Tag: WTTC
WTTC, School of Hotel and Tourism Management tie up to drive...
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University have signed a...
WTTC report highlights tourism’s vital role in fighting human trafficking
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has released a new report which signals how the global travel and tourism sector can help eradicate...
Approved vaccine inconsistency could delay the restart of international travel: WTTC
The restart of international travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved Covid-19 vaccines, warned the WTTC.
The global tourism body's...
New WTTC, UNEP report urges tourism stakeholders to rethink single-use plastics
In a bid to put the travel and tourism sector on a path towards sustainable recovery, the WTTC and the United Nations Environment Programme...
WTTC’s new campaign calls for international travel restart
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched a campaign this week that calls on governments around the world to restart international travel...
Covid-19 robbed global tourism of US$4.5 trillion in 2020: WTTC
The global travel and tourism sector suffered a loss of almost US$4.5 trillion in 2020 due to the impact of Covid-19, revealed WTTC research.
The...
Quit labelling countries “high-risk”: WTTC
The WTTC is calling on governments to abandon the concept of "high-risk countries" and instead focus on how individual "high-risk travellers" are treated at...
WTTC projects over 100m tourism jobs recovered in 2021
Strong summer holiday bookings on the back of global vaccination rollout and widespread pre-departure testing could see more than 100 million jobs return to...
Mental health comes into WTTC’s focus
The WTTC has released a set of mental health guidelines to support tourism workers and help businesses build back better from the pandemic.
Suited for...
Mandatory vaccinations “discriminatory”, says WTTC chief
Setting Covid-19 vaccination mandates for travel is akin to workplace discrimination, claimed a high-level tourism official, who instead called for low-cost testing and better...