November 21, 2018May 13, 2019

Instagram finally cracks down on fake followers

Social Media, Trends

Are you an influencer or a microinfluencer (or even a nanoinfluencer)? After this week, more may be in the latter category. Instagram has finally announced that it is to crack ... Read more

November 20, 2018November 21, 2018

Could Black Friday offer a teachable moment for tourism?

Responsible Tourism

Few people see Black Friday as a day for reflection. Along with its online sibling – Cyber Monday –  It’s the apotheosis of consumption – a no-holds-barred scramble to ‘get ... Read more

November 19, 2018August 14, 2020

5 Years of Women in Travel Meetups: Reflect, Resolve & Be Resilient!

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

The Women in Travel meetup celebrated its 5th year this year in London with an even bigger and bolder event. When I first raised the idea of starting a woman ... Read more

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018

Responsible Tourism is an inclusive agenda

Responsible Tourism

The Responsible Tourism programme of talks, presentations, discussions and interviews held across all four WTM shows reflects the broad agenda of Responsible Tourism. At WTM London last week there were ... Read more

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018

Smoke-free products opening new avenues

Destinations

Technological advancement has been improving our everyday lives as well as public health, from refrigerating food in the 19th century, through seatbelts, to airbags and other innovations. Why would this ... Read more

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018

#WTMLDN 2018 – The Final Day

Adventure, Blog, Business Travel, Destinations, Technology

It may have been the third and final day of WTM London 2018, but that didn’t mean things slowed down at all. ExCel London was once again packed with travel ... Read more

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018

World Responsible Tourism Awards 2018

Responsible Tourism

Organised by WTM London To become a Finalist in the World Responsible Tourism Awards is a significant achievement, it marks you out as a leader in Responsible Tourism; it carries ... Read more

November 7, 2018November 28, 2018

Megatrends Shaping the Future of Travel

Trends

Travel is booming, with international trips expected to grow by 5 percent in 2018. We live, however, in an ever-changing world, and the travel industry needs to adapt continuously. Euromonitor ... Read more

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

#WTMLDN Day 2 – #IdeasArrivedHere

Blog, Events

Ideas certainly did arrive here on day two of WTM London 2018, as industry experts continued to inspire audiences across The WTM Global Stage and the brand-new Inspiration Zones. You ... Read more

November 6, 2018August 14, 2020

LGBT Travel Market: Annual Spend Now Exceeds USD$218 billion

Diversity & Inclusion, WTM London

London — November 6th, 2018 (OUTNOW/WTM) — The annual value of total spending on travel and tourism by lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people is being revealed today ... Read more

November 6, 2018

Sardinia, a unique land, timeless & boundless

Destinations

A unique land, timeless and boundless, an endless island. His ancient story steeped in charm and mystery, beyond comparison with other Mediterranean and European civilizations, which has generated a strongly ... Read more

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018

#WTMLDN Day 1 – The Highlights!

Blog, Blogging, Social Media, Technology

At 10am today WTM London 2018 got underway. Travel professionals from around the world filled the halls of ExCel London, all here to find #NewIdeas, #NewBusiness and #NewInspirations to fuel ... Read more

November 4, 2018

Social Media at WTM London 2018

Social Media

WE are delighted to be back at World Travel Market to deliver seven world-class seminars on the best use of social media in today’s travel and tourism industry. The pace ... Read more

November 3, 2018

Venice floods show that overtourism is a climate change issue

Overtourism

Few people can have missed this week’s pictures of a flooded Venice, and the video of the pizza restaurant that channeled the Titanic’s violinists and kept serving pizzas with the ... Read more

November 2, 2018November 6, 2018

Just a Drop 20 years -Turning Inspiration and Business into Life Transforming Reality by Fiona Jeffery OBE

Charity

It seems incredible that 20 years have passed since I launched Just a Drop at World Travel Market 1998. At the time, I was a new Exhibition Director and a ... Read more

October 31, 2018January 11, 2019

A new look at technology and the traveller’s experience from the point of view of the aviation

