VISIT FLORIDA announced that Florida Huddle and Encounter 2024 will take place July 29-31, 2024, at the Miami Beach Convention Center, hosted in partnership with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Florida Huddle is the Sunshine State’s Official Travel Trade Show, showcasing the best of Florida to international and domestic tour operators, wholesalers and media with one-on-one-appointments, educational sessions, and networking. Florida partners that typically attend are CVBs, hotels, resorts, attractions, and theme parks.
VISIT FLORIDA President and CEO Dana Young said, “With Miami as a hub for domestic and international visitors, we are looking forward to hosting travel professionals from around the globe at Florida Huddle and Encounter to facilitate new business possibilities to drive visitation to every region of the Sunshine State.”
Florida Encounter, one of the longest running appointment trade shows in the MICE industry, will take place in conjunction with Florida Huddle 2024. Encounter features appointments between fully hosted, qualified planners with proven business for Florida and Florida suppliers.
“Miami and Miami Beach is delighted to be the next host destination for Florida Huddle and Encounter 2024,” said David Whitaker, President & CEO of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We proudly welcome VISIT FLORIDA and this important group of tour operators, wholesalers, and media. Located in the heart of South Beach, the delegation will be inspired by the history, art and culture of our meetings campus while enjoying our new reimagined Miami Beach Convention Center.”
Stay tuned for more details and updates at www.floridahuddle.com and www.floridaencounter.com.
ABOUT VISIT FLORIDA
VISIT FLORIDA is the Sunshine State’s official tourism marketing corporation and travel planning resource for visitors across the globe. As Florida’s No. 1 industry, tourism was responsible for welcoming over 122 million visitors in 2021, an increase of 54 percent from 2020. VISIT FLORIDA promotes tourism through sales, advertising, promotions, public relations and visitor services programs, and serves more than 13,000 travel industry partners throughout the state. To learn more about VISIT FLORIDA, follow @FloridaTourism on Facebook and Twitter, or go to visitflorida.org. For inspiration in the Sunshine State follow @VISITFLORIDA on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or visit www.visitflorida.com. For media resources, visit www.visitfloridamedia.com.
ABOUT GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) is an accredited, independent not-for-profit sales and marketing organization whose mission is to attract visitors to Greater Miami & Miami Beach for leisure, business, meetings and conventions. For a vacation guide, visit our website at www.MiamiandMiamiBeach.com or call 1-888-76-Miami (US/Canada only) or 305-447-7777. To reach the GMCVB offices dial 305-539-3000. Meeting planners may call 1-800-933-8448 (US/Canada only) or 305-539-3071 or visit www.MiamiMeetings.com. To get further engaged with Greater Miami & Miami Beach, join the conversation by following us on our social media channels at Facebook.com/visitmiami, Twitter.com/visitmiami, Instagram.com/miamiandbeaches, TikTok.com/@miamiandmiamibeach and Pinterest.com/miamiandbeaches.
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Chiara Peretti
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