LONDON, 17 December 2020: The world cannot wait for the
rollout of Covid-19 vaccines according to the World Travel & Tourism
Council (WTTC) and major international industry bodies.
WTTC, the Airports Council International (ACI), World
Economic Forum...
SINGAPORE, 7 December 2020: Asia's top travel trade associations are calling on the region's governments to adopt measures outlined in an ICAO manual to ease quarantine rules that are crippling tourism economies.
Backing the...
LONDON, 4 December 2020: International business travel could restart if an agreement is secured to safeguard journeys of up to 72-hours free from quarantines, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
The joint...
LONDON, 3 December 2020: The World Travel & Tourism
Council (WTTC) and the Spanish Government successfully hosted a hybrid
conference in La Palma, that focused on global tourism recovery and delivered a
formal declaration on the way forward.
SINGAPORE, 3 December 2020: The World Tourism Association
for Culture and Heritage (WTACH) has appointed Helena Egan and Shaun Vorster to
its executive board, effective immediately.
Egan joins as chief marketing and innovation officer while
Vorster joins...
MADRID, 27 November 2020: The Global Tourism Plastics
Initiative has welcomed 26 new signatories, according to lead partners the
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation.
The new signatories include...
GENEVA, 25 November 2020: The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) welcomes the publication of the Manual on Testing and Cross
Border Risk Management Measures by the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
The manual provides governments with...
MADRID, 9 November 2020: Tourism leaders who are UNWTO
Affiliate Members gathered last week for high-level talks and an awards
presentation during the World Tourism Organization 42nd Plenary Session, 6
November.
The hybrid event with in-person and...
MADRID, 6 November 2020: Tourists will gain greater legal
protection as consumers under new plans being advanced by the World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO).
UNWTO announced this week efforts to restore travel
confidence through the adoption of...
LONDON, 22 October 2020: Opening the door to allow airport
testing on departure is an encouraging sign according to World Travel &
Tourism Council president and CEO Gloria Guevara.
“We have been calling for rapid and...