Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Maintains Title as Most Powerful Travel and Tourism Market. In its latest Economic Trends Report, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has ranked the U.S. as the number one largest and most powerful travel and tourism market, despite serious economic losses due to Covid and related travel restrictions.

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ETC Corporate

JULY 8, 2021

Improvements in vaccination rates and the introduction of the EU Digital COVID Certificate provides hope for tourism rebound in Europe for the summer months. That is according to the latest quarterly ‘ European Tourism Trends & Prospects ’ report published today by the European Travel Commission (ETC).

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Maintains Title as Most Powerful Travel and Tourism Market. In its latest Economic Trends Report, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has ranked the U.S. as the number one largest and most powerful travel and tourism market, despite serious economic losses due to Covid and related travel restrictions.

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Dana Communications

MARCH 14, 2022

Most experts predict that the industry will not fully recover (read: achieve 2019 levels) until 2024. So we’re exploring where that leaves us in the interim by considering the question: “Is the rise of regional tourism here to stay?”. Julia Simpson, president of the World Travel and Tourism Council ( WTTC ) said, “The U.S.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 20, 2024

The post Middle East region first to recover Chinese tourism numbers, boosting participation at ATM 2024 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. According to Chinese payment platform Alipay, the number of Chinese overseas transactions were 7% higher than those recorded in 2019.“The

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2022

Travel Association’s National Travel and Tourism Week—which happened this past week—where they discussed the region’s forecast and data from 2021. Research by MMGY Travel Intelligence, HIS Markit, Travel Market Insights, National Travel & Tourism and U.S. decrease from 2019—and supported 57,933 local jobs. According to U.S.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

MAY 15, 2023

Travel foundation predicts an increase in spending compared to 2022, and even when compared to levels in 2019. On average, people are booking trips farther in advance than in 2019, with half of respondents already planning trips for summer.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2021

According to Sandy Harvey, vice president of sales, the convention center is back to 2019 levels, and the coming years are looking just as good. Might kitchen-to-car be the next trend? The post Sustainability, Regenerative Tourism and Getting Back to Business appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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ETC Corporate

JULY 22, 2021

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with ongoing challenges posed by climate change and ensuring sustainability, tourism globally is in a critical period of transition. Recognising this, the European Travel Commission (ETC) has released a report: “ The Changing Tourism Environment and Its Impact on the Work of NTOs ”.

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Business Traveler USA

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Los Cabos Tourism Board is touting a remarkable 100 percent recovery of its travel and tourism activity with a 20 percent growth in tourism arrivals managed in the last quarter from July to September 2021 as compared to the same period in 2019. We will hold tight to the health and safety efforts that got us here.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 24, 2022

While some may believe these seemingly progressive actions will simply restore the travel and tourism industry to the way it was in 2018, the concept of travel from our pre-Covid days no longer exists. We can not hop in a time machine and return to the pre-pandemic world of 2018 travel and tourism. Going Back To Nature. Going Virtual.

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ETC Corporate

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Despite a strong summer rebound, international tourist arrivals to Europe are forecast to be 60% below 2019 by the end of 2021. European tourist arrivals were still down 77% half-way through the year relative to 2019. Increased demand for European tourism. million tourist arrivals in September.

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AltexSoft Travel

AUGUST 26, 2022

Shifts in travel patterns opened up new niches for startups, giving them a unique opportunity to harness the emerging trends and address important but so far unmet customer needs. In this article, we’ll mention the budding tourism trends and give six examples of startups that capitalize on the changes in the industry.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 6 in 2019 Similarly, San Diego was able to move to the No. 7 in the 2019 listing Interestingly, Las Vegas slid to No. While Orlando, Florida retained the number one spot in North America from 2019, both Nashville, Tennessee (No. 7) in 2019, respectively.

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The post TIS reveals travel trends for the coming years: social media, sustainability and frictionless experiences appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Tourism after the pandemic. The pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on tourism. “The recovery from the health crisis has not been the same.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. Why the Rapid Growth in International Travel?

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In fact, we’ve seen it all, from overflowing budgets in 2019 and near-zero activity in 2020 to the rise of hybrid events in 2021, business-almost-as-usual in 2022, and inflationary pressures causing businesses to rethink their budgets in 2023. Look at them on a week-by-week basis.” Together, “they add up to a big change.”