Blog, WTM Latin America

* By Adriana Cavalcanti The aviation market is constantly evolving. Whether it is focusing on transporting leisure passengers or events and business passengers, the transformation is fast and constant. Today, ... Read more

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018

Tourism set to thrive in Nepal

Events

Tour the conglomerate capital city of Kathmandu for a peek into the microcosm of Nepal’s colorful heritage and culture. Visit the quaint Pokhara city and replenish. Discover peace Lumbini, the ... Read more

October 30, 2018

Leaders in Responsible Tourism at WTM London

Responsible Tourism

Every year many of the world’s leaders in Responsible Tourism gather at WTM London and participate in the Responsible Tourism programme which forms a major part of the show, culminating ... Read more

October 29, 2018October 31, 2018

Is Travel the Blockchain Beachhead?

Technology

Blockchain, so we are told, is a solution without a problem. Repeatedly, articles in the media say how Blockchain doesn’t have a real role, how it is being over-promoted, how ... Read more

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

Is Multi-Modal the next big thing?

Technology

Quite a few years ago (pre-Internet) I was commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for a large telecommunications organisation. The idea was to test the concept of an electronic ... Read more

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

Expo 2020 Dubai: a world of possibilities

Blog

Millions of visitors from across the globe will enjoy an exceptional experience at Expo 2020 Dubai, as the world comes together for a celebration of human ingenuity, culture and creativity. ... Read more

October 25, 2018

Ready, Steady… Women In Travel Meetup 2018!

Women in Travel

With two weeks to go before WTM London, I am proud and delighted that this year we will celebrate our 5th Women in Travel Meetup under the theme of ‘Make ... Read more

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018

A bumper harvest of airlines at this year’s WTM!

Aviation

It’s been an amazing 5 years since we last had easyJet in the interview hot seat at WTM! Then Carolyn McCall had not long arrived as the airline’s new CEO ... Read more

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018

Luxury Brand Innovation in Aviation: The Interesting Case of Etihad Airways

Luxury

According to American economist Theodore Levitt, the difference between creativity and innovation is: “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” Due to a market that is ... Read more

October 23, 2018October 24, 2018

Travel Leaders UK Travel Markets – What to Expect in 2019

Blog

As the clock continues to count down to the UK’s official Brexit day, on 29 March 2019, the negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union continue to unfold ... Read more

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018

The destination with solutions to overtourism, climate change and wellbeing

Development, Overtourism, Social Economy

Last week Bhutan held only its third general election. And for the third time in a row, the Bhutanese people voted in a different party. And though this election got ... Read more

October 19, 2018

Luxury ‘trendsetters’ are ‘setting the bar high’ in International Travel & Tourism Awards

Events

Four “excellent” shortlisted finalists will be going for gold in the ‘Best in Luxury’ category at the inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM. The final four will ... Read more

October 19, 2018

Why travel needs to get into long-form video

Social Media

We have talked for a long time now about how video is the future in the world of social media. That was underlined again last week when Snap announced the ... Read more

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018

Destinations Praised for LGBT Offering at ITTAs

Events

LGBT guests are in demand and the destinations that make the effort are in competition to be top choice for the LGBT traveller. The inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards ... Read more

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

The third journey: the travel industry may not be transforming, but it is certainly transitioning

Technology

Marketers are familiar with the notion of the ‘customer journey’, which maps a route from potential prospect, through closed sale and beyond. In the world of travel of course, this ... Read more

October 16, 2018

Ethical or Responsible Tourism?

Development

Tomorrow is Global Ethics Day, inspired by Earth Day and established by the Carnegie Council. It is an opportunity to explore the meaning of ethics in international affairs. Much of ... Read more

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

IFTM is inspiration for technology and networking

Blog, Uncategorised

by Luciane Leite I was in Paris with the express purpose of visiting IFTM Top Resa, France’s International B2B Tourism Show, an event that is organized by Reed Exhibitions. The ... Read more

October 15, 2018October 18, 2018

What can we expect of the tourism industry at the time of an election?

