Upcoming events

7-8 March 2024  Agriculture/Horticulture Inspiration Tour to the Netherlands

Get inspired during the Agriculture/Horticulture Inspiration Tour to the Netherlands! It will take place on 7 and 8 March 2024. This tailor made mission will give you an insight in the current situation of the agriculture/horticulture sector in the Netherlands. Take the opportunity to meet leaders of the agriculture industry!

Would you like to learn more about agriculture, horticulture, poultry, meat production, food processing, agro park developments and/or innovations in the Netherlands? And are your ready to get in touch with potential international partners to exchange knowledge and explore possibilities for cooperation? 

Then we would encourage you to fill in the application form and join the tour. We do our utmost to match your wishes/needs as much as possible when determining the final program.

Draft program

Wednesday 6 MarchTravelling to the Netherlands
Pick up at Schiphol Airport or Düsseldorf International Airport
Transfer to Hotel
Thursday 7 MarchCollective company visits
Visit to Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo1
Meeting with agriculture educational institutes
Visit to HortiContact Fair2
Friday 8 MarchCompany visits “of your choice”
Closing diner
Saturday 9 MarchTransfer to Amsterdam or Düsseldorf
Travelling to country of origin or extended visit

1 Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo is an open innovation community with over 30,000 innovative entrepreneurs, researchers and students. Every day they work on breakthroughs in the fields of healthy and sustainable nutrition, future farming and biocircular economy. Innovations in agri food that make the world a healthier and more sustainable place.

2 HortiContact is the place where the entire Dutch glasshouse and horticultural sector comes together to network, gain inspiration and help the sector move forward. During HortiContact you will discover a wide range of products, services and innovations that can help your company to be ready for the future.

Participation costs

The costs of the participation in this mission will be € 1.950,- per participant (excl. VAT).

Included are three nights in 4* hotel, breakfast/lunch/diner, collective local transport, participation in collective program, tailor made program, local support by the organization.

Traveling costs (flight from/to the Netherlands) and individual costs (e.g. visa, interpreter, individual transport) are for your own account.

Interested to participate in the Agriculture/Horticulture Inspiration Tour?

More information and application please contact Mr Elwin Hulscher via: elwin@aznlhub.com and/or +31 (0)6 53 16 96 36.

Application deadline: Friday 2 February 2024.

Invitation letter

Application form


4-5 March 2024  “Off the beaten path” Tourism Development Mission to the Netherlands

We would like to invite you to join this interactive mission. It will give you a “look thru the eyes of Western European tourists” and gives inspiration to improve your own “tourism product”. The Tourism Development Mission will be organized by AZNL Business Hub and EastguidesWest.

Are you a tourism professional, e.g. government official responsible for tourism development, tour guide, tour operator or teacher at a tourism school? And do you want to explore how you can create an interesting tourism product for the European Travel Market? Please be welcome to join this mission to the Netherlands, before ITB in Berlin, from 5-7 March 2024. We do our utmost to match the wishes/needs of the participants as much as possible when determining the final program.

Draft program

Sunday 3 MarchTravelling to the Netherlands
Pick up at Düsseldorf International Airport
Transfer to Hotel
Monday 4 March1) Product re-design: how to create a valuable tourism product?
Meetings with relevant tourism stakeholders
Visit to Designer Outlet Roermond
Tuesday 5 March2) “Going off the beaten path”
Visit to several tourist attractions
Closing diner
Wednesday 6 MarchTransfer to Düsseldorf International Airport
Travelling to ITB Berlin or country of origin

Participation costs

The costs of the participation in this mission will be € 1.950,- per participant (excl. VAT).

Included are three nights in 4* hotel, breakfast/lunch/diner, collective local transport, participation in collective program, local support by the organization.

Traveling costs (flight from/to the Netherlands) and individual costs (e.g. visa, interpreter, individual transport) are for your own account.

Interested to participate in this unique mission? More information and application please contact Mr Elwin Hulscher via: elwin@aznlhub.com and/or +31 (0)6 53 16 96 36.

Application deadline: Friday 2 February 2024.

Invitation letter

Application form

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