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WTM gathers expert panel to debate critical aviation issues and plot the sector's future


The small signs of economic recovery will undoubtedly be hotly debated during the World Travel Market 2009 Air Travel Programme.
The small signs of economic recovery will undoubtedly be hotly debated during the World Travel Market 2009 Air Travel Programme.
While figures from the International Air Transport Association showed losses of £3.9 billion for the first six months of the year, passenger and freight volumes saw some improvement in July with a 3% rise month-on-month.
The organisation, which represents 93% of international air traffic, has advised caution in terms of expectations of a quick recovery and against this backdrop WTM has brought industry leaders together to debate the challenges facing the sector. ....

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Two of tourism's most controversial issues at WTM London


The two flagship events at World Travel Market’s World Responsible Tourism Day programme, which takes place on Wednesday November 5