World Travel Market News
South African Tourism to sponsor Meridian Club
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is delighted to confirm South African Tourism as its exclusive partner for Meridian Club, the industry’s only global buyers club.
New British Airways chief to make appearance at WTM 2011
British Airways’ newly-appointed chief executive Keith Williams has been confirmed to speak at World Travel Market 2011 as part of its Business Day program on Thursday, November 10th. Williams took over at the airline in May when the UK flag-carrier merged with its Spanish counterpart, Iberia, in a £4.3 billion deal.
WTM WRTD: Paradise lost?
World Travel Market is staging its most contentious face-to-face discussion ever this year when ethical writer Leo Hickman, author of the thought provoking book ‘The Final Call’ takes the HOTseat with BBC World’s Stephen Sackur.
World Travel Market launches new moil app
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, now has launched a free mobile App. The app is now available to download for all major smartphones, ahead of the annual event which beings on November 7th.
World Travel Market’s social media revolution
World Travel Market is for the first time reaching out to the global online travel community with the launch of a new travel blog, a number of social media webinars and an extensive social media programme taking place during the exhibition.
WTM invites industry buyers to apply for Meridian Club Membership
Meridian Club – the leading global business network: making contacts, concluding deals - is WTM’s exclusive business club for the travel industry’s most senior buyers with direct responsibility for purchasing.
WTM 2011 to benefit from transport improvements
World Travel Market 2011, the leading global event for the travel industry, is poised to benefit from a number of transport improvements including a 50 per cent increase in Docklands Light Railway capacity. Also in the UK today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to London.
WTM 2011 highlights emerging BRIC economies
World Travel Market 2011 will focus on the emerging BRIC economies with its first-ever dedicated headline session on the travel and tourism potential of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The event will be sponsored by the WTM Official Premier Partner Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, which was last year recognised as the World Leading Tourism Authority by the World Travel Awards.
WTM Technology and Online Travel increases its profile at WTM 2011
Technology and Online Travel at World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel industry, is to grow 20% for WTM 2011, as part of an increased focus on the sector.
World Travel Market 2011 to unveil largest global gay survey
The world’s largest ever LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) research study, to be released by global gay marketing specialists, Out Now, at World Travel Market 2011, nearly doubles its global gay population reach with the inclusion of India.
Registration for WTM 2011 goes live
World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel industry, has opened registration for WTM 2011, which will focus on the emerging sector of sports tourism and particularly the Olympics with it being the final WTM before the 2012 London Olympics.