaking or just visiting this unique event. International Tour Operators and Travel Agents will also be joining the workshop event where they will be looking to meet wine experience providers (above all wineries!) with the view of sending them customers to visit their wineries (weekends included!!)

 Please feel free to browse the content of our blog. If you don’t find what you are looking for please don’t hesitate to contact us. Please leave comments and feedback.

Anthony Swift