Category - Event

Nyika yepasi pemvura yeSeychelles yakaratidzirwa paEuropean Diving Show

The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) took part in the in the most important national and European show for divers and diving cruises held in Bologna, Italy, as from March 3 to 5. The European Diving Show (Eudi) is largely attended by groups from the tourism and fishing industry including didactics, tour operators, diving centers, and aficionados of the underwater world. Around 32,000 visitors are recorded annually, and this year was no exception with many big sponsors of the event present such as...

Nyika makumi matanhatu paOTM 60 dzinoita iyo huru yekutengeserana yepasirese show muIndia

Exhibitors from a record number of 60 countries showcased their destinations at OTM 2017 from February 21-23 at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre. This was by far the largest number of countries participating in any trade show in the country. 1,343 travel organizations from 60 countries exhibited at OTM 2017 including national and state tourism organizations, hotels, airlines, destination marketing companies and other suppliers serving leisure as well as business travel and M.I.C.E...

UNWTO: Kukurudzira kusimudzira kushanya kwakasimba pamwe neSilk Road

The 7th UNWTO Silk Road Ministers Meeting held at ITB Berlin on 8 March 2017 focused on how to foster sustainable tourism development along the Silk Road. Held within the framework of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017, 31 countries from the Silk Road and beyond exchanged best-practice on how to advance the contribution of tourism to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Addressing the meeting and setting the tone for the ministerial debate, UNWTO Secretary...

ITB Berlin: Chengetedzo inowedzera kukosha kana uchifunga kwekuenda kuzororo

Of the more than 6,000 people from nine countries who were questioned, 97 per cent stated that safety was a consideration when making a travel decision. This also applies when they have already booked a journey and have been disconcerted by the latest news. This was reported at the ITB Future Day at the ITB Berlin Convention by Richard Singer, a member of the board of Travelzoo Europe, with regard to the findings of a global research project on the subject of travel safety. The event was...

ITB Berlin inosvitsa itsva Medical Tourism Pavilion

This year ITB Berlin has introduced a new platform in Hall 3.2 for medical health providers, as well as hotels and destinations offering corresponding medical services. At the Medical Tourism Pavilion visitors can find about products and services and attend presentations and workshops on the latest trends and developments in this growth market. Every year the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA) inspects hospitals in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North and South America, and tests them...

Kufambira nyika iri nani: World Legacy Awards yemapurojekiti akasimba ekushanya

“It is possible to have the best vacation of your life and at the same time help to make the world a better place – that is what lies at the heart of sustainable tourism”, explained Costas Christ, Editor in Chief of the National Geographic Traveler, at the presentation of the World Legacy Awards for sustainable tourism companies on Wednesday at ITB Berlin. Together with Dr. Taleb Rifai, Sectretary General of the UNWTO, Christ called for travel to be recognized as a human right. In his welcoming...

Hawaii Chikafu & Mutambo Wewaini inosimudza rekodhi $394K kune vasina purofiti

The Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival (HFWF), the state’s premier culinary event, raised a record $394,000 for local beneficiaries following another successful year. Fourteen nonprofit organizations received checks during a Mahalo Reception for the 2016 festival held on March 7th at Neiman Marcus’ Mariposa Restaurant. The $394,000 contribution brings the total giving from HFWF to nearly $1.7 million in six years. “We’re proud that Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival not only shines a spotlight on...

Varatidziri vachapokana nehutsinye uye hutsinye nhangemutange dzemhou paChandler Ostrich Festival

Kuratidzira kunopesana nehutsinye uye kushungurudza mijaho yemhou kuchaitwa paChandler Ostrich Festival svondo rino riri kuuya musi waKurume 10, 11, uye 12th 2017. Varatidziri vanomiririra United Poultry Concerns uye Arizona Vegan Animal Liberation Activists vari kukurudzira Chandler Chamber of Commerce kuti ibvise. mijaho yemhou - zvese maitiro engoro uye marodeo - uye tarisa panzvimbo pazvinokwezva zvinoratidzira indasitiri yeChandler yemhando yepamusoro uye kukura kweruzhinji ...

World Tourism Network on Child Protection Executive Committee inosangana muBerlin

Nhasi muBerlin pahotera yeVilla Kastaia Executive Committee (ExCom) yeWorld Tourism Network on Child Protection neUNWTO yaita musangano wepagore parutivi peITB Berlin. Kupinda: Sachigaro Carol Bellamy Hurumende HE Najib Balala, Gurukota rezvekushanya kweKenya Widad Sherman, Mukuru weVashandi, Ministry of Tourism, Kenya Tokiaritefy Rabeson, General Director weTourism Development, Ministry of Tourism, Madagascar Khin Than Win, Mutevedzeri Mukuru, Ministry. yeHotera neKushanya...

airberlin neNIKI vanopa nzira itsva network paITB

airberlin and NIKI will be presenting their new route network for the first time at the ITB. airberlin is repositioning itself as a network carrier with a focus on its hubs at Berlin and Dusseldorf. At both hubs, airberlin is the top airline with a market share of more than 30 per cent, and is expanding its existing flight schedules. Domestic flights, flights to European city destinations, and more long-haul connections form the core of airberlin’s new route network. Flights to popular holiday...

