The Great Lakes USA has announced they are proud to continue on with Brand USA’s focus on golf tourism. With over 3,000 top golf courses, the Great Lakes Region plays ... Read more
As summer draws to a close and the pace picks up for autumn, it certainly hasn’t been a quiet time for the airline industry. Apart from being the peak season ... Read more
River cruise line AmaWaterways will reveal details of its first Bordeaux itineraries. Starting in spring 2016, the line will offer 22 ‘Taste of Bordeaux’ sailings aboard AmaDolce, sailing the Garonne ... Read more
More than 50% of consumers surveyed by travel technology specialist eviivo will avoid a hotel or B&B that cannot accept web bookings. Staff from eviivo will be at World Travel ... Read more
Puratech Solutions’ eTravel Operations Solutions will be showcasing a cloud-based solution for multi-location agents and operators. The end-to-end back office solution seamlessly integrates with B2B and B2C interfaces and there ... Read more
World Travel Market London 2016, the leading global event for the travel industry, will be revamped as a three day event following exhibitor and visitor feedback and an unprecedented period ... Read more
Staff from the Santikos Collection will bend over backwards at World Travel Market London 2015 to promote their paddle-board yoga programmes. YOGAqua is a fitness trend from Los Angeles, combing ... Read more
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales is commemorating one of Britain’s best-loved authors, paying homage to one of the big screen’s most celebrated adventurers, remembering the First World War and ... Read more
Visitors to the Las Vegas stand will be able to find out more about The Park, the brand new green haven and entertainment area that will open in 2016 just ... Read more
DMC and group travel specialist Tours International will be introducing it new sports hospitality packages for groups for 2016 at WTM London. These include VIP hospitality packages at high profile ... Read more
Stars from the big screen are the newest attractions to be showcased by Merlin Entertainments at WTM London. Find out more about Shrek’s Adventure! London, in which fans of the ... Read more
Wildlife conservation will be the focus for the Kenya Tourism Board at World Travel Market London 2015. The country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, has become a founding member of the Giants’ ... Read more
Jupiter Hotels has undergone a period of strategic investment across the portfolio, transforming its collection of Mercure branded hotels. The strategy has seen refurbishments and redesigns across the portfolio; the ... Read more
Hard Rock International will be at World Travel Market London 2015 to promote the beachfront Hard Rock Hotel opening in mid-2016 in Tenerife. The 637-room property is Hard Rock’s second ... Read more
Vienna’s tourist board will be in a whirl at World Travel Market London 2015, highlighting a host of new airline services from the UK to the Austrian capital. September saw ... Read more
In November 2014 ECPAT launched a new global Taskforce to tackle the rapid acceleration of sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism. Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, former UN Special ... Read more
The Travel Tech Show at WTM, the largest dedicated travel technology event in the UK, continues to play a vital role in the growth of the travel industry, this year ... Read more
VisitFlanders is promoting a variety of events at WTM London, including: the 100th edition of the Tour of Flanders cycle race, popular with British participants; the second anniversary of the ... Read more
A ‘Game of Thrones’ afternoon tea at Ballygally Castle, Northern Ireland, will be featured during World Travel Market 2015. Ballygally Castle, part of the Hastings Hotels group, launched the themed ... Read more
Greek destination management company Avra will use World Travel Market London 2015 to introduce its new app to the trade. The app aims to offer holidaymakers information before, during and ... Read more
Myanmar, formally known as Burma, has come a very long way since being a war torn country in the nineteenth century. It was annexed by the Brits in 1885 before ... Read more
For quite some time during the 90’s to the early 2000’s, frequent fliers have lamented that the so-called “Golden Age” of flying is gone. No one dressed up for flights any more, ... Read more
GuestCentric, a provider of cloud-based digital marketing software for hotels, will use its presence at WTMLondon to highlights its new hotel search and booking engine for hotel groups. This new ... Read more