Blog

Now it’s for real! The candidates have already set out their strategies and their electoral campaigns are on the streets. Voters are becoming more and more demanding and paying careful ... Read more

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

Combining Purpose, Passion and Profit: Kate Webb and Orbis Expeditions

Women in Travel

For this latest blog I am delighted to interview another inspirational woman in travel, Kate Webb Co-Founder of Orbis Expeditions who will be speaking at the Women in Travel Meetup ... Read more

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

Judges select the right ingredients for Food Tourism shortlist in Travel & Tourism Awards

Events

Shortlisted candidates are hoping they have the recipe for success in the ‘Best Food Tourism’ category of the inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM London. The winner ... Read more

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018

Judges hail innovation by digital influencers vying for International Travel & Tourism Awards

Events

The rapidly evolving world of digital influencers will be recognised with a prestigious honour from the inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM London. Contenders from across the ... Read more

October 11, 2018June 2, 2020

Killer Tips for Transitioning into a Digital Nomad

Blogging

As some of you out there might know, I’ve been toying with the idea of traveling more and working remotely. Also sometimes referred to as being a digital nomad, yes… ... Read more

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018

Shortlisted candidates hail their success in ITTA Regional/City Campaign category

Events

Tourism campaigns in line to win an honour in the inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM, say that being shortlisted is already a great achievement. Seven candidates ... Read more

October 9, 2018

How will the Everything as a Service (XaaS) business model transform tourism?

Development

Every single person reading this line is currently benefiting from the Everything as a Service (XaaS) business model, whether we realise it or not. No one is reading this article ... Read more

October 9, 2018August 14, 2020

How Travel & Luxury Brands Can Embrace the Rise of LGBT Travel

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Luxury

2018 is filled with news of natural disasters, worldwide political changes, and long-standing wars coming to an end. But there is one thing that is steadily being fought for over ... Read more

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018

Progressive Destination Marketing – Responsible Tourism the Slovenian way

Blog

As a leading green destination, the Slovenian Tourist Board (STB) is well versed in using tourism as a force for good – to raise awareness for the environment, support local ... Read more

October 4, 2018

Cornwall benefits from social media tourists – but inland UK misses out

Social Media

England had its hottest summer ever this year, while the UK as a whole equalled previous highs set since records began in 1910. The heatwave lasted 46 days, from June ... Read more

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018

Best in Responsible Tourism shortlist

Events

Four initiatives which help wildlife and the environment are contenders to win the responsible tourism honour at the inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM. The winners will ... Read more

October 2, 2018October 8, 2018

2018 Finalists in the World Responsible Tourism Awards

Responsible Tourism

The judges have deliberated long and hard after reviewing all the applications, longlisting and then shortlisting, the finalists for this year’s World Responsible Tourism Awards have finally been decided. There ... Read more

September 28, 2018October 2, 2018

WTM reveals ‘Best Tourism Marketing Agency’ shortlist

Events

The inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards will shine a light on the Best Tourism Marketing Agencies out there from around the globe, highlighting outstanding and thought provoking campaigns that ... Read more

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018

Bulgaria – the new European capital of culture?

Destinations

This new season Bulgaria will welcome tourists with hundreds of cultural events and a European capital of culture — Plovdiv 2019. The country will be a stage for a number ... Read more

September 26, 2018

Innovative Technology Enhancing Tourist Destinations

Events

Global destinations are constantly striving to improve their technology offering to tourists in order to enhance the overall travel experience as well as help make a destination more liveable, resilient ... Read more

September 25, 2018

How can the digital revolution be used to better transform tourism?

Development

How can we better understand the growing economic, societal and environmental impacts of technology and innovation in tourism? That’s the question posed by the UNWTO on its website to promote ... Read more

September 25, 2018September 26, 2018

Rwandair helps place Rwanda on the map

Aviation

Africa is the most challenging continent for air transport development, facing lack of infrastructure, a failure by many governments to adopt supportive policies to encourage growth, frequently high taxes and ... Read more

September 24, 2018September 25, 2018

New Travel Awards shine a light on the Best PR Campaigns

Events

The inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, presented by WTM London, celebrate the success of national, regional and city tourist boards and recognises outstanding private sector companies and individuals. One ... Read more

