Hotel Resource - World Travel & Tourism Council News

The World Travel & Tourism Council today announces the appointment of David Scowsill as its new President & CEO. Formally starting in the role on 15 November, Scowsill will continue the organisation's work to raise awareness of the importance of Travel & Tourism and its US$5.8 trillion value to the global economy.

The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) are collaborating on a groundbreaking initiative to unite hotel industry efforts to calculate and communicate carbon impact by agreeing on a standardised methodology and metrics informed by the GHG Protocol standards. For the first time, leaders within the hotel industry are collaborating to reach a consensus on a single methodology for calculating carbon footprints and consistent metrics for communicating emissions.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is insisting that the European Commission re-examine compensation legislation following the Eyjafjallajoekull volcanic ash cloud earlier this year. Its demand comes as debate reignites around how much airlines and tour operators should be required to compensate passengers.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), has welcomed the Prime Minister's promise to establish a new tourism strategy by the end of the year.

The organisation representing the world's foremost private-sector Travel & Tourism businesses has reacted with dismay to reports that up to half the staff at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport could face redundancy under government austerity cuts this year.

As millions of people prepare to fly around the world for the holiday season, Germany's Travel & Tourism industry could lose out to rival destinations, according to the organisation representing the world's leading private-sector Travel & Tourism businesses.

The world's leading private-sector Travel & Tourism businesses have urged climate change policymakers at all levels to consult more widely with them. The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) believes that governments continue to mistakenly disparage the industry over greenhouse gas emissions. And yet have made little attempt to consult with it in drawing up climate change policies.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) today announces it will hold its 2012 Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Tokyo, Japan.

The World Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) revised forecasts, global growth and world trade are set to beat expectations in 2010.The economic recovery has been reflected in a faster-than-expected rebound in international travel, particularly in Asian markets.

The global travel and tourism industry has grown at a stronger than expected rate this year, but this will be at the expense of 2011, the World Travel & Tourism Council has forecast.