Malta is working on a number of projects designed to make the most of its capital Valletta being awarded the European City of Culture 2018. The Old Abattoir will become ... Read more
Enjoy Illinois – the Illinois Office of Tourism – will attend World Travel Market London 2015 as part of its strategy to maintain visitor number growth. Last year, the US ... Read more
Cologne expects the upcoming opening of The Bodyguard Musical will put it back on the map of ‘musical theatre metropolises’. The captivating love story based on the hit blockbuster film, ... Read more
WTM London visitors with an interest in eco-tourism can find out about a new venture on Trinidad and Tobago. The islands’ Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Trinidad and ... Read more
The Canary Islands will be at World Travel Market London 2015 to spread the word about the tourist board’s new website: hellocanaryislands.com. Launched in April 2015, the website boasts more ... Read more
World-class gastronomy, liveable cities and wide-open sandy beaches attract thousands of tourists to Denmark. Official figures confirm a 33% increase in British visitors over the past five years (2009-2014) with ... Read more
Egypt will use the record attempt to cross the African continent on bikes, which starts from Cairo next month, to kick start cycling tourism to the country – especially from ... Read more
Mexico has become WTM 2015’s Premier Partner as part of the country’s promotion in the UK. 2015 has been designated as The Year of Mexico in the UK and the ... Read more
I am delighted this week to be able to announce the full line up of speakers and mentors for the forthcoming Women in Travel meet up at World Travel Market ... Read more
If you only read some of the more reactionary publications around, you might be mistaken for thinking that tourism’s response to the growing refugee crisis was mostly anger at having ... Read more
World Travel Market London 2015, the leading global event for the travel industry, will be opened by David Gill, former chief executive of one of the world’s most valuable and ... Read more
World Travel Market London 2015, the leading global event for the travel industry, has linked up with Worldwide Kids Company to host a seminar giving hotels and resorts detailed advice ... Read more
You can’t keep Instagram out of the news. Already the brightest star in the social media firmament, IG is generating ever more heat this summer. I wrote on this blog ... Read more
Earlier this year, the South African Hotel Verde became the first hotel in the world to achieve double LEED platinum status. Far from being a remote ecolodge, however, Hotel Verde ... Read more
Did you read the latest Ashley Madison byline? Before the data breach it was “Life is short. Have an affair.” I think it now reads, “Life is going to be ... Read more
2015 already looks set to be the hottest year on record. It means the three warmest years since records began in 1880 – 2015, 2014 and 2010 – will all ... Read more
The man dubbed ‘the Terminator’ and charged with restructuring Malaysia Airlines following its annus horribilis in 2014 will headline World Travel Market London 2015’s Aviation Programme. German-born Christoph Mueller became ... Read more
Google’s first results page has come a long way since the company launched 17 years ago. When we first started using that rather clever search engine, the page it threw ... Read more
Top executives from the world’s leading search engines, Google and Yahoo!, will advise delegates at World Travel Market London 2015, the leading global event for the travel industry, how to ... Read more
Think about any “tourist trap” restaurant. Now that you’ve got that image in your mind’s eye, it’s probably not far from a major monument or attraction, right? The menu is ... Read more
That tourism uses a lot of water is hardly news. Daily fresh towels. Infinity swimming pools. Golf courses surrounded by desert. The endless irrigation of hotel grounds to keep them ... Read more
In a year where destinations from Barcelona and Venice to Pattaya and Easter Island have struggled with the impacts of growing numbers of tourists in their destinations, a considerable focus ... Read more
The Association of Women Travel Executives (AWTE) is delighted to be supporting the Women in Travel event at World Travel Market for the second year running. With a fantastic line ... Read more
Airlines, luxury resorts and technology specialists from a comprehensive range of sectors and countries are among the more than 100 new exhibitors which have signed up for World Travel Market ... Read more
The supporters of international water aid charity, Just a Drop, have been known to cycle through ice fjords, shave their heads, jump out of planes and all manner of other ... Read more
