IBTM today announced that the Department of Culture & Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) will be its Premier Partner for IBTM World 2019.

The Blue Economy Conference will be held in Nairobi this week. The Kenyan diplomacy team has been working on this event for quite some time. Delegates from all over the world would be travelling to Kenya to discuss the economic and ecologic potential of the country’s rivers, lakes and seas.

Portuguese capital Lisbon is reinforcing its standing as a world-class tourism destination as it steps up to host the most important night of the year for the global travel industry.

Taking Malta as an example, the conference will conclude with Philip Ibrahim, Frédérick Boutry and Rika Jean-François discussing which criteria play an important role for LGBT+ customers’ travel choices.

The sixth annual Showcase Antigua Barbuda, a B2B event to increase travel business to the destination, has been set for June 19 and 20.

Private sector entrepreneurs who invest millions in travel have asked tourism ministers at WTM London – the event where ideas arrive – to cut red tape and help them support new business ventures.