Ready to enter your travel era? Here's what to expect from the PTAA Travel Tour Expo 2024

Mark your calendars, travel junkies. The 31st Travel Tour Expo TTE) and the 9th International Travel Trade Expo is back this February to address all your revenge travel needs.

- KARA SANTOS

With the theme “World within reach,” this year’s expo will run until Feb. 4 at the SMX Convention Center Manila in Pasay City. The three-day annual event organized by the Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA), will once again showcase the latest travel destinations, with travel deals and exclusive discounts up for grabs.

Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming event.

OVER 200 LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITORS

More than 200 exhibitors and 702 booths are expected to participate in the travel expo. There will be booths from airlines, domestic, and international travel agencies, tour operators, hotels and resorts, cruise liners and shipping companies, and more. The event expects a turnout of 100,000 travel enthusiasts.

According to PTAA, there will be at least 68 sellers and 220 registered buyers coming from Australia, the Balkans, China, Dubai, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, UAE, the US, and Vietnam.

EARLY ACCESS FOR CARDHOLDERS

Event gates of the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia Complex will open at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 3. Unionbank cardholders got early access and were given special rates from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Feb. 2.