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WTTC ’s Annual Global Summit Awards Recognise Leadership Of The Highest Quality

Countries and top tourism leaders from around the world have been recognised with awards by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), at its Global Summit 2021 in Cancun, for their outstanding global leadership. The awards acknowledged the world-class leadership qualities displayed by a specially selected group from among hundreds of the world’s foremost business Travel & […]

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WTTC submission to the Global Travel Taskforce calls on rapid testing on departure to revive international travel

Rapid testing on departure at airports is the key to unlocking international travel, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in its submission to the UK government’s Global Travel Taskforce.  The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, has been at the forefront of global efforts […]

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WTTC: Tourism sector suffers USD 4.5 trillion for 2020

The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) annual Economic Impact Report (EIR) today reveals the full devastating impact of COVID-19 had on the global Travel & Tourism sector last year, which suffered a massive loss of almost US$4.5 trillion. The annual EIR from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel […]

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WTTC says governments should abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on ‘high-risk travellers’

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling for governments to abandon the concept of ‘high-risk countries’ and instead focus on how individual ‘high-risk travellers’ are treated at borders. WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, is urging governments around the world to shift their focus from whole countries, towards individual […]

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WTTC warns new hotel quarantine measures would ‘destroy the Travel & Tourism sector as we know it’

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) says the introduction of new hotel quarantines by the UK government would force the complete collapse of Travel & Tourism as we know it. WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, fears the crippling impact of the new proposals being considered by the UK government […]

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WTTC says closing countries are counterproductive and will seriously delay the economic recovery

Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “While protecting public health is paramount, blanket travel bans cannot be the answer. They have not worked in the past and they will not work now. “If a comprehensive and quick turnaround testing regime were in place at airports across the country to test all travellers before they […]

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WTTC: International travel can safely restart, without waiting for vaccines, says WTTC and industry bodies

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and major international industry bodies have joined forces to call for the immediate restoration of international travel using proven processes and without waiting for or requiring vaccinations. WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, along with Airports Council International (ACI), the World Economic Forum (WEF), International Chamber of […]

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UK looks set to lose 2.4m jobs in 2020 due to COVID-19 and travel restrictions, says WTTC

A staggering 2.4 million jobs could be lost in the UK Travel & Tourism sector in 2020 if barriers to global travel remain place, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) revealed. The new figure comes from WTTC’s latest economic modelling, which looks at the punishing impact of COVID-19 and travel restrictions on the Travel […]

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Consumer Survey Finds 70 Percent of Travelers Plan to Holiday in 2021

An overwhelming majority of US and Canadian travelers (99 percent) are eager to travel again, with 70 percent stating that they plan to take a holiday in 2021, according to a Travel Leaders Group survey of nearly 3,000 frequent travelers. The survey was conducted in September in conjunction with the World Travel & Tourism Council […]

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WTTC Launches New Report on the Future of Travel & Tourism in a Post-COVID World

The World Travel & Tourism Council WTTC, today unveils a new report that explores the implications of the trends for each of four key Travel & Tourism stakeholders: travellers, businesses, workforce, and communities. WTTC, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector, worked closely with Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, along with […]

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