About Mountain Travel Symposium
What is the Mountain Travel Symposium?
MTS is the single largest and longest-running annual gathering of mountain travel professionals in North America. For more than 34 years representatives from mountain resort businesses have gathered at MTS each spring to establish relationships, initiate and complete contracts, and take the first steps toward making the upcoming season a success.
The week-long event includes two separate and distinct trade shows - the Trade Exchange, which is specifically geared towards tour operators, and the Group Exchange, which is geared towards ski clubs and councils. The Forum includes presentations from nationally-known speakers as well as individual breakout sessions on practical and topical issues. In addition, a variety of receptions, parties, and activities are scheduled throughout the week to maximize networking and relationship building. MTS attracts more than 1,000 participants each year from ski resorts, lodging properties, resort associations, domestic and international tour operators, airlines, ground transportation companies, travel insurance companies, and related service providers. The event is firmly established as the single most productive business venue for mountain travel suppliers and buyers. A primary reason for MTS's longevity and success is that it continually evolves and adapts to meet the needs of mountain travel marketing professionals and their many partners.
The Three Main Components of MTS:
Trade Exchange
A contracting trade show where ski product buyers meet one-on-one with ski service suppliers in a pre-scheduled appointment format. The Trade Exchange is the mountain travel industry’s largest vacation planning trade show.
Forum
The Forum is an intense series of general sessions and interactive workshops that examine current trends and review past season results. The Forum has become “the place” to analyze the past season’s performance and to start developing the strategy for next season.
Group Exchange
The Group Exchange provides ski service suppliers and tour wholesalers the opportunity to meet one-on-one with ski club and ski council decision-makers from across the country. The Group Exchange is in a trade show format consisting of pre-scheduled one-on-one appointments.