The Global Summit is the pre-eminent event in the global travel and tourism calendar each year and is attended by industry and government leaders from around the world. As such, the summit offers an unparalleled platform for speakers from within and beyond the industry to share their views with an international audience of prominent business, financial, political, and media leaders.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) just unveiled the twelve finalists for its 2012 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. The awards are one of the highest accolades in the global Travel & Tourism industry and recognise sustainable tourism achievements among businesses and destinations across the full spectrum of the industry.

Since it re-emerged onto the world tourism stage at the end of the 1990s, Montenegro has given top priority to the redevelopment of its Travel & Tourism industry – an industry which, prior to the Balkan conflict of the 1990s, earned it worldwide fame and prestige due to its outstanding natural attractions.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has issued a Communiqué during the International Climate Change Negotiations in Durban which urges governments to develop Climate Change policies which ensure that Travel & Tourism can grow sustainably and continue to provide millions of new jobs across the planet, regardless of whether an agreement is reached in Durban.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announced the launch of the third of four quarterly reports about Japan's recovery for the Travel & Tourism industry following the Tohoku Tsunami in Japan this year.

Interview with WTTC CEO, David Scowsill. The global Travel & Tourism industry will grow more slowly in 2011 and 2012 than previously indicated, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). WTTC's annual research, published in March 2011, forecast growth of 4.5% and 5.1% in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Following the deterioration in global financial conditions in the second half of 2011,...

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announced that it will hold its first Regional Summit on 16-18 May in 2012 in Mexico. The Regional Summit will be hosted in Cancun, Quintana Roo by the Mexican Ministry of Tourism.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announced that it will hold its 13th Global Summit in Abu Dhabi in April/May 2013. Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and Etihad Airways will be official hosts of the biggest annual gathering of Travel & Tourism leaders.

The global Travel & Tourism industry will grow more slowly in 2011 and 2012 than previously indicated, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). WTTC's annual research, published in March 2011, forecast growth of 4.5% and 5.1% in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Following the deterioration in global financial conditions in the second half of 2011, the continuing eurozone debt crisis, and...

Speaking at the Caribbean's State of the Industry Conference in St Martin, David Scowsill, President & CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) called on the UK Government to abolish Air Passenger Duty (APD) as it harms the Caribbean economy and the Caribbean community living in the UK.