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Kuoni to exit the tour operating business

This following article was published on14th of January, 2015 in TravelWeekly magazine. Very interesting situation because KUONI has been important player in tour operator business. I just wrote yesterday about Japanese market and KUONI has had so far one of the key role in Japanese outbound tourism. ” Kuoni to exit the tour operating businessBy Phil Davies |14…

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Marketing actions for 2015 ready

Our marketing activities have been renewed for 2015 and we are having some interesting sales promotions in countries as follows:Global: MeetFinland pre and posttours in January, joined event with Matka 2015 Travel Fair in HelsinkiGlobal: TripAdvisor campaignsBenelux-countries: Sales visits in Belgium and in the NetherlandsChina: COTTM Fair in AprilEstonia: TourEst in FebruaryItaly: Workshop in Rome,…

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Christmas Story 2014

We take this opportunity to thank you for cooperation and interest over our company!This year we will donate our Christmas gift money to cancer studies in Finland. Instead giving material gifts we share here a Chiristmas story with you. The author is this year the one and only Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941). The story…

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Invitation for Mid-Atlantic Workshop 2015 in Reykjavik

Icelandair is investing significantly in its traffic from the USA and Iceland to Finland from where the connections to the Baltic states and St. Petersburg are excellent. The routes to Northern Europe are short and the connections smooth.This is an invitation to exhibit at the Icelandair Mid-Atlantic Tradeshow in Reykjavik – one of the most…

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ToolBox office in new address

ToolBox-travel marketing & consulting  is gointo to new premisesWe will move to new address in Helsinki beginning of 15th of October, 2014. We will improve our cooperation with the companies Brand Balance and Earth Aid Finland with this change. We will continue our core actions in tourism marketing, development and education. Our office will be: Halsuantie…

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Invitation: Chinese Outbound Tourism Webinar 24.9.2014

The Welcome China Global Webinar, which will offer on Sept. 24th twelve hours of information about China’s outbound tourism around the world, will be made freely accessible on www.gbtimes.com/webinar. “The demand for the webinar has been overwhelming, so we agreed with our co-organisers Dragon Trail Interactive and GBTIMES to offer the opportunity to attend even…

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MeetFinland 2015 pre- and post tours

ToolBox-travel marketing & consulting is again doing for Messukeskus Ltd the biggest FAM programme in Finland during Matka2015 travel fair and MeetFinland 2015. MeetFinland is joined event, pre-Matka, on Wednesday. Around this event we are organizing approximately 10 different pre- or post tours for foreign Buyers who are attending at MeetFinland 2015.Please keep posted if…

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Latin America as target market area

By Sami AuvinenLatin America, together with Asia and the Middle East, is one of the fastest growing outbound travel markets (15% growth in 2011), which is partly due to the growing middle class in the area. In Mexico, for instance, 60 percent of the 112 million inhabitants belong to this growing middle class. People spend…

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Chinese Tourist Welcome Course

ToolBox-travel marketing & consulting is providing a special training course for those who are interested in Chinese outbound tourism. The course is made by COTRI, Germany and China based research institute. The course is marketed in Finland by Haaga-Perho.COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research InstituteIs the world’s leading independent research institute for information, training, quality assessment,…

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Chinese Tourist Welcome Award 2014

COTRI invites all tourism organizations, destination marketing companies, tourism service providers and private companies globally from the leisure, tourism and hospitality sector as well as transportation and retail companies to apply with their products, services or projects for the “CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Award 2014”.The CTW Award will be bestowed in five categories:-                     Product Innovation-                    …

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