Global giants rub shoulders with niche operators as WTM London opens for business

I le avea ai o se taʻimua i le lalolagi gaioiga mo femalagaaʻiga pisinisi, WTM Lonetona mafai ona faʻafesoʻotaʻi tagata faʻatau ma tagata faʻatau mai nisi taua femalagaaʻiga pisinisi e le lauiloa tele i Europa. O Peng Peng, o le sui faatonu sinia mo le Tuniu.com, o le lona tolu ai lea o ofisa femalagaaʻi i luga o le upega tafailagi, ma Yogesh Mehta, o le sui peresitene o faletalimalo mo le via.com, o se tekonolosi e mafai ai ona aveina ni kamupani femalagaaʻi i fafo atu o Initia, mo le 60,000. taimi muamua.

O taimi masani e aofia ai Roseanne Twigg, o le au suʻesuʻe o oloa i Ausetalia's TripaDeal, o le na fesoʻotaʻi ma tagata e tuʻuina atu mo ana malaga faʻavaega, pisinisi afifi faʻapitoa. Fai mai a ia, “[televavave fesoʻotaʻiga] faʻatagaina aʻu e maua se aitia lelei po o ai o i fafo atu, o a mea latou te ofoina atu ma mea o loʻo latou fuafuaina.

Miroslav Mihajlovic, pule o oloa, Mtours, Slovenia, o le isi tagata auai masani, fai mai:


"E masani ona ou sau ma nai fesoʻotaʻiga lelei e mafai ona ou tulitataʻia mulimuli ane" ae o Prajakta Marwaha, faʻavae ma faatonu, The Indian Journey, fai mai "Sa ou feiloaʻi i tagata tafafao maimoa, DMC, ma fale mataaga… Ua ou faʻatulagaina tele fonotaga. ma o le a ou maua se pisinisi lelei ”.

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.

Na taʻu atu e Kountoura i se feiloaʻiga ma le au tusitala, o loo taumafai Eleni e avea ma taamilosaga i le tausaga atoa, faatasi ai ma malologa o le taulaga ma faaseʻe ai i ni vaega taua se lua e mafai ona faatosina mai ai tagata asiasi i fafo atu o lona vaitaimi masani.

O loʻo vaʻai foʻi Initia e toe faʻatulaga lana turisi ofa. Vinod Zutshi, failautusi, Minisita mo tagata tafafao maimoa Initia, fai mai o lana malo na faamuamua tagata tafafao maimoa i pisinisi a le malo ina ia faafaigofie ai tagata tafafao maimoa mai pisinisi tumaoti.

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.

Ma i se isi sauniga, e lua pule sinia pule - Willie Walsh, pule sili o International Airlines Group ma Emirates peresitene Tim Clark - na fautuaina e faapea o kamupani vaʻalele mafai ona avea ma mea o le taimi ua tuanaʻi.

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”.


I luga o le talosaga Heathrow faʻalauteleina, Walsh fai mai: "E leai se auala i luga o lenei lalolagi e mafai ai ona faʻamaonia £ 17.6 piliona i le auala o le a faʻaalu ai."

I se isi mea, o se finauga maoti luga Brexit taulaʻi i le saolotoga o feoaiga o tagata. Andrew Swaffield, Pule Sili, Monarch Airlines, fai mai: "Matou te manaʻomia le manino i luga o le saolotoga o tagata, ma matou te manaʻomia lena manino vave".

Terry Williamson, Ofisa Sili o Pulega, JacTravel tuu Brexit i totonu o le mataupu: "Sa ou i ai i le pisinisi mo le 30 tausaga - o le tasi lenei seoli o se resilient alamanuia, po o le a lava le luʻitau e lafoina i ai."

O le maufetuunaʻi a le pisinisi na faʻailoa mai e le tusitala femalagaaʻi o Doug Langsky. E ala i le tilotilo i faletalimalo sailiga mo Paris, Brussels ma Orlando, na ia maua ai e lua i le tolu masina mo le fiafia e toe foi i muamua-tulaga tulaga ma i nisi tulaga pe tusa o le tolu vaiaso. "Ua amata ona tatou le amanaʻiaina i le mataʻu… o le toe oso i tua e sili atu le vave," o lana tala lea.

Na fautuaina e Lansky e manaʻomia e nofoaga se fuafuaga o faʻalavelave aʻo leʻi tupu le faʻalavelave, ma o le tasi metotia aoga o le iloa lea poʻo fea o mea e maua ai maketi o le "toa sili lea" ma tuʻuina atu faʻamatalaga tau maketi i nei nofoaga.

O le taimi mo Brexit e leʻo iloa foʻi ma e iai isi mea umi e tatau ona mafaufau iai le kamupani femalagaaʻi. O le futurist Brian Solis na ia taʻu atu i le au auai i le WTM Leaders Lunch ia mataala i le "augatupulaga C" - tagata faatau o loʻo ola "ola, ituaiga olaga faʻafuainumera". O se tasi luitau o loʻo taua i le vaega lea, e leʻo faʻamatalaina i tausaga: "[Generation C] faʻaali amioga tutusa e o atu i vaitausaga eseese… E tatau ona e malamalama ia latou amioga fesoʻotaʻi ma faʻafefea ona sosolo i totonu o le lalolagi moni."

I se isi mea, o le tatalaina o le WTM Lonetona 2016 na vaʻaia ai le uluaʻi fonotaga o Taʻaloga ma Turisi a le lalolagi. O le au manumalo na aofia ai Glasgow, Lonetona ma Amerika.

WTM Lonetona o le mea na tupu lea o le femalagaaiga ma turisi alamanuia faʻatautaia ana pisinisi pisinisi. Tagata faʻatau mai le WTM Buyers 'Club o loʻo tuʻufaʻatasia le faʻatauina atu o le $ 22.6 piliona (£ 15.8bn) ma saini feagaiga i le mea na tupu e $ 3.6 piliona (£ 2.5bn).

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