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February 14, 2018

WTM Portfolio Opens Registration for Events In Latin America, Africa and Middle East

Press Releases, WTM Portfolio
Registration is now open for the three leading travel industry exhibitions in the World Travel Market portfolio: WTM Latin America, WTM Africa and ATM (Arabian Travel Market). The events expect ... Read more
February 13, 2018

To deal with the climate costs of flying, we need to talk about growth and carbon offsetting

Carbon & Water
Last week Harold Goodwin’s blog laid out his reasons why the aviation industry’s approach to addressing its ongoing growth in emissions is inadequate. This week, I want to look at ... Read more
February 13, 2018February 13, 2018

Heavyweight hotel groups have already confirmed their presence at WTM Latin America 2018

WTM Latin America
The event takes place in April, in São Paulo, and brings exhibitors from all over the world WTM Latin America 2018 – the world’s leading event for the Latin American ... Read more
February 13, 2018February 14, 2018

Registration is opened for WTM Latin America 2018

WTM Latin America
WTM Latin America 2018 opens registration for its 6th edition, which will take place in São Paulo between April 3rd and April 5th, at Expo Center Norte. The main global ... Read more
February 12, 2018May 10, 2018

Grow your market worldwide – achieve competitive advantage as a Travel Agency

Technology
The Travel Industry has come a long way and is continuously developing. This includes both supply and demand. Latest trends shown in The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 indicate many ... Read more
February 12, 2018

Tour Operators’ Area: WTM Latin America presents a direct relationship model with Brazil’s tour operators

WTM Latin America
New relationship phase boosts the presence of different operator profiles and formats “We will continue to work to enable tour operators to take part in WTM Latin America”. This statement ... Read more
February 12, 2018August 14, 2020

How women returners could become a valuable part of your future workforce

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel
According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers Women in Work Index 2016, Women Returners still make up a significantly underutilised resource. In particular, this research shows that in the UK an additional £1.7bn of ... Read more
February 9, 2018February 9, 2018

What should tourists know about #50litres and #dayzero?

Blog, Destinations
On 19 January 2018, the Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille declared that #dayzero is now likely. #dayzero is the day when the dams feeding water to Cape ... Read more
February 8, 2018February 20, 2018

Facebook in 2018: how travel companies can beat the news feed apocalypse

Social Media
The end of January is always an interesting time in social media. It is at this point of the year when we hear just how much more dominant Facebook has ... Read more
February 8, 2018May 10, 2018

Digital travel is travel and how the Middle East stacks up

Technology, Trends
Phocuswright has been tracking the shift of global travel bookings from offline to digital for over 20 years. Today, while only about half of travel is booked online in the ... Read more
February 6, 2018

Aviation: Business as usual? Is that acceptable?

Carbon & Water
Globally aviation emits around 2% of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, bring its total emissions to around 5% of the global total; if aviation were a country it world rank ... Read more
February 6, 2018

Saudi hospitality sector to grow 13.5% per annum to 2022

Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases
Reforms and investment to drive hotel, travel and tourism sectors in KSA over the next five years according to new report commissioned by Arabian Travel Market     According to a ... Read more
February 6, 2018February 14, 2018

WTM London renews corporate partnership deal with UKinbound

Press Releases, WTM London
WTM London – the leading global event for the travel industry – has signed a ‘Platinum Partnership’ agreement with UKinbound, the trade body for the UK’s valuable inbound tourism sector. ... Read more
February 5, 2018February 6, 2018

The importance of independent entrepreneurs in the hotel industry

Blog, Hospitality
Established destination. New destination. Untouched destination. Wherever there is something to be seen in the world and there is a tourist, there is a requirement for a means of accommodation ... Read more
February 5, 2018February 6, 2018

Initial presentation: LGBTQ / LGBT / LGBTI

Blog, LGBT
I am very privileged to have received an invitation to start creating this blog that focuses on World LGBT Tourism; it could not have come at a better time. After ... Read more
February 1, 2018

Why there’s never been a better time to sell cruise

Trends
This year will see a record 27.2 million passengers take a cruise and more than 27 new ocean, river and specialty ships make their debut, the latest statistics from Cruise ... Read more
January 31, 2018

Guest loyalty, smart hotels and data mining to trend until 2022, says new ATM report

Arabian Travel Market
Live debate with expert panellists during ATM 2018 to examine, reinvented hotel loyalty programmes, technology and data mining over the next five years A new approach to loyalty programmes, smart ... Read more
January 31, 2018

£22 for a sunlounger? Is no part of our holiday sacred?

