(May 07, 2008 – San Diego, CA) – Sandy Dhuyvetter, Executive Producer and Host of TravelTalkMEDIA, RADIO and TV, announced today that TTM will do two back-to-back live radio broadcasts from Tanzania in the coming weeks.

The first show, which will be broadcast live from Arusha on Sunday, May 18th, will highlight the Africa Travel Association (ATA) and the ATA's Annual Congress, which will take place from May 19-23 in Arusha.

The second show, broadcast on Sunday, May 25th, will focus on Tanzania as a destination and its many offerings to the traveler. TTM has a long history of promoting tourism to Tanzania and in 2006, TravelTalkRADIO was honored with the 6th Annual Tanzania Tourism Board Media Award.

“This is our first time in Arusha and we are especially excited because Tanzania has been one of our long time destination favorites,” said Ms. Dhuyvetter. “Tanzania is one of the best countries to go to for your first experience of Africa – with a truly democratic government and conservancies that protect over 25 percent of its land, we believe Tanzania is a exemplary model for many African countries to follow.”

The ATA’s Annual Congress brings together tourism industry experts from many countries in Africa as well as North America, Europe and Asia. TravelTalkMEDIA provides visibility and event coverage for ATA through the company’s many distribution channels, including conventional and online radio and TV as well as online via the Internet.

“We’ve been a strategic media partner with the Africa Travel Association for the past five years and we really believe in their mission to bring Africa together and the valuable contribution ATA and its members make in bringing visibility to the tour and travel industry on the continent,” said Dhuyvetter.

“If you go to TravelTalkMEDIA.com and put ‘Africa’ into our internal search engine, you’re going to find many hours of programming that highlight the ATA and many of the countries that make up its membership. The ATA conference attracts tourism leaders from African nations and their ministries, and through educational forums, presentations and keynote speakers, each one of the nations is able to share their experiences and learn how to utilize their resources and build their economies through tourism.”

The five-day Congress program in Arusha will address topics such as new tourism growth markets, Asia outbound travel, and social responsibility in the travel industry. The event will include roundtables for ministers, tour operators and suppliers, networking events, a marketplace expo, host country days, gala dinners and award ceremonies, as well as pre- and post-country tours. The ATA’s Young Professionals Network and African Diaspora network, which were established at ATA’s 10th Annual Eco and Cultural Tourism Symposium in Nigeria in November of 2006, will also meet at the 33rd Congress.

In May of 1998, ATA held its first ever Congress in Arusha; and in December 2003, Zanzibar hosted ATA’s Eco and Cultural Tourism Symposium. Last year’s 32nd Annual Congress was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from May 6-11.

About the Africa Travel Association (ATA) - The Africa Travel Association is the premier global travel association promoting tourism to Africa and intra-Africa travel and partnership since 1975. ATA members include ministries of tourism and culture, national tourism boards, airlines, hoteliers, travel agents, tour operators, travel trade media, public relations firms, students, NGOs, individuals and SME's. Upcoming ATA events include ATA's 11th Annual Eco and Cultural Tourism Symposium in Djibouti City, Djibouti from January 19-23, 2008 ATA's first Africa Sports and Tourism Market from 27-28 February at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York, and ATA's 33rd Annual Congress in Arusha, Tanzania from May 19-23, 2008. For more information, visit ATA online at www.africatravelassociaton.org or call 1-212-447-1357.

About Tanzania - For information on Tanzania, visit www.tanzaniatouristboard.com; in the U.S., contact the Tanzania Tourist Board by telephone at 1-212-447-0027 or email Tanzania@bradfordglobalmarketing.com.

About TravelTalkMEDIA - TravelTalkMEDIA, established in 2001, is one of the world’s largest travel industry new media companies, providing travel-related information, news, and entertainment to the travel and tourism industry worldwide. TravelTalkMEDIA broadcasts through its TravelTalkRADIO and TravelTalkTV subsidiaries. Programming is distributed to one million listeners in 130 countries each month through online and conventional radio distribution via satellite and cable. Radio broadcasting reaches listeners through distribution networks in North America, the UK, China and 22 other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. TravelTalkRADIO recently began broadcasting to the English-language market in Africa through Ghana’s largest radio broadcaster. TravelTalkNEWSLETTER is distributed to 25,000 travel industry professionals and consumers each week. TravelTalkRADIO reaches millions of listeners around the globe each month. For sponsors, TravelTalkMEDIA utilizes state-of-the-art technology to distribute sponsor-specific information to 250,000 travel industry professionals, travel agents, travel journalists and travel consumers. In addition, TravelTalkMEDIA utilizes a global media system (newspapers, magazines, wire services, and websites) to distribute information on sponsors to 1,500 U.S. and international media companies. For more information, visit TTM online at www.TravelTalkMEDIA.com.

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