By Tom Mcloughlin, Founder, SEO Travel We all know the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling when it comes to waste. But what if we explained that a similar concept ... Read more
As we start a new year, full of good intent, the travel industry is looking at what it can ‘do better’ in 2023. The trends of 2022 that continue to ... Read more
Companies may submit their cases up until January 31, 2023 Learning, sharing good practices, recognition and reputation. These are the main benefits and gains for companies that apply for the ... Read more
The Exhibitor Dashboard offers exhibitors the chance to analyse their participation based on data that measures their performance, offers insights to improve their performance and information to guide future actions ... Read more
Saudi Arabia registered more international arrivals than any other Arab nation during the first nine months of 2022, as government officials target 100 million annual visitors by the end of ... Read more
Registration is now open for WTM Latin America 2023, which will be held between April 3 and April 5, at the Expo Center Norte Exhibition Centre, in the city of ... Read more
ATM 2023 will feature over 34,000 participants from more than 150 destinations Attendees will explore challenges and opportunities related to sustainable travel Registrants can now book one-to-one meetings with fellow ... Read more
Spaces have been reconfigured with new names and maintain the objective of sharing trends, technologies and information that has transformation potential. The satisfaction index in relation to the conferences reached ... Read more
By Tom Mcloughlin, Founder, SEO Travel Sustainability is making an impact across a range of different industries, affecting everything from the cosmetic products we buy to the suppliers we buy ... Read more
In this episode of In the travel know, Zina Bencheikh, Managing Director EMEA at Intrepid Travel shares her experience in challenging Morocco’s tourism industry for women’s rights and ultimately driving ... Read more
In this episode of In the travel know, Jamie-Lee Abtar sits down with Anthony Daniels, General Manager at Hurtigruten UK to discuss the importance of building a strong team through ... Read more
In this episode of In The Travel Know, Jamie-Lee Abtar sits down to chat with Lee Haslett, Vice President of Global Sales at Virgin Atlantic about the difference between working ... Read more
Travel decision-makers are increasingly going to be millennials and from Gen Z and what they are looking for from travel has changed. There are more solo travellers and travel companies ... Read more
The Association of Women Travel Executives present Kelly Swingler, leading motivational speaker, coach and author for core-led professional women. Kelly talks about how to live and lead from your core ... Read more
Euromonitor’s Senior Head of Travel Research, Caroline Bremner, and Senior Industry Analyst, Alex Jarman showcase the best of digital, consumer-centric, and sustainable innovation across key regions of the world – ... Read more
Since 2009 Future You at WTM has brought to the stage a range of inspirational speakers from senior leaders to rising stars to inspire and inform with career advice and ... Read more
Join the VP of Insights as he presents a review of noteworthy trends and changes taking place in the travel and tourism world via the extensive travel data available at ... Read more
The pandemic taught travel firms about flexibility, repaying or holding onto customers, to cope with rapid change, staffing, and dwindling income. That experience is again being tested due to war, ... Read more
Space tourism has been dreamed of ever since the first people went outside the Earth’s atmosphere in the Sixties. With the world’s billionaires now showing that it is possible – ... Read more
Dragon’s Den star and international brand guru Steven Bartlett shares extracts from his rapid rise to fame – and the creation of Social Chain, an award-winning and innovative social marketing ... Read more
“What should the tourism sector of tomorrow look like? And how do we get there?” This central question guides the discussions of the Ministers’ Summit. The summit provides a high-level ... Read more
From new hyperloop systems and driverless vehicles to next-generation aircraft and space travel, new modes of transport are fast emerging, transforming how we move from A to B. Fuel is ... Read more
John Strickland presents his perspectives on the outlook for the airline business. This is followed by a high-level, all-woman line-up. The panel explores the opportunities and challenges for women to ... Read more
Every year remarkable new responsible businesses and destinations are ‘discovered’ and recognised through the Awards. The BBC’s Tanya Beckett will present the Gold and Silver Awards to those businesses and ... Read more
The last three years have shown us how rapidly the sector can be disrupted by external events, how the sector can bounce back, and the importance of thinking ahead to ... Read more
