March 6, 2024
New report designed to tackle the sectors unique sustainability challenges
WTTC Launches Roadmap to guide businesses through the jungle of Sustainability Reporting in Travel & Tourism
Read More…December 22, 2023
LATTE chats with Carolyn Turnbull, MD Tourism WA
Tourism Western Australia will capitalise on next year’s World Travel & Tourism Council’s Global Summit being held in Perth to drum up interest in private sector investment in new high-end accommodation in remote parts of the state, while also amplifying Aboriginal tourism to the next level.
Read More…November 5, 2023
Huge win for Business Events Perth, Business Events Australia and Tourism Australia
Western Australia has been revealed as the host destination for World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Global Summit in 2024, marking the first time the event will visit Oceania.
Read More…October 18, 2023
Industry titans agree to three-stage hotel sustainability initiative
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) have established a new partnership, aligning to create a structured framework for hotel sustainability, leading to GSTC Certification.
Read More…September 22, 2023
IC Bellagio Founder/CEO chats exclusively with LATTE
Slow-season travel needs to be made “sexy” to the consumer to drive interest in off-peak travel, says the Founder and CEO of award-winning DMC, IC Bellagio. Speaking exclusively with LATTE at Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas last month, Andrea Grisdale said the benefits of travelling at quieter times of year will find clients receive a more fulfilling and engaging experience with locals.
Read More…June 21, 2023
The global tourism parties will present a united front on multiple initiatives
In an historic first, the world’s two leading Travel & Tourism organisations representing the global public and private sectors agreed to work together across a number of key objectives.
Read More…January 19, 2023
Hong Kong expected to take number position within 10 years
Paris has been rated as the world’s most powerful city destination, according to research undertaken by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). However, Beijing is likely to take the lead by 2032.
Read More…April 29, 2021
WTTC Cancun Women’s Declaration signed at Global Summit
Travel and Tourism leaders have pledged to work towards women’s equality and boost female representation in leadership roles. The commitment came at this week’s World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit in Cancun.
Read More…March 26, 2021
WTTC says the sector’s contribution to GDP plunged nearly 50% in 2020
The World Travel & Tourism Council’s annual Economic Impact Report (EIR) released this week reveals the full impact of COVID-19 had on the global Travel & Tourism sector last year, which suffered an astronomical loss of almost US$4.5 trillion.
Read More…January 26, 2021
Measures have the potential to cause “irreparable damage” to travel and tourism
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) says the introduction of new hotel quarantines by the UK government would force the complete collapse of Travel & Tourism as we know it.
Read More…August 4, 2020
Globally recognised testing necessary to offer reassurance to travellers
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has urged governments globally to invest in comprehensive COVID-19 testing facilities at airports aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. WTTC President and CEO Gloria Guevara said the move was necessary to see the “return of safe travels”.
Read More…May 28, 2020
Virtuoso, Abercrombie & Kent, The Travel Corporation, IHG support new initiative
The World Travel & Tourism Council has launched the world’s first-ever global safety and hygiene stamp, backed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
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