| Title |
Year |
Event |
Description |
| Embracing a Circular Economy Addresses Climate Change |
2024 |
World Travel Market, London |
Step change is required for the world to meet its net zero targets in time to address the impact of climate change. Adopting a circular economy versus our extractive economy that takes whatever is desired for the short term and does not consider the long term, is a path we no longer can afford to follow. What steps can travel industry players take to reduce emissions? |
| How Tourism is Supporting Economic Growth in Developing Countries |
2024 |
World Travel Market, London |
This session will provide tangible advice for working within developing countries to develop tourism programs, gaining investment as well as addressing key hurdles in product development. Exciting new destinations emerging for consideration in future planning. |
| Destinations Shift Towards Coolcationing |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
No matter where one travels, peak temperatures are requiring destinations to rethink their product offerings. Both public and private sector must deal with ways to address the impact of climate change on their businesses, programs or destinations. Our speakers will share the impact of heat on their planning and solutions found. |
| Ski Resorts are Coping with Climate Change as Snow Limitations Become More Prevalent – Is Diversification the Answer? Who is doing what? |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Obviously as the planet gets warmer, there is less snowfall. Ski resorts in Europe are innovating and discussing diversification to provide alternative solutions. Winter sport havens are repurposing their facilities and adding new attractions but will they loose on the accommodation front? In the US resorts invested decades ago into snow making equipment but are slow to consider diversification. Different approaches, different outcomes but lessons to learn from each side of the Atlantic. |
| Addressing ESG in the travel and tourism industry |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
It’s time to talk about the term ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) as opposed to the broader concept of sustainability; what it means in the industry and who is doing what? How are governments requiring reporting? |
| How Are the Sectors Working to Decarbonize |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Discussions of representatives of cruise, aviation, hospitality and technology |
| The Latest Move to Rail |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Companies around the world have taken up the mantle to help decarbonize by creating programs that bring the joy back to travel through rail. The excitement is palpable. What are the benefits of rail travel for the traveller and the businesses as well as the destinations that have this infrastructure. |
| Impact Investing and Sustainable Financing |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
This session will layout the value investors are looking for and the stories that must be told to drive developers’ interest. |
| The Long Tail of Change |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Often change appears through a series of events that end up looking like bureaucracy, but in fact it is the culmination of a series of actions that have great importance and impact on how we do business in the travel industry. If we look at double materiality reporting requirements in the EU as a perfect example or one studies the development agencies’’ territorial engagements, we know the groundwork is being laid for stabilization. |
| Community |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Transformative Engagement – Regenerative Travel - New approaches that are gaining traction which ensure deeper levels of commitment from the communities involved in developing their tourism offerings. |
| How Should Your Travel Business or Destination be Communicating? |
2024 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Positioning your destination or business for maximum value be it partnerships, investors, developers or the travelling public everyone agrees storytelling is an imperative. But actionable content is also an art. We’ll hear from businesses that have set the gold standard. |
| Driving Economic Growth Through Resilience and Innovation in Tourism |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
The power of tourism to drive economic growth, investment, and job creation is critical to the development of countries and regions. Sarajevo is the perfect host to highlight the dynamic industry and its growth potential worldwide. |
| Strategies of Resilience and Profitability |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
To ensure long-term success, destinations must confront challenges by establishing resilient frameworks supported by robust airlift and a diverse range of accommodations. Essential to this framework is a thorough comprehension of potential risks and proactive measures to mitigate them. Join us as leading experts unveil strategies for sustainable growth and risk management in planning at the destination and country levels.Top of Form |
| Data-Driven Informed Planning for Destination Success |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
Crafting an irresistible destination demands that companies, tourism boards, and governments collaborate to harness the power of real-time data capture and analysis to elevate marketing strategies, enhance management practices, and bolster visitor loyalty. This entails delving into intricate visitor profiles, exploring touring behaviors, dissecting spending habits, and even discerning preferences and dislikes. Speakers will explore the dynamic realm of analytics to serve as a compass guiding progress toward commercial and developmental goals. |
