The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) — the global authority on the economic and social contribution of travel and tourism — will host its inaugural WTTC Americas Summit from May 16-18, 2012 in Mexico’s Riviera Maya at Grand Velas Riviera Maya. The summit will explore commonalities and challenges throughout the travel and tourism industry… [more]
What makes Catalonia – and its capital city Barcelona in Spain – unique from other destinations for events? It’s tough to narrow this down to a single concept, but I suspect the international travel industry will continue to find out more in the years ahead. Catalonia has its own language and culture – both contributing… [more]
On the heels of the resounding success of last year´s edition, IMASTE is organizing the second annual Spanish virtual trade and consumer show for tourism in the North American continent taking place from March 12th through December 31st, 2012, with lots of new features. Conexion Spain Virtual, organized by IMASTE, the leading company in Europe… [more]
February is filled with community activities, festivals, awards shows and more. If you’re searching for a full year calendar, check out our 2012 calendar of holidays and international events. If you are searching for important February 2012 calendar items, consider the following: February 2012 Holidays and Events Black History Month (USA) February 5 (Sunday), Constitution… [more]
Business travel pricing for 2012 is expected to vary depending on region and location. The highest increases are expected in Asia-Pacific and Latin America. This, according to the American Express Global Business Travel Global Forecast. The need for companies to invest in business travel as a means to support business growth, as well as travel… [more]
A joint study between the Site International Foundation and the Incentive Travel Council of the Incentive Marketing Association identifies the participants’ view of incentive travel has released some initial findings about the benefits of incentive travel. Based on a survey of more than 1,000 incentive travel participants – both qualifiers and non-qualifiers – incentive travel… [more]
The Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) recently announced a five year plan that projects roughly 1.45 million business travel visitors for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) by 2016; Thailand expects 828,000 MICE visitors for 2012. Revenue from MICE travelers is also expected to grow by 87 percent during this time. According to Mr…. [more]
Dozens of Limited Edition London experiences and events are scheduled now through the end of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (September 2012) in the UK’s capital. From private evening tours at Buckingham Palace (January 1 – September 30, 2012) to seeing the most complete Da Vinci exhibition ever (November 9, 2011 to February 5,… [more]
Today the Corporation for Travel Promotion (CTP) announced it has received financial commitments from the private sector to qualify for $22.2 million in matching federal contributions to execute the nation’s first-ever nationally coordinated international travel marketing program for the United States. The CTP is a public-private partnership, which is funded partially through private sector contributions… [more]
Poland is gearing up for the European Football Championships – UEFA EURO 2012 – held in June 2012. These matches will test Poland’s ability to organize major international sports events. Will its event planning industry be up to it? Well, if Poland’s track record of winning and running major conferences is anything to go by,… [more]
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