[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Capture15-300×236.jpg” captiontext=”” align=”left”.] Faith Travel Association has announced plans to host the first “FTA Day” Conference during Travel Exchange in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 19, 2015. FTA will also host a Pavilion at Travel Exchange, which will showcase faith-based travel exhibitors from all over the world. Attendees of Travel Exchange will be able …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://i.imgur.com/sXBfDp1.jpg” captiontext=”Carlos Muñoz, Managing Director of Hotelbeds. Photo credit: Peggy Hageman” align=”left” theme=”elegant”] You may not have heard the name Hotelbeds before but chances are it’s the brains—and the beds—behind some of your favorite online travel booking sites, both direct to consumer and to the trade. It’s the number one business-to-business bedbank in the …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/GTM-2014-300×225.jpg” captiontext=”GTM opens in Bremen on May 11, 2014. Photo credit: Peter Lowy.” align=”left”.] Nearly 600 travel industry buyers from 31 countries—including 36 from the United States and Canada—connected with 340 Germany-based sellers at the 40th Germany Travel Mart (GTM), held May 11-13 in Bremen, with both sides looking to build on Germany’s popularity …
On May 13, The UNWTO’s headquarters provided the setting for the renewal of the collaboration agreement for the sixth staging of the Tourism Business and Investment Forum for Africa, Investour, which will be organized jointly by the UNWTO, FITUR and Casa Africa within the framework of FITUR 2015. At its last event, the forum brought …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Capture4-300×256.jpg” captiontext=”Irma Coleman, William H. Coleman, Inc. President & CEO, and Manuel Cuevas, William H. Coleman, Inc. Executive VP (center) meeting with Fernando Escudero, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Salta Executive Coordinator (left), and members of the Salta Host Committee.” align=”left”.] An estimated 1,000 tourism professionals including Buyers from global markets and Suppliers …
ABAV – International Tourism Expo is the largest and most important travel trade fair in the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and it is promoted by the most representative entity of the Brazilian tourism market: the Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies (ABAV), which concentrates over 80% of the country’s sales force, including both national and …
Two leaders in the romance travel market will partner next year to create a brand-new training event for travel counselors who book destination weddings, honeymoons, and other romantic getaways in the Caribbean. ME-WED and the Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Specialists Association (DWHSA) will launch a new multi-day conference in the fall of 2015 for U.S. …
Registration is now open for the 2014 FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show, taking place in St. Maarten from October 6-10, 2014. The event will gather over 1,000 stakeholders from all sectors of the cruise tourism industry, along with over 100 FCCA Member Line cruise executives, presidents and CEOs. Attendees will have access to these …
Adventure travel is the antithesis of lying on the perfect Caribbean beach and is a quickly developing tourism niche market currently estimated at US $263 billion. During Caribbean Week New York, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) plans to position the region’s adventure travel product for its share of this burgeoning market through an interactive workshop …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ATMEX-2013-by-Evan-Swinehart-23-300×199.jpg” captiontext=”ATMEX-2013. Credit: Evan-Swinehart” align=”left”] The 2014 Adventure Travel Mexico (ATMEX) event has officially relocated to adventure travel hub, Chiapas, Mexico. This is the third year that Visit Mexico, in partnership with the Adventure Travel Trade Association, will host ATMEX with the goals of bringing awareness to Mexico’s adventure travel offerings, providing educational opportunities …
