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The UK and Spain’s travel industries unite at second edition of ‘Spain Sustainability Day’

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He outlined Spain’s tourism ambitions of season extension; with peak season visits dropping 1% year-on-year from 45% to 44%, and geographical diversification, with Spain’s Northern regions driving a larger tourism share in 2023 (up 23% year-on-year).

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11th Arab Aviation Summit calls for strategic investments in tech, sustainability, and skill

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Focusing on a broad spectrum of critical industry topics, the region’s leading aviation and tourism event also highlighted the pressures stemming from parts shortages and delivery delays, and the aviation industry’s continued resilience that is leading the sector’s recovery and growth. Having recorded its best year for tourism ever with 1.22

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Decarbonising business travel with GBTA

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Expectations from COP27 and what role business can play in leading the transformation was the premise of the opening panel. GBTA recently became the first business travel organisation to join the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Travel and Tourism.

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SXSW Sydney announces speakers for the inaugural Sydney festival

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Minister for Jobs and Tourism, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy, John Graham said: “South By Southwest (SXSW®) is known globally as a key incubator of bold and exciting ideas. .”

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How UFI’s Kai Hattendorf Helped Launch the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge

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Within weeks, he said, 100 different entities were working together to hammer out what ultimately became the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge , organizational commitments to reducing carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030, as a pathway to net zero emissions by 2050. All I’m trying to do is to connect people around issues.

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InSPIRED : A Swiss lesson in sustainability from Lucerne

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Letizia Elia, Head of Business Development & Member of the Board at Switzerland Tourism added: “We’re convinced the pandemic reinforced the desire of our guests to be close to nature and to not only consume consciously but also to have an authentic experience. Letizia Elia, Swisstainable.

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A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World

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In August, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which was issued by more than 200 global scientists and academics, “a code red for humanity.” RELATED: Glasgow Convention Bureau is First DMO to Join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. Dean Calma/IAEA).