Date	Time	Event Name	Audience	Note	Venue
Thursday 26 Sept	All Day	Hosted Buyers arrival	Hosted Buyers, Media	Hosted buyers arrive throughout the day. Evening at leisure	JKIA Transfers to various hotels
Friday 27 Sept	07:00	Hosted Buyer / Hosted Media: Fam Trip Departure	Hosted Buyers and media	As per individual itineraries	Nairobi Hotels
Saturday 28 Sept	All day	Hosted Buyer / Hosted Media Fam Trips	Hosted Buyers, Hosted Media	As per individual itineraries
Sunday 29 Sept	All day	Hosted Buyer / Hosted Media Fam Trips	Hosted Buyers, Hosted Media	As per individual itineraries
Monday 30 Sept	All day	Hosted Buyer / Hosted Media Fam Trips	Hosted Buyers, Hosted Media	As per individual itineraries
	08:00-20:00	MKTE Build Up: Custom Build Stands	Exhibitors and Organisers		KICC
Tuesday 01 Oct	08:00-20:00	MKTE Build Up: Custom Build Stands and Shell Scheme	Exhibitors and Organisers		KICC
	15:00-17:00	Hosted Buyers and Hosted Media: Return from Fam trips	Hosted Buyers, Hosted Media		Nairobi Hotels
Wednesday 02 Oct	10:00-18:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 1	All	Pre-scheduled B2B meetings	KICC
	09:00-10:00	Hosted Buyer Briefing	Hosted Buyers	Compulsory	Presentation Theatre
	09:15-10:00	Hosted Media Briefing	Hosted Media		Media Centre – Taifa Hall KICC
	10:00-18:00	Matchmaking Opens	All		KICC
	11:00-12:00	Opening of MKTE (Ribbon Cutting)	All		Presentation Theatre
	12:00-13:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 1: Market Presentation Track 1	All	Featured Market: UK	Presentation Theatre
	12:00-13:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 1: Hosted Buyers Lunch: Group 1	Hosted Buyers		Food Village
	12:30-13:00	Media address and interviews	All Media		KICC
	13:00-14:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 1: Hosted Buyers Lunch: Group 2	Hosted Buyers		Food Village
	13:00-14:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 1: Seminar 1	All	Tourism & Digital Transformation: The Impact of Technology on Tourism	Presentation Theatre
	14:00-15:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 1: Market Presentation Track 2	All	Featured Market: China	Presentation Theatre
	18:00-23:00	MKTE 2019: Welcome Reception and Networking cocktail	Hosted Buyers, Hosted Media, VIP guests, Exhibitors	By invitation only, RSVP required	InterContinental Hotel
Thursday 03 Oct	10:00-18:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 2	All		KICC
	10:00-18:00	Matchmaking Opens	All		KICC
	10:00-11:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 2: Focus Group Discussion brought to you AfSAE (African Society of Association Executives)	All	Leisure Tourism vs Business Events (MICE): Understanding the opportunity and value of both African National Economies	Presentation Theatre
	11:00-12:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 2: Market Presentation Track 3	Exhibitors, Trade Visitors, Hosted Buyers	Featured Market: North America	Presentation Theatre
	12:00-13:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 2: Hosted Buyers Lunch: Group 1	Hosted Buyers		Food Village
	13:00-14:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 2: Hosted Buyers Lunch: Group 2	Hosted Buyers		Food Village
	13:00-14:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 2: Seminar 2	All	Change Makers: The Role of Storytelling in Community Based Tourism	Presentation Theatre
	15:00-16:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 2: Market Presentation Track 5	Exhibitors, Trade Visitors, Hosted Buyers	Featured Market: Europe	Presentation Theatre
	19:00	Atta MKTE Networking Event	Atta Members & Guests	Registration required Please contact Atta direcly for more information	Sarova Stanley
	19:00	Nairobi Nightlife brought to you by PERAK (Pubs Entertainment & Restaurant Association of Kenya)	Hosted Buyers, Hosted Media	All Hosted Buyers and Hosted Media to contact their KTB Hosts. Transport will be under own arrangements	Mecury Lounge, ABC Westlands
Friday 04 Oct	10:00-17:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 3	All		KICC
	10:00-17:00	Matchmaking Opens	All		KICC
	10:00-14:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 3: Student Educational Programme	Final Year Utalli College Students		Shimba Hills
	11:00-12:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 3: Market Presentation Track 6	Exhibitors, Trade Visitors, Hosted Buyers	Featured Market: India	Presentation Theatre
	12:00-13:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 3: Market Presentation Track 7	Exhibitors, Trade Visitors, Hosted Buyers	Featured Market: Africa	Presentation Theatre
	12:00-13:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 3: Hosted Buyers Lunch: Group 1	Hosted Buyers		Food Village
	13:00-14:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 3: Hosted Buyers Lunch: Group 2	Hosted Buyers		Food Village
	13:00-14:00	MKTE 2019 – Day 3: Seminar 3	All	Recognizing Innovators: Digital Technologies in Sustainability & Eco-Tourism	Presentation Theatre
	16:00-16:30	MKTE 2019 – Day 3: Student Certificates	Student Volunteers		Shimba Hills
	17:00-19:00	MKTE 2019: Closing Cocktails	Exhibitors and Hosted buyers		KICC Terrace

* Program subject to change without prior notice