| Building Industry Anchors: DEI, ESG and Workforce Enhancement |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
Thriving tourism hinges upon a comprehensive approach encompassing every facet, from communication and destination management to nurturing a skilled workforce. For destination success, it's paramount to scrutinize trade dynamics, ensuring their quest for profit aligns with the imperatives of gender equality and social empowerment. Cultivating a workforce capable of upholding a company's or destination's brand promise is essential. It must be accompanied by empowering them with the innovation-driven skills needed to steer organizations, regardless of size. This must be done in an environment that fosters innovation, inclusion and empowers the disabled. |
| Destination Partnerships to Attract High-Value Global Visitors |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
In this region, companies must recognize the operating environment within which they work. The onus is on the private sector to step up, develop partnerships to drive the momentum towards a successful tourism industry. How to identify what partnerships will benefit your business and how to go about setting them up to tackle sustainability, press coverage, increase inbound travellers, and address preparedness to ensure stability. Investors always look at the private sector to determine if a destination is supported by the locales. Speakers from a consumer membership program, media, academia, business communities and tour operation will share their perspectives and successful collaborations which can be replicated anywhere. |
| The Mystique of Natural, Rural Areas to Drive Destination Differentiation |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
Discover the untapped potential of nature-based tourism in southeastern Europe, particularly Bosnia Herzegovina, as we delve into the strategic integration of nature and rural tourism. While 80% of tourism relies on nature, it remains overlooked in the travel and tourism industry's planning and protection efforts. This session unveils the immense US$600 billion opportunity for economic growth by harmonizing tourism with nature assets. We will explore how positioning nature at the forefront ensures future resilience and a unique chance for destinations to diversify their offer while safeguarding natural heritage. Rural havens are emerging as coveted destinations, not only offering retreats but also driving development for their respective residents. The key lies in striking a delicate balance between tourism development and preservation. Where are the innovations and what opportunities does the future hold? |
| Catalysing Tech Entrepreneurship in Southeast Europe |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
The region is a hot bed for top emerging talent and sometimes it only takes the knowledge of how to tap into it to discover the hidden gems. This keynote will delve into how to become a tech entrepreneur, how to unearth them and how support a tech entrepreneur once discovered to ensure it has all the relevant resources and strategies in place for success. |
| Where are the Regional Gaps in Attracting Investment? |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
A frank discussion follows the IFC and major developers in the region about why millions are in the market, which countries are receiving it, and why. Our speakers will share where they see the gaps in attracting funding, developing projects, and ensuring the region’s growth. |
| Driving Destination Investment and Finance |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
How should destinations position themselves for maximum investment or should investment be driven by plan specific to resilient frameworks? Further to the information set forth in the Tete a Tete with Jamey, what are destinations able to do to strengthen their financial positioning? Are collaborations a good strategy? |
| Panel discussion: The ultimate ‘seamless’ traveller journey |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
Discussion will dissect what makes up the user journey from end-to-end and what that perfect mapping of a journey should look like. Key themes entail the future of digital marketing, loyalty and rewards, personalisation, pre-trip, on-trip and post-trip. |
| MVPs of innovation and the future of technology-enabled tourism, the ones to watch out for… |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
This session will look at the digitisation journey of a company and what are the key considerations. It will unpack what are the most valuable technologies to invest in, from AI, chatbots and robotics to FinTech, and the outcomes of doing so. |
| Get the Message Right: Exciting more demanding and discerning consumers |
2024 |
Resilience & Innovation Summit, Sarajevo |
In the fiercely competitive global tourism industry, destinations, tour operators, and local product providers strive to distinguish themselves from discerning travelers pursuing self-actualization and genuine connections. Speakers will delve into the critical success factors for crafting unique offerings that resonate with contemporary visitor aspirations, fostering authentic engagement with local cultures, and embracing innovation and authenticity. They will discuss the importance of understanding audience preferences for curating memorable experiences, emphasizing the need for tour operators to prioritize customization over commodification to create immersive adventures that establish enduring connections. Additionally, they will highlight the essential role of leveraging digital platforms for local product providers to authentically showcase their communities, thereby effectively attracting and captivating international visitors. |
| SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ROLE OF ESG WITHIN – how businesses can get on the right path. |
2024 |
Connecting Travel Marketplace, London |
A critical path to success for major companies now SMEs are stepping up. Hear from some of the major players why sustainability is important and within the sustainability banner what is ESG? How to address both and add to your success. |
| Luxury Product Development: What Travel Can Learn from Retail |
2024 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
The retail industry’s success in messaging, marketing, servicing and delivering products holds valuable lessons for the travel industry, particularly the luxury and uber-luxury categories. By embracing personalized messaging, multi-channel marketing strategies, exceptional customer service and innovative delivery options, the travel industry can enhance the customer experience, build loyalty and remain competitive in the ever-changing travel environment. Technology plays an important role in the evolving marketplace, as such travel providers should look at retail-based strategies to create a meaningful, seamless experience for the traveller. |
| Reframing Sustainable Travel Messaging |
2024 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
The Middle East is indelibly linked to sand and shopping but what about its nature and the vast biodiversity that exists? According to the WTTC, “Travel & Tourism is intrinsically linked to nature and uniquely positioned to protect and restore biodiversity. Over 80% of Travel & Tourism goods and services directly or indirectly rely on nature’s resources and functioning ecosystems.” This session will focus on NaturePositive travel and positioning the ME as a region of surprising ecological richness, nurturing unique biodiversity within each country with their own distinct tapestries of species. |
| Futureproofing: Building Resilience and Reinforcing Security in Destinations |
2024 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
Determining the appropriate framework for companies to minimize impact from future crises while ensuring destinations are known as safe and secure is paramount in destination development. Thought leaders from both public and private sector will share best practice in this quest. |
| Reconciling Safety and sustainability: The Need to Understand Risk |
2024 |
ITB, Berlin |
Drawing on the need for the market to understand risk, both from the travellers’ and the destinations’ perspectives, this session explores and discusses the kinds of risks and mitigation strategies that travel providers, destination developers, and governments need to account for and implement to ensure a safe and secure, but also sustainable destination. |
| Greenwashing, Recognizing and Addressing |
2023 |
Connecting Travel Marketplace, London |
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| Guardrails for AI and Unintended Consequences |
2023 |
World Travel Market, London |
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| Destinations Realign with Local Communities over Source Markets |
2023 |
World Travel Market, London |
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| Regulatory Avalanche or Desert? |
2023 |
World Travel Market, London |
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| Greenwashing - Recognizing Companies Who Truly Care |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
In a time where sustainability is the "in thing", it is important that a brand is credible and transparent in their marketing and comms. Greenwashing is becoming increasingly an issue, especially within travel and tourism. This session will highlight exactly what Greenwashing is, and how to be more transparent with sharing your sustainable and responsible practices. How can you really build trust in your brand and credibility? |
| Is Sustainability Profitable – Why Choose the Sustainable Road? |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
Can sustainable decisions really bring in a profit? Sustainability can be used as a tool for loyalty, additional promotion and key partnerships. You can share learnings and develop sustainable tools and knowledge to become industry leaders not followers. Sustainability is about more than doing the right thing, and the market looking for sustainable travel just keeps growing. |
| Sustainability Leaders – Destinations |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
Showcasing those who are successfully taking a sustainable approach, from destinations to tour operators, hotels to aviation. Learning about the struggles they have faced and how to avoid them moving forwards. |
| Evolving Role of the DMO |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
The destination, by definition, is where the impact of tourism is felt, whether that impact is positive or negative. As DMOs, we are tasked with enhancing those positive effects of tourism while mitigating the negative impacts. This session will look at the evolving role and function of the destination organization and draws on Destinations International's global membership of destination organizations to examine successful case studies of DMOs that are delivering measurable economic, social, and environmental benefits for their communities. |
| Online Tech Driving Sustainability – Technology the Enabler of Sustainable Travel |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
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| Strategic Sustainability Planning - Where does the Supply Chain Start? |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
