CAUTION: TOURISM CONSTRUCTION AHEAD
Across the globe the Travel & Tourism (T&T) sector has become recognised as a powerful vehicle for building economies, societies, and futures. Through the sector a destin
MEGA EVENTS: IN PRAISE OF UNSUNG HEROES
Mega events – large scale activations of sports, cultural, religious or other gatherings of people from across the globe at a single location at a set point in time – a
2010: BRAVE NEW WORLD
A new year is unfolding. Thankfully.2009 is officially closed.A clean slate allowing us all to reflect, re-focus, re-plan, re-dream. Still, while the recession of 2009 may also now
COUNTING DOWN
In just a few hours timezones around the world will be ringing in the new year.2009 will be closed.A busy year, a noisy noisy year,A year with so much of the world on the move. Soo
GLOBAL CRISIS, GLOBAL X-RAY
A mere matter of days ago the world was looking forward to a global exhale. Word was spreading in speed and volume that the worst of 2009’s global economic crisis may, just m
THE DAY THE CONFERENCE CAME TO TOWN
Over the past year, with the global economic downturn putting significant pressure on the ability for people to travel for both work and play, the global Travel & Tourism indu
TOURISM: A HOTHOUSE FOR GREEN SHOOTS
Green shoots. These two little words have become a wordwide symbol of hopeful recovery of the global economic crisis which has held markets and minds in a tight grip since the end
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM, RESPONSIBLE TOURISTS
The concept of Responsible Tourism has, rightly, taken a front row seat in the strategies, policies and philosophies of nations seeking to grow and develop their tourism economies.
TOURISM’S H1N1 TEST
As recently as 5 weeks ago a world already gripped by the economic downturn was suddenly put into a new state of panic. An illness never heard of before was hitting the global head
OUR WORLD, CONNECTED
One of the most visible, powerful and unavoidable signs of a change in our times, in the world as we know it, is language. Across the globe, across cultures and borders, the evolvi