World Travel & Tourism Council News
WTTC warns losses will mount if travel reopening is delayed
The UK will lose up to £639 million a day during July if international travel remains off limits, according to an open letter to the UK prime minister from the World Travel & Tourism Council.
WTTC seeks to limit role of single-use plastics in tourism
The World Travel & Tourism Council and the United Nations Environment Programme have launched a new report addressing the complex issue of single-use plastic products within tourism.
WTTC calls for UK travel traffic light system to be scrapped
The UK government must abandon the ‘failed and damaging’ traffic light system now if it is to save the stricken tourism sector from total collapse, argues the World Travel & Tourism Council.
WTTC launches new Reunited tourism campaign
After more than a year of lockdowns around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the new campaign will showcase the importance international travel has on individuals and businesses.
WTTC reveals huge Covid-19 toll in Caribbean
A year of damaging travel restrictions, which brought much of international travel to a grinding halt, resulted in the loss of 680,000 tourism jobs across the popular holiday region.
UK sees global tourism position slip following Covid-19
The fall from fifth place in 2019 to eighth position in 2020 saw the country sustain one of the biggest collapses of the ten largest tourism markets, the tourism body said.
Guevara steps down as WTTC chief executive
Gloria Guevara has stepped down as chief executive of the World Travel & Tourism Council. A former tourism secretary of Mexico, she had led the private sector body since 2017.
WTTC 2021: Global Summit baton handed to Manila
Private and public sector tourism leaders have taken a united stand to safely restart international travel at the closure of the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit.
WTTC 2021: Tourism launches Women Initiative in Cancun
Tourism leaders have pledged to work towards female equality and boost representation in leadership roles in an announcement before the World Travel & Tourism Council.
WTTC 2021: Tourism calls for roadmap out of Covid-19 crisis
Leading tourism ministers have joined together to urge the public and private sectors to work together in partnership to save travel at the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit.
WTTC 2021: New York prepares for summer reopening
Momentum is beginning to return to the New York hospitality market according to Fred Dixon, chief of NYC & Company. He explained: “Travel is going to be a coiled spring; it is going to rebound quickly.”
WTTC 2021: Carnival calls for consistency in tourism reopening
Carnival Corporation was forced to halt all sailings in March last year as the Covid-19 pandemic spread around the world and has yet to return in many markets.