Routes Americas and ALTA Team up for High-Level Strategy Summit

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

Region's largest commercial aviation event to attract tourism
ministers and key industry speakers

The 7th Routes Americas will open in San Salvador on 23rd February
with the ALTA Routes Americas Strategy Summit. The event will be held
in association with the Latin America & Caribbean Air Transport
Association (ALTA) and sponsored by The New Quito International
Airport.

Routes Americas is the largest commercial aviation event of its
kind for the entire Americas region. It is the meeting place for over
400 delegates representing over 70 airlines, 200 airports and almost
50 countries, including 100 senior executives of airlines, airports,
associations as well as tourism ministers. The event attracts the
highest level of senior decision makers and, following an
announcement last December, the event now also incorporates Network
USA, creating a single definitive event platform for all those
interested in meeting with the industry's key players to discuss air
service development to, from and within the entire Americas region.

The Strategy Summit, which will be held during the opening day of
Routes Americas, brings together leading industry experts to debate
aviation and route development issues across the Americas region.
Attendees will hear opening remarks from Jose Napoleon Duarte Duran,
Minister of Tourism of El Salvador followed by a keynote address from
Eduardo Iglesias, Executive Director of ALTA, and four sessions
covering highly topical subjects affecting aviation in the Americas
region.

"El Salvador is ready for the aviation industry, airports and
tourism under Routes Americas 2014, an event that sets industry
trends and fosters the development of new services to, from and
within the Americas," said Minister Jose Napoleon Duarte Duran,
continuing: "Hosting Routes Americas means significant exposure for
El Salvador in hosting business events, but above all, to show that
tourism offered by our country and its excellent air connectivity
showcase."

Eduardo Iglesias commented: "We are delighted to join Routes in
the execution of Routes Americas. The topics addressed in this
setting are key to the alignment of partners in Latin American and
Caribbean aviation, especially with airports, key players in the
industry. Only together and understanding the synergies available to
us as partners, can we bring about the change necessary to realize
the economic potential of aeronautics in the regional landscape."

"Our partnership with ALTA is very important to us and we are
thrilled with the calibre of speakers this event has on the
programme," said Adrian Newton, Group Director, Transport and
Technology, UBM Live continuing: "Looking ahead, the Americas region
will be a particular focus for Routes over the coming 14 months
following the transfer of Network USA to Routes control and with
Routes Americas 2014 in San Salvador, World Routes 2014 in Chicago in
September followed by Routes Americas in Denver in February 2015 -
the first time that this regional event will take place in the US,
the largest aviation market in the world."

The ALTA Routes Americas Strategy Summit will see participation
from Estuardo Ortiz, Executive VP and Chief Revenue Officer for
Avianca; Peter McGlade, Senior Strategic Advisor for Southwest
Airlines; Zhihang CHI, VP & General Manager, North America for Air
China; Juan Emilio Posada, Executive Chairman of VivaColombia; Hernan
Pasman, CEO of LAN Colombia; Ciro Camargo, Alliances for Gol
Transportes Aereos; Peter Cerda, RVP The Americas for IATA; Matt
Cornelius of ACI North America; Todd Scott, International Planning
Manager for UPS Airlines; Capt Jagmohan Singh, CEO of Caribbean
Airlines; Albert Kluyver, CEO of InselAir; Aluizio Margarido,
Commercial Director of Viracopos International Airport; Lee Lipton,
Director of Air Service Marketing for Vantage Airport Group and
Fariba Alamdari, VP Market & Value Analysis for Boeing Commercial
Airplanes.

The programme will also include presentations from Andrew O'Brian,
President and CEO of Summit sponsor The New Quito International
Airport and a presentation on the Caribbean market by Beverly
Nicholson-Doty, Chairperson of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation and
US Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism.

For more information on Routes Americas visit
http://www.Routesonline.com

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 [http://www.asm%E2%80%90global.com ]. Routes and ASM are
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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