VisitAppointment Schedules
More than 125,000 appointment slots
Seller Delegates: Average of 28 appointments per delegate
DMO Delegates: 27 appointments on average
Lodging Delegates: 29 appointments on average
Attraction Delegates: 29 appointments on average
Associate Delegates: 25 appointments on average
Receptive Operators: 25 appointments on average
Charter Operators: 19 appointments on average
Allied Associations: 16 appointments on average
Video Tutorial for Appointment Schedule and Manual Scheduling
Tip Sheet for Appointment Schedules
Appointment Process Tutorials and Tips
Appointment Requests are now open for appointment-taking delegates. Requests are made in your Marketplace Passport (you will need to use Chrome, Firefox or Edge to access this site). All requests must be received by Dec. 16 for scheduling. Appointments are NOT scheduled until after the request due date of Dec. 16 -NOW EXTENDED UNTIL DEC. 18 AT 11:59 PM ET. Begin to make your selections but remember to review them often and make changes up until the deadline for the best opportunities to make a great match.
NOTE: No appointments are scheduled until after the request deadline. They are not scheduled by the date the requests are submitted.
Appointment Request Tutorial Video for SELLERS
Appointment Request Tutorial Video for BUYERS
Face-to-Face Appointments
ABA offers seven-minute pre-scheduled appointments, where motorcoach and tour operator Buyers obtain information and create business relationships with travel industry Sellers. These one-to-one appointments are the core of the ABA Marketplace week.
Operator Buyer appointment-taking delegates are seated at individual booths for the entire week on the Business Floor and have appointments on all day Sunday, all day Monday, and all day Tuesday. There are 162 appointment slots available in the Buyer appointment schedule.
Travel industry Seller delegates do not have booths, but walk the floor and move from Buyer to Buyer for their appointments. There are 54 appointment slots available in the Seller appointment schedule. The Seller session is based on the company’s membership code and is scheduled as follows:
Appointment Sessions
PRESCHEDULE APPOINTMENT SLOTS
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| DMOs | Hoteliers* | Attractions* | Receptive Operators | Charter Operators | Associates* | Allied Associations | |
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| Sun AM/PM | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
| Mon AM / Tues PM | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
| Mon PM / Tues AM | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
| *These registration types will be assigned one of the two sessions based on availability. | |||||||
Appointment Requests By The Number
Different member categories are scheduled for appointments during the same sessions, but appointment requests are processed separately to ensure an even distribution of appointments among DMOs, Hoteliers, Attractions, Receptive Operators/Tour Planners, Charter Operators, Associate and Allied Associations. There is a maximum of 54 appointments scheduled but delegates are able to request additional companies to increase the probability of appointments being scheduled.
NUMBER OF APPOINTMENT REQUESTS
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| BUYER APPOINTMENT TAKERS | |||
| DMO/Receptives/Charter Requests | Hoteliers Requests | Attractions/Associates/Allied Associations Requests | Total Requests |
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| 75 | 75 | 75 | 225 |
| SELLER APPOINTMENT TAKERS | |||
| DMOs Appointment Takers Make 75 Buyer Requests | |||
| Hotelier Appointment Takers Make 75 Buyer Requests | |||
| Attraction Appointment Takers Make 75 Buyer Requests | |||
| Receptive Appointment Takers Make 75 Buyer Requests | |||
| Charter Appointment Takers Make 75 Buyer Requests | |||
| Associate Appointment Takers Make 75 Buyer Requests | |||
| Allied Associations Appointment Takers Make 75 Buyer Requests | |||
Understanding the ABA Scheduling Process
Appointment codes are assigned to you on the day you register, and appointments are prioritized and scheduled in order of your appointment code. Appointments are not prioritized based on the date your appointment requests are made. Appointments are scheduled based on your company registration date, priority of request and type of request.
ABA’s appointment scheduling program schedules nearly 90% of mutually requested appointments (meaning both the Buyer and Seller requested to meet with each other in their top priority of requests), and 90% of the Buyer requested appointments. Requesting the maximum appointments allowed increases your chances of getting those mutual requests.
TYPES OF SCHEDULES APPOINTMENTS
- Mutual: Appointment generated from a Mutual request (Both Buyer & Seller requested each other)
- Buyer: Buyer requested appointment
- Seller: Seller Register Type (i.e. Lodging, DMO, Attraction, Rec Op) requested appointment