Qualification Criteria

To be accepted as Hosted Buyer, you must meet our strict qualifying criteria. During registration, you will be asked to provide details on:

One of our external qualifiers may contact you and/or appropriate travel suppliers to verify the information on your application.

Specific Qualification Requirements for North American Buyers

All North American Buyers must fulfill the qualifying criteria set by EIBTM, and will include:

North American buyers must fall into one of the following five categories:

(1) Association executives/meeting planners whose North America-based international

associations have already established an ongoing international meeting track

record, i.e., must have initiated and run their own stand-alone meetings/conferences

in Africa, Europe, Latin America and/or Asia Pacific, during the past 2-3 years,

and are doing so again in 2012 and/or 2013.

(2) Association Management Company executives/meeting planners whose North

America-based international associations have already established an ongoing

international meeting track record, i.e., must recently have initiated and run their

own stand-alone meetings/conferences in Africa, Europe, Latin America and/or

Asia-Pacific, during the past 2-3 years, and are doing so again in 2012 and/or 2013.

(3) Corporate meeting planners whose North America-based corporations have already

initiated and run their own stand-alone international meetings and/or incentive travel

programs, i.e., must have run meetings/programs in Africa, Europe, Latin America

and/or Asia Pacific during the past 2-3 years, and are doing so again in 2012.

(4) Incentive Travel House executives/purchasers whose North America-based clients

have selected destinations in Africa, Europe, Latin America and/or Asia Pacific for

their incentive travel award programs during the past 2-3 years, and are doing so

again in 2012. (Our North American qualifier may request a faxed copy of this

endorsement and will follow up where necessary.)

(5) Event Management Company planners who have a written endorsement from their

North America-based client confirming their intention to use the services of the

planner to help determine a site and/or venue in Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America

and/or Europe for 2012 meetings/conferences/incentives. (Our North American

qualifier may request a copy of this endorsement and follow up where necessary.)

N.B. All applications will be scrutinized by our external qualifier using the information supplied

on the application form, websites and other sources of information. In some instances a follow-up

telephone call will be made. EIBTM review each applicant on its own merits. EIBTM make the

final decision on whether or not to host a buyer. For those North America-based applicants

applying to EIBTM for the first time, please note that it will be necessary for our qualifier to seek

authorization to participate from each applicant’s supervisor.