September 21, 2018

100 Years of Suffragettes: International Perspectives for the Travel Industry

Women in Travel

This year marks the 100th anniversary of British women gaining the right to vote and I was honoured to be asked by team at WTM London to chair a panel ... Read more

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018

TripAdvisor reinvents itself

Social Media

If I talked about a social network with hundreds of millions of users based around a feed of content curated from the best of what your friends, influencers and businesses ... Read more

September 20, 2018September 25, 2018

New International Travel & Tourism Awards Recognise Seven Stand-Out Digital Campaigns

Events

The most popular category by far in the inaugural International Travel & Tourism Awards, saw a whopping 27 organisations enter, leaving it up to the panel of esteemed industry judges ... Read more

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Loving National Parks to Death?

Overtourism

Most of the focus on overtourism has been on cities, but it is also a challenge in rural areas. I am writing this at RTD14 which is looking at the ... Read more

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Must Have Web Technologies for 2019

Technology

This year at WTM London I will be running a Genesys Session called Must Have Web Technologies for 2019. I see travel as an information industry. When a purchase is ... Read more

September 11, 2018

South African Tourism Survey asks essential questions we all need to answer

Social Economy

As I checked into my most recent rest camp in South Africa’s Kruger Park a few days ago, I was handed a questionnaire created by South African National Parks. The ... Read more

September 7, 2018

The buying (and selling) of travel photos and video gets easier

Social Media

There were two developments this week that will help social media organisers and brands improve their output in visuals. One concerns images, the other video. And both are designed to ... Read more

September 4, 2018

Tackling Overtourism

Overtourism

While there is little discussion of overtourism in the travel trade press and many destinations are in denial, the issue is hot in the national and local press. The issue ... Read more

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

10th Climate Week NYC confirms New York as capital city of a responsible world

Carbon & Water, Destinations

Climate week NYC is the largest climate event in the world, New York City is its home, and this year’s event on 24 to 30 September is the 10th Anniversary. ... Read more

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

Can better storytelling help fix overtourism?

Overtourism

Tourism is about connections. Connecting to another place. Connecting with friends and family. Connecting to nature. It follows, therefore, that the better the connection, the more one connects, the richer ... Read more

August 23, 2018August 23, 2018

What Facebook is going to do next in travel…possibly

Social Media

Very large, successful multinational companies, whether they drill for oil, make cool technology products or are huge e-commerce platforms, tend to have one thing in common these days – they ... Read more

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018

Making Tourism Better

Overtourism

Jost Krippendorf is the father of Responsible Tourism. In his seminal work on Holiday Makers, published in 1987, he foresaw the growth of the new form of tourism which had ... Read more

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018

Information Banks – A Vision of the Future

Technology

Catalysed by the recent hive of activity surrounding General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a few strands of thought from the past and present have come together in my mind to ... Read more

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018

Resilience of tourism in times of change

Blog, Economy

The first half of 2018 ended with two major events and important impacts on the Brazilian economy. One, the World Cup – had been fully foreseen and planned. While the ... Read more

August 15, 2018August 18, 2020

Neglect your blog and social and suffer the consequences

Blog, Blogging, marketing, Social Media

For the life of me, I fail to understand why a travel and tourism site starts a blog or a social media channel if it can’t maintain it. Mitigating circumstances ... Read more

August 14, 2018

Is helping people find a better work life balance part of responsible tourism?

RT Marketing

What difference does tourism make to our daily lives? We create memories and enable people to rest and unwind. These are important things, but of themselves, all they do is ... Read more

August 13, 2018August 14, 2020

Women lead a new breed of entrepreneurship focussed travel tours.

