World Travel Market News

World Travel Market Virtual arrives in London for first time
Travel and tourism professionals from around the world will reconnect for the first day of World Travel Market Virtual today, as the event debuts from London. The online only event will run until Wednesday.

World Travel Market – London to be virtual only in 2020
World Travel Market – London will be a digital only affair this year after organisers Reed Exhibitions abandoned plans for a physical conference. Sister event, Travel Forward, will also be entirely virtual.

Breaking Travel News investigates: Conferences, exhibitions and online events
As governments around the world begin to ease the handbrake on restrictions, Breaking Travel News takes a fresh look at what it will mean for the travel event space

Breaking Travel News agenda: World Travel Market – London to return in November
Good news for tourism insiders growing weary of online conferences, World Travel Market – London has confirmed it will return to ExCel later this year. Barring a second wave of Covid-19 infections, the show is expected to return on November 2nd-4th.

Breaking Travel News investigates: The future of travel exhibitions in a post-Covid-19 world
Restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 outbreak have dealt a crushing blow to the exhibition sector, with the triple whammy of curbs on flights, restrictions on mass gatherings and deferred investment decisions. Here Breaking Travel News examines which events have been cancelled, and which might be first to return

Reed reschedules World Travel Market portfolio
Reed Travel Exhibitions has announced dates for the three spring global trade shows in its World Travel Market portfolio after a wave of cancellations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

World Travel Market launches new global hub
The resource offers the latest guidance and knowledge to help exhibitors, buyers and others in the travel industry face the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Edmund Bartlett, minister of tourism, Jamaica
Having caused a stir with calls for an international oversight body for travel advisories, Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, here expands on the ideas as he speaks to Breaking Travel News during World Travel Market in London.

Caribbean tourism growing twice as fast as global average
Tourist arrivals to the region increased by a solid 9.7 per cent during the first half of 2019 when compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation.

Saudi Arabia sees boom in tourism visa applications
Tourism visa applications to Saudi Arabia have boomed since the kingdom announced it was opening its doors to more foreign visitors in September.

Antigua & Barbuda partners with GeoTourist for new GPS tour
Antigua & Barbuda has partnered with GeoTourist to create navigational application content for the destination. It will offer visitors the chance to explore the destination independently, while being guided by Antiguan storytellers, all from their mobile phone.

Joy Jibrilu, director general, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation
Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation, joins Breaking Travel News in London to tell the global hospitality community that the destination is open for business following the impact of a deadly hurricane.