The essential global youth travel industry event
This year has been designated the EU-China Year of Youth with a view to “further promoting and deepening partnership between Europe and China.” Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Wang Xiao, President of the All-China Youth Federation, … Read
The world’s largest student, youth and budget travel organisation STA Travel has just announced a new partnership with global voluntourism organisation, Planeterra. STA Travel is committing US $1 million over five years to a responsible tourism program led by Planeterra, … Read
Over 550 CEO’s and leaders from over 350 international youth and educational travel companies gathered in Beijing recently for the sector’s most important trade event of the year: the World Youth & Student Travel Conference (WYSTC). With so many global … Read
Are you ready for Iraq tourism? Well, if the folks at World Travel Market and Euromonitor are to be believed, the war-torn country is “poised to be a future tourism hotspot.” Euromonitor International in its WTM Global Trends Report shows … Read
Antoinette Shields had a plan to keep her tall, blue-eyed son, Kevin, close at hand. When she took over her boss’s construction company in 2002, she hoped to retire at 55 and give her son the business. Go to original … Read
Over 550 CEO’s and leaders from over 350 international youth and educational travel companies gathered in Beijing recently for the sector’s most important trade event of the year: the World Youth & Student Travel Conference (WYSTC). With so many global … Read
Major deals struck between Expedia & Flight Centre with two world-leading GAP Year companies have caused a stir at the industry’s annual WYSTC in Beijing. Flight Centre Limited has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in social network and travel … Read
In what could prove to be one of the most significant announcements in backpacking for many years, seven backpacking transport operators have taken the first step in forming a joint global marketing organisation, in a private meeting on the opening … Read
by Dan Roberts The importance of youth and student travel to the global economy should not be underestimated, was the message from the Official Tourism Organisations (OTO) meeting held at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) in Beijing … Read
by Dan Roberts Gold Coast City Council’s Adventure Travel Group has presented a successful showcase at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference this year. Adventure Travel Group members were given the opportunity to present their products and services at … Read
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