Consumer surveys by Booking.com, Expedia, Euromonitor, IBM, and the Boston Consulting Group reveal a rapidly changing market. Consumers from nearly all source markets, in ever greater numbers, are seeking more ... Read more
Rohit begins to help us understand and shape the emerging future, by putting people at the centre of the agenda. Predicting that travel and tourism will boom once more, hear ... Read more
I think that we can all agree that the biggest lesson here is one that we’ve often heard long before the pandemic: that health is indeed our greatest wealth. Often, ... Read more
Latest STR report reveals GCC has more than 170,000 hotel rooms in its active development pipeline KSA & UAE lead the GCC with 39,070 & 32,272 rooms respectively under construction ... Read more
By Caroline Bremner, Senior Head of Travel Research, Euromonitor International One question that we get frequently asked at Euromonitor International is will consumers pay more for sustainable travel products and ... Read more
With the “Explore New Horizons” theme, in absolute numbers, the expectation is for 16 thousand visitors and 600 exhibitors “The 2022 edition was a boom and a milestone, not just ... Read more
Sustainable progress within the Middle East’s travel, tourism and hospitality space is advancing rapidly, as the industry looks ahead to Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023 The sustainable trends of green ... Read more
*By Rogéria Pinheiro This is a question that very few businessmen in the tourism market have ever asked themselves. Even though Brazil is the country with the second largest black ... Read more
By Tom Mcloughlin, Founder, SEO Travel There’s been a significant increase in interest in sustainable travel in the past few years. As protecting our planet becomes an increasing priority, many ... Read more
An incredible number of travel professionals walked through the doors at World Travel Market last week, with over 35,800 people participating – exceeding expected attendance – and presenting over double ... Read more
Tourism ministers from around the globe say supporting local workers and small businesses is a vital element of the sector’s sustainable recovery from the pandemic. The politicians joined private sector ... Read more
Filmmaker and adventurer Levison Wood says more people want to feel their travels will give them a “spiritual, emotional connection”. “They want to feel good about what their journey has ... Read more
Countries must see younger travellers as an investment despite new obstacles to growing this market sector, experts have urged. A WTM London audience heard how younger travellers were the ... Read more
More travellers in the future will be able to pay for their holidays with cryptocurrency, according to futurist Rohit Talwar at World Travel Market London. He also urged travel companies ... Read more
There’s been a ‘seismic shift’ in attitudes from travel providers towards the importance of sustainability in recent years, the boss of EasyJet Holidays told World Travel Market. Harold Goodwin, WTM’s ... Read more
A Gen Z influencer has singled out Ryanair’s social media channels and Virgin Atlantic’s advertising some of the best in travel for younger consumers. Non-binary TikTok creator Perrin Hooper – ... Read more
Addressing consumer demand for technology and sustainability could keep travel business better able to survive the economic downturn, a session heard at World Travel Market (WTM) London. Caroline Bremner, head ... Read more
Travel’s recruitment crisis means it can no longer offset lower pay rates with the promise of overseas visits and other perks, WTM London was told. An expert panel ... Read more
Companies should not overlook digital accessibility when considering travellers with disabilities or additional needs, a session heard at World Travel Market London. Up to 95% of websites are not ... Read more
WTM, London Best Stand Winners of 2022 Announced The winners of the World Travel Market, London 2022 best stand competition have been announced. The show, at Excel Exhibition Centre, ... Read more
WTM London’s technology-focused sessions concluded on a digital high, with attendees getting an update on some familiar trends and an introduction to some new ones. Artificial intelligence and big data ... Read more
Inclusion was a key theme of Day Three at WTM with greater diversity suggested as a way to help widen both recruitment and customer bases. Technology was predicted to become ... Read more
Day 2 of WTM London hosted dignitaries at this year’s Tourism Ministers Summit, while Responsible Tourism subjects included ‘green hushing’ and offered an alternative interpretation on space tourism and all-inclusives. ... Read more
Sustainability was the key theme for the first day of World Travel Market London, as travel experts, ministers, destinations, tourism firms and airlines gathered in the ExCeL exhibition centre. Other ... Read more
