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Travel News Market 2018 - the meeting place for the travel industry

Last Thursday it was time for Travel News Market 2018, perhaps Sweden's largest travel fair and meeting place for the travel industry. As travel bloggers, we usually like this fair, and it was no worse this year. We met lots of exhibitors and blog friends, and there was also both beer tasting and a party.

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Travel News Market 2018 at the Waterfront Hotel

The Travel News Market 2018 trade fair started in the morning on Thursday and continued to party into the night. This is the largest travel industry fair in the country, and this year there were over 200 exhibitors. We haven't yet seen any figures on the number of visitors, but around 1200 guests were expected. The fair was held at the Waterfront Hotel in Stockholm and attracted tourist agencies, travel agents, airlines, travel bloggers, travel journalists and many others.

Our day at the Travel News Market

Peter was already there in the morning, but I (Helena) could not come until late afternoon. You think you will have time so a lot, but the time goes by really fast. You meet people you know all the time, and find one interesting destination after another.

Peter talked to several tourist agencies that we have contacts with, such as the Czech Republic, Ireland and Switzerland. He also talked to Hungary, among others, which could be an interesting destination to explore with the motorhome.

Kristina and Lucie from the Czech Tourist Office, and Peter from FREEDOMtravel.

Beer tasting at Visit Flanders

In the afternoon we were invited to a beer tasting with Visit Flanders. Very nice! Belgium is really very good at beer, and also has very good beer. varied beer. In Belgium, there is everything from Trappist beer (brewed by monks belonging to the Trappist order) to various fruit beers.

The tasting started with the very fruity beer Lindemans, continued past the heavier Trappist beer Westmalle and finished with the favourite Duvel. Want to read more about Belgian beer so please read about our visits to the brewery. The Crescent Moon in Bruges and the brewery De Koninck in Antwerp.

Lindemanns äpple
Lindeman's apple tasted very ... apple
Westmalle
Westmalle Trappist beer, there was a little more weight in ...

Evening at the Travel News Market 2018

We met many lovely travel bloggers, including Ann-Louise from the blog From city to beach, Sandra from Permanent residence and Anna from New York - my bite of the big apple and other bites of the world (all pictured below). Sandra had just returned from travelling with her family in Senegal - very exciting to hear about!

After the fair, the gang went for a bite to eat, before some of us continued on to the evening's party. A few beers and dance steps later, it was time to head home... Friday was a working day!

Travel bloggers Anne-Louise, Sandra and Anna

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