From April 13 to 16, Estonia successfully hosted the “Meet Estonia 2011 Fam Trip” attracting participants from 13 countries across Europe.
Organised jointly by the by the Enterprise Estonia, Estonian Tourist Board and Estonian Convention Bureau, the event gave 50 professional event planners and association representatives a taste of what Estonia has to offer as a meeting destination.
In addition to visiting the 1,800-seat Nokia Concert Hall, a number of modern conference hotels and unique historical venues, the visitors took part in an active programme that included a nighttime tour of Tallinn’s haunted houses and traditional Estonian-style party.
International meeting planners also had the chance to attend a workshop with local suppliers, and a large portion of them took part in post-tour visits to the university town of Tartu or the seaside resort town of Pärnu.
Participants found Estonia’s conference infrastructure to be fully up-to-date and good value for money, and were impressed by the both compactness of the destination cities and the availability of free Wi-Fi nearly everywhere.
“We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from all the guests. As Estonia is still relatively undiscovered destination, the short local distances, unique mix of medieval atmosphere and modern facilities as well as friendly, English-speaking Estonians were the facts that surprised participants the most” said Kadri Karu, Acting Managing Director of the Estonian Convention Bureau.
