Category: Interviews
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What is next for Malaysia Tourism?
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 1, 2021 03:48A panel discussion with tourism experts from Malaysia ended a month of launch events for the World Tourism Network this week. Organized by Rudolf Herrmann, head of the WTN Malaysia ... Read More
World Tourism Network wants Travel and Tourism on hold
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 21, 2020 05:10The World Tourism Network in alignment with the African Tourism Board (ATB)is urging the public to limit travel to essential business only. World Tourism Network issued a statement Sunday night ... Read More
Great news at UNWTO is kept a secret
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 20, 2020 08:56No one is allowed to openly talk about it in Madrid at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Zurab Pololikashvili, the secretary-general of the UN affiliated agency has competition. Pololikashvili did ... Read More
The Happiest Man in Tourism is from Planet Happiness
editor- October 30, 2020 21:24Paul Rogers from Planet Happiness understands the needs of destinations in terms of building back better; share information about our product offering; build synergies with destinations and other partners to ... Read More
Outrigger Hotels and Resorts in Hawaii and Thailand: Smiling behind a mask
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 23, 2020 00:06How can you smile behind a mask? Outrigger Hotels and Resorts may be a shining example to document how the Aloha Smile in Hawaii and the Amazing Thailand Smile is ... Read More
Rebuilding Travel, WTTC, all G-20 Nations and 45 CEOs have a common view
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 9, 2020 11:27Rebuilding.travel, a global platform for tourism leaders in 120 countries, invited Maribel Rodriguez, Vice President of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), today to explain how the travel and ... Read More
The future of Tourism in the Eyes a Hero who is also a Minister of Tourism
editor- September 27, 2020 16:25It's World Tourism Day 2020. The Hon. Edmund Bartlett is the Minister of Tourism for the Caribbean Island Nation of Jamaica. Tourism is one of the most important currency earners ... Read More
Uganda Tourism Board achievement today is a milestone in COVID-19 recovery
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 23, 2020 15:40Today, the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) can be proud. Uganda Tourism Board CEO Lilly Ajarova and Quality Assurance Officer Samora Semakula applied on August 24 for the Safer Tourism Seal ... Read More
Reopening Travel in Europe? Tom Jenkins, CEO of ETOA will let you know today
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 21, 2020 16:43Europe and North America are in the middle of a second spike when it comes to the Coronavirus. Economies are being destroyed, people's livelihoods have been trashed, and the travel ... Read More
Tourism and COVID in Nigeria: HE Alhaji Lai Mohammed addressed African Tourism Ministers
editor- September 4, 2020 04:33Nigeria is the economic powerhouse in Africa and one of the largest countries on that continent. Tourism is only a small part of the overall economy, but music and fashion ... Read More
Rebuilding Travel in Israel and the Middle East from the insiders
editor- August 12, 2020 21:27The political and security situation in the Middle East has always been difficult, and with COVID-19 it has not become easier. "Everyone is on its own", said Dr. Taleb Rifai. ... Read More
Visit the Florida Keys? Enjoy a “Quarantine” with Toilet Paper Included
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 14, 2020 00:33The Florida Keys closed for tourism on March 22 at 6 pm and was closed for 72 days, and then it reopened on June 1. Locals like Stacey Mitchell, the ... Read More
PATA CEO Mario Hardy urges Hawaii Governor Ige to keep Tourism closed, but….
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 13, 2020 03:36Keep the Hawaii Visitors Industry closed after August 1 is a reasonable approach, said to Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, known as PATA. It takes ... Read More
Wear a mask in Waikiki! Hawaii Tourists take an oath administrated by the mayor
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 6, 2020 00:57Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell today arrived on a bicycle wearing shorts, a red and white shirt with a matching facemask. He met journalist for an open-air press-conference in Waikiki. It ... Read More
Getting Thailand’s travel and tourism industry back on it’s feet
Andrew J. Wood - eTN Thailand- June 24, 2020 15:23Industry expert and respected marketeer David Barrett in discussion with Andrew J Wood on recovering from the impact of the coronavirus on Thailand’s formidable travel and tourism industry. 💠Q1. As ... Read More
Paradigm Shift in Core Competencies for Post-Covid-19 Recovery
Richard Adam- June 1, 2020 04:53“Not again. Not another depressing COVID-19 business analysis!”. In case you reacted to the title in this way, this article is written for you. As a business veteran in the ... Read More
Guam Visitors Bureau has a new incredible President and CEO
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 26, 2020 04:47The new person in charge of Guam Tourism is In the US Territory Guam former Governor Carl Guitierrez. Guitierrez was appointed as the interim president and CEO of the Guam ... Read More
Seychelles Tourism Board: We are Corona Safe now!