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion, Women in Travel

The fact that travel is becoming increasingly mindful for travellers in search of their meaning is well documented and explains the rise of social impact businesses that have at their ... Read more

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018

Drum Roll Please

Blog

Guest Blog by Nick Pilbeam, Divisional Director, Reed Exhibitions I recently spent the day heading up the judging panel for the brand new International Travel & Tourism Awards that are ... Read more

August 7, 2018January 11, 2019

Mega-events benefit short-stay accommodation in Latin America

Blog, Events, WTM Latin America

by Marília Borges, Research Analyst for Euromonitor International While revenue in the tourism industry in Latin America was USD 165 billion dollars in 2017, it was down by an average ... Read more

August 7, 2018August 20, 2018

Managing Overtourism

Overtourism

The overtourism issue has a great deal in common with the issue of climate change. We’ve known for a long time that the problem of overcrowding exists and that no ... Read more

August 2, 2018August 18, 2020

Beyond the content: Investing in your blogging business

Blog, Blogging, marketing

When working with bloggers on campaigns and projects (for Traverse) I often find myself hopping from blog to blog just to find contact details, Instagram or Twitter accounts. In the ... Read more

August 1, 2018August 10, 2018

Would you go on holiday in a minefield?

Carbon & Water, Responsible Tourism

So this is how it begins. I was three years old in the UK’s last long hot summer. Too young to remember it directly, instead the parched earth photographs define ... Read more

July 31, 2018August 1, 2018

Senior travel industry experts meet for awards judging day

Blog

Last month we officially closed the Awards entry portal for the FIRST EVER International Travel & Tourism Awards. After a steady flow of entries from national, regional and city tourist ... Read more

July 30, 2018August 10, 2018

How to lose $100 billion in a day

Social Media

What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday 25 July, Facebook’s share price reached $218.62, its highest ever, valuing the company at a whopping $615 billion, around the same as ... Read more

July 24, 2018July 25, 2018

Leaders in Responsible Tourism

Development

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the progress TUI is making in implementing their 2015-2020 Better Holidays, Better World strategy. They have understood that, to make real progress ... Read more

July 20, 2018January 11, 2019

Technology: a travel experience facilitator with greater added value

Blog, Technology, WTM Latin America

by Marília Borges, Research Analyst for Euromonitor International  Whether it is when consumers are deciding which experience to have, during the experience itself, or even after it has ended, technology ... Read more

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018

Getting the Message

Technology

The news that Etihad passengers will be able to communicate with the airline via WhatsApp got me thinking about my own messaging apps.  I use quite a few.  On my ... Read more

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018

Solo Travel is the New Luxury: What This Means for Travel Brands

Luxury

“The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau Combining adventure with luxury travel ... Read more

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018

The rise of social businesses in travel – Vicky Smith‘s Earth Changers

Women in Travel

For my latest blog, I am delighted to interview the passionate founder of Earth Changers, Vicky Smith. Like me, Vicky is passionate about empowering women through sustainable tourism and giving ... Read more

July 13, 2018

The search for more travel experiences and fewer material goods

Blog, Trends

by Marília Borges, Research Analyst for Euromonitor International   The Experience More megatrend indicates that consumers are spending more and more on experiences in detriment to spending on material goods, ... Read more

July 12, 2018

Instagram: becoming the TV of mobile?

Social Media

I read an interesting line the other day: the regular Instagram feed is getting boring as everybody is playing with video on the platform. The observation is down to two ... Read more

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018

TUI leads the way in reporting progress on sustainability

Carbon & Water, Certification, Responsible Tourism, Social Economy

The TUI Group operates in 180 destinations, employs 67,000 people in more than 100 countries and provides holiday services to around 20m people. In size, they are world leaders. With ... Read more

July 5, 2018August 3, 2018

Coping with Success aka Overtourism

Overtourism, Responsible Tourism

Yesterday activist travel company Responsible Travel launched Crowded Out, a documentary about the growth of overtourism which is a consequence of exponential growth in travel and tourism bumping up against ... Read more

July 4, 2018August 14, 2018

Watch the IGTM video to get a sneak preview of the 2018 event

Blog, Events

The 21st edition of IGTM will take place for the first time in Slovenia, 15-18 October, showcasing the country as a rapidly growing golf destination. Highlights of the 2018 edition ... Read more

July 4, 2018July 5, 2018

In the future, tourism should look more like this Climate Positive Swedish burger

Carbon & Water, Food Tourism, Responsible Tourism

A couple of weeks ago the Swedish burger chain MAX Burgers announced that all its burgers are now climate positive. From June 14, 2018, any meal eaten at any one ... Read more

June 29, 2018August 18, 2020

Are we getting tired of social media?