There are upstream and downstream supply chains for everyone, government and business. In travel and tourism how do we identify them, engage with them and what is the importance of strategically managing supply chains. What are the risks of not managing them and how do destinations, suppliers and society benefit? |
| Carbon Offsetting – The Big Debate |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
The session will explain what is and how to establish your carbon footprint, what is carbon offsetting, what are the debates around it and where offsetting fits in the global struggle to reduce its effect on the climate and the environment. |
| Practical Solutions Amazing Developments for Marine and Coastal Environments |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
The global underwater and seaside tourism industry has grown immensely over the last two decades. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, the global underwater and seaside tourism industry is valued at over $100 billion with annual growth rates of 3.5 - 5%. The Gulf of the Arabian Sea as well as the Red Sea support a wide range of marine life, with clear and relatively shallow waters, the region is a magnet for visitors and locals, but are the coastlines and the offshore habitats protected sufficiently to allow the maritime tourism boom alongside the in-water building and construction activities? |
| Commercially Supporting Sustainability - 2 case studies |
2023 |
Arabian Travel Market, Dubai |
Educating about sustainability also must include addressing the most difficult of all in this effort to save our planet. Shifting the mindset of travellers and suppliers. Here are two companies using their platforms to change behaviors though commercial activities. |
| “Shifting Towards the Future – Advancements in Sustainable Tourism, How are countries adapting to a Future that is or is not Being Dictated by Domestic Demands? |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Destinations from around the world will give their perspective on climate effects, domestic demands or economic needs and corresponding activities in their geographical area. |
| Maritime Tourism |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
70% of the planet is water, makes for fantastic cruising and water sports but what are the major seafaring companies doing on their path to net zero? What are the social implications? How is itinerary planning being handled with an eye towards sustainable operations? How can advancements in artificial reefs help save maritime tourism? What are port developers doing shoreside? |
| Positive Developments with Whole of Industry Approach: Collaboration, Innovation and Technology |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Collaboration is key to achieving SDGs and Net Zero goals but also in developing the climate for public private sector engagement and ensuring regenerative processes within the industry. Leaders will discuss the future of their collective actions. |
| Profitable Yet Sustainable Businesses from Multiple Sectors |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
As the industry adoption rate continues to rise, how are transformation challenges being addressed, from the cost and production of SAFs and the realities airlines are facing to airports and their need to provide acceptable solutions. Should companies reconstruct their decades old businesses into sustainable models? Is the time and investment worth it? What is each sector’s roadmap to net zero? How does this deliver shareholder value? What does train transportation teach us? Can margins increase with new transaction software? |
| MICE Recovery- Is Business Travel Leading Change? |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Companies around the world are looking to the business travel sector to take the lead on the sustainable path. Regenerative travel is also entering the business travellers’ planning, how? These organizations are stepping up, we will spotlight each organization’s efforts and then hear their collective discussion on the probability of success. How is MICE market facilitating transformation? |
| Communication, Technology and the Enablers of Education |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
The message and the tools to deliver it are critical. With the rise in AI will communicating become better or is it fraught with inherent bias? How do we educate businesses internally as well as the travelling public? Can we distinguish and polemicize mis or disinformation? |
| How Are Luxury and Convenience Putting Sustainability in the Spotlight? |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Until technology catches up, we are forced to identify interim solutions to protect the environment from emissions with actions like offsetting and carbon capture but the real work is in reduction. What are major retailers doing to reduce emissions and train the marketplace? |
| Where does the cost for sustainability come from? Are profits sustainable? Will AI & blockchain improve or worsen profitability? |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
With the margins tight in travel how are companies funding transformation or is government stepping in? Investors and financial institutions bring to bear regulatory requirements, where and how can profits be maintained? What are the costs to be considered? Can AI or blockchain improve the margins? |
| Has Sustainability Outflanked Safety and Security? |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