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 24, 2020 21:11After 9 weeks of battling tirelessly the deadly Covid-19 worldwide pandemic, Seychelles- the small island holiday destination in the Indian Ocean with a population of less than a hundred thousand ... Read More
ETOA CEO Tom Jenkins: What coordinated European Tourism Approach?
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 22, 2020 09:13Tom Jenkins is the CEO of the European Tourism Association (ETOA), known as the trade association for better tourism in Europe. ETOA states on its website: "We work to enable ... Read More
COVID Organics from Africa cures Coronavirus and is available to the world
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 13, 2020 08:09Travel, Tourism and Herbs are big business in Madagascar. The population of this African Island Country is more than 26 million people. Currently, no one in Madagascar died on Coronavirus, ... Read More
Domestic, Regional Tourism is key in Africa’s post COVID-19 recovery
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- May 10, 2020 21:04Setting the agenda for the development of tourism in Africa, domestic and regional tourism is the best strategy that would make Africa a single destination, taking into account the rich ... Read More
Why ALOHA is more powerful than the Coronavirus itself?
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 22, 2020 07:03TheHawaiian AirlinesAirbus A330 received a heroes welcome today when it touched down at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu at 4:30 pm. The flight took off from Incheon Seoul ... Read More
Queen Elizabeth II explains Coronavirus Truth to British People: Transcript & Video
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 5, 2020 22:47Hardly anything is ok in the United Kingdom. 47,806 cases of Coronavirus, including 5,903 new cases, 4934 British subjects died, today including 621 just today. This number may be very ... Read More
Could Coronavirus become the new normal for mankind? Three possible scenarios
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 12, 2020 17:20"The Conarvirus is here to stay until the end of the year," said Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, infectious diseases program leader at the National University of Singapore's Saw Swee ... Read More
Seychelles and COVID-19: Future Uncertain
editor- March 11, 2020 02:15The outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus are pushing local authorities in Seychelles to assess the economic impact especially on tourism which is the top pillar of the nation’s ... Read More
Zimbabwe: The way forward
Eric Tawanda Muzamhindo- February 16, 2020 08:32Zimbabwe is buffeted by lack of cohesion, lack of strategic planning, buffeted by inconsistencies, incapacitation to deal with the current problems, and as we speak we have a serious crisis ... Read More
How Tourism should Confront Coronavirus?
Dr. Peter E. Tarlow- February 3, 2020 03:04The travel and tourism industry depends on visitors being able to travel freely from one location to another. When a health crisis occurs, especially one for which currently there is ... Read More
Coronavirus: Taking on the travel and tourism challenges
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 1, 2020 08:37The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre is rapidly emerging as a new and important to go organization for the global travel and tourism industry in times of challenges. ... Read More
Gloria Guevara (WTTC) on Coronavirus
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 30, 2020 23:49Don't cancel flights yet, don't close your airports. This is the message by Travel and Tourism leaders like Gloria Guevara, President and CEO of the World Travel and Tourism Council. ... Read More
Why Lufthansa Group is also guilty in Ukrainian crash in Iran?
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 11, 2020 09:51Also responsible for the Ukraine International Airlines crash may be Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Aeroflot to the parties responsible for the Ukraine International Airlines disaster in ... Read More
CTO Tourism Sector Outlook Forum: Interview with JetBlue’s Mike Pezzicola
Chief Assignment Editor- September 28, 2019 16:03Member governments of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and leaders from entities that generate business to the region meet in Antigua and Barbuda on Friday 4 October for the first ... Read More
Is Hawaii Tourism Nearing a Tipping Point? Paradise in big trouble?
Scott Foster- August 20, 2019 04:52Tourism in Hawaii may be on a collision course, facing a train wreck. "Despite a string of record visitor arrivals to Hawaii now totaling almost ten million annually, Hawai‘i tourism ... Read More
Dr. Taleb Rifai made the African Tourism Board a better place in the world
eTN Managing Editor- July 26, 2019 04:28"Whatever our business in life may be, let us always remember that our core business is, and will always be, to make this world a better place." The person who ... Read More
Thailand’s official position on Wildlife Protection
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 19, 2019 05:49Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Governor Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn had his PR team providing a self-made interview on Thailand’s stand on protection of wildlife. The TAT release states: Q: What ... Read More
African Tourism Board to become the Voice for Africa: Interview on Good Morning Seychelles
Alain St.Ange- June 11, 2019 09:03Talking Tourism, the African Tourism Board was the talking points on the Seychelles Television "Good Morning Seychelles' (Bonzour Sesel) program with Barbara Hoareau. The very popular and loved "Good Morning ... Read More
D.R. Congo: African Tourism Board is a place to be according World Heritage Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 3, 2019 04:06The African Tourism Board welcomes Kahuzi Biega National Park as a new member. The Kahuzi-Biega National Park is a protected area near Bukavu town in the eastern Democratic Republic of ... Read More