Global European Marketplace 2024 Reviews

Thank you for sharing your feedback about GEM 2024. We are thrilled to hear that so many of you found the event well-organised, giving you the opportunity to meet with established partners and network with new ones. We appreciate the positive comments about our choice of venue and catering and of course, it’s encouraging to hear that our matchmaking process has been so productive and beneficial.

We understand the frustrations around no-shows, unproductive meetings, and occasional mismatches that some of you have pinpointed and we are committed to continual improvement.  We will work on refining the meeting booking system so that the day is filled with relevant and successful appointments and will ensure that we allow for more seating options during breaks.  We have also noted your comments about event timing – particularly regarding GEM in relation to WTM – and we are working on logistics and plans that make GEM25 even better, whilst building on GEM24’s successes.

Thank you once again for your participation and valuable insights. We look forward to welcoming you to GEM 2025.

Rating
4.22 / 5 average rating from all respondents
73 published reviews for Global European Marketplace 2024
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Tombaugh, Jennifer
Tauck Buyer
Networking opportunity of the year
Great collaboration and energy! Wonderful to see old friends and meet new potential partners.
Upton, Christine
The Travel Corporation Buyer
An essential event in my calendar
Very useful...made some excellent contacts.
Mwangi, Rose
Tour Partner Group Buyer
Gem
Overall good experience. However the organisers did pair me up with a few suppliers who were not connected to my position as inbound tour operator.
Borrego, Nieves
Tour10 Buyer
Much less than expected
I really liked the format of the event, I think it is very active and really interesting. I did not like the organization of the appointments, nor do I understand that the organization made appointments that were not requested, taking up our agenda and not leaving us time for those appointments that were important to us. Especially since many of the appointments were No Shows.
Reply from ETOA
Thank you for giving us this feedback, and doing so pubicly. One of our problems with a heavily requested operator is that other people demanding to see you crowds out your own requests. Nevertheless there was a disparity between the of appointments you requested and were given. We are working to address this problem.
Andersen, Ceri
Toureasy Buyer
Gem has to be the best event on the circuit for productivity and networks!
Organisation excellence with positive, welcoming and energising atmosphere. I came away filled with inspiration, re-established existing relationships and had new doors opened via this great network of industry professionals.
Galloway, Sean
Travel Curious Buyer
Gem of an event!
This event exceeded my expectations with the quality of meetings and suppliers I spoke with

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