thit_cho

February 23 to 25, 2007 at Jacob Javits Convention Center.

There will be several Africa booths, including Wilderness Travel and CC Africa.

thit_cho

http://www.eshow2000.com/nytts/exhibitor_list.cfm[list of exhibitors]

panecott

Thanks for the tip.

cw

Just to add to this post, the Boston Globe Travel Show is 23-25 March. The Africa Travel Association and CCAfrica are on the list of exhibitors. Didn't notice Wilderness Travel, but maybe the list will expand.

http://www.bostonglobetravelshow.com/public.htm

CW

thit_cho

Actually, Wilderness Travel is not Wilderness Safaris, as I mistakenly implied. I checked the "seating arrangement" on the website, and Wilderness Travel is sitting with the Americans. But Africa Geographic and Africa Travel Association will be at the NY show.

santharamhari

Michael,

In the dead of winter......that show is going to spark everyone's desire to be in Africa!!!

Hopefully, the mild weather in the East Coast still continues. It was strange weather during my brief visit earlier in the month.

Rgds,
Hari

sandi

But it's cold now in NYC. Even a snow flurry over the w/e. Friday should be brutally cold, then warm over the w/e.

thit_cho

Hari, the weather has returned to normal (except for snowfall, which remains substantially below normal -- I have seen a few flurries, but nothing sticks).

I'm excited about the Travel Show since it will allow me to research some areas other than Africa. I have firmed up my 2007 travel plans, and, unfortunately, I will not return to Africa this year (my second non-Africa year since 1999). My trips this year are:

February: Idaho and Oregon

April: Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao

May: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan (my passport is out now for visas, which is why I can't schedule an international trip until April)

July: Alaska

August: Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname

October: US Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands

November: the Channel Isles (off the French coast)

December: New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa (Western and American) and Cook Islands

Hopefully, I'll get back to Africa in 2008 (but I have already penciled in Greenland and Azerbaijan/Georgia/Armenia) -- too many interesting places to visit!

santharamhari

Michael and Sandi.....thank God the weather wasnt too cold during my visit. Too bad, its back to normal. Couple of days, i had just a light sweater and didnt take out my heavy coat. Very bizarre!!!

Michael, all your travel plans sound fantastic!!! I may go to the cricket world cup in the caribbean in April.....Grenada and Jamaica.

Hari