Economic Impact
By eTN Staff Writer
The launch of the World Travel Tourism Council's (WTTC's) annual economic impact research on Thursday, March 11 at ITB Berlin confirmed a 5 percent decline in global travel and tourism economy GDP in
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Long Term Prospects Remain Bright
By eTN Staff Writer
Travel and tourism is one of the world’s most important sectors and has been one of the leading growth sectors since the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) first started measuring travel and tour
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Tourism and the Environment
By Luc Citrinot, eTN Staff Writer
LONDON (eTN) – The president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council, Jean Claude Baumgarten, explains for eTurboNews how his organization is involved in the fight against global warming and s
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Joint Communique From UNWTO And WTTC
By eTN Staff Writer
Travel and tourism is one of the largest industries in the world providing a strong impetus to global economic development.
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Exclusive Broadcast Media Partners
By eTN Staff Writer
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announced a US$5 million multi-platform global partnership with CNBC, the world’s leading business and financial news channel, and National Geographic
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Leading The Challenge
By eTN Staff Writer
Travel and tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, providing a strong impetus to global economic development.
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Keys To Economic Recovery
By eTN Staff Writer
Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), and Sebastián Escarrer, chairman of Exceltur and vice president of Sol Meliá, presented today in Madrid the fifth edition of
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Applications Accepted Until December 14
By eTN Staff Writer
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is pleased to confirm that the application deadline for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2010 entries, co-sponsored by Travelport and The Leading Travel Compan
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Travel And Tourism Key Growth Engine
By eTN Staff Writer
2009 has seen the worst recession since the 1930s, with global GDP contracting by an estimated 1.3 percent.
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World Travel & Tourism Council
By eTN Staff Writer
Travel and tourism is increasingly important to the Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago, generating an estimated 10.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 – TTD14,116.9
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World Travel & Tourism Council Announcement
By eTN Staff Writer
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announced its agreement with the government of China to hold the 2010 Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Beijing from May 25-27.
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Land Of A Thousand Faces
By eTN Staff Writer
After hosting one of the most successful Global Travel & Tourism Summits ever, breaking records in both participation (1,448 delegates) and media coverage (close to 1,700 articles, broadcasts, etc.),
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Recognizing Best Practice In Sustainable Tourism
By eTN Staff Writer
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announced the judges for the 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, WTTC's highest-profile accolade recognizing best practice in sustainable tourism.
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Tourism For Tomorrow Awards
By eTN Staff Writer
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is now inviting tourism companies and organizations from around the world that can demonstrate best practice in sustainable tourism development to submit thei
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World Travel & Tourism Council Report
By eTN Staff Writer
As the first country in the world to experience an outbreak of the now widespread A(H1N1) influenza virus, Mexico has been really hard hit in terms of tourism demand over the past three months.
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Brazilian Tourism, WTTC Summit
By Nelson Alcantara
Two elements to base the success of the recently concluded 9th Global Travel & Tourism Summit by the World Travel & Tourism Council is the high number of delegates and the magnificent performance by t
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Global Travel&Tourism Summit
By eTN
London, UK, and Florianópolis, Brazil - At a special session of the Global Travel&Tourism Summit, held in Florianópolis, Brazil, from 14-16 May, panellists agreed that, while the epidemic of the inf
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WTTC Summit
By Nelson Alcantara
Attendees of the World Travel & Tourism Council’s 9th Travel and Tourism Summit looking for some sort of peace of mind from the swine flu threat did not find it during the summit’s plenary discuss
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High-Level Partnership Is Key To The Recovery
By eTN
London, UK and Florianópolis, Brazil - "The worst virus is not that of swine flu - it's the virus of pessimism," HE Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Governor of the State of Santa Catarina, told assembled
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New Levels Of Innovation In Sustainable Tourism
By eTN
London, UK, and Florianópolis, Brazil - For the first time ever, the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards were an integral part of the annual Global Travel & Tourism Summit, held this year in Florianópolis,
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