Responsible Tourism
Thomas Cook is making the news this week for a new programme it is trialing to enable guests to pre-book sunloungers before they come on holiday. From the end of ... Read more
January 25, 2018May 10, 2018

Smart Tourism

Technology
I will be running a new seminar at this year’s Arabian Travel Market. I am calling it Smart Tourism. The ‘smart’ concept has reached almost everything around us. I have ... Read more
January 24, 2018May 10, 2018

How technology is going to transform the travel industry

Blog, Technology
As technology advances and the behaviour of travellers changes, the whole tourism production chain is reinventing itself. With consumer confidence increasing in relation to technology, their travel expectations are also ... Read more
January 23, 2018January 31, 2018

What is the biggest threat to our global environment?

Carbon & Water
It is a kind of pollution. There are of course several contenders. Carbon emissions and consequent global warming, soil degradation, overpopulation, biodiversity and plastics. It is not easy to decide ... Read more
January 23, 2018January 23, 2018

GCC to welcome 2.5 million Chinese visitors by 2021

Arabian Travel Market
New visas, leisure attractions and business opportunities drive demand, as 154 million Chinese tourists are expected to go abroad in 2018 Religious tourism in Saudi Arabia to receive a boost ... Read more
January 22, 2018January 23, 2018

5 minutes with Vincent Miccolis, Regional General Manager of The Ascott Limited

Hospitality
What are you looking to promote at ATM this year? This is an exciting year for The Ascott Limited as we expand our global footprint and set to surpass the ... Read more
January 19, 2018May 10, 2018

The package holiday is alive and well

Technology
Expedia has carried out a research study in partnership with The Center for Generational Kinetics.  The study is called ‘Generations on the Move – A deep dive into multi-generational travel ... Read more
January 18, 2018January 19, 2018

STATEMENT BY MAYOR DE LILLE: City secures bigger yield from aquifers but consumption still too high as Cape Town moves closer to Day Zero

Press Releases, WTM Africa
    CITY OF CAPE TOWN 9 JANUARY 2018 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S EXECUTIVE MAYOR, PATRICIA DE LILLE   City secures bigger yield from aquifers but consumption still too high ... Read more
January 18, 2018January 19, 2018

Level 6 water restrictions will help to avoid Day Zero

Press Releases, WTM Africa
  CITY OF CAPE TOWN 28 DECEMBER 2017 MEDIA RELEASE   Level 6 water restrictions will help to avoid Day Zero The City of Cape Town reminds all water users ... Read more
January 18, 2018January 23, 2018

WTM Latin America creates Destination Pavilions, an exclusive area for companies that do not have stands from their own countries at the event

Press Releases, WTM Latin America
WTM Latin America, the leading global event for the travel industry in Latin America, is pleased to confirm the launch of its Destination Pavilions. The goal is to enable private ... Read more
January 18, 2018August 14, 2020

Women in travel, tourism and hospitality: a case of #MeToo?

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel
Right from the outset, let me say that this is not going to make comfortable reading. But then, you cannot be sitting comfortably if you’ve being following all the sexual ... Read more
January 16, 2018January 31, 2018

PATA’s excellent new hotel food waste resource shows need for collaborative solutions

Responsible Tourism
This week the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has launched an impressively extensive resource targeting food waste in hotels. Titled with one of the better acronyms around – BUFFET (Building ... Read more
January 15, 2018February 14, 2018

Brits beat blues by booking breaks

WTM London
Brits will be booking a day off work on ‘Blue Monday’ – so they can book a holiday to cheer themselves up, reveals research from World Travel Market. January 15 ... Read more
January 12, 2018February 5, 2018

Five predictions for responsible tourism in 2018… and one I hope won’t happen

Carbon & Water, Development, Human Rights, Overtourism
In my last blog of 2017, I looked back at some of my personal responsible tourism highlights of that year. I’ve been on holiday for most of the time since ... Read more
January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

Russian visitors to GCC to increase 38% by 2020

Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases
Recovery of Russian rouble, UAE visa on arrival, drive growth. Russia remains a top 10 source market for Dubai, arrivals up 98% in 2017 The number of Russian tourists travelling ... Read more
January 9, 2018February 5, 2018

