Tabriz to host int’l seminar on e-marketing, tourism on September 1

The director general of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department in East Azerbaijan Province said Sunday that a 5th International Seminar of Internet Marketing and Tourism will be held in Tabriz on September 1.

Farzin Haghparast said in light of the wide-scope activities of the private sector in tourism and high tourism capacity of East Azerbaijan Province, holding scientific and specialized seminars will be helpful in the transfer of advanced e-marketing and tourism industry to the public and private sectors to flourish the lucrative, independent tourism industry.

The conference will be held in the cities of Tehran on August 31, in Mashhad on September 2, and Bandar Abbas on September 6.

Sponsored by the tourism department of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, the conference will be attended by IT scholars.

Topics such as website optimization, Internet marketing and branding through social networks will be covered in the conference.

Focus will be on topics such as the impact of online tools on economic growth, expanding sales and export markets, Internet entrepreneurship and branding of local companies based on successful global models.

Experts in economics and international business are invited to speak at the conference.

The director of Travel Marketing Store in Dubai Duncan Alexander, founder and chief strategy officer of the web-based 90 Digital Company in UK Nik Garner, the managing director of the UK-based Marketing Signals Agency Gareth Hoyle are invited to the conference.