The purpose of this "Fair for Special Journeys" concept is to create an environment selectively chosen for quality, rather than for mass tourism. At this special holiday fair you will not find touristic infostands, but exclusively specialized touroperators. They really know all about the countries that they offer. ‘Special’ means, besides walking unknown trails, –...
The cancellation of the ITB2020 does not mean there are no networking opportunities. Several planned events with GEN participation are going digital and for those that were #strandedinBerlin a website was quickly set up for meeting up. So, out of the crisis, opportunities arose... and we are curious to see if they lead to permanent new...
After a successful first edition of the International Conference on SDGs: Actors and Implementation, GUNi will be holding the second edition of the GUNi International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals: Higher Education and Science take action on the 5th and 6th of March 2020 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. This second edition will put...
World Travel Market (WTM) Latin America is the three day must-attend business-to-business (B2B) event which brings the world to Latin America and promotes Latin America to the world. Through its industry networks, unrivalled global reach, WTM Latin America creates personal and business opportunities, providing customers with quality contacts, content and communities. Like you all, we are...
This is the most important opportunity for all stakeholders in Indigenous tourism – Indigenous communities, industry tourism operators, destination marketers, governments, learning institutions, civil society organisations – from all corners of the world, to come together for the biennial World Indigenous Tourism Summit. Industry conference Research Symposium Youth Forum Government policy forum New dates have...
The 2nd TOURIST conference will be held in Bangkok and hosted by the Faculty of Business Administration, Kasetsart University, Bangkok. The goal of the conference is to provide a lively and informal venue where a variety of questions and ideas regarding sustainable tourism can be presented and discussed by academics and other professionals in an...
Earth Day Network and Exponential Roadmap invite you to the Earth Day Week, April 20–25, 2020. They’ll be broadcasting live talks and other daily shows from Washington DC, Stockholm and with speakers, thinkers and doers from all over the world. For the third consecutive year they are bring you a public, free, online, no-fly climate...
This year, LT&C is combining its AGM with a hands-on conference and a series of workshops in Slovakia, where we have partnered up with the environmental NGO Aevis in their efforts to develop ecotourism in protected areas in Slovakia. Our half-day AGM will be followed by workshops for LT&C members and Aevis partners from Slovakia to...
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Basque Culinary Center (BCC) with the support of the Government of Flanders co-organized the 6th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism on 1-4 June 2020 in Bruges, Belgium. This Forum will bring together Ministers of Tourism, representatives from National and Local Tourism Administrations, chefs, entrepreneurs, academia and related...
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Government of France have decided to postpone the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 in Marseille to 7-15 January 2021 from its original date of 11-19 June. The Programme includes all official sessions within the Forum, Members’ Assembly and...