Tourism can give rise to conflicts between local people whose home it is and groups of tourists who, despite being in the same place, sometimes have wildly different ideas about ... Read more
WTM’s inaugural Wellness Lounge Is Sold Out The inaugural WTM Wellness Lounge at World Travel Market London 2015 – the leading global event for the travel industry – has proved ... Read more
For several years when I was deputy travel editor at The Times, we ran a weekly slot in which we invited readers to share their favourite travelling tips. Most were ... Read more
This Thursday, August 13th, is Global Overshoot Day, which marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in ... Read more
World Travel Market London, the leading global event for the travel industry, is calling on its WTM Buyers’ Club members to register for the hugely popular WTM Speed Networking programme. ... Read more
There’s more to life than thread count and butler service. At least that’s what luxury travellers these days are telling themselves. This year’s Virtuoso Luxe Report included finding out the top reasons ... Read more
Women and children in developing countries spend an estimated 200 million hours each day collecting water. They often walk an average of 6km, in the searing heat, hauling heavy water ... Read more
This week’s blog is by Lamia Walker, Founder of Housesitmatch.com a network for housesitters, home and pet owners. Here she talks about how the idea for the company, the sharing ... Read more
It used to be easy, video was the reserve of TV advertisements, documentaries and films; whilst “going viral” was limited to that time your Nan got stuck in a rubber ... Read more
Today sees the publication of the finalists for the 2015 World Responsible Tourism Awards at WTM, the awards will be presented at World Travel Market London on World Responsible Tourism ... Read more
A worldwide campaign to end canned hunting, a tour operator offering locally-led alternative city tours and a local mangrove conservation and education project in Madagascar are among the organisations included ... Read more
You know you are doing a good job when other players in your marketplace start attacking you. So, for example, the Daily Telegraph headline last month, “Courtney Love attacked by ... Read more
Carolyn Pearson, CEO of Maiden Voyage is my guest blogger this week. Carolyn will speak at the #WTM2015 #WomeninTravel meetup on the topic of resilience in business (‘Not for the ... Read more
Over the last few weeks there have been several stories in the press (including two on this blog) about issues to do with overcrowding at destinations and the hostility brewing ... Read more
The World Responsible Tourism Awards at WTM London announces today the launch of its only publically-voted category – the People’s Choice in Responsible Tourism in association with National Geographic Traveller ... Read more
Turkey’s tourism bosses will be at World Travel Market London 2015 – the leading global event for the travel industry – to highlight an upsurge in new airline services from ... Read more
The internet has almost come full circle. It seems like a strange concept now but back when America Online ruled the internet superhighway (as it was inevitably called), it offer ... Read more
The UK’s Airports Commission, appointed by the Government to draw up recommendations on the need for additional runway capacity in the South East of the country, has published its conclusions. ... Read more
World Travel Market London 2015 is delighted to announce India Tourism as the sponsor of its prestigious WTM Buyers’ Club as it looks to promote India to the global travel ... Read more
Consumers take their eating behaviours on the road and destinations and businesses alike can woo new customers and more positive word-of-mouth by catering to otherwise unanticipated or unaddressed consumer behaviors. Foodies choose ... Read more
There have been protests in a number of honeypot European cities in the last couple of years. In Venice there is an anti-cruise ship campaign, in Berlin the local government ... Read more
World Travel Market London 2015, the leading global event for the travel industry, is calling on bloggers to apply for the expanded WTM London Bloggers’ Speed Networking event. The 90-minute ... Read more
My guest blogger this week is Jacki Hill Murphy who will be delivering the key note speech at the #WTM2015 WomeninTravel meet up. An explorer, traveller and film maker, here ... Read more
Yes, it’s that time of the year already. The first half of the year has gone and it’s now time to start planning where the travel bug will take you ... Read more
World’s leader in food tourism will share expertise with this year’s event delegates in London. WTM London, the world’s leading global event for the travel industry, and the World Food ... Read more