UNWTO chief at ITB Berlin: Tourism opens our hearts and our minds

Tourism can transform our world and build better understanding in a world living a deficit of tolerance said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, at the opening ceremony of the 2017 edition of ITB Berlin (Berlin, Germany, 7 March 2016). “We live the worst of times and the best of times. Times when we wake up every other day with the threat of terrorism at our doorstep and the glooming numbers of unemployment. Times of isolationism and ill-conceived actions like travel bans, which do not lead...

Top Ten Meeting Trends for 2017

Benchmark Resorts & Hotels, a global hospitality company, announced the “Top Meeting Trends for 2017” as observed by its properties. Benchmark is a leading U.S.-based hospitality management company, which operates 70 award-winning hotels, resorts, and conference centers within its Benchmark Resorts & Hotels and Gemstone Collection brands in locations coast to coast, off shore, and internationally. Ted Davis, Benchmark’s chief sales & marketing officer, made the...

UNWTO & Arabian Travel Market Ministerial Forum 2017: Tourism uye kukura kwehupfumi

Visitors to the MENA region will total 195 million by 2030, growing at a rate higher than the world average, according to figures by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The rapid development of the sector will form part of the discussion at the UNWTO & ATM Ministerial Forum at the Arabian Travel Market, which is being held from April 24-27 in Dubai World Trade Centre. The Forum returns to the show repertoire this year, with a particular focus on the contribution of tourism to...

PATA yakagadzirirwa kuvaka mabhiriji matsva ekushanyirwa pamusangano weSkopje

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is to bring its successful Global Insights Conference format to Europe as part of the Macedonia Tourism Summit 2017. The PATA Global Insights Conference (PGIC) Europe Edition takes place at the Marriott Hotel in Skopje on Tuesday June 20th with the theme ‘Building Tourism Bridges’. The conference, hosted generously by Tourism Macedonia, is part of a three-day programme that also embraces the International Travel Crisis Management Summit (June 19th)...

Hawaii inoitisa Economic Summit nevatungamiriri vanobva kuJapan

The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) and the US-Japan Council (USJC), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit educational organization, announce the first ever Japan-Hawaii Economic Summit to be held in Kona, Hawaii from May 9 to 11, 2017. The summit seeks to accelerate regional and international exchange with prefectures in Japan that have interests in and connections with Hawaii. “Hawaii and Japan have a unique and significant relationship,” said Gov. David...

ITB Berlin 2017: Hapana chiratidzo chekuti kuchiva kwevanhu kwekufamba kwadzikira

The international tourism industry currently faces many challenges. Amid the latest geopolitical situation holidaymakers have become unsure about how safe it is to travel. From 8 to 12 March 2017 ITB Berlin will debate highly controversial issues and on the eve of the 51st edition continues to maintain its strong market position. At the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show there is no sign that people’s lust for travel has waned. Once again, the 26 halls on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds are fully...

Arabian Travel Market 2017 inogamuchira Cristal Group

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) is pleased to welcome Cristal Group to its lineup for the exhibition scheduled for April 24-27. ATM is a global event for the Middle East inbound and outbound travel industry, and is now in its 24th year, generating more than $2.5 billion in travel industry deals. The annual business-to-business (B2B) exhibition showcases over 2,800 products and destinations from around the world to over 26,000 buyers and travel trade visitors across four days at the Dubai...

Skal International Hamilton Club inomiririrwa kuHotera Association yeCanada Musangano

President of the Hotel Association of Canada, Susie Grynol, CAE, and Frank Vismeg, Managing Director of the Courtyard by Marriott in Burlington (coming Spring 2018) and current Vice President of Skål International Hamilton Club, are attended the 25th annual Hotel Association of Canada Conference held at the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel and Conference Centre with an array of interesting speakers and over 425 delegates – a record for the best attendance since 2005. As President, Susie...

ITB Buyers Circle: Bhizinesi hombe rakanakisa mudenderedzwa diki

The sixth edition of the ITB Buyers Circle, the meeting place for the travel industry’s leading buyers, will again welcome 1,000 buyers from around the world. They work for startups, SMEs and global players, and mainly represent the leisure, MICE and business travel sectors. David Ruetz, head of ITB Berlin: “The ITB Buyers Circle is one of the many success stories of ITB Berlin. More and more leading buyers apply from one event to the next. This year we will be welcoming many newcomers as well...

Qatar Airways kuburitsa shanduko nyowani Bhizinesi Kirasi chiitiko kuITB Berlin

Qatar Airways is set to take center stage on the opening day of ITB Berlin, Wednesday 8th March, as the airline unveils its highly anticipated new patented Business Class experience in a world exclusive ceremony to international media, travel industry representatives and VIP guests. The airline’s new and unique seat design, patented by Qatar Airways, is set to revolutionize the Business Class experience for business and leisure travellers alike. Supported by a host of other innovations across...

