Tag: World Travel and Tourism Council
Minister Bartlett addresses global tourism leaders at 2019 World Travel and Tourism Council
Chief Assignment Editor- June 13, 2019 18:42As a part of a panel of the 2019 World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), held on Tuesday, June 11 in New York City, Minister of Tourism, Honorable Minister Edmund ... Read More
IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards announced winners
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 10, 2019 09:10Nominations for the awards were adjudicated by a panel of four judges: Angela Gittens, Director General, Airports Council International; Gloria Guevara, President and CEO, World Travel and Tourism Council; Mark ... Read More
Puerto Rico Tourism hungry for good news: Today best news in 8 years
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 5, 2019 08:12Puerto Rico is hungry for good news after the island's tourism industry came to an all-time low after a devastating hurricane hit. Today at the IPW 2019 in Anaheim, Discover ... Read More
Winners of IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards announced
Dmytro Makarov- June 3, 2019 05:09The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the winners of the inaugural IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards in three categories: Inspirational Role Model: Christine Ourmières-Widener, CEO, Flybe High Flyer Award: ... Read More
ATM: Tourism crucial for reducing Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil revenues
Chief Assignment Editor- April 30, 2019 19:40According to the experts speaking at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019, tourism will play a major role in reducing Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil revenues. In a panel discussion titled ... Read More
Tourism boom: Travelers visit Puerto Rico at an unprecedented pace
Chief Assignment Editor- April 30, 2019 00:20Discover Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico's first-ever Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), announced today that 2019 Q1 lodging demand is on par with 2017 Q1 levels just fourteen months post-hurricane Maria, signaling ... Read More
Arabian Travel Week launches in Dubai
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 24, 2019 09:40Reed Travel Exhibitions will launch Arabian Travel Week – an umbrella brand comprising four co-located shows – during the 2019 edition of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) which opens its doors ... Read More
Egypt Tourism Minister: Tourism is key to rapprochement and peace
Chief Assignment Editor- April 10, 2019 22:15Egyptian Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat and winner of IIPT Award said that Tourism and travel are the key to peaceful borders, cultural exchanges, bridge-building, communication, rapprochement and peace, especially in ... Read More
Saudi tourism sector worth over $70 billion in 2019
Chief Assignment Editor- April 10, 2019 13:30Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is expected to contribute $70.9 billion (SAR 263.1 billion) in total to the country’s GDP in 2019, according to data from the World Travel ... Read More
Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda: Top 10 improved world travel destinations
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- April 10, 2019 00:59Three Eastern African nations have emerged among the top ten fastest-growing destinations for tourism in the world. The 2019 annual report compiled by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) ... Read More
WTTC Summit 2019 Seville: The Untold Story
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 7, 2019 04:25The World Travel and Tourism Council just finished their annual summit 2019 in the Spanish City of Seville last Friday. A record number of delegates listened to presentations from fellow top ... Read More
WTTC Global Summit: Next stop San Juan
editor- April 5, 2019 20:48Discover Puerto Rico, the Island’s first-ever and new Destination Marketing Organization, today announced that island will serve as the host for the World Travel & Tourism Council 2020 Global Summit, ... Read More
Marriott has a 2020 vision when it comes to expansion in Asia
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 4, 2019 14:54From the 15th Hotel Investment Conference - South Asia, Marriott International today announced its continued expansion plans in Asia-Pacific with its 2020 vision -- an aggressive target to have 1000 hotels open by the end ... Read More
WTTC Global Summit: President Obama was a disappointment for many
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 3, 2019 20:29U.S. President Barak Obama was the most expected speaker at the ongoing World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) summit in Seville today. More than 1500 CEOs, association presidents, ministers of ... Read More
WTTC Summit Opened in Seville: Spain’s president says not to build walls
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 3, 2019 08:48This morning the World Travel and Tourism Council Summit 2019 opened in Seville, Spain. A line up of top tourism leaders in the private industry together with political tourism leaders are ... Read More
Hyatt Regency Cologne says no to President Obama after WTTC Summit Seville
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 3, 2019 08:09U.S. President Barak Obama is on a tourism trip. Today he is expected to be the star participant at the World Travel and Tourism Council Annual Summit 2019 in Seville, ... Read More
Brunei Travel: Ready to be stoned to death? How will WTTC and UNWTO respond?
