Malta International Airport will be hosting the 19th ACI Europe Airport Trading Conference and Exhibition during April. The event is expected to be the leading airport commercial event of this year.

The leading message of this professional meeting is very much in line with the prevailing current global situation: “A new decade, new economic cycle, permanent revolution: Reinventing your commercial offer to captivate the post-recession consumer.” The European Travel Retail Council (ETRC) is partnering MIA in holding this event together with the collaboration of VIE Vienna International Airport. The ETRC is the Council of national trade associations and its members are the individual companies operating in European travel retail markets.

The leading speakers at this conference include Frank O’Connell, president, ETRC, John Holland-Kaye, commercial director, BAA, Joe Cappello, CEO, Air Malta, Tim Rycroft, Global Travel and Middle East Corporate Relations director, Friedrich Schock, CEO, APCOA, whereas the keynote speaker will be Gerald Ratner, CEO of geraldonline.com and author of The Rise and Fall… and Rise Again. Julian Jaeger, CEO of Malta International Airport will also address the delegates.