With 167 countries represented by over 5000 exhibitors, the first open-trade day of the World Travel Market in London was certainly no-holds-barred. Enticing the crowds meant dishing out the tastiest of local cuisines, turning up the volume on some truly local tunes, donning traditional garb and even, in some cases bringing out the celebrities to…
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The Fringe RT Network Event: A Great Evening with Great People
Coming to the Fringe RT Network event as first-timer, I genuinely wasn’t sure what to expect. I’d never attended a networking event before and was worried that I’d feel a bit like an outsider with little to offer by way of contribution. I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised to find myself on the receiving end of…
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whl.travel at World Travel Market 2009
Although this year whl.travel will not have an official branded booth at the World Travel Market, you can certainly count on us to be there. At last count, 18 local partners will be present at the ExCel centre under their local company banners, as will three whl.travel representatives, although the latter three only on Tuesday…
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Countdown to the Fringe RT Network Event – Interview with Stephen Chapman of Make Travel Fair
As part of the run up to next week’s Fringe Responsible Travel Network event, we’re talking with veteran attendees. I caught up with Stephen Chapman, founder of Make Travel Fair (a media sponsor of the event along with whl.travel), to get his take on past events and to see what he’s looking forward to on…
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Fringe Responsible Travel Network Event @ WTM 2009
By Paul Tavner . Monday November 9 marks the beginning of the 2009 World Travel Market, one of the travel industry’s most important annual events. While many people from around the world will be descending throughout the week on London’s ExCeL centre to meet, greet and do business, an increasing number will also be making…
Read More >>World Responsible Tourism Day – November 12, 2008
The Old News: In 2002, a Cape Town Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations (held in anticipation of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development) brought together 280 tourism-industry representatives from 20 countries. They issued a joint declaration defining the role and potential of responsible tourism. The terms they set and the path they began…
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