The fourth day of World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, attracts senior industry buyers with an annual purchasing responsibility of a massive £1.75 billion. Furthermore, a significant percentage of buyers only attend World Travel Market on a Thursday – these buyers have an annual purchasing responsibility of almost half a billion pounds, reveals analysis of the WTM 2013 attendance records.

It’s all systems go for the inaugural World Travel Market Africa, taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The leading B2B exhibition for Africa’s travel industry kicks off with over 350 exhibiting companies ready to bring the world to Africa and promote Africa to the world’s leading source markets.

World Travel Market 2013 will generate £453m of business for exhibitors in its Global Village region, reveals independent research. The Global Village covers travel and tourism businesses with a global presence, such as major hotel chains, industry organisations, educational institutions and car hire companies.

World Travel Market 2014, the leading global event for the travel industry, is poised to be the biggest and best yet with almost half of the exhibition floor space already reserved.

World Travel Market 2014 will launch its first comprehensive programme to support the fast-growing wellness tourism sector. The sector is growing at pace of nine per cent annually, according to WTM, compared to the travel and tourism industry’s per cent.

MyBookingRewards.com, a rewards programme which connects travel agents with suppliers, has expanded its business in to a number of new countries due to deals agreed at World Travel Market 2013.