IGLTA is proud to partner with the Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau (OCTB) to make this historic event possible The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association (IGLTA) announced today that it has selected Osaka, Japan as the destination for its 2024 Global Convention. This will be IGLTA’s first-ever Global Convention in Asia. IGLTA is proud to partner […]
Tourism
Qatar Airways Reveals New Destinations at ITB Berlin
Qatar Airways drew major attention on the opening day of ITB Berlin 2023, the world’s largest international travel and tourism trade show, as the World’s Best Airline’s Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, unveiled new destinations, and announced flight resumptions and frequency increases during a press conference held on the first day […]
10 Questions For Kathrin Anselm
We are seeing high and pent-up demand for travel in terms of numbers – both city breaks and international travel are back and on the rebound Kathrin Anselm is Airbnb’s General Manager for the DACH countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), among others, and a guest speaker at this year’s ITB Berlin Convention. Ms Anselm, is […]
Minister Bartlett to discuss global workforce issues in tourism at ITB
New research shows tourism recovery threatened. Initiative announced to address the workforce deficit in the travel and tourism industry. A newly formed Tourism Employment Expansion Mandate (TEEM) project, which is a cross sector collaborative effort to understand the workforce deficit in the travel industry, has released new global research that indicates the situation is more […]
European Long-Haul Tourism Is Recovering
How can Europe become attractive again for overseas visitors? Speaking at a press conference at ITB Berlin, the president of the European Travel Commission (ETC) explained how, under the label of Visit Europe, the EU is marketing itself to visitors from the USA, Asia and South America as a safe destination that has much to […]
Grasping crises as an opportunity
Prof. Clemens Fuest appeals for greater flexibility and resilien Worldwide there are big changes afoot – the climate crisis, sustainability, digitalisation, the demographic change and migration are transformations which have long since begun. To these can be added the historic turbulence of the pandemic, war and earthquakes. The tourism industry should see these particular challenges […]
Festive Opening of ITB Berlin
Celebrity figures from the world of politics attended the opening of ITB Berlin 2023, with Governing Mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili welcoming the many guests from all over the world to the World’s Largest Travel Trade Show at the City Cube and […]
Alltours Reports A Boom In Bookings
There is plenty of optimism for the travel year 2023 at alltours. During the current winter season the group is expecting a 20 per cent rise in visitor numbers, while a conservative estimate for the coming summer season, beginning 1 March, is for “over 30 per cent more than last year”, according to sales and […]
Saudi Arabia – A Luxury Destination
Increasing hotel capacity and flight routes and easing visa requirements are part of a strategy for the future entitled Vision 2030 Saudi Arabia wants to lure more tourists to the country with new hotels, restaurants and attractions at historical sites such as Diriyah and Alula. Increasing hotel capacity and flight routes and easing visa requirements […]
Russians Increased the Number of Tourists in Antalya
In January-February 2023, the number of tourists coming to Turkish Antalya reached 450,000. During the same period, the city welcomed 300,000 visitors in 2019 and 289,000 visitors in 2022. According to the data announced by the Antalya authorities, the number of tourists who visited the city by air between January 1 and February 28 was […]