World Travel & Tourism Council

Tourist arrivals to Colombia are forecast to surge during the first half of the year amid an influx of new international routes.

Governments must match the ambitions and inventiveness of airlines and airports for the sakes of their economies and citizens.

Routes Reconnected will unite the global route development community at the end of this month to pave the road to recovery and rebuild demand for Summer 2021.

Chief executives from some of the world’s leading airlines will be in attendance at Routes Reconnected to discuss the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business models and how they intend to rebuild passenger demand.

As lockdowns ease, new market patterns, regulations and business practices are emerging. Those organizations that adapt most effectively will emerge strongest.

Continuing uncertainty around international travel restrictions designed to curb the spread of COVID-19 continues to hurt the UK economy, a report has found.

IATA believes the Argentinian government is "open" to reconsidering a total ban on commercial flights through Sept. 1.

Argentina is the only country in the world to have travel restrictions in place beyond early July.

Argentina’s government has been urged to reconsider proposals to ban all internal and international commercial flights until Sept. 1.

World leaders have been urged to execute “crucial measures” to safeguard the future of the travel and tourism industry as it emerged that up to 75 million jobs are at “immediate risk.”

Aviation’s an easy target for criticism, but hopefully the world’s governments now realise just how important the sector is as they rebuild their economies.

Ahead of her participation in Routes Americas 2018, Routesonline spoke to WTTC's Maribel Rodriguez to hear her thoughts on key LATAM aviation priorities.

Senior airline officials are among the high-profile names preparing to discuss the future of aviation at Routes Americas 2018.

“The United States is in danger of taking the same path it took after the 9/11 terror attacks, which led to a decade of economic stagnation in the Travel & Tourism sector,” were the powerful warning words from David Scowsill, president and chief executive officer, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), while speaking at the Routes Americas air service development forum in Las Vegas.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have joined forces and called on the UK government to lift the current ban on UK-based airlines flying to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. The move follows the successful reintroduction of regular flights to the Black Sea resort from other countries, including Germany and Russia.

Insight from the World Routes Tourism Summit in Chengdu, China.

The World Routes Strategy Summit, sponsored by Oman Airports Management Company and Brand USA was a huge success at World Routes in Durban.

Travel and tourism authorities are engaging with route development as demonstrated by their growing involvement with World Routes. You can find out more at today's World Routes Tourism Summit in Chicago.

Etihad Airways expects to have completed its equity partnership agreement in India’s Jet Airways within the next week. This is one of a number of news