ERTICO-ITS Europe issues World Congress website warning

ERTICO-ITS Europe, organiser of September’s ITS World Congress in Copenhagen, has warned that an unofficial website could confuse potential delegates and suggests that people avoid it. The official site of the Congress is www.itsworldcongress.com, but a site exists with a similar domain - itsworldcongress2018.org – offering hotel bookings and travel information. In a statement, ERTICO said: “This website does not represent the ITS World Congress and is not affiliated with ERTICO – ITS Europe or any of t
July 11, 2018 Read time: 1 min
374 ERTICO-ITS Europe, organiser of September’s ITS World Congress in Copenhagen, has warned that an unofficial website could confuse potential delegates and suggests that people avoid it. The official site of the Congress is %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external www.itsworldcongress.com false http://www.itsworldcongress.com/ false false%>, but a site exists with a similar domain - %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external itsworldcongress2018.org false http://itsworldcongress2018.org/ false false%> – offering hotel bookings and travel information.

 
In a statement, ERTICO said: “This website does not represent the ITS World Congress and is not affiliated with ERTICO – ITS Europe or any of the event organisers.”
 
ERTICO said that registrations should be made via the official registration portal and accommodation booked directly by participants with any preferred hotel. The portal and hotel agents are listed on the official event website: %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external www.itsworldcongress.com false http://www.itsworldcongress.com/ false false%>

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