Routes Europe Hands Over to Marseille for 2014

Budapest, Hungary (ots/PRNewswire) -

After a successful Routes Europe event in Budapest, which with 1,100
delegates was the largest regional route development event ever,
Budapest Airport officially handed over to Marseille-Provence
Airport, the host of the 2014 event.

Speaking at the 8th Routes Europe event which has been taking place
12-14 May in Budapest, Pierre Regis, Managing Director of Marseille
Provence Airport (MRS) commented: "Marseille-Provence Airport is
proud and honoured to host the Routes Europe event in 2014, and to
share all of the new opportunities that are being unveiled at this
very moment, as the new Marseille is also this year's European
Capital of Culture!"

"After this year's successful event in Budapest we are eagerly
awaiting next year's Routes Europe in Marseille," says David Stroud,
Executive Vice President for Routes. "France is one of the biggest
aviation markets in Europe and is the most popular leisure
destination in the world. Moreover, the airport has been doing
excellent work to accommodate both full service and low cost
carriers. These factors lead us to believe we can increase airline
and airport attendance even beyond this year's figures."

Marseille-Provence was founded over 2600 years ago and Marseille is
the second largest city in France after Paris and the regional
capital of Southern France. Combining Mediterranean mildness with
Provence's quality of life the area attracts some 10 million tourists
every year. World class sites such as Provence, St Tropez, Avignon,
Aix-en-Provence and Arles, as well as ski resorts in the Southern
Alps, are all within easy reach.

After several years of some of the biggest urban investments and
building projects in Europe, the new Marseille, is ready and waiting
at the heart of the ever gorgeous Provence. With its new hotels, new
luxury shopping centres and new museums, Marseille ranked No. 2 in
the recent New York Times list of 'Places to Go This Year'.

Marseille-Provence Airport in South East France on the Mediterranean
is ideally located at the intersection of air, rail and road
networks. It is the gateway to the South of France - to Marseille, to
Provence, and to the French Riviera. In 2012, the airport registered
the strongest growth among major French airports, and came in 4th out
of the 80 biggest airports in Europe (source: ACI). With 8.3 million
passengers in 2012 and 13% growth, Marseille-Provence Airport gained
1 million passengers in one year! In 2013 MRS will be connected 30
countries, with 28 scheduled carriers flying into 100 different
airports. Many new services will start in 2013 including Turkish
Airlines and services to New York.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking 
events
  through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each 
year, there is one
  global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the 
Americas and CIS
  respectively. http://www.routesonline.com
- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM 
Ltd., a
  consultancy specialising in the field of route development for 
airports.
  http://www.asm-global.com
- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in 
August 2010.
  From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference 
and Exhibition
  become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.
- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies 
across five
  continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new 
products, promote their
  brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such as 
MD&M, CPhI, IFSEC,
  TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes 
portfolio of events,
  Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions, conferences, 
awards programs,
  publications, websites and training and certification programs are 
an integral part of
  the marketing plans of companies across more than 20 industry 
sectors.
  http://www.ubmlive.com

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