Lucerne (Switzerland) - April 18, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The World Tourism Forum Lucerne 2019 is going to bridge the silos for three days in early May: academia meets industry, private sector meets public and young entrepreneurs meet established companies to build bridges that are meant to last.
To face the disruptive forces and keep the tourism industry alive, dem...
Bintan (Indonesia) – April 17, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Award-winning Ria Bintan Golf Club, Bintan, Indonesia, announces a new and bigger term membership programme under their Elite Golf Plan (EGP). This new EGP membership will be launched and available from 1 May 2019, and is priced at $2,898.00 for one membership year. This exclusive mem...
Marbella (Spain) – April 16, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Minor Hotels and NH Hotel Group are pleased to announce the signing of an agreement to operate the Villa Padierna Palace, a hotel located in Marbella in the south of Spain. The property is owned by the Villa Padierna group and will be managed with immediate effect under a variable lease agreement. Follo...
Bangkok (Thailand) – April 17, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Over 20 expert speakers from leading online and supplier brands have been confirmed for the Arrival Asia Pacific in-destination event, which is dedicated to the rapidly changing tours, activities and attractions sector.
The only conference of its kind in Asia Pacific, Arival will take place 24-26 June in...
Seville (Spain) – April 10, 2019 (travelindex.com) – H.E. Gustavo Santos, Minister of Tourism, Government of Argentina, has been awarded a World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Champion Award at the 2019 Global Summit in Seville, Spain, for his global leadership in the field of travel facilitation.
The annual WTTC Global Champion Awards recog...
London (United Kingdom) – April 3, 2019 (travelindex.com) –Summer season bookings from the UK to European Union countries are lagging 4.6% on last year as Britain prepares for its first post-Brexit holidays, according to latest findings from ForwardKeys which predicts future travel patterns by analyzing 17 million booking transactions a day.
The analysi...
Seville (Spain) – April 5, 2019 (travelindex.com) – H.E. MariÌa Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister of Tourism, Government of Spain, has been awarded a World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Champion Award for her country’s work on promoting innovation and technology in tourism.
The award was given in front of 1,600 Travel & Tourism lea...
Lucerne (Switzerland) - March 26, 2019 - (travelindex)Â –Â At the World Tourism Forum Lucerne pulsating workshops, keynotes, pitches and more will revolve around the forces that disrupt the tourism industry and the opportunities for new businesses that these changes bring. Carefully selected speakers will give insights into the effects of disruption to hum...
San Juan (Puerto Rico) – April 15, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The 2020 WTTC Global Summit will be hosted by the Government of Puerto Rico’s Tourism Company and Discover Puerto Rico.
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is delighted to announce the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico as the destination for its 2020 Glo...
Siem Reap (Cambodia) – April 11, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Cambodia is poised to become a genuine twin-centre golf destination as a result of two announcements made during the 8th annual Asia Golf Tourism Convention. The event, held by the global golf tourism organization IAGTO in Siem Reap, the gateway city to Cambodia’s ancient Angkor temples, was a...
London (Great Britain) – April 12, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Ever get the feeling that forest fires, record-defying storms, and heavy droughts are more common than they used to be? Or that images of whales, fish, turtles and birds with stomachs full of plastic weren’t such a familiar sight at one point in time? The effects of global warming and unsust...
Macau (Macao SAR) - March 29, 2019 – (travelindex.com) - Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace hosted the 50BestTalks forums, The Chef’s Feast and the Awards Ceremony in Macao. An influential group of more than 300 leaders in the restaurant industry across Asia cast their votes and revealed the winners of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants at Wynn Palace.
For the firs...
Cebu (Philippines) - April 9, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is proud to announce that Airbnb co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer, and Chairman of Airbnb China, Nathan Blecharczyk has been confirmed to speak at the PATA Annual Summit 2019 (PAS 2019). The event, hosted by the Department of Tourism, Philippines, will be taking place f...
Seville (Spain) - April 9, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The world of tourism has just witnessed the 2019 WTTC Summit (World Travel & Tourism Council), the largest gathering of the tourism industry's private sector trade in the presence of so many Government Leaders including Barack Obama, the former President of the USA and Margaret Kenyatta, the first Lady of Kenya a...
Madrid (Spain) - April 9, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Basque Culinary Center (BCC), with the support of PromPeru have announced the finalists of the 1st Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition, which recognize disruptive, inspirational projects having made an invaluable contribution to innovation in gastronomy tourism.
Ov...
Seville (Spain) - April 8, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Delegation of Global Tourism Economy Research Centre (“GTERC” or “the Centre”) attended the 19th WTTC Global Summit at Seville, Spain to on April 2-4. Led by Pansy Ho, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Global Tourism Economy Forum (“GTEF” or “the Forum”), the deleg...
Luang Prabang (Lao PDR) - April 5, 2019 (travelindex.com) - The ancient city of Luang Prabang is considered to be the cradle of Lao culture. Nestled in jungle-clad hills at the confluence of the Mekong and Nam Khan rivers, this enchanting destination is the former royal capital of Laos and a beautiful UNESCO World Heritage-listed city.
Newly-opened, Pullman Luang Pra...
Victoria, Mahe (Seychelles) - April 2, 2019 (travelindex.com) - This issue of our Weekly Tourism Report is being issued as I leave Seychelles for Seville in Spain to participate in this year's WTTC Summit where US former President Barack Obama will be delivering the Key Note Address. WTTC remains the biggest grouping of the tourism industry's private sector trade and ...
Seville (Spain) – April 5, 2019 (travelindex.com) – H.E. Elena Kountoura, Minister of Tourism, Government of Greece, has been awarded a prestigious World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Champion Award at the 2019 Global Summit in Seville, Spain, for her country’s tireless work on Destination Stewardship.
The...
Seville (Spain) – April 11, 2019 (travelindex.com) – H.E. MariÌa Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister of Tourism, Govern...
