Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) warmly welcomes the Biden-Harris inauguration in what will be a pivotal first year in office.
IGLTA Foundation introduces new 2021 Board officers
January 14, 2021
The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association Foundation began the new year with new officers at the helm. Theresa Belpulsi, Vice President of Tourism, Sports & Visitor Services for Destination DC, was named Chair of the board of directors; Maria Cuba, Global Diversity Lead for Airbnb’s Experiences platform; and Dougal Mckenzie, Head of Industry, Travel, at Google were appointed Co-Vice Chairs.
Tom Nichols, Vice President for Finance and Operations, Arcus Foundation; and Don Richardson, CFO for Brand USA, will serve as Co-Treasurers. Eddie Canaday, Director of Convention Sales, Washington D.C. area, Visit Salt Lake; and Scott Seed, Tourism & Hospitality Brand Marketing Consultant, will serve as Co-Secretaries.
Rioters outside the Capitol building carried Confederate flags. (Source: Getty Images).
Last week, in my first blog of 2021, I wrote: “The one phrase I kept hearing over the past few days was ‘good riddance to 2020, surely 2021 cannot be as bad a year as that.’ But, unfortunately, there’s a danger that could turn into meaningless rhetoric and wishful thinking if the many and various challenges ahead are not approached properly.”
Well, didn’t this week come back and bite us in no uncertain terms to prove my point, with the Capitol building in DC breached for the first time in over two centuries, since British troops set it on fire during the war of 1812.
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Connect Travel to co-locate several events around IPW 2021.
To take place on September
18-22 in Las Vegas, IPW 2021 will offer maximized value to attendees and provide travel marketers with cutting-edge tools and intelligence to promote their destinations and products in a post-COVID environment, thanks to the new partnership with Connect Travel.
As travel businesses evolve their promotion strategies to emerge from the global pandemic, the adjusted IPW format for 2021 will enable exhibitors to grow domestic visitation in addition to regaining their share of rebounding inbound travel all from one booth.
While IPW will continue to focus on its core global audience (international leisure and MICE buyers, receptive/inbound operators, OTAs and global e-commerce, and media), Connect Travel will bring its robust and targeted domestic event,