An Open Letter to a Corporate Traveler (written by a Travel and Events Manager)

Business Travel
*This letter is not real! It is only a didatic and funny way to illustrate to the general travelers and travel arrangers the overall difficulties of this professional in our ... Read more
January 9, 2018January 31, 2018

Taleb Rifai reflects on his tenure as Secretary-General of UNWTO

Development
2017 was the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. Taleb Rifai’s tenure of office as Secretary General of UNWTO closed at the turn of the year and I asked ... Read more
January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

Keynote Catch-up: British Airways – A year of mixed fortunes

Aviation
Missed the British Airways – A year of mixed fortunes session? Not to worry, here’s an overview of all the key points from keynote speaker and Chairman & CEO of ... Read more
December 22, 2017

Storify is dead: long live any decent alternative

Social Media
Back in July, on these pages, I wrote about the long and slow decline of Storify, a platform which allowed users to aggregate links, photos and social media in one ... Read more
December 22, 2017December 22, 2017

Keynote catch-up: maximising revenue in the luxury travel space with minimal investment

Luxury
Missed the Maximising Revenue in the Luxury Travel Space with Minimal Investment session? Not to worry, here’s an overview of all the key points from panel member and founder of ... Read more
December 21, 2017December 21, 2017

Governance: whose responsibility?

Overtourism
Looking back over 2017 the issue of governance has come to the fore. The challenge of overtourism has emerged as a cause of significant concern in part because it boiled ... Read more
December 20, 2017May 10, 2018

Is the January feeding frenzy coming to an end?

Technology
Some interesting news from Hitwise. Part 3 of their Cyber Week 2017 report showed increased travel purchase activity during Black Friday in November. As we all know, January has traditionally ... Read more
December 20, 2017

Middle East airline passenger numbers projected to climb 7% in 2018

Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases
Arab air transport market grew by 9.9% in the past year Middle East airlines forecasted net profits to hit $600 million in 2018 Aviation industry to form key discussion topic ... Read more
December 20, 2017

The year in review: My highlights of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

Responsible Tourism
With the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development drawing to a close, I’ve looked back through the year’s headlines to chart an extremely personal selection of highlights from 2017… ... Read more
December 19, 2017

What Women in Travel told us in 2017, and what to expect in 2018!

Women in Travel
So here we are, the end of 2017 is in sight and 2018 is upon us. It has been an important year for Women in Travel as the social enterprise ... Read more
December 19, 2017

WTM Latin America announces the launch of the Travel Tech Pavillion

Press Releases, WTM Latin America
Technology companies operating in the travel sector that never took part in the event will have access to a differentiated area and special conditions for the 2018 edition   The ... Read more
December 18, 2017

GCC hotels to attract Indian millennials

Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases
Recent survey reveals 66% of Indian travelers are aiming to travel more frequently but staying for less than seven days Exhibitors at ATM 2018 will try to capitalise on multi-million ... Read more
December 15, 2017February 6, 2018

Are convention centres still needed?

Blog, Events
Without a doubt, the internet has nowadays become the largest, most populous, most accessible, most visible, and most practical convention environment. Online, we can do everything from a simple conference ... Read more
December 14, 2017June 15, 2020

We’re all digital content creators now

Blogging, Social Media, Technology
There’s been a huge shift in the democratisation of technology, placing increasingly powerful tools in the hands of the masses. The advancements in gadgets like smartphones, 360 degree cameras, stabilisers ... Read more
December 13, 2017December 19, 2017

German golfers spend the most on their golf holidays, new research reveals

IGTM
German golfers spent more on their ‘non-domestic’ golf holidays in the last 12 months than their counterparts from the UK, France and Sweden, with an average spend of €2,041, a ... Read more
December 12, 2017

Social Media – a curate’s egg for tourism?