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Interface Tourism Spain

JULY 19, 2022

Staycation and bleisure: the new trends in cost-effective travel. The tourism sector is constantly evolving, as exemplified by the growing trends of ‘staycations’ and ‘bleisure’. These two different, yet interlinked, forms of tourism have existed for several years but continue to enjoy year-on-year growth.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Working from home became commonplace, and that trend hasn’t “completely” reversed. Discover Albany , which heads tourism promotion within Albany County, crunched the numbers for 2022, and hotel room revenue and occupancy are up. A sharp contrast from 2020-2021 when everything came to a screeching halt. It may never happen.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 10, 2022

and namesake for the hospitality school in the NYU School of Professional Studies, was realistic about the effects of Covid on the travel industry but remained optimistic about the upward trends of 2022. Travel Association travel spending in April was 3% higher than in April 2019–the highest it’s been since the start of the pandemic.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In 2019, I had more airtime than most pilots,” Feldman said, articulating how he learned invaluable lessons in facilitating inclusion through interacting with people from different cultures. . Tourism Diversity Matter Announces Expanded Team to Meet DEI Demand. Read about the origins of Tourism Diversity Matters.

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Business Traveler USA

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The World Travel and Tourism Council is projecting that the travel and tourism sector’s contribution to the global economy could reach $8.6 WTTC figures show travel and tourism generated nearly $9.2 trillion in 2019, but dropped 49.1 The post Travel and Tourism Projected to Reach $8.6 trillion in 2022.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The post Europe sees increasing Chinese visitors ahead of ITB China 2019 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. At ITB China 2019, the rising demand for exhibition space by European destinations reflects the trend of Europe as the top destination for Chinese tourists. Champs-Elysees at night, Paris, France.

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Tourism eSchool

APRIL 26, 2021

Our key Takeaways from the Victorian Tourism Conference 2021. Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events. Estimated decline of 60% visitation as against 2019 data. Tourism spend hasn’t been that low for 15 yrs. Government is committed to ensuring our tourism sector thrives again. By Paige Rowett. Martin Pakula.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2022

A new survey from JD Power, US Travel and Tourism Economics (an Oxford Economics company), shows good news for meetings, albeit in tandem with a lag on behalf of corporate to allocate funds for meeting and business travel. Read More : 7 Business Travel Trends Set to Shape 2022. trips per month over the next 6 months.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2022

Business travel transactions continued to recover in the quarter, reaching 76% of 2019 pro forma levels in June, and I’m pleased to say we reported positive Adjusted EBITDA of $47 million,” said CEO Paul Abbott on the public presentation. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board at the U.S. billion to $1.85 Department of Commerce.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2021

While tourism has not yet resumed in full, international destinations are developing plans to reopen to tourists in the final months of 2021 and at the start of new year. In the meantime, many destinations have been readying, renovating and innovating to prepare for the return of tourism and group travel. border openings.

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PXCom Media

DECEMBER 19, 2018

For its 2019 edition, the fair will take place from Jan 8 th to Jan 11 th at the Las Vegas Convention and World Trade Center (LVCC). Only a few weeks left to the CES 2019, several companies have already confirmed their participation and some projects, which will be showcased, have leaked. The TOP 5 of the CES 2019. #1

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2022

Florida Tourism has released Quarter One (January to March) results for travel to the state in 2022. higher than in Q1 2019, continuing a trend of three consecutive quarters in which visitation rates exceeded pre-Covid levels. during Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2021 and were down from Q1 2019 by 5.5%. increase over Q1 2021.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. Why the Rapid Growth in International Travel?

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Mesa, Arizona, became the first autism-certified city in the world in 2019. The travel, tourism, and events industries have in recent years understood the importance of responding to the needs of neurodiverse travelers and attendees — and Convene has been at the forefront of reporting this movement.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 30, 2019

The post RAKTDA hosts World Travel & Tourism Council leaders forum appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) has been announced today as the host of the World Travel & Tourism Council Middle East & North Africa Leaders Forum 2019 on 2 October.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 12, 2022

Online spending increased 29 percent in May 2022 compared to 2019, but bookings have only increased 4.4 Another example: Domestic summer travel bookings are two percent lower than summer 2019, even though spending is up 11 percent. How Marketers Should Respond to Temporary Decreasing Travel Trends.

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Endless Events

JULY 18, 2020

We are known for our yearly event trends guide, but this year we stepped it up a notch and created a 2020 Virtual Event Trends Webinar! The Best of the Best: Hybrid Events: 10 Questions About Hybrid Events, Answered. Event Tech: Event Tech Podcast: A Klik Review. ? How in the world are we halfway done with 2020?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. Overall, most people are in a good position to weather a short downturn, he concluded.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2022

After a quiet two years on the events, hospitality and tourism fronts, an experience-driven, diversity, equity and inclusion-devoted (DEI) next generation of talent is pouring through open doors, looking for opportunities to break into the industry. Investing in the Future. Read More: Smart Chat: Carl H. Teaching as a Team.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The event, one of Vietnam’s premier tourism trade promotion activities, aims to pave the way for sustainable development in the country’s burgeoning tourism industry. Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, highlighted the positive signs of recovery in Vietnam’s tourism sector.

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