WTTC news

The World Travel & Tourism Council 's (WTTC) Hotel Sustainability Basics verification (Basics) has achieved a significant milestone, with over 1,700 hotels verified across 70 ... More

At a recent think tank, The Tourism Society hosted a panel overseen by its first female chair, Alison Cryer MBE, to discuss the importance of ... More

With certain turbulent times for the global tourism and visitor attractions sectors, governments around the world are implementing new emergency policies to support these crucial ... More

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has sent an open letter to the world's governments, with the organisation revealing that more than one million ... More

Holidaymakers could one day pay "significantly" more for flights in order to offset their carbon footprint, after it was discovered that global tourism's environmental effect ... More

The tourism sector is growing faster than the rest of the economy, but it needs support from government, say tourism chiefs. GDP generated from tourism ... More

The Global Wellness Tourism Congress (GWTC) held its first roundtable in London on 1 April to plan the growth of the US$439bn (€317bn, £261bn) global ... More

The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) announced today (29 January) that it has appointed global tourism expert Jean-Claude Baumgarten and Mexican entrepreneur Gina Diez ... More

Growth in the global tourism industry in 2012 will be broadly in line with expectations set at the beginning of the year. Announcing its final ... More

Image: World tourism could generate US$2tn this year The leaders of the world's 20 leading economies (G20) have recognised the role of tourism in driving ... More

Image: More than 20 hotel groups are involved More than 20 leading international hotel groups have launched a new standardised approach to calculating and communicating ... More

Image: UK tourism was worth £101bn last year The UK tourism sector contributes more to the economy than car manufacturing or mining, according to new ... More

Image: Tourism is to feature on G20 leaders' agenda G20 tourism ministers are to meet with industry organisations to finalise the proposed input to a ... More

A new report from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has claimed the £2.8bn Air Passenger Duty is currently doing "more harm than good" ... More

A new report from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has said the UK will be "increasingly reliant" on tourism this year as the ... More

Tourist resorts and hotels across the Maldives will be able to continue offering spa facilities after the government announced that it had overturned a ban ... More

Marriott International, Accor and InterContinental Hotels Group are among the hotel groups to join forces in a new initiative to reach consensus over the calculation ... More

Three influential reports into the global tourism industry have predicted that growth in the sector will slow during 2011, following faster than expected recovery during ... More

The leisure industry has embraced Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to place tourism "at the heart of plans to ensure the UK's economic recovery". In ... More

Ufi Ibrahim will take over as chief executive of the British Hospitality Association on Monday 19 July. She will take over from Bob Cotton, who ... More

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has announced that 38-year-old Ufi Ibrahim will take over from Bob Cotton as the association's new chief executive. Ibrahim, who ... More

The global tourism industry is expected to contract rapidly during 2009 and the recession could result in millions of job cuts. The World Travel & ... More

In a letter to Tessa Jowell, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Prime Minister Tony Blair has laid out the seven priorities for ... More