March 23, 2021March 22, 2021

Narratives Matter

We are a storytelling species. We use stories to make sense of the world and to educate our children.

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021

Euromonitor Webinar Assesses Prospects for Global Travel and Tourism

Euromonitor International – the leading market research firm – will host a webinar with WTM Global to discuss the prospects for the global travel and tourism market. Called ‘Travel Industry ... Read more

March 22, 2021March 23, 2021

Moving Forward Cautiously to Build Inclusive Smart Destinations

Blog, Destinations, Diversity & Inclusion, Technology

Conversations regarding equity in tourism through topics such as regenerative tourism and racial diversity have led to a greater need to consider inclusivity within our beloved industry.

March 19, 2021March 18, 2021

Vaccines, tests…and travel passes

Blog, Travel Industry

We are getting closer to enjoy traveling again. Despite the catastrophic aura that COVID issues, there is hope for both travellers and for the tourism sector thanks to the vaccination ... Read more

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Slovenia press conference

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Jordan press conference

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Jamaica press conference

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Greek National Tourism Organisation Press Conference

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Balearic Islands press conference

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Saudi: Journey in Arabia

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Poland: more than a destination

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Italy destination briefing

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Wonderful Indonesia – destination updates

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Balearic Islands tourism briefing

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Andalucia, a safe destination

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

7 reasons to visit Costa Rica

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

ITIC Ministerial Summit

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 18, 2021March 22, 2021

Clouds on the horizon for travel

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

Cruise – technology can save it!

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

Increasing the role of trust in the travel industry

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

Will technology hold the key to the hospitality industry’s future?

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

Leveraging social media to drive bookings

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

One-to-one interview with JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 23, 2021

Decarbonising aviation

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

How Google can help in a volatile travel market

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

Tracking travel during Coronavirus

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 23, 2021

Insights into the recovery of global travel

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 22, 2021

Tourism talent for the future

Virtual Events, Webinars, WTM Virtual

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

ME spend on international leisure travel to exceed pre-COVID levels by 10% in 2024

Arabian Travel Market

YouGov and Tourism Economics survey for ATM 2021 says 47% of total 2019 ME travel spend went on international leisure trips 37% of total ME travel budget was spent on ... Read more

March 17, 2021March 15, 2021

Are you ready for the coming wellness wave?

Blog, Wellness

Back in May of 2020, I contributed a blog asking hospitality brands and destination management organizations this question: Is now the time to embrace wellness tourism?

March 16, 2021March 15, 2021

Will we build back better?

Blog, Responsible Tourism

There has been great optimism in the media that we will “build back better” after lockdown. It is a worthy aspiration. I also hope that we will. But will we?

March 12, 2021March 11, 2021

Tickets, money, passport, vaccine passport

Blog, Travel Industry

After the past year, many in Britain are fed up with three part phrases like “hands, face, space” so it is perhaps inevitable that old holiday mantra of “ticket, money, ... Read more

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021

Europeans Head to Dubai for ATM

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

The First Major In-person International Travel Trade Event to Return to the Calendar since 2019 Thousands of European exhibitors, visitors and buyers will travel to Dubai for Arabian Travel Market ... Read more

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021

Resilience moves centre stage

Blog, Responsible Tourism

The climate emergency is upon us. We need to reduce emissions faster, but we also need to cope with the consequences of our failure to act over many decades.

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Travel Update with Simon Calder

Virtual Events, Webinars

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

The Marketing Playbook for the travel industry ‘New Normal’

Virtual Events, Webinars

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Understanding and successfully reaching the LGBTQ+ traveller

Virtual Events, Webinars

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Bringing your brand to life with Video Content

Virtual Events, Webinars

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Allyship: The driving force for diversity and inclusion in the travel industry

Virtual Events, Webinars

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

The New Normal? Branding during COVID-19… and after

Virtual Events, Webinars

March 4, 2021March 10, 2021

Balancing Safety and Business: How the Hospitality and F&B Sector are Thriving and Surviving in the Face of COVID-19

Blog, Hospitality

The hospitality and F&B sectors are two of the industries most affected by COVID-19. Though normal dining appears not too far away from the horizon, establishments are navigating the balance ... Read more

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

What can tourism do for biodiversity?

Blog, Responsible Tourism

David Attenborough in his most recent series A Perfect Planet has celebrated our Earth’s biodiversity and documented the natural forces – volcanos, the Sun, weather and oceans – which have ... Read more

March 2, 2021March 11, 2021

UAE hotels preparing for a V-shaped recovery, after vaccine rollout and herd immunity take effect

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

UAE hotels averaged 51.7% occupancy in 2020 Fujairah & RAK hotels increase Y-on-Y; ADR at +7% & +1% respectively, in 2020 Dubai hotels record 76% occupancy over NYE, just 9% ... Read more

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

Tourism’s recovery plan for 2021

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry

The Roadmap out of coronavirus, unveiled by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prompted the rush to book, with consumers understandably wishing to have a holiday to look forward to this summer.