RT Marketing
The concept of the “curate’s egg” was first used in the British satirical magazine Punch by George du Maurier in November 1895. The curate was too timid to complain of ... Read more
December 12, 2017December 19, 2017

Focus turns to France and The 2018 Ryder Cup as landmark 20th edition of International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) opens in Cannes

IGTM
The 20th edition of International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), the world’s leading global B2B event for golf tourism suppliers, buyers and media, opened today in Cannes, France. The milestone edition ... Read more
December 8, 2017December 8, 2017

WTM Latin America brings together 150 executives and journalists in Lima and Ecuador

Press Releases, WTM Latin America
With support from PromPerú, WTM Latin America emphasized the importance of the partnership with the destination  WTM Latin America hosted a business meeting between 70 executives, leading figures in the ... Read more
December 8, 2017October 13, 2022

WTM Latin America sets up Leaders’ Meeting

Press Releases, WTM Latin America
WTM Latin America sets up Leaders’ Meeting   The corporate agenda of WTM Latin America’s director, Luciane Leite, lives up to the purpose behind the event, which is to generate ... Read more
December 7, 2017June 2, 2020

Watch this space: will travel embrace Facebook’s new video platform?

Social Media
The launch of a new watch by one of the tech giants is a bit of a yawn these days but back in August, social media behemoth Facebook launched its ... Read more
December 5, 2017December 5, 2017

How to redesign tourism to end #pointlessplastics

Carbon & Water
A few days ago, a new hashtag started appearing on Twitter. Created by the Good Awards, #pointlessplastics is encouraging people to tweet images of the unnecessary use of plastics (one ... Read more
December 5, 2017December 5, 2017

KSA, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain visitors to UK up 6.6% in 2016

Arabian Travel Market, Press Releases
London top destination recording almost 3.5 million room nights Average spend of GCC travellers between $1,150 to $3,153 per trip 80% of stand space allocated for UK exhibitors at ATM ... Read more
December 5, 2017December 19, 2017

Slovenia to host International Golf Travel Market 2018

IGTM
International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), the world’s premier global event for the golf tourism industry, today announced that its 2018 edition will be hosted in Slovenia’s capital city, the 2016 ... Read more
November 30, 2017

The best social media projects of 2017

Social Media
This year, the Faroe Islands won. Their victory highlighted, yet again, the importance of setting out on a project with a clear strategy. Because there are many ways to use ... Read more
November 29, 2017October 13, 2022

Opportunities in the events’ sector

Blog, Events
By Toni Sando There is an intrinsic link between events and destinations. When seeking the integration of a congress or fair with the city that will receive it, the participants’ ... Read more
November 28, 2017

We can deal with climate change, if we all take our share of responsibility

Carbon & Water
At WTM London this month the least well-attended session of the Responsible Tourism programme was the one addressing climate change.  We chose a panel of speakers from industry with experience ... Read more
November 24, 2017November 24, 2017

The shape of luxury travel for 2018

Luxury
As we hang on to the remaining weeks of 2017, I can’t help but marvel how time flies so quickly, and it seems to even pick up speed towards this ... Read more
November 24, 2017December 19, 2017

Business at Buyers Mean WTM London 2017

Press Releases, WTM Latin America
Senior industry buyer numbers top 10,000 for the first time, and Exhibitor Invitees also at record levels The numbers of senior industry buyers and travel professionals invited to do business ... Read more
November 21, 2017November 21, 2017

How can tourism help Dominica be the world’s first Climate Resilient Nation?

Development
Just two months ago, on September 18th, Hurricane Maria hit the Caribbean island of Dominica. Minutes before, this was the Nature Island, a tropical paradise of 365 river and pristine ... Read more
November 21, 2017

When founders met funders at the Women in Travel entrepreneurship meetup

Women in Travel
WTM London has recently shut its doors for 2017, and Women in Travel can count this as one of the most successful gatherings since our inception in 2014! Having Entrepreneurship ... Read more
November 21, 2017February 14, 2018

Buyers Mean Business at WTM London 2017

Press Releases, WTM London
Senior industry buyer numbers top 10,000 for the first time, and Exhibitor Invitees also at record levels The numbers of senior industry buyers and travel professionals invited to do business ... Read more
November 20, 2017November 20, 2017

Indian outbound market to GCC expected to increase 50% by 2021

Arabian Travel Market
Middle East to welcome nine million Indian visitors by 2021 Indian source markets to Dubai grew by 21% for year-to-date August 2017 Oman to witness 19% CAGR growth in Indian ... Read more
November 17, 2017May 10, 2018

Digital Hospitality

Technology
At World Travel Market London this year, I ran a Summit called Future Digital Thinking. I split this into 2 two hour sessions, the first focusing on the hospitality sector ... Read more
November 17, 2017

