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The prison holds some of Ecuador's most dangerous criminals

A thought leadership event exploring the significant untapped potential of retail tourism took place at La Roca Village, part of The Bicester Collection, in Barcelona today, concluding with a resounding call for attention to the importance of retail tourism. The event featured the launch of a ground-breaking report, “Global Retail Tourism: Trends and Insights”, a collaborative effort between the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), The Bicester Collection and Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ...

Retail tourism, which is worth a whopping $178 billion globally, is not just about shopping, its about revenue, job creation and influencing travellers’ choices, says a new WTTC report highlighting he need to recognise its potential.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has today launched “Global Retail Tourism: Trends and Insights”, a report set to change the way we think about shopping tourism.

Article - Retail Tourism Accounted for 6% of Travel & Tourisms GDP in 2019 - WTTC unveils the power of Retail Tourism

Quito, Aug 31 (EFE).- A second car bomb exploded in Quito in the early hours of Thursday after the first one went off five hours earlier on Wednesday night. Both vehicles were set on fire from the inside using gas cylinders, according to police. The first explosion occurred on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in a …

According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the U.S. remains the preferred choice for shopping holidaymakers.

The US remains the preferred choice for shopping holidaymakers, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

Ecuador transferred a powerful gang leader, accused of threatening a slain presidential candidate, to a maximum-security prison via a massive military and police operation Saturday, officials said. At dawn about 4,000 heavily armed agents entered Prison 8 in Guayaquil in southwestern Ecuador, where the head of the powerful Los Choneros criminal group, Jose Adolfo Macias,…

Thousands of Ecuador police and soldiers moved Adolfo Macias, the leader of the notorious gang Los Choneros, to a maximum-security jail.