Kamili meeting success at WTM 2008
We proved popular at WTM, as a result of our extensive pre-show marketing, as well as our impactful stand, complete with huge (handstitched) gorilla**! We held 30+ minute meetings and gave presentations to the following operators, who have requested more extensive follow-up meetings :
Over the coming weeks, we'll be out and about, visiting everyone on the list above and in the right hand column. We've also prepared a "Post WTM" campaign (post and email) entitled "Time to hit the road" encouraging those that we didn't catch up with to arrange an appointment. *We're also heading over to Amsterdam to follow up with neetings made at WTM. We've already been contacted by three of these operators who are updating their websites! Give us your feedback.
Simon Beck, WTM's Africa Regional Director said "Kamili's stand was the busiest in the Africa section. Kamili is without doubt our most enthusiastic and exciting new exhibitor. And the gorilla was an inspired move!".
**Our gorilla did prove incredibly popular and we're estimating he featured in 500+ photographs and was used by numerous TV crews at the show. As we plan to use him at other events, WE NEED A NAME FOR THE GORILLA.....any suggestions? Send them to mandy@kamilisafaris.com
Worldwide Operators
We didn't meet up with just UK operators, as we also gave full partner presentations to :
The Knot (USA)
Island Safaris (USA)
Palace Travel (USA)
Untamed Wildlife Safaris (Holland)*
Terra Travel (Holland)*
All Over Tours (Holland)*
Grandeur Nature (France)
Executive Travel (Germany)
Daktari Tours (Germany)
Scirocco Tours (Italy)
Angie Travel (Italy)
Cox & Kings (India oubound)
Honey Moon (Israel)
Dubai to Africa (Dubai)
Safaris for Africa (RSA)
Kamili Curry Night
Eighteen Kamili partners, along with 3 journalists, 7 UK operators and 2 German operators joined Mandy & Tim for a relaxed curry in the Docklands....not all business chat we hope, but maybe a bit of networking!
The girls step up!
Mandy completed her first solo Kamili presentations and these seem to have gone really well, too. We were joined on our stand on the Monday, by Amanda Gillespie who usually only holds the fort if we are ever both away. She'lll be spending more and more time working with us in the future.
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Just dropped by....
We had short "catch up" or "intro" sessions with these UK operators, who all want us to visit, to tell them more :
Audley Travel (visited last month)
African Pride (visited last month)
Black Tomato
Hi Life Travel (first meeting)
Experience Travel (first meeting)
Explore Worldwide
Bath Travel (first meeting)
Natural High Safaris
Ian Allen Travel (first meeting)
Close Encounters ( last month)
Media Meetings
We attracted attention from the following media :
Travel Africa
Travel Zambia
Destination Zambia
Wanderlust
ABTA Magazine
BBC Wildlife Magazine
Southern Africa Direct (TV)
Kamili Directory
Our new Kamili directory - a hardbacked ring binder with 80+ pages of information on the portfolio, plus cd of lodge presentations, imagery and rack rates all proved very popular. At c$25 each, thats a relief!!
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