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 30, 2019 04:12Brunei is becoming a deadly place to visit starting April 3, specially if you are member of the LGBT Community. Next week the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) will ... Read More
IATA announces judges for Diversity and Inclusion Awards
editor- March 29, 2019 03:10The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the members of the independent judging panel for the IATA Diversity and Inclusion Awards as: Angela Gittens, Director General, Airports Council International Gloria ... Read More
African Tourism Board Launch: Climate Friendly Travel initiative “Partnerships for Change” to be revealed
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 28, 2019 06:20The African Tourism Board Launch at the World Travel Market in Cape Town on April 11 will be the place Brussels based Professor Geoffrey Lipman will reveal his Climate Friendly ... Read More
President Obama, WTTC and the African Tourism Board: A major push for Africa visibility
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 21, 2019 02:05Africa Tourism is hot right now. Overlooked in the past, the tourism potential of the African continent is now becoming visible. The first African Tourism Board (ATB) is about to be ... Read More
WTTC: Travel and Tourism is Zambia’s 2018 fastest-growing national economic sector
editor- March 20, 2019 22:47The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is getting ready for its Annual Summit in Seville next month, and Africa will be happy. Report after report is confirming enormous growth ... Read More
How to read so much positive news on Egypt Tourism by WTTC
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 18, 2019 07:26The WTTC Annual Summit is only weeks away and the World Travel and Tourism Council is working hard pumping out positive reports on participating countries prior to the event in ... Read More
ICTP meets on the sidelines of ITB in Berlin
Alain St.Ange- March 12, 2019 01:37Three of the four founding members of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) - Juergen Steinmetz, Alain St.Ange, and Geoffey Lipman - met as they were together at ITB ... Read More
Jamaica takes the lead on Global Tourism Resilience Management
editor- February 8, 2019 19:57Resilience is everybody’s business. All policymakers in the Caribbean must be concerned about the resilience of their national sectors amid a wide range of constantly evolving threats facing the region. ... Read More
Reed Travel Exhibitions launches inaugural Arabian Travel Week
editor- January 30, 2019 22:04Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser of the annual Arabian Travel Market (ATM) showcase in Dubai, has announced the launch of Arabian Travel Week – an umbrella brand comprising four co-located ... Read More
Ghana beefs up leisure tourism
editor- January 29, 2019 21:16According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) leisure travel spending (inbound and domestic) generated 66.5% of direct Travel & Tourism GDP in 2017 (GHC6, 854.3mn) compared with 33.5% ... Read More
Kenya eyes Indian and Spanish tourists
Apolinari Tairo - eTN Tanzania- January 24, 2019 07:08Kenya has set its tourism marketing sights on India and Spain, seeking to attract the new markets in Asia and Europe to boost its tourism growth to reach 2.5 million ... Read More
World Travel and Tourism Council announces 2019 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards finalists
Chief Assignment Editor- January 15, 2019 17:30The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is delighted to announce the 15 finalists for its 2019 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. The 2019 finalists are organized into the following new ... Read More
Africa Travel and Tourism: Trends for the New Year
editor- January 8, 2019 02:40Players in the travel and tourism ecosystem in Africa travel look forward to 2019 with full optimism. Read More
Cyprus swears in its first ever Minister for Tourism
Chief Assignment Editor- January 2, 2019 23:41Small Mediterranean island country of Cyprus named former hotel executive Savvas Perdios its first ever Minister for Tourism on Wednesday. The creation of new official position and the former industry ... Read More
Sir David Frost has them laughing out loud at WTTC
editor- April 11, 2013 03:21ABU DHABI - Sir David Frost had the audience laughing out loud, when he spoke on the last day of the 13th World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit. Read More
Using social media to personalize tourism’s message
editor- April 11, 2013 03:02The collective opinion of a panel of technology trailblazers speaking at the popular technology and social media session held as part of the two-day World Travel & Tourism Council Global ... Read More
Global Summit presents vision for the future of aviation
editor- April 11, 2013 02:51Speaking in Abu Dhabi today at the World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, told more than 800 senior travel executives ... Read More
To sustain destinations, travelers must have an emotional connection
editor- April 11, 2013 02:36ABU DHABI - Actress and activist, Daryl Hannah, who spoke during an eco session at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) 13th Global Summit said the goal of travel ... Read More
Modeling tourism business after Chinese hospitality
editor- April 11, 2013 02:19The Vice President of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Dr. Read More
WTTC President says the time for leadership is now
editor- April 11, 2013 01:11In his closing speech at the 13th WTTC Global Summit in Abu Dhabi, David Scowsill, the President & CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) explained that, by ... Read More