On 5 November 2014, Australian wildlife tour company Echidna Walkabout won Gold for Best for Wildlife Conservation in the World Responsible Tourism Awards at the World Travel Market in London. Jeremy ... Read more
This week’s guest blog is by Prof Graham Miller, director and Head of Surrey’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. We are delighted that the School has agreed to support ... Read more
On 5 November 2014, Echidna Walkabout won Gold for Best for Wildlife Conservation in the World Responsible Tourism Awards at the World Travel Market in London. Jeremy Smith spoke to ... Read more
World Travel Market London, the leading global event for the travel industry boosts the London economy by more than £244 million. WTM London 2014 – which ran from Monday 3 ... Read more
If you walk round Muswell Hill, the part of North London where I have lived for nearly 20 years, you’ll occasionally see a man lying on the pavement, fine paintbrush ... Read more
The words and sentiment of Maya Angelou ring true with defiance, courage and strength. The essence and the heart of the wellness industry is the ultimate antithesis to terrorism. The ... Read more
Instagram remains the current darling of social media, its star rising as brands clamour for attention in the best photogenic social platform on the market. The ability to show images ... Read more
Finally the time has come! After many weeks of hard work I am now proud and delighted to announce that the 2015 WTM Women in Travel meetup programme is out…and we ... Read more
WTM London, the leading global event for the travel industry, facilitates more than 1.1 million on-stand business meetings which sees the event generate more than £2.5 billion in industry deals. ... Read more
I live in Faversham in Kent, a working town at the end of the motorway, traffic speeds by to Canterbury with its cathedral and World Heritage sites; to Margate with ... Read more
I’m on a mission. Just a small one, so hear me out. I want us all to start creating content for people. “Errr.. Ruth, we already make content for people, ... Read more
7 key LGBT markets likely to add at least $4billion additional tourism income to US economy during next three years The US Supreme Court Decision to legalise gay marriage is ... Read more
Over the next few weeks, I will be organising Travel Technology Initiative’s Autumn conference. The title of the event is Digital Transformation. This has got me thinking about what does ... Read more
World Travel Market’s World Responsible Tourism Day (WRTD) 2015 will tackle the issue of climate change weeks before it is discussed by the United Nations to achieve the first legally ... Read more
Travel is supposed to broaden the mind. As moves to embrace equal rights for gay people spread around the world, the tourism industry should be at the heart of the ... Read more
As any one who uses Facebook will know, many of your friends (and perhaps your own) profile photos took on a rainbow-coloured hue this weekend. People across the world clicked ... Read more
How do your customers or visitors perceive a new food or drink experience before it even happens? Knowing the answer to that could be the difference between increased sales, or ... Read more
World Travel Market is delighted to announce Mexico as its Premier Partner for WTM 2015. Mexico has become WTM 2015’s Premier Partner as part of the country’s promotion in the ... Read more
The LGBT market is recognised as a lucrative one – with latest LGBT2020 research data from specialist LGBT consulting firm Out Now tracking annual LGBT consumer tourism spend which exceeded USD$200billion ... Read more
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, has opened registration for WTM 2015. WTM 2015, which takes place between Monday 2 – Thursday 5 November, is ... Read more
Destinations, attractions and other tourism businesses will soon be able to promote themselves even better on Twitter thanks to a new feature being tested by the microblogging network. Twitter is ... Read more
The origin of this often quoted maxim dates back at least to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153), who is credited with “Hell is full of good intentions or desires.” It ... Read more
Today let’s talk about the world’s big spenders and their spending habits. The Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus wisely said: “You must spend money to make money.” Going by this year’s ... Read more
International Ski Travel Market (ISTM), the premier event for the b2b ski travel industry, which sits under the WTM Portfolio, is rebranding to WTM connect Ski as it continues to ... Read more