The panel at the World Routes Tourism Summit, moderated by Alfredo Gonzalez, vice president of sales and global development, Visit Florida, highlighted the need for collaboration between aviation and tourism.
Speaking at the Tourism Summit at World Routes in Chengdu, how destination marketing can bring in travellers from the biggest market in the world came under discussion. With a wide ranging international panel trying to lure in Chinese tourists, they shared their best practice on bringing in the emerging middle class who are willing to go the long-haul.
The annual World Routes air service development forum was officially transferred to the city of Barcelona at a ceremony today (27 September) in Chengdu, China.
For the first time at World Routes, a panel solely of women were put together to discuss how their careers have panned out within the industry. The Women in Aviation and Tourism panel at World Routes gave a personal approach to the industry, and how to progress within it. Within the aviation and tourism sectors, women progressing to senior management has a much higher success rate than other industries.
India's civil aviation ministry joint secretary, Arun Kumar, is hoping that World Routes 2016 can be the catalyst to unlock more open skies agreements with countries across Europe. Speaking on the third day of the conference in Chengdu, China, he revealed that following an open skies agreement with Greece, India saw the event as the ideal platform to create more.
China has now become the largest inbound travel market for Indonesia ahead of Singapore, Malaysia and Australia and figures from Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency for the first quarter of this year show it now accounts for almost one in five foreign tourist arrivals into the country.
Singapore's Changi Airport was also named as the winner in the over 50m passengers category, while Shannon Airport was honoured in the Under 4m passengers category; Athens International Airport in the 4m-20m Passengers category; Dublin Airport in the 20m-50m passengers category and Tourism and Events Queensland in the destination Marketing category.
Following a hugely successful opening day, World Routes 2016 was fully in swing as it entered its second, with a full-day tourism summit taking centre stage.
AirAsia X will return to the European market from 2018 when it starts to receive its Airbus A330neos and it is seeking a possible partner to help feed its routes, according to the budget carrier’s chief executive officer, Benyamin Ismail.
Located between Germany's two hub airports of Frankfurt and Munich means Airport Nurnberg may be the small fish in the pond, but it hopes Its Blue Ocean campaign will help deliver new capital city connectivity in the future.
In the highly competitive world of leisure travel, the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus is an increasingly sought-after destination. But it’s not just the draw of Cyprus’ crystal waters or 6,000 year-old artifacts: this record growth is the result of airport investment, strategic partnerships and focused destination marketing efforts spearheaded by Hermes Airports.
Newcastle Airport officials are celebrating their growing relationship with Irish low-fare carrier Ryanair with the addition of a new link to the Spanish capital, Madrid in summer 2017. The airline had already revealed an expanded 2017 programme earlier this summer when it added flights to Faro, Girona and Palma to its Newcastle network.
Across Canada and around the world, regional airports play a vital role in connecting their communities to major international airports - and global markets and destinations beyond. The common challenge for these smaller airports, however, is driving awareness within their own community in order to attract and retain strong connectivity to international hubs.
