The UNWTO-IATA Destination Tracker is a new free online tool for governments to provide information on COVID-19 requirements for travel and the measures in place at the destination
Los Cabos' safety-focused approach to recovery is paying off. To date, Los Cabos is Mexico's leading destination in tourism recovery with nearly 20 percentage points higher in visitation recovery in September 2021 compared to Mexico's other top tourism destinations
Cuba and Cubans have a long history of ingenuity, defying the odds and confounding the experts, and they may have done it again. Thanks to a rapid rollout beginning last summer of the remarkably effective vaccines Cuba has developed on its own — unique among all developing countries — Cuba appears to have COVID under control and is ready to welcome visitors again
Among the highlights was a deep dive into how PR and marketing can help the tourism industry bounce back as the world re-opens; while the Global Stage hosted tourism leaders from the Asia-Pacific region and there was an interesting debate among UK retail bosses about how the pandemic is changing consumer behaviour
The second day of WTM London 2021 saw a busy agenda of business meetings, speed networking, high-level conferences, awards and press briefings. One of the highlights was the annual ministers’ summit, held in partnership with the UNWTO and WTTC
The winners of the WTM Responsible Tourism Awards have been announced, celebrating the best in practice across the globe. The awards, first launched in 2004, recognise and reward businesses and destinations which are contributing to more sustainable and responsible tourism industry
WTM London 2021. Photo: Twitter account of the event. The most artistic, ingenious and striking stands at WTM London have been announced, with destinations such as the Canary Islands, Ireland and Saudi Arabia among the winners. A panel of four expert independent judges unveiled the winners at the WTM London 2021 Best Stand Awards on Wednesday 3 November. The judges were Paul Richer, Senior Partner at Genesys Digital Transformation; Kim Thomson, Publishing Director at Travel & Tourism News Middle East (TTN); Bill Richards, Senior Partner at Tourism Research & Marketing (TRAM); and Martin Fullard, Editorial Director at Mash Media. A sixth category – the People’s Choice – will be voted for by WTM delegates via Facebook and LinKedin. The winner of the Best Stand Design was the Canary Islands (EU600), which was hailed for “the right mix of tech and people”. Judges praised the illuminated wave design on the [...]
The elite World Travel Leader award winners announced today at WTM London 2021
Photo: Pixabay. Dr. C. José Enrique Salgado Febles, Associate Professor, Faculty of Tourism, University of Havana The World Travel Market is supposed to be the starting point for a more profound reactivation of travel and tourism after a year of COVID-19 pandemic. Before the travel stoppage in the spring of 2020, the concepts of Smart Cities (SC) and Smart Destinations (SD) had advanced a lot in response to the accelerated development of new information and communication technologies (ICT) and especially the internet. More and more citizens, and travelers or tourists use different devices to access the network, especially their smartphones, to be permanently informed about the activities, the environment, the weather, the transportation or the attractions of the destination and what it offers, booking and buying online, and with a tendency to share their experiences, including those of their trips, and opinions of all kinds on social networks. The [...]
Interview with Virginia Messina, Senior VP Advocacy and Communications World Travel & Tourism Council
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