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

Travel Industry Reacts To Boris Johnson Announcement on 2021 Travel

Blog, Travel Industry

How can the industry adapt to the new normal this summer?

February 24, 2021February 23, 2021

The comeback of leisure travel: key roles and responsibilities

Blog, Travel Industry

51% of travellers are planning a relaxing vacation for 2021. Although travelling remains constricted in most of the global regions, there are ways to get travels going and new leisure ... Read more

February 23, 2021February 22, 2021

We cannot continue with Business as Usual

Blog, Responsible Tourism

The greenhouse gases we emit are largely invisible, the travel and tourism industry does not have smoke stacks and many of our emissions are embedded in our supply chains. Climate ... Read more

February 22, 2021October 25, 2023

WTM Latin America will adopt a hybrid model for its event in 2021

Press Releases, WTM Latin America

The event will last five days, three of which will be physical and two digital WTM Latin America has announced its first news of 2021. The model of the event ... Read more

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

Timing is everything for travel marketing in 2021

Blog, marketing, Travel Industry

Timing is everything in travel marketing at the moment. Trying to keep a step ahead of restrictions, guidelines and lockdowns, plus matching that with consumer sentiment and confidence in booking ... Read more

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Arabian Travel Week to focus on recovery of Middle East tourism

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

In-person ATM event to take place 16-19 May 2021 Host of additional events in Dubai aimed at stimulating hotel, travel and tourism sectors under an ATM theme that has never ... Read more

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Pandemics and Climate Change

Blog, Responsible Tourism

The challenge of climate change is characterised by scale and complexity. But, it is not seen as a clear and present danger; it is not seen as urgent.

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

2021: How New York is bouncing back post-COVID

Blog, Destinations

Due to the impact of coronavirus, sectors and industries dependent on tourists witnessed declines. With the start of 2021, the question is; how will New York bounce back?

February 12, 2021February 15, 2021

How to Include Casual Travellers in Tourism’s Recovery Process

Blog, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry

Casual travellers are the backbone of the tourism industry, and they shouldn’t be left behind in developing plans for recovery.

February 11, 2021February 9, 2021

Can tourism help us rethink nature’s value?

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

Our relationship with nature is so broken that we need to write laws to protect our ‘peaceful enjoyment’. We are so unable to appreciate the real value of birdsong that ... Read more

February 10, 2021February 9, 2021

How destinations can use social media to encourage travel once restrictions lift

Blog, marketing, Travel Industry

In an hyperconnected digital world, social media sites offer massive chances and tools for destinations to engage with travellers and help them travel safely again.

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

Kerry Prince appointed Brand Director in Reed Exhibitions restructure

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

Arabian Travel Market to reap benefits of new strategic brand leadership team and additional international experience Reed Exhibitions – www.reedexhibitions.com – has announced that Kerry Prince, has been appointed ... Read more

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

Nature Strikes Back: Denial, Delay and Mistakes

Blog, Responsible Tourism

The consequences of climate change are with us. Climate change is a real and present danger.

February 8, 2021February 24, 2021

Responsible tourism is resilience

Blog, Responsible Tourism

The sudden changes caused by pandemics in 2020 forced us to reconsider innumerable times the ceremony format of WTM – Latin America Responsible Awards, initially scheduled to April/2020. This was ... Read more

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021

What does business travel look like during a pandemic?

Blog, Travel Industry

Despite lockdowns and border restrictions, some business travel associations have reported a better 2020 than most. They are also experiencing some green shoots for 2021.

February 2, 2021February 1, 2021

COVID-19 reminds us that we are a global industry with global responsibilities

Blog, Responsible Tourism

It is improbable that there will be a post-COVID world. Our sector will need to learn to deliver business and leisure travel in a world where COVID-19, and its variants, ... Read more

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

Africa Travel Week unveils 2021 roadmap to reignite travel and tourism in Africa

Press Releases, WTM Africa

WTM Africa and suite of sister shows to run as a virtual event from 07-09 April 2021 with a live element from 01-03 September during Tourism Month. The virtual and ... Read more

January 28, 2021October 25, 2023

WTM Latin America Announces New Dates

Press Releases, WTM Latin America

The event will take place from 3 to 5 August 2021 at Expo Centre Norte, in São Paulo Simon Mayle, the new Exhibition Director at WTM Latin America, has announced ... Read more

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

Types of travellers emerging in 2021

Blog, Travel Industry, Trends

New kinds of travellers willing to explore and discover the world emerge in a reshaped travel sector that keeps reinventing itself on its way to recovery.

