Wtm News

National Geographic to sponsor UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is delighted to announce National Geographic as sponsor of this year’s UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit.

Another top line up for WTM’s hotels program
World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel industry, has once again lined up some of the hotel sector’s most influential executives for its WTM 2011 Hotels Program.
Eurosport sponsors Sports Tourism at WTM
Sports entertainment group Eurosport is sponsoring the Sports Tourism program at this year’s World Travel Market (WTM).

TUI boss headlines at UNWTO&WTM Summit
TUI Group Chief Executive Peter Long will head up an impressive line-up of private sector speakers at the UNWTO&WTM Ministers’ Summit, which will look at “How Tourism Can Prosper in Times of Uncertainly.”
Olympics Minister to open World Travel Market 2011
UK Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt will open World Travel Market (WTM) 2011, the leading global event for the travel industry – the final WTM before the 2012 London games.

Expanded WTM Technology and Online Travel programme revealed
World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, has organised a high-profile line up for its expanded Technology and Online Travel seminar programme including speakers from lastminute.com, Google, Yahoo!, TripAdvisor and British Airways.

Leading Fair Trade campaigner to open WTM World Responsible Tourism Day 2011
Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the UK’s Fairtrade Foundation - an organisation that has dramatically transformed shopping habits and improved the lives of millions across the globe – is to officially open WTM World Responsible Tourism Day.

Leading fair open WTM World Responsible Tourism Day 2011
Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the UK’s Fairtrade Foundation - an organisation that has dramatically transformed shopping habits and improved the lives of millions across the globe – is to officially open World Travel Market (WTM) World Responsible Tourism Day.

Tourism Ministers to discuss how to consolidate recovery at the World Travel Market
The fifth and largest UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ministers’ Summit, held in cooperation with World Travel Market (WTM), will look at how the travel and tourism sector can prosper following the global downturn (London, UK, November 8, 2011).

How tourism can prosper following the global downturn
The fifth and largest UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ministers’ Summit, held in cooperation with World Travel Market (WTM), will look at how the travel and tourism sector can prosper following the global downturn (London, UK, November 8, 2011).

WTM World Responsible Tourism Day moves mountains
Few will ever manage to scale the towering heights of Mount Everest - the summit of the world. Even fewer will fail five times… and come back for more.

IFITT World Travel Market workshop
IFITT is hosting a workshop at the World Travel Market 2011 to discuss Technology and Social Media enabled Real-time Service Management in Hospitality and Tourism. There are major developments on this area which boosted by Context Based Services are expected to have major impacts in customer service and also in tourism marketing.