Blog, marketing, Social Media

The scandal around the use of data harvested on Facebook has caused many people to reassess their use of the social networking site and saw the rise of the #DeleteFacebook ... Read more

June 26, 2018

The Good and the Bad of employment in the tourism & hospitality industry

Blog, Disability, Human Rights

Tourism and the hospitality industry are often criticised for creating local quality service employment. There are three major reasons for this. People tend to waiters and room attendants as the ... Read more

June 26, 2018January 11, 2019

Mexico, Brazil and Argentina are the most visited countries in Latin America

Blog, Trends, WTM Latin America

by Marília Borges, Research Analyst for Euromonitor International Over the last five years, Latin America has been the scene of sporting mega-events, such as the Summer Olympics in Rio de ... Read more

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

World Responsible Tourism Awards 2018 open for applications now

Press Releases, Responsible Tourism, Responsible Tourism, WTM London

Now in their 15th year, the tourism industry’s longest running and best known responsible tourism awards are once again looking to find the most inspiring companies and organisations work around ... Read more

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

How the Travel Industry Provides the Luxury of Sleep

Luxury

The past decade has taught us that luxury is subjective. Luxury no longer has defined and exact standards like chandeliers and butlers. But we can all agree that a simple ... Read more

June 22, 2018July 3, 2018

Is airline loyalty living in the dark ages?

Aviation, Technology

After writing my blog last month about customer relationship management moving on, I have to ask the question: “Are airline loyalty schemes still living in the dark ages?” Loyalty schemes ... Read more

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018

Help your favourite hotel or tour company win a World Responsible Tourism Award

Blog, Responsible Tourism, RT Marketing

Have you been on holiday recently and been amazed at what your hotel was doing for the local community, or perhaps taken a tour that really impressed you for the ... Read more

June 19, 2018

The Airline Industry is never boring!

Aviation

Halfway into 2018 and the list of things going on in the airline business just grows. All of which will make for some lively discussion at this year’s WTM London ... Read more

June 18, 2018June 19, 2018

Why travel brands need authentic content

Blogging, Social Media

Long gone are the days of the 70s/80s/90s when you’d book a holiday after seeing a TV advert, reading a brochure and visiting the travel agent. The development of the ... Read more

June 14, 2018August 3, 2018

My best travel friend is Google

Social Media, Trends

I grew to accept that Google owned travel several years ago. Already seduced by Gmail and hangouts (remember them?), it had me at Google Maps. So when Streetview was launched, ... Read more

June 12, 2018

Nominate Responsible Tourism Leaders & consider applying

Blog, Responsible Tourism

The judges can only select from amongst those that apply – if you know good candidates nominate them, phone or email them, and encourage them to apply. Don’t forget the ... Read more

June 11, 2018August 20, 2018

Taking off with confidence

Aviation, Summer 2018 Magazine

Denmark’s Primera Air is spreading its wings with budget transatlantic flights, as chief commercial officer Anastasija Visnakova tells Gary Noakes Look – no pizza colours, no ads,” says Primera Air’s ... Read more

June 8, 2018August 20, 2018

Transparency leads to trust

Summer 2018 Magazine, Technology

The EU’s new data protection rules, known as GDPR, are now in place and could have a global impact on the travel industry, Rob Gill reports. During the early months ... Read more

June 7, 2018August 20, 2018

Putting world food on the travel menu

Food Tourism, Summer 2018 Magazine

Once an afterthought to a holiday, food is now central to the experience and tourist boards are realising this, Charlotte Cullinan finds. Food tourism is booming, and savvy operators and ... Read more

June 6, 2018

What the millions of people using Pinterest for travel inspo are looking for

Blogging, Social Media

Finding travel inspo has been a huge success story for Pinterest. Of the 100 billion or so ‘pins’ – the visual bookmarks that are at the heart of Pinterest – ... Read more