ITB Berlin: Matanho ekudzikisa zvinogona kuitika nekuda kwekurova panhandare dzendege dzeBerlin

ITB Berlin has put together measures to minimize the effects in the event of strikes by ground crew at Berlin’s airports. On the website of ITB Berlin visitors can find live updates with a link to the latest information from Berlin’s airports. ITB Berlin also provides live updates and links at How to get to Berlin and www.itb-berlin.com/travel for visitors traveling to the World’s Largest Travel Trade Show. The social media channels Facebook and Twitter also have live updates on ITB Berlin. ITB...

Nhumwa dzeSeychelles dzinonanga kuGermany kune gore negore ITB tourism trade fair

The Seychelles tourism industry will once again be present with a 40-member delegation at the upcoming ITB Berlin tourism trade fair to be held from March 8-12. The delegation will be headed by the Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine, Maurice Loustau-Lalanne. A team from the Seychelles Tourism Board – Chief Executive Sherin Francis, Director for Europe Bernadette Willemin, Regional Manager Edith Hunzinger, and Marketing Executive Natacha Servina – will also be present at ITB...

Kuungana kukuru kune simba kunoitika paShanghai Boat Show

The 22nd edition of the China (Shanghai) International Boat Show (CIBS 2017) will make its debut at its new location- the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 26-29 April 2017 welcoming over 500 companies from 20 exhibiting countries. CIBS 2017 has quickly become the leading platform for the regional leisure maritime industry attracting 40 thousand local and international buyers from 53 countries and with renowned boat companies including Beneteau, Lagoon, Jeanneau, Ferretti and Far East...

Dusit International ichaburitsa mapurojekiti emahotera munyika makumi maviri neimwe paITB Berlin 21

Bangkok-based hotel operator Dusit International is braced for its largest ever showing at this year’s ITB as it enters an unprecedented period of growth that will see it grow from having 29 properties in eight countries to 69 properties in more than 20 countries in the next three to four years. Dusit International’s delegation will be led by Chief Operating Officer Mr Lim Boon Kwee, who says this year’s ITB Berlin from March 8-12, 2017, offers the perfect opportunity for Dusit to showcase its...

Mambo Simeon II vakadoma mumiriri weUNWTO weInternational Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

Simeon II received from the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) the certificate accrediting him as an ambassador of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, which is being observed globally throughout 2017. The figure of Ambassadors of the International Year was presented last January at the launching of the Year that took place in the context of FITUR in Madrid. Speaking at the ceremony held at the UNWTO headquarters in Madrid, UNWTO Secretary...

Tarisa pane yakagadzikana uye ine mutoro kushanya kuITB Berlin

Responsible travel and the designation by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) of the “International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development “ are the main themes at the world’s largest travel trade fair. The importance of this vigorously expanding market is reflected by the fact that Hall 4.1b, the venue for Adventure Travel & Responsible Tourism, is fully booked for the first time. From 8 to 12 March 2017 nearly 60 exhibitors from 35 countries will be presenting their latest offers...

Hong Kong Entertainment Expo inotanga pakati paKurume

Iyo 13th Entertainment Expo, Hong Kong ichatanga musi wa13 Kurume uye ichienderera kusvika 25 Kubvumbi. Pasi pedingindira rekuti "Pinda muChimiro", iyo expo inoratidzira gumi zviitiko zvinoshamisa zvemufirimu, terevhizheni, mimhanzi uye varaidzo yedhijitari, zvinosanganisira zviitiko zvitatu zvekuvamba uye zviitiko zvinomwe zvakakosha. Zviitiko zvitatu zvekutanga ndezvi: Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART), Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) uye Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony (HKFA). The...

IMEX muFrankfurt inodyidzana nenyanzvi dzenetwork Zenvoy

Continuing its drive to enable buyers and exhibitors to make the most of networking opportunities, IMEX in Frankfurt has partnered with networking specialists Zenvoy to make it easier for attendees to meet even more like-minded people at the show. The introduction of this new service at IMEX in Frankfurt follows a pilot test a year ago and its successful introduction and roll-out at IMEX America in October 2016. Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group said; “We’re always interested in partnerships...

British Tourism & Travel Show inosimbisa yakazara 2017 Keynote line-up

TripAdvisor, Euromonitor International, Travel GBI, Hudson’s Heritage, and The Association of Group Travel Organisers (AGTO) are to host seminars at this month’s British Tourism & Travel Show, which returns to the NEC Birmingham on the 22-23 March. The event’s extensive free Keynote program is renowned for attracting ‘inspirational’ big names discussing the key issues, opportunities and hot topics facing the domestic tourism sector today. Previously confirmed speakers include author and...

Seatrade Cruise Global 2017 inozivisa Professional Vakadzi muCruise Brunch

Seatrade Cruise Global, the leading global business-to-business event for the cruise industry, announces the Professional Women in Cruise Brunch on Thursday 16 March. In collaboration with Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA), the event will introduce a new format that allows guests to network with peers and hear from a panel of extraordinary women in the cruise industry. A portion of the proceeds from this brunch will be donated to Mercy Ships, Seatrade...