Every January, ABA welcomes the travel and tourism community to the first conference of the year – the industry’s premier business event – Marketplace.  More than 3,500 tour operators, suppliers and exhibitors come together to kick off a new year of business opportunity and growth.  Marketplace is truly a market-place – an active, vibrant forum of buyers and sellers where business gets done.  With more than 140,000 pre-scheduled appointments and 800 pre-qualified operators, Marketplace offers a year’s worth of sales meetings in one week.