Sechiitiko chinotungamira chepasi rose cheindasitiri yekufambisa, WTM London inokwanisa kubatanidza vatengi nevatengesi vanobva kune mamwe mabhizinesi akakosha ekufambisa ayo asinganyanyi kuzivikanwa muEurope. Peng Peng, director mukuru wematikiti emhepo weTuniu.com, muChina wechitatu mukurusa wekufamba pamhepo, uye Yogesh Mehta, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wemahotera eVia.com, tekinoroji inopa simba kune zviuru makumi matanhatu zvevamiriri vekufambisa muIndia, vanga vachitora chikamu chechirongwa ichi. kekutanga.
Zvinogara zvinosanganisira Roseanne Twigg, muongorori wechigadzirwa chepamusoro kuAustralia's TripaDeal, akabatana nevatengesi vekufamba kweboka, bhizinesi repakeji rakagadzirwa. Iye akati [kumhanyisa networking] kunonditendera kuti ndiwane zano rakanaka rekuti ndiani ari kunze uko, zvavanopa uye zvavari kuronga.
Miroslav Mihajlovic, maneja wechigadzirwa, Mtours, Slovenia, mumwe anogara achitora chikamu, akati:
"Ndinogara ndichiuya nevanhu vashoma vandinoda kuonana navo gare gare" ukuwo Prajakta Marwaha, muvambi uye director, The Indian Journey, akati "Ndanga ndichisangana nevanoshanya, DMCs, uye mamuseum… ndakaronga misangano yakawanda. uye ndichawana bhizimusi rakanaka”.
Business is particularly in focus on the opening day of WTM London, with many destinations taking the opportunity to update the market on 2016 and to look ahead. Elena Kountoura, tourism minister for Greece, said this year was in line to become its busiest ever year with more than 27 million international arrivals expected, including cruise.
Kountoura akaudza musangano wevatori venhau wakazara kuti Greece iri kuyedza kuve nzvimbo yegore rose, ine zororo remaguta uye ski nzvimbo mbiri dzinokwanisa kukwezva vashanyi kunze kwenguva yayo yepamusoro.
India iri kutarisa zvakare kumisikidza yayo yekushanya inopa. VaVinod Zutshi, Secretary, Minister for Tourism India, vakati hurumende yavo iri kukoshesa kushanya nekudyara muzvivakwa zveveruzhinji kuitira kufambisa mari yekushanya kubva kubazi rakazvimirira.
Brexit remains a common theme across the seminar program, as the UK and global travel industry awaits the actual terms of the UK withdrawal from the EU. Aviation expert John Strickland told the Forecast Forum about a possible issue arising in terms of flying rights if the UK is not part of the EU Open Skies agreement – UK airline easyJet is allowed to fly within France and Spain while Ryanair can operate in the UK with an Irish airline operators certificate as a result of the EU Open Skies agreement.
Uye muchikamu chakasiyana, vakuru vaviri vendege - Willie Walsh, mukuru mukuru weInternational Airlines Group uye mutungamiri weEmirates Tim Clark - vakakurudzira kuti mibatanidzwa yendege inogona kuve chinhu chekare.
Walsh said: “I would question if [alliances] are around 10 years from now” with Clarke describing the oneworld, Star Alliance and Skyteam concepts as “anachronistic”.
Pamusoro pekuwedzera kwakarongwa kweHeathrow, Walsh akati: "Hapana nzira pasi pano inogona kupembedza £17.6 bhiriyoni nenzira yaichashandiswa."
Kumwe kunhu, gakava rakananga paBrexit rakanangana nerusununguko rwekufamba kwevanhu. Andrew Swaffield, Chief Executive, Monarch Airlines, akati: "Tinoda kujekeswa nezvekufamba kwakasununguka kwevanhu, uye tinoda kujekeswa uku nekukurumidza".
Terry Williamson, Chief Executive, JacTravel akaisa Brexit muchirevo: "Ndave nemakore makumi matatu ndiri muindastiri - iri ndiro rimwe gehena reindasitiri ine simba, chero dambudziko rinokandwa pariri."
Kusimba kweindasitiri iyi kwakasimbiswa nemunyori wekufamba Doug Langsky. Nekutarisa kutsvaga kwehotera kuParis, Brussels neOrlando, akawana zvakatora mwedzi miviri kusvika mitatu kuti kufarira kudzoke kune pre-chiitiko uye mune zvimwe zviitiko zvishoma semavhiki matatu. "Tava kupedzwa simba nehugandanga ... kudzoka kumashure kunokurumidza," akadaro.
Lansky akataura kuti nzvimbo dzekuenda dzinoda chirongwa chedambudziko chiripo dambudziko risati raitika, uye kuti imwe nzira inobatsira kuziva kuti ndeapi misika "yakashinga" uye kupa zviwanikwa zvekushambadzira kunzvimbo idzi.
Iyo nguva yeBrexit haizivikanwe uye kune zvimwe zvinhu zvenguva refu iyo indasitiri yekufambisa inoda kutariswa. Futurist Brian Solis akaudza vaive paWTM Leaders Lunch kuti vazive nezve "chizvarwa C" - vatengi vanorarama "vanoshanda, mararamiro edhijitari". Rimwe dambudziko rinounzwa neboka iri nderekuti haritsanangurirwe zera: “[Chizvarwa C] chinoratidza maitiro akafanana anoenda kumapoka emazera akasiyana…Unofanira kunzwisisa maitiro avo akabatana uye kuti anopararira sei munyika chaiyo.”
Kumwe kunhu, zuva rekuvhura kweWTM London 2016 rakaona yekutanga yeGlobal Sports Tourism Summit. Vakakunda vaisanganisira Glasgow, London neUSA.
WTM London ndicho chiitiko apo indasitiri yekufambisa neyekushanya inoita madhiri ebhizinesi. Vatengi kubva kuWTM Buyers 'Club vane mubatanidzwa wekutenga mutoro we $ 22.6 bhiriyoni (£ 15.8bn) uye kusaina madhiri pachiitiko icho chinokosha $ 3.6 bhiriyoni (£ 2.5bn).
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