The newly founded IcelandTravelWorkshop—an extremely well organized, casual and convivial meeting of travel professionals from both inside and outside the country—took place in Reykjavik on May 17. Coordinated by the team of  Thora Gudmundsdottir, Thorunn Reynisdottir, and Guðný Pálsdóttir, the...Read more

After four years hosting the “Americas Workshop” with great success, in 2013 the  Hotelbeds event has been renamed as “Market Hub Americas”.  It has become an annual customer and supplier event that brings together over 600 tourism executives and over...Read more

The 39th Germany Travel Mart (GTM), hosted by the German National Travel Bureau (GNTB) with Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH, May 5 – 7, 2013, created a valuable forum for providers to meet key buyers from the international travel industry. The forum provided...Read more

Once off tourism radar, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia’s charming colonial city and busy seaport, is now back in the crosshairs of a tourist boom. Cobblestone streets echo with the sound of horse-drawn carriages. Waiters at the many outdoor cafes are...Read more

  The fourteenth edition of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) met from April 23rd to the 25th at the Barceló Bávaro Beach Resort and Convention Center in the mega-popular resort destination of Punta Cana on the Dominican Republic’s east...Read more

Approximately 75 delegates from around the country converged on Tucson’s  Desert Diamond Resort  this week to take part in the 15th Annual Spotlight on the Southwest Tourism Conference. Presented by Free Spirit Vacations and Events in Gibert, AZ, the conference...Read more