A United Nations-led initiative to empower women in tourism in the aftermath of Covid has been hailed a success and is to be rolled out as a blue-print across the ... Read more
Mass space tourism is still not yet on the horizon – but the billionaires investing in space travel are helping the planet to tackle the climate crisis. That was the ... Read more
Marketing experts have called on the travel industry to make its advertising more diverse and inclusive – and employ a broader range of staff. Carol Hay, Founder of consultancy McKenzie ... Read more
The second day of technology-based sessions at WTM London looked at how the demand for developers, engineers and data scientists is prompting travel sellers and system providers to reassess how ... Read more
Tour operators need to step up and make a positive impact with their holidays if they want future customers to continue booking with them, says the boss of G Adventures. ... Read more
It’s not too late to start a podcast – but it’s hard work and you increasingly need to have an original idea, according to the man responsible for the UK’s ... Read more
Commercial space travel will prompt a new industrial revolution that will far outweigh the environmental damage it causes, a leading exponent has claimed. Speaking at WTM London, Will Whitehorn, chair, ... Read more
Travel companies can lead the way in encouraging sustainability at home, heard a session at World Travel Market (WTM) London. Sarah Habsburg, hotel marketing correspondent and founder of The School ... Read more
Global travel’s rate of recovery is slowing, but there is still cause for optimism about next year, according to market intelligence specialist ForwardKeys. ForwardKeys vice president of insights Olivier ... Read more
Travel is flying the flag for LGBT+ causes but more needs to be done. That was the message from a WTM London panel, with participants urging the industry to take ... Read more
Burnout expert Kelly Swingler urges employees to trust their own instincts and leave toxic workplaces. The renowned executive coach and author told delegates that there is no single cause of ... Read more
The travel industry needs a single sustainability certification system to avoid ‘greenwashing’, a WTM London panel agreed. Around 150 tourism labelling schemes exist, some of them paid-for, the session heard. ... Read more
It’s not only green washing that is holding back progress on responsible tourism but ‘green hushing’, a session heard at World Travel Market (WTM) London. Some companies making good progress ... Read more
Travel companies can “close the intention-action gap” by building easily bookable slow travel product says a pioneer in the field. Flight-free tour operator and B Corp Byway, launched during the ... Read more
Holidaymakers have temporarily lost their focus on sustainability following the pandemic but will rapidly regain it, tour operators have predicted. A WTM London sustainability panel said the issue had slipped ... Read more
Early opening, VFR links and events have been the strong factors in driving travel’s recovery during 2022, a market intelligence specialist told delegates at World Travel Market London. “It’s the ... Read more
Today, Go City, the leader in attraction passes, announced an update to its brand and an investment to increase awareness among travelers. Emerging from the pandemic with a strong sales ... Read more
Registration is open until the end of 2022 and the finalists will be announced in March 2023 In the week the world celebrates responsible tourism, WTM Latin America announces that ... Read more
Tourist destinations can learn from the wellness industry and should become more aligned to its principles post-Covid, a WTM London Insight session heard. Speakers agreed there had been a paradigm ... Read more
More CEOs are pushing responsible tourism towards the top of their agendas – underlining its increasing importance in business decisions, delegates on day one of WTM London heard. In a ... Read more
Hotel distribution was a recurring theme across the technology-focused sessions on the opening day of WTM London. Startups, futurists, brands and technology suppliers alike presented their own perspectives on the ... Read more
The Chief Operating Officer of TUI Airline has described summer 2022 as the most difficult since starting to work in the industry more than three decades ago. Dawn Wilson recalled: ... Read more
Tourist destinations can learn from the wellness industry and should become more aligned to its principles post-Covid, a WTM London Insight session heard. Speakers agreed there had been a paradigm ... Read more
Travel and tourism must communicate its massive global worth better, putting it on the G20 agenda, a panel at WTM London has agreed. Travel is a major part of world ... Read more
The industry needs to come together and work towards standard science-based targets, sharing best practice. That was the message from sustainability sessions on day one of World Travel Market, London. ... Read more