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

46% of Middle East luxury travellers plan to holiday abroad in 2021, says YouGov survey

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

Dedicated luxury event ILTM Arabia to be co-located with ATM 52% of luxury travellers in ME also keen to take a staycation The latest data analysis produced by YouGov for ... Read more

January 26, 2021January 25, 2021

International travel relies on a rules-based international order

Blog, Responsible Tourism

Three current crises – COVID-19, climate change, biodiversity loss – all have one thing in common. No country, state or individual can successfully solve or even hope to contain ... Read more

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Which destinations are consumers booking first in 2021?

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

TRAVEL FUTURE Embracing the new world of tourism

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Accommodation Industry Outlook

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Racism in Tourism

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

TRAVEL FUTURE Balancing Risk & Restoring Confidence

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Through a Diversity Gaze: How Travel Risk Is Changing In the COVID-19 Era

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Build Travel Back Better

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Resilience and COVID-19

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

How can cruise, ski and airlines reinvent themselves post-COVID?

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

The evolution of aviation after COVID-19

WTM Virtual

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021

These are the trends to expect for UK camping holidays in 2021

Blog, Destinations

A brand new report from camping experts Cool Camping has revealed the key trends the industry can expect to see in 2021.

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

What if Tourism…?

Blog, Travel Industry

“What if Tourism becomes a platform for deep connection and understanding between humans and nature?”

What if we did that?

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

UAE & KSA top global YouGov survey for intent to travel abroad in 2021

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

48% of UAE & 46% of KSA residents confirmed they intended to make an international trip within the next 12 months Survey results further good news for ME aviation sector ... Read more

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Accelerating Travel Innovation After Coronavirus

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

How purposeful travel will speed the sector’s recovery

Blog, Destinations, Travel Industry

The travel industry faces an opportunity to embrace a sustainable, authentic, and inclusive way of travelling beneficial from locals, to travellers, to the tourism industry.

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

How does the smaller world of tourism look to you?

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Tourism: The Path to Peace in the Middle East

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Can We Make Tourism Better?

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Beyond the COVID crisis: The future of Sustainable Tourism

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Holidays at home blooming in 2021

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Missing Travel

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

UNWTO, WTTC and WTM Ministers’ Summit

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

One to one interview with Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Your 2021 vision

WTM Virtual

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Middle East hotels ready to capitalise on workation trend, says ATM

Arabian Travel Market, Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

• The pandemic and progressive IT companies have accelerated demand for remote working • ‘On the go’ bleisure stays increasingly popular with Gen Z singletons, white collar millennials and other ... Read more

January 13, 2021October 25, 2023

WTM Latin America announces a new director for the event

Press Releases, WTM Latin America

Simon Mayle will be assuming the position as from 15 January As of January 15 the Latin American event in WTM’s portfolio will have a new director, with Simon Mayle ... Read more

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Travel Forward Unveils New Executives for the Travel Tech Show

Press Releases, Travel Forward

Travel Forward – the travel technology event co-located with WTM London – and part of the WTM Portfolio, which also includes WTM London, Arabian Travel Market, WTM Latin America, WTM ... Read more

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Five strategies you need for your travel business in 2021

Blog, Resilience, Resilience and Recovery, Travel Industry

As we begin the New Year in a UK-wide lockdown, where they’re might be jetting off to next is likely far from consumers’ minds. But as the COVID-19 vaccines begin ... Read more

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

2021: what to expect for global travel and tourism

Blog, Travel Industry

As 2020 is left behind, key factors such as critical geopolitical changes, health developments, or new trends in traveller behaviour are set to shape the sector and bring exciting challenges ... Read more

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

Marketing luxury travel and hospitality brands in 2021

Blog, Hospitality, Luxury

With not much to travel to and explore, everybody is on their digital devices these days. It’s only wise for brands to use this as a means to reach their ... Read more

December 22, 2020December 18, 2020

11 lessons I learned during 2020

Blog, Responsible Tourism

We can’t keep reinventing the wheel, operating in silos, or treating efforts to act more sustainably as a marketing differentiator. We’re all in this together, and we either all succeed, ... Read more

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

This is why people are being encouraged to keep travelling right now

Blog, Travel Industry

Travel specialists The Latin America Travel Company are encouraging would-be holidaymakers to continue travelling right now, where current rules and restrictions allow.

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

Three reasons why European tourism should return by train

Blog, Responsible Tourism

As we move towards 2021, and begin to imagine what comes next, isn’t it time we prepared for an increasingly inevitable future, rather than build backwards to a past that ... Read more

December 8, 2020

UAE & Bahrain First to Benefit From Israeli Tourism

Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases

ATM expects influx of participants from Israel and across the globe as Abraham Accords opens-up UAE & Bahrain to massive potential 6 million outbound trips made from Israel in 2019 ... Read more