Cape Town, the ‘Events Capital of Africa’ and a year-round destination

Blog, Destinations, WTM Africa
  Cape Town is synonymous with a healthy, balanced quality of life and has become a preferred destination for events, exhibitions, concerts and conferences. There are venues across the city, ... Read more
November 16, 2017November 16, 2017

SMARTmeetings powered by ibtm events launches in Rwanda

Press Releases, WTM Africa
In an exciting move to forward the MICE industry in Africa, Reed Exhibitions has announced the launch of SMARTmeetings powered by ibtm events, a dynamic two day event in Kigali, ... Read more
November 15, 2017February 14, 2018

Travel industry encouraged to say ‘I do’ to the destination wedding market

Press Releases, WTM London
It’s not too late for travel companies and tourist boards to take the plunge and get into the lucrative weddings market, delegates attending World Travel Market London’s first dedicated seminar ... Read more
November 14, 2017November 21, 2017

WTM London: Taking responsibility for making tourism better

Responsible Tourism
Tuesday the 14th November 2007 was the first WTM & UNWTO World Responsible Tourism Day, today we are ten years on. This year at WTM London we looked back at ... Read more
November 10, 2017December 19, 2017

Cannes va faire valoir ses atouts golfiques pendant la 20e édition de l’International Golf Travel Market

IGTM
Les fournisseurs, acheteurs et médias spécialistes du tourisme golfique participant à la 20e édition de l’International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) vont découvrir par eux-mêmes pourquoi Cannes, et plus généralement la ... Read more
November 8, 2017February 14, 2018

WTM London concludes in a festival mood

Press Releases, WTM London
The third and final day of WTM London 2017 featured packed halls, numerous business meetings and insightful seminars and presentations. Responsible tourism was the key theme for the final day, ... Read more
November 8, 2017February 14, 2018

Move on from the wow of augmented and virtual reality now and get creative say digital media experts at WTM London

WTM London
Sessions on intelligent travel, Blockchain and Facebook were among highlights on the final day of the Travel Tech Show at WTM London on Wednesday 9 November.   Specialists shared how ... Read more
November 8, 2017February 14, 2018

World Responsible Tourism Day

Responsible Tourism, WTM London
WTM London Director Simon Press opened Wednesday’s World Responsible Tourism Day by reminding the audience that the focus this year has been on two key topics – overtourism and achieving ... Read more
November 8, 2017

Rotana continues relationship with Arabian Travel Market

Arabian Travel Market, WTM London
Rotana Hotels & Resorts is marking its 25th anniversary by continuing its sponsorship of the registrations for next year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), also celebrating its 25th anniversary. The announcement ... Read more
November 8, 2017November 8, 2017

#WTMLDN Day 3 – The best bits!

Blog, WTM Team
It may have been the final day of WTM London 2017 but that didn’t mean things slowed down at all, the event was once again packed with business opportunities and ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 10, 2017

Tourism ministers set the agenda on second day of WTM London

WTM London
Tourism ministers from across the world met hoteliers, tourist boards and trade associations at World Travel Market London – the leading global event for the travel industry – to tackle ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 20, 2017

Rock stars and rising stars in startups and chatbots for hotel discovery make the tech headlines at the Travel Tech Show at WTM

WTM London
Tips from the coalface for the startup community made for a mix of highs and lows during Day two of the Travel Tech Show at WTM London on Tuesday 7 ... Read more
November 7, 2017

UNWTO & WTM Ministers Summit: Tourism protests are a ‘wake-up call’

WTM London
The tourism industry must act now to tackle overtourism, according to the head of the UNWTO, speaking at World Travel Market London – the leading global event for the travel ... Read more
November 7, 2017

Highlights from the Responsible Tourism seminars on Tuesday at WTM London

WTM London
Tuesday’s Responsible Tourism programme at WTM London started with a session exploring how travel can responsibly support some of the most excluded members of society – the homeless and those ... Read more
November 7, 2017March 23, 2018

Reed Travel Exhibitions launches Travel Forward alongside WTM London 2018

WTM London
Reed Travel Exhibitions is launching Travel Forward, a brand new event co-located with WTM London 2018 and part of the WTM portfolio of events. The inaugural Travel Forward conference, exhibition ... Read more
November 7, 2017January 2, 2018

NEW WTM Awards to recognise excellence in the Global Travel Industry

WTM London
The all-new WTM Awards, organised by WTM London – the leading global event for the travel industry, is set to make its debut on the evening of Tuesday 6 November ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 7, 2017

#WTMLDN Day 2 – The Highlights!