Many studies and surveys have been conducted over the years always with the same result: safety is the key priority of travellers. Additional studies by Google and Booking.com indicate that travellers present concern for sustainability, but the thought - action gap persists. So what is the industry doing to combine safety and sustainability? |
| The human impact and how is the travel industry workforce structured, developed and reinvigorated? |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
The travel industry is exposed to human trafficking, issues of diversity, equality and industry perception issues, not to mention the deficit of workers. How is this being addressed and what each part of the industry do to improve? |
| Stepping Forward |
2023 |
A World for Travel, Seville |
As seen in earlier sessions, the path forward is being guided by the business travel sector and perhaps technology - what is yet to come, who should be stepping up and how or will travel change the future of other sectors? Speakers will recapitulate the key elements for stepping forward sustainably as an industry, sector by sector. Where are the gaps and what actions are required. |
| Aviation, Cruise, Rail: Technology Driving Mobility and Sustainability |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Sector leaders share how their sectors are using technology to gain an edge on climate change and sustainability. |
| Driving Sustainability and Preparedness Through Academic Rigor |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Ministers of Tourism rely on the private sector for academic rigor for fact-based decision making- how the private sector is working with government to inform. |
| Safeguarding the Seas |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Seems an oxymoron but Costa has taken sustainability into their DNA. Our speaker presents the case for large maritime operations roadmap towards sustainability. |
| Certification for the Travel Industry |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Who is certified? What is holding back the industry? This non-profit has a simple solution for all players to get certified, it’s the least we can do. |
| Hospitality Industry in Action - Providing a Roadmap for Other Sectors |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
The session will look at how the industry has standardized and collaborates with investors to ensure projects follow strict guidelines. But as Bloomberg recently pointed out what are they doing about captured carbon? |
| The Problem and the Solution for Carbon Offsetting & Carbon capture –Technology and AI Carbon impact measurements |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
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| Some Cruising Is Sustainable |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Cruising gets a tough rap but it is important to know how smaller lines have developed sustainable practices which benefit the passengers as well as the destinations. Ponant is known for the best itineraries in the market, taking passengers off the beaten path. |
| Agriculture and the Food industry ’s Relationship |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Farming practices facilitate Wine Route development and wine travellers provide 5x the revenue for a destination than a standard visitor to a winery. What sustainable agricultural practices are being used and where? |
| New Business Models to Restore and Increase Sustainable and Profitable Development |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Addressing the possibility of moving away from the travel model of frequency and density. The session opens with the scene setting from the WTTC research. |
| Community Involvement vs. Engagement – Has it Been defined? Are the Benefits Reaching Local Communities? |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
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| Billions Available |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Why and How to Invest in the Travel Sector – public and private sector financial support |
| Understanding Risk and Preparedness for the Future |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Surveys show that 90% of the travel industry is not prepared and do not anticipate risk. What can be done? |
| Bleisure Travel’s Evolution and Business Travel Activities Leading the Way Sustainably |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
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| Consumer Communication Management and Education |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
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| Can Business Travel Activities Be Measured for Sustainability & Efficiency |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
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| Travel’s Impact on Conservation – how to cope with the climate crisis? |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
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| Where Is the Industry Headed |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
The speakers will discuss the future of the industry over the next decade with technological and digital developments that will change the way we work and travel. |
| How to Bring Talent Permanently to the Industry? |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
salaries, working conditions, career pathing, retention |
| The Role of Media in Sustainability |
2022 |
A World for Travel, Nimes |
Throughout the event we have had journalists on site interviewing key players in the quest to get the global travel industry to firmly adopt sustainability. The complexities in this effort are clear but one looming topic is how the media view their role in this. We will hear from the press their views of what they need to do in both the B2C and B2B environments. |
