Wedding tourism has increased in popularity over the past decade and is recognized as a significant market segment for destinations to target. Trade sources report that the global market size for wedding tourism is between three and six million trips annually. The financial impacts of wedding tourism are strong, particularly since consumers tend to be …
The New York Times Travel Show saw a significant rise in attendance this year with the highest attendee numbers in the Travel Show’s past eight years. Overall attendance was up 20 percent as compared to last year, with approximately 28,500 attendees in 2015. Consumer attendance increased by 24 percent over 2014, with trade attendance also …
Well-Being Travel, the industry marketing organization dedicated to educating travel professionals about the trend of health, wellness and medical travel, announced the dates for its third annual Well-Being Travel Symposium. The Well-Being Travel Symposium is an intimate two day conference that will bring together travel professionals with wellness experts, leaders in the wellness tourism market …
Over the years the Africa sector of the U.S. travel industry has urged direct training of front-line travel agents in selling and updating travel to Africa. The Southern California Chapter of the Africa Travel Association has taken upon itself to offer its Africa Travel Academy, which was initially presented in Los Angeles in 1992 at …
The New York Times Travel Show is one of the biggest trade shows in the industry, a time for destinations, airlines, hotels and resorts, agents, tour operators and packagers to come together. Here’s a sampling of some of the more unique offerings this year: OKU Japan is offering multiple walking and hiking tours of Japan …
EMITT 2015 saw record numbers with the participation of 71 countries and 4.550 exhibitor companies. A total of 64.350 professionals from across the globe attended the Istanbul event, with an additional 77.750 travelers. The 19th edition of EMITT took place January 22-25, 2015, and brought MICE, Winter and Outdoor Sports Tourism to the spotlight. Growing …
FITUR, the International Tourism Trade Show organized by IFEMA, is hosting the 18th Latin American Conference for Tourism Ministers and Businessmen, which this year will discuss issues in the tourism sector such as the internationalization of Spanish tourism businesses and the marketing of Latin American destinations in Spain. Also participating in CIMET 2015 will be …
Registration has been opened for hosted buyers in the 19th edition of MITM Euromed, Meetings and Incentive Travel Market, that will take place in the city of Calpe, in Spain, from May 6 to 8 this year, with the sponsorship of Calpe’s City Hall and the AR Diamante Beach Hotel, Spa & Convention Centre****, venue …
TURESPAÑA will participate in the first staging of FITUR SHOPPING, which is due to take place as part of the International Tourism Trade Show FITUR 2015, organized by IFEMA. Improving Spain’s positioning as a shopping destination is one of the goals of the Shopping Tourism Plan 2015, designed jointly with the Secretariats of State for …
Jennifer Stein – the editor in chief, publisher, and co-owner of “Destination I Do” magazine – is the first of three keynoters set for the 2015 Romance Travel Market, says the Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Specialists Association (DWHSA). As a professional travel agent working in the United States, you’re blessed with hundreds of training opportunities …