Hello!
Culture, Connection, Closing and Purpose is our DNA, and its achievement is possible thanks to our Suppliers, Hosted Buyers and Partners.
If you are interested in participating in any of our next editions, please choose your profile:
Hosted Buyers attending the event have the following profile:
• Marketing managers
• Meeting planner
• Travel Manager
• Professional Congress Organizations
• Event Management Company
• Association Management Company
• Incentive Planner
• Corporate Travel Agent
• Corporate Organizations
• Government Agencies
• BTL Agencies.
Supplier: Companies that offer services and products for the meeting industry, for example:
• Convention bureaus
• Representation of destinations
• Hotel Groups
• Airlines
• Convention Centers
• Service providers for events
• Production Companies
• A&V Companies
• DMC´s
• Speakers Bureaus
Jared Chambers
Strategic Account Manager, Live Events
Experient
United States
WMF is a unique event that brings business professionals from all over the world to discuss areas of opportunity within Latin and South America. This event is very much an experience that offers educational sessions, one on one tabletops, social networking and true B to B activations. Before coming to the WMF my knowledge of Latin and South America in relation to the events industry was limited. However, I now have a better understanding of what opportunities are out there that I can present to my clients as some new and fresh locations to consider for their next events. I have met some lifelong friends and colleagues through this event and it is something I look forward to each year.
Andrés Guzmán R.
Business Development Director LATAM
FROSCH
Colombia
I thank you very much for having FROSCH in your events; I truly hope to be able to fully deliver as a Buyer on your expectations and on the expectations of some Suppliers. This was another great WMF! I must give it to you: I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart for creating events at the highest level. They keep getting better and better. Costa Rica will provide great business for FROSCH and for some of the allies that have believed in you. You indeed scored a goal with a marvelous venue!
David Tarrab
General Director
TyC Group
Mexico
The WMF is a unique space for networking, for getting to know new industry trends and vast domestic and international supply options; but the most important thing is that it is a space to do business in a different, fun way, where we can meet different industry participants and continue generating options and alternatives in favor of the meetings industry.
WESLEY HARDWICK,CMP
Partner
CES – CONFERENCE & EVENT SERVICES
United States
The WMF 2019 in Cabo was fantastic. The hotel partners in attendance represented quality destinations throughout the world. The Hard Rock was a terrific host. WMF should definitely be on every planners schedule in the future.
Rommy Ascención
Commercial Alliances Director
Domestic Hosts
Commercial Alliances Director
Mexico
Personally, I enjoy coming to the WMF because of the high quality of the commercial partners that meet there; very productive appointments are set that are interesting to both parties and the event is friendly, relaxed and respectful, given what we all do in order to honor the value chain on which this beautiful industry rests. I recommend the WMF to all my colleagues with an interest in broadening their network, both in Mexico and within the region.
Yikaury María
General Manager
Suplitur
Dominican Republic
Suplitur is very grateful for the recent opportunity to take part in the 2019 WMF COSTA RICA. Personally, I had never been at the destination and it was an engrossing experience for me, not only because of the quality of the program and the suppliers we could network with, thereby obtaining better business opportunities for our firms, but also because of the welcoming human warmth, the service culture that runs through the veins of Costaricans, who make you feel right at home.
Thanks to WORLD MEETINGS FORUM for taking us into account! Thanks for the invitation.
Gabriela Sosa
Global Sales Director and Sales Director Mexico and Latin America
Belmond Hotels
One of the most important goals for Belmond is to position itself in the Groups segment, and the WMF brings together the best Meeting & Incentive planners from Mexico and Latin America; the event’s logistics allow for spending quality time with contacts, so that we can introduce them to our products and experiences and get to know their needs. The event’s logistics are very good; there is a balance between work meetings, networking and a relaxed interaction among the participants. We have generated business, grown our contacts and made good friends!!! We will continue to participate, because the WMF is the best event in the meetings industry.
Petr Lutter
Director, Latin America
CzechTourism – Tourism Bureau of the Czech Republic
For the Czech Republic as a destination, the WMF is the ideal platform for showing our existing offerings in the MICE segment, not only in Prague, but also throughout the country. Personal contact and interaction with all hosted buyers during the three days of activities, conferences, Table Tops and events are ideal for the purpose of establishing a commercial relation. The Czech Republic, as part of the touristic promotion of the Destination, has the goal of supplementing the existing offerings and making them concrete; this is why it invites suppliers, such as DMCs and the country’s hotels, to exhibit their own incentive program proposals. And the WMF is the ideal forum to do this.
Israel Olmos
CEO
PEE Publicidad
Undoubtedly, the experience at the WMF not only showed me the core of the business, but also the possibilities opened through networking. New commercial alliances are created, in the context of which I am sure that we will continue to work together in promoting the industry. At PEE, we are thankful for the opportunity to be a part of this project.
Patricia TORRES
In charge of Commercial Promotion
ATOUT FRANCE – FRENCH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
There can be no doubt that we at the French Tourism Bureau, working together with the Office for Tourism, Conferences and Convention in Paris, made a great decision in taking part in the 2019 WMF; we were able to have high-level meetings, as well as to make important new acquaintances and re-establishing old ones; undoubtedly, it is an exceptional business forum for doing business; these are great professionals from the MICE industry; we can hardly wait for 2020, so that we can show the hosted buyers all the novelties and facilities that our destination can offer for your events.
Gabriel Figueroa
Partner Director
AMTRAD
Our experience at the WMF was truly exceptional! The team made us feel at home during the whole event. The value for money and the scope of the event are without parallel; networking chances and organization are excellent; we have been extremely happy. There is no doubt that we will be back in the next edition.
Aldo Martinez
Commercial Deputy Director – Groups Segment Leader
CityExpress
Without a doubt, the World Meetings Forum is a functional platform that offers tangible results, which has allowed City Express hotels to position themselves as a strong competitor in the meetings industry; the Expo’s dynamics allow you to interact and meet the buyers, understand their needs, as well as to interact with other industry actors in a collaborative and learning environment.