ITB Berlin 2018 will be taking place from 7 to 11 March 2017, and from Wednesday to Friday will be open to trade visitors only. Parallel with the trade show, the ITB Berlin Convention, the largest travel industry event of its kind in the world, will be held from Wednesday Friday. More details are available at www.itb- convention.com. Basic Sponsors of the convention are the World Tourism Forum Lucerne and Studiosus. ITB Berlin is the world’s leading travel trade show. In 2015 a total of 10,644 exhibitors from 187 countries displayed their products and services to 174,000 visitors, who included 114,000 trade visitors.