More than 5,000 travel industry professionals visit San Antonio to attend IPW, the largest inbound tourism trade show in the US.

The U.S. Travel Association together with Brand USA, the main sponsor of the IPW, welcomed all the participants of the meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Geoff Freeman, President & CEO of U.S. Travel Association and Chris Thompson, President & CEO of Brand USA, said in a statement: "We are pleased to report that we are back to pre-pandemic attendance levels and will host over 5,000 delegates from over 60 countries."

"In the days ahead, we will meet face-to-face with travel colleagues from across the country and around the world at IPW of the U.S. Travel, an exciting opportunity to boost the critically important inbound US travel market. ".

The general recovery in foreign travel is yet to come, with only a 70% rebound compared to 2019. As the global travel market becomes more competitive, the United States must be proactive to ensure the return of our markets critics.

This is the opportunity ahead of us at IPW: to reconnect and start new businesses, show the United States as a main destination and generate future trips to our country."

“This is the Super Bowl of international travel for the United States,” said David González, vice president of media relations for Visit San Antonio.

Everything is set for the U.S. Travel Association (U.S: Travel) annual conference to be held at the Henry B. González Convention Center May 20-24. Focused on receptive tourism, the objective is to do business and attract international tourists to the US.

The US Travel Association's IPW is an annual boost for the global travel industry, providing a platform to conduct face-to-face business and renew relationships around the world.

Previous IPW matches have generated $5.5 billion in future travel to the United States, so there is much optimism regarding this year's final results in San Antonio.

The IPW brings travel buyers (including international tour operators, wholesalers, and inbound operators) face-to-face with sellers of US travel products (representing accommodations, destinations, attractions, retailers, transportation companies, and more). ).

There are more than 1,200 US supplier organizations, more than 1,300 buyers of the tourism products offered by the US, coming from more than 70 countries and around 700 journalists, 500 of whom are from international media.

At IPW, more than 110,000 appointments are made. It is a proven and profitable means of growing your international leisure travel business; no other trade show can offer the quality, contacts and access of IPW.