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ToolBox -travel marketing & consulting became new AFTA member 8.9.2015

ToolBox became a new member of the Association of Finnish Travel Agencies (AFTA) 8.9.2015. The benefits to be AFTA member are:Be part of a trust-based network together with all significant travel companies in FinlandCounseling in questions concerning law and taxation issuesVisibility in the member roster and the AFTA websiteAccess to our annual meetings and events which…

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Australian market and roadshow in 2016

As long-haul travellers Australians tend to travel in Europe for long time. It is not unusual they are travelling in Europe for one month or even longer. The average lenght of stay in Nordic countries is 12 days. The average length of stay for foreign trip is 21 days. The reason for this is long…

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Event Calendar for 2016

Please find current event calendar for 2016. It will be updated once a month.EVENT CALENDAR 2016January Matka2016 (FIN), MeetFinland (FIN), SATTE (IND)February TourEst (EST), BalTour (LTV)March Stockholm Travel Show (SWE)April COTTM (CHN), StockholmTravel Show (SWE), Baltic Sea Workshop (ITA)May Skärgårdsmässa (SWE), Arabian Travel Mart (UAE), HITS Seoul (KOR)June City-Fair (GBR), So! Dalian (CHN), Eurogames (FIN),…

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Workshop in Spain 10.11.2015

Dear Travel Professional, Welcome to the Workshop in Spain! This particular event is for companies located in Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), Nordic countries (Denmark incl. Greenland, Finland incl. Aland Islands, Iceland, Norway incl. Svalbard and Sweden) and Russia (especially Western part of Russia incl. St.Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast).This is very first time organizing joint…

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Chinese Luxury Travel – COTTM 2016

Source: COTTM 2016/Hotels.comBig-spending Chinese travellers are pumping thousands of dollars each day into destination economies.  According to the Chinese International Travel Monitor 2015 by Hotels.com, the top 5% of Chinese travellers – the so-called “super-luxury” class – spend an average of US$3,368 per day when travelling overseas. Disposable personal income in China grew to an all-time…

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Nordic Bloggers Experience

ToolBox has been part of MeetFinland operations where also Nordic Bloggers Experience has been part also. Innastus Ltd. has been our partner for some time and we are delighted to inform that there is more development in bloggers activities in Nordic countries. Here is enclosed their latest Newsletter:”We’re excited to announce the official launch of…

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Organizing Sales Visit tours to UAE, Qatar and India in September 2015 – would you like to join?

We are already confirming UAE + Qatar and India Sales Visit roadshow in September 2015.There are direct flights to Scandinavia from UAE and Qatar. Also the interests of highend customers have been increasing towards Nordic countries in Europe. Our tour is taking to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in UAE and to Doha in Qatar. From India…

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ITB Asia partners with COTRI to offer insights on China’s booming outbound travel market

ITB Asia, the ‘Trade Show for the Asian Travel Market’, has announced a partnership with the China Outbound TourismResearch Institute or COTRI to jointly develop a conference session focusing onChina’s growing outbound travel market. COTRI is the world’s leadingindependent research institute for information, training, quality assessment,research and consulting relating to Chinese travellers. ToolBox -travel marketing…

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“Pink Island” – LGBTQI travel at Matka2016!

ToolBox is now official partner to sell and promote the very first LGBTQI travel exhibition area at MATKA 2016, which is called “Pink Island”. MATKA Nordic Travel Fair is the biggest event in travel in the Northern Europe. It brings together over 70,000 travel enthusiasts to meet, mingle and look for information. MATKA 2016 takes place…

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LGBTQI Campaign 2016

FACTS AND DESCRIPTIONECONOMYFor gay men and women, the average household income is 81 500 USD per year. 40 % of gay men reported household incomes in excess of USD 100 000 per year. 36 % of lesbians reported household incomes in excess of USD 100 000 per year. Gay men and lesbians with household incomes of USD 250 000+…

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