Fledgling travel brands were urged by an expert panel to put product before technology – but to quickly embrace the latter. Jono Vernon-Powell, founder of Nomadic Thoughts, said start-up brands ... Read more
An overwhelming majority of Brits think that people have been travelling while knowing they have Covid-19, according to research released today (7 November) by World Travel Market London, the leading ... Read more
Scotland and Wales have made it into the top-10 list of ‘most underrated destinations’ – as voted for by top executives in the travel industry. WTM London’s 2022 Industry Report ... Read more
Beach breaks are still the number-one choice of UK holidaymakers, according to the latest Industry Report by World Travel Market London. A survey of 2,000 Brits who were asked What ... Read more
The cost-of-living crisis is by far the single most issue that is likely to impact 2023 holiday plans according to the latest Industry Report by World Travel Market London. When ... Read more
Only about a quarter of Brits say the travel industry is an attractive one to work in, according to the latest Industry Report by World Travel Market London. A survey ... Read more
Airport operators in the UK need to focus their attention on getting people onto their flights rather than trying to get them to go shopping, reveals research today (Monday 7 ... Read more
Research from World Travel Market released today (Monday 7 November) reveals a significant proportion of UK holidaymakers are interested in paying for travel using cryptocurrencies. The findings from a nationally ... Read more
One in five Brits blamed the government for the travel chaos during 2022, when long queues, tedious delays and widespread cancellations disrupted thousands of holidays. Airlines took the flak from ... Read more
Norway is viewed as the most sustainable and responsible destination, according to WTM London’s survey of the travel industry’s top decision-makers, with Costa Rica coming a close second. WTM London’s ... Read more
The majority of decision-makers taking part in the WTM Industry Report 2022 believe travel is an attractive sector to work in – but the industry is currently struggling to recruit. ... Read more
Almost one-in-three industry bosses does not expect the travel sector to get back to 2019 levels before 2024 at the earliest, according to the WTM London Industry Report released today. ... Read more
Most travel firms and tourism organisations have modified their marketing strategies in the wake of the pandemic – with only one in seven increasing their budgets, according to research. In ... Read more
The worldwide travel industry does not see COVID as having a major effect on business for 2023, according to the WTM Industry Report 2022. Among travel decision-makers who took part ... Read more
The soaring cost of living around the world is by far the greatest threat to travel businesses in 2023, according to WTM London research. A poll of travel professionals asked: ... Read more
A growing interest in green travel from consumers will drive the industry’s efforts to address the climate emergency, according to the WTM Industry Report released today. Some 250 execs from ... Read more
The Azores and Northern Greece have made it into the top-10 list of ‘most underrated destinations’ – as voted for by top executives in the travel industry. WTM London’s 2022 ... Read more
Industry bosses are prioritising their technology spend around making things easier for the traveler, according to the WTM Industry Report released today. Nearly half of the sample – made up ... Read more
Travel companies and organisations have largely blamed the aviation sector for the disruption seen at airports around the world during summer 2022. Holidaymakers faced queues snaking out of terminals, long ... Read more
Most holidaymaker choose their holiday destinations based on discussions with family and friends as well as influencers on social media platforms. That’s according to the travel professionals surveyed by World ... Read more
Social media influencers are inspiring one in five young travellers to head off on holiday – but their impact drops dramatically over the generations, new research shows. A poll carried ... Read more
With its vibrant Christmas markets, abundant shopping opportunities and festive pubs aplenty, the UK has always been a popular choice for a holiday getaway. With only six weeks to go ... Read more
Creta Maris Resort is proud to announce the launch of a comprehensive, five-year refurbishment and redevelopment plan, which will see the resort transformed with a new elevated offering and positioning, marking ... Read more
As Juliette Losardo, WTM London’s exhibition director, said back in September: “Building a robust and responsible future for travel and tourism is a priority, and World Travel Market London aims ... Read more
Following a record number of tourist arrivals in 2022, the National Tourism Organisation of Montenegro (NTO Montenegro) will once again exhibit at World Travel Market in November. With a delegation ... Read more