100 Industry CEOs and Tourism Ministers Expected at World Routes 2013

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

Senior Industry Figures register to attend World Routes in Las
Vegas

In a little over five weeks' time World Routes, the 19th World
Route Development Forum takes place in Las Vegas and organisers of
the event are expecting more senior industry figures to be in
attendance than at any previous Routes event. To date, this year's
event, which will take place 5-8 October and will be co-hosted by Las
Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and Las Vegas McCarran
International Airport, has seen high-level registrations from all
sectors of the industry with 100 airline and airport CEOs and
Ministers of Tourism expected to attend.

Nigel Mayes, VP Commercial - Routes, UBM Live, is looking forward
to the event, commenting: "We are absolutely thrilled with the
seniority level of attendees from all sectors of the industry that
World Routes continues to attract. This year, the event will take
place in the U.S. for the first time and this interest in the event,
and support from so many key industry figures further strengthens our
position as the world's leading commercial aviation event for route
development in the world's largest aviation market."

"We are honoured to be the first destination to welcome
senior-level attendees and aviation industry leaders to the United
States for World Routes," said Rossi Ralenkotter, president/CEO of
the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. "Las Vegas is the
world's premier meetings destination, and the attendance of so many
top executives demonstrates that Las Vegas is a place where decisions
are made and business happens."

"World Routes represents an unprecedented opportunity for key
decision makers from around the globe to experience first-hand all
that we have to offer," said Steve Sisolak, chair of the Board of
County Commissioners for Clark County, Nev. "We look forward to
showcasing the best of Southern Nevada's ongoing commitment to the
global travel industry, including our new world-class Terminal 3
expansion at McCarran International Airport."

The World Routes Conference Programme, which will include the
World Routes Strategy Summit, The World Tourism Summit, Invest &
Manage Airports, Routes Talks and Route Exchange Airline Briefings,
will bring together leaders from across the industry to participate
in discussions that will set the commercial and political agenda for
the industry. Confirmed speakers so far include: Christoph Mueller,
CEO of Aer Lingus; Estuardo Ortiz, Chief Operating Officer &
Executive VP of Avianca; Christopher Thompson, President and CEO of
Brand USA; Roger Dow, CEO of the US Travel Association; Stephen
Attenborough, Commercial Director of Virgin Galactic and Lee McCabe,
Global Head of Travel, Facebook.

Participation from tourism authorities from around the world will
be strong at this year's event with many destinations confirming very
senior representations including a recent registration from the
Permanent Secretary of the Cypriot Ministry of Energy, Commerce,
Industry and Tourism, Dr Stelios Himonas. In addition the Minister
for Economic Development and Tourism, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial
Government, the MEC Michael Mabuyakhulu and Hon. Stephen Cadiz,
Minister of Tourism, Trinidad and Tobago will also be in Las Vegas.
Other destinations who have confirmed Ministerial representation at
World Routes include: Seychelles, Haiti, St Kitts and Nevis, Uganda,
and Mexico with many delivering destination briefings as part of the
World Tourism Summit.

In addition to the conferences and talks programme many of the
carriers attending World Routes in Las Vegas will be represented by
senior personnel from their organisation. Confirmations have already
been received from Mitsuo Tomita, Vice President Network Planning for
All Nippon Airways, Michael Thomas, Managing Director - Network
Development for American Airlines, Christine Ourmieres, CEO of
Cityjet and Enrique Beltranena, CEO of Volaris who will be joined by
the carriers Chief Commercial Officer, Holger Blankenstein. In
addition to an impressive turnout from the global airline community
World Routes in Las Vegas will also see senior representation from
the alliances as Cuitlahuac Gutierrez, VP Alliance Operations for
SkyTeam and Dennis A. Tierney, Vice President - Membership and
Customer Experience for oneworld have also confirmed their attendance
at the event.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking events
through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each year, there is one
global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and CIS
respectively. http://www.routesonline.com
- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd., a
consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports.
http://www.asm-global.com
- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in August 2010.
From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition
become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.
- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies across five
continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote their
brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC,
TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes portfolio of events,
Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions, conferences, awards programs,
publications, websites and training and certification programs are an integral part of
the marketing plans of companies across more than 20 industry sectors.
http://www.ubmlive.com

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