WTM London and Travel Forward reveal plans for 2020
WTM London – the event where Ideas Arrive – and Travel Forward – the travel and hospitality technology event co-located with WTM London – are working closely with partners and experts to ensure a safe and successful experience at ExCeL London (2-4 November, 2020).
UNWTO ministerial meetings – shared determination to restart tourism and drive recovery
Over the past month, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) was able to hold virtually meetings of its five Regional Commissions to share responses to the challenge of COVID-19 and their plans for the restart of tourism in the wake of the pandemic.
IFTM Top Resa KICK OFF: bringing together the travel industry from 17 to 20 November 20200– Porte de Versailles, Pavilion 1
For practical reasons, this annual event has been pushed back two months.
ITB Berlin and Berlin Travel Festival to hold an innovative, hybrid event in the heart of Berlin
Photo: Messe Berlin • We Love Travel! – a tourism recovery pop-up event from 16 to 18 October 2020 at Arena Berlin [...]
It’s official: UFI framework for reopening exhibitions
UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, published in Paris a global framework aimed at the safe and controlled reopening of exhibitions and B2B trade events around the world.
Jamaica Participates in Wedding Salon’s Virtual Show on Planning a Wedding Amidst Social
Jamaica Tourist Board’s Victoria Harper, Business Development Manager, Northeast USA, recently served as an industry panelist during Wedding Salon’s first virtual show.
Caribbean islands cancel more festivals and events
Barbados canceled its annual Crop Over Festival, which was slated to kick off in June, one of many festivals and events across the Caribbean that are being canceled or postponed due to Covid-19.
New models and technology in the MICE industry, by Charo Trabado
The situation we are facing today would have been hard to imagine a month ago and we must rise to the challenge, demonstrating our adaptability as the strong and united industry that we are.
Point of View: Cuba’s reputation as medical powerhouse tested
Cuba has long been proud of sending thousands of its doctors to work around the world as icons of socialist solidarity — and important sources of dollars.
Point of View: Cuba closes border to protect citizens, sends doctors to help worldwide
As Cuba closed its borders to protect its citizens from the COVID-19 virus, its famed medical teams are continuing to arrive in European and Caribbean countries to help others overcome the pandemic’s scourge.
