Trade Participants

Travel Trade Executives
With a view of having Galilee stays amply introduced into more Israel travel programs, we invite registration by following executives:
Experts holding decision-making marketing and/or purchasing positions in group- and FIT travel-producing organizations, provided they have not personally taken part in one of the previous Go Galilee events.

• Personal checks are not accepted!
• Please note that all bank charges should be on the account of the sender (payer).
• Registration fees will be charged upon receipt of registration forms.

Hospitality provided

• Welcome and transfer services from Ben Gurion Airport to Tiberias and return.
• Hotel accommodation.
• All meals throughout.
• Program tours, guided in English, German and Russian.
• Self-drive automobile rally.
• Evening events.

• Hotel extras.
• Travel Insurance.
• Air fares and airport taxes.

Post Tours for Travel Trade

Post Tour I – Jerusalem, 14-15 September 2009

Monday, September 14 2009
Pick up from all Tiberias hotels between 08.30 and 09.00.
Visit the magnificent site of “Kochav HaYarden” (Belvoir) via the Jordan Valley and drive through the Judean desert toward Jerusalem.
Enjoy a panoramic view of the old city of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives
Go on to Mount Zion and visit the Room of the Last Supper, King David’s tomb and the Dormition basilica.
Proceed to Prima Kings hotel for overnight

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Pick-up for the tour at 8.30am from the Prima Kings hotel lobby and departure for a full day tour of the Old City of Jerusalem. The tour starts inside the Old City walls with a stroll from Jaffa Gate through the Armenian Quarter and the restored Jewish Quarter. Through the Roman Cardo, discover the Herodian mansions and continue to the Western Wall (Kotel), one of the holiest Jewish sites on earth. A remnant of the Herodian wall that once enclosed and supported the Second Temple. It has also been called the “Wailing Wall” where for centuries, Jews have gathered to lament the loss of their temple. Walk the path of the famed Via Dolorosa and visit the Church of the Holly Sepulchre.
In the afternoon, Visit Yad Vashem, the National Holocaust Museum built in memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. See the Avenue of the Righteous, the new Historical Museum and the Children's Memorial.
Go on to the Shrine of the Book at Israel Museum where the Dead Sea scrolls are exhibited including a model of the Second Temple.
Overnight at Prima Kings Jerusalem hotel

End of tour or join Post Tour II

Rates
• Double room US$ 400
• Single room US$ 255

Rates includes
• 2 night's accommodation at Prima Kings hotel in Jerusalem Including full Israeli buffet breakfast, service charge and taxes.
• 2 days of touring in an air-conditioned vehicle, a licensed English speaking guide and entrance fees.

Rates do not include
• water, lunches, dinners, tips and personal expenses, departure transfer.

Important Note
• Dress code: comfortable walking shoes, swimsuit, sunscreen lotion, head cover, modest clothes for holy place visits
• The tour will operate with a minimum of 15 participants

Post Tour II – Jerusalem – Dead Sea

Monday, September 14 – Tuesday September 15
As per Post Tour I

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
8.30 Departure from Prima Kings hotel in Jerusalem
Depart for a full day tour in the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. Biblically, this region was a place of refuge for King David and one of the world’s first health resorts for Herod the Great. An assortment of mineral waters of various qualities is used for therapeutic and cosmetic treatments, as well as for manufacturing of the famous Dead Sea cosmetics line.
Visit of Massada - Ascend by cable car to the top of the Mt. Massada, a rugged natural fortress of majestic beauty and history. The mount became a famous landmark after the first Jewish-Roman war. A siege was laid around the fortress by troops of the 10th Roman legion and when defeat became imminent it lead to a mass suicide by the 158 Jewish Sicarii defenders of Massada..
Stop at the delightful Ein Gedi spa and take a relaxing swim in the Dead Sea -420 m (1 378 ft) below sea level.
Then, visit of Ein Gedi botanical garden, real oasis in the desert.
Road back to Jerusalem
Overnight at Prima Kings Hotel in Jerusalem
End of the Tour

Rates
• Double room US$ 640
• Single room US$ 400

Rates includes
• 3 nights' accommodation at the Prima Kings hotel Including full Israeli buffet breakfast, service charge and taxes
• 3 days of touring in an air-conditioned vehicle, a licensed English speaking guide and entrance fees

Rates do not include
• water, lunches, dinners, tips and personal expenses, departure transfer

Important Note
• Dress code: comfortable walking shoes, swimsuit, sunscreen lotion, head cover, modest clothes for holy place visits
• The tour will operate with a minimum of 15 participants

Spouses
A limited allocation of invitations for spouses is available on first-come-first take basis. Spouses will be registered with the participant, will share invitee's double room and enjoy all program items, at a special spouse package rate of US$ 230, including registration fees.

Air Travel
El Al Israel Airlines have granted special Go Galilee fares as follows:

• From European El Al gateways and return - US$ 100.
• From El Al gateways in North and South America, Asia and South Africa and return - US$ 250.

The fares mentioned are for Economy class travel and do not include Airport taxes of your airport of origin and of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Taxes are payable by participants. Connecting flights to and from El Al gateways must be purchased by the participants.
These discounts are valid for registrants only. Spouses must make their own flight arrangements.
For your reservations and for the purchase of your ticket, please contact your nearest El Al representation.
Us And Canadian Registrants should first call the nearest El Al Marketing & Sales office number (available on the above link) and request assistance with reservations and ticketing.

Arrival Information
You would oblige by e-mailing to us the online form with your exact arrival and departure details.

Transfers
At the exit from the Ben Gurion Airport arrival hall, Go Galilee hospitality staff will welcome you and accompany you to the bus departure point.
In view of the many different arrival times of participants' flights, our transfer buses will depart Ben Gurion Airport for Tiberias every two hours on the hour. Under regular traffic conditions, travel time to Tiberias is 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Please make sure that your luggage is clearly name labeled.

Accommodation
Accommodation will be in hotels in Tiberias and surroundings. Hotel assignments will be communicated to you as soon as possible. Spouses (see above) will share the participant's double room.
Participants who for flight schedule reasons will have to advance their arrival by one day or/and delay their departure by one day, will be hosted free of charge in their Tiberias event hotels on Bed & Breakfast basis. Transfers from the airport to Tiberias for arrivals on 10th September and for departures from Tiberias to the airport on 15th September will be provided.

Mountain Biking around the Sea of Galilee
A new, exciting outdoor attraction in Galilee, the 120-km Mountain Bicycle Loop in the hills surrounding the Sea of Galilee, is in its completing stages. The trail winds through the beautiful, historical landscape and offers direct bicycle access to some of the world's most famous places, such as Tabgha, Beitzaida, Capernaum, Cursi, the Yardenit baptismal site and more.
We have included in the Sunday program, instead of the Auto Rally, an option for those who are bike enthusiasts and those who are fit to try a 30-km section of the trail of professionally guided mountain biking. Quality mountain bicycle equipment, guiding and track support are included. The biking option will be carried out provided we have 16 or more definite applicants. Enthusiasts will please select the Bike option in the online form.

Languages
The official event language is English. All correspondence with the event secretariat will be held in English. Guided tours will be conducted in English, German and Russian. Additional languages are under consideration.

General information
Warm weather is expected.
To really enjoy yourself, please pack your sunglasses, head cover, sun-tan cream and bathing suit.
Dress code - casual at all times.