Blog, WTM Team
The halls were buzzing again on day two at WTM London 2017.  Exhibitors continued to meet and conduct business deals with the thousands of industry professionals from around the world. ... Read more
November 7, 2017

Abu Dhabi, Greek National Tourism Organisation, AC Group, Tourism Ireland and Fortymee Ltd win WTM London 2017 Best Stand Awards

WTM London
The winners of this year’s best stand awards at WTM London have been announced, with the judges pleased to see several exhibitors ringing the changes.   Best Stand Design was ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Qatar standoff has repercussions for all Middle East carriers

WTM London
The continuing diplomatic dispute between Qatar and some of its neighbours will have a negative impact on the travel industry across the Middle East, says the Top 100 City Destination ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Thinking deeply about the emotions around travel shopping and search

WTM London
The travel and tourism industry needs to be aware that facial and emotional recognition software will become advanced enough to influence travellers’ decisions, says the Top 100 City Destination Ranking ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Italy looks to build on successful 2017

WTM London
Tourism to Italy has performed strongly this year, thanks to its range of attractions and a shift away from less stable destinations, according to research for World Travel Market London ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Indian cities see ‘incredible’ growth rates

WTM London
The Indian city of Delhi is expected to see the largest rise in inbound arrivals in Asia this year, according to research for World Travel Market London – the leading ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Greece set for a record-breaking year with visitor arrivals reaching 30m

WTM London
Greek destinations Heraklion and Athens are “standout performers in 2017”, according to research for World Travel Market London – the leading global event for the travel industry – released today ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Terror attacks mean growth in UK inbound arrivals will slow down

WTM London
Growth in the number of arrivals to the UK is expected to stagnate in 2018, following a series of terror attacks, according to research for World Travel Market London – ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

City limits: Report reveals tourism hotspots struggling with overcrowding

WTM London
The fine line between successful tourism and too many tourists is now a major issue for the world’s most popular cities, with some close to overcrowding, according to research for ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Canada High: USA’s northern neighbour benefits from ‘Trump Slump’

WTM London
Almost a year to the day since the US public voted for Donald Trump to become their next leader, there are signs travellers are turning to alternative destinations, with Canada ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Brexit threatens to undermine London’s business destination reputation

WTM London
London is in danger of losing its reputation as a good place to do business because of Brexit, according to research for World Travel Market London – the leading global ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Asian cities become smarter in advance of even more visitors

WTM London
Asia is embracing the concept of smart cities, using technology and data to balance continued arrivals growth with sustainable expansion, reveals The Top 100 City Destination Ranking WTM London 2017 ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

‘No deal’ Brexit would deal a blow to UK outbound travel

WTM London
A ‘no deal’ Brexit would lead to a long-term decline in UK GDP growth, and curb the expansion of the British outbound travel market, according to research for World Travel ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Africa embraces the idea of open borders

WTM London
Countries in Africa are prioritising visa-free travel around the continent for inhabitants and visitors as an essential factor in the region’s economic development, reveals The Top 100 City Destination Ranking ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

US trade war would trigger Trump slump, warns WTM report

WTM London
A trade war caused by President Donald Trump pulling out of international agreements would hit the US travel industry, reveals Euromonitor International research for World Travel Market London – the ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

UK set for major domestic and international rail revolution

WTM London
The UK is undergoing significant rail developments on both domestic and international levels, which will see the train compete more effectively with road and air travel, reveals Euromonitor International research ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

London to tumble down travel league tables as Asian cities soar

WTM London
London will fall down the global city destination rankings in the next seven years, slipping from third to sixth, reveals Euromonitor International research for World Travel Market London – the ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Asian cities soar up the global travel league table

WTM London
Asian cities will dominate the global destination rankings in the next decade, thanks to the inexorable rise of Chinese outbound tourism, reveals Euromonitor International  research for World Travel Market London ... Read more
November 7, 2017November 3, 2017

Cancun growth outpaces competitors in the Americas

WTM London
Cancun is expected to be the strongest growing city in 2017 in the Americas, reveals Euromonitor International research for World Travel Market London – the leading global event for the ... Read more

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