This year’s ITB Berlin sent out very positive signals for the international travel industry. With the global economy expected to recover in the years to come the world’s travel industry has begun 2014 confident of good tourism business. Following a recent period of relatively sluggish growth, particularly in many recession-hit countries, the global travel industry …
World Travel Market Africa, the new leading B2B exhibition for Africa’s travel industry, is offering one lucky visitor the chance to win a brand new iPad mini in their online competition. If you register to attend WTM Africa today you will be automatically entered into the raffle. The lucky winner will be drawn at random …
Many agents who specialize in romance travel want to attend the major bridal/wedding industry conferences such as Wedding MBA – but they can’t always spare the time and the expense involved. So, the Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Specialists Association decided to bring the top speakers in the bridal/wedding industry to travel agents, in the form …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lisbon2.jpg” captiontext=”Aerial view of Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city.”] The U.S. has become one of Portugal’s fastest growing inbound tourist markets, with a 16.4 percent increase in overnight stays by American hotel guests last year. The Portuguese Tourism Office is dedicating itself to educating the travel agent community about this emerging destination with a series …
In 2015 Mongolia will be the Official Partner Country of ITB Berlin. On March 5 at this year’s ITB Berlin the signing of the Partner Country agreement between Mongolia and the world’s leading travel trade show took place. Mr. Altangerel Purev, State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Mongolia, and Dr. Christian Göke, Chief …
Hotelbeds will be hosting its 6th annual event for customers and suppliers in the Americas at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, May 12 – 15, 2014. Hosted in a different destination each year, the MarketHub has become a global forum for key tourism industry players in the Americas. Hotelbeds selected Las Vegas to host the 6th MarketHub …
[captionpix imgsrc=”http://travelworldnews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Alster-0320_joerg_modrow-300×200.jpg” captiontext=”Binnenalster, one of two artificial lakes within the city limits of Hamburg, Germany.”] Five Baltic Sea cities are joining forces to promote their destination in a common regional context to travel professionals and the media in the USA. Officially kicking-off the ONE BSR (ONE Baltic Sea Region) partnership with presentations in New York, …
WTM Latin America 2014 will welcome more than 30 new exhibitors to this year’s event, taking place on April 23 -25 at the Transamerica Expo Centre, in São Paulo, Brazil. WTM Latin America, which will also play host to the 41st Braztoa Business Meeting, last year saw more than 1,250 exhibitors from 60 countries take …
Amid threats of a snowstorm and frigid temperatures, travel professionals and the public came out for the 11th annual The New York Times Travel Show. Held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from February 28th through March 2nd, the show is the largest trade and consumer travel event in North America. For the three-day …
The French company Accor will once again be the headline sponsor of World Travel Market Latin America. The world’s leading hotel operator was the headline sponsor of last year’s inaugural WTM Latin America and will sponsor this year’s event, which takes place at the Transamerica Expo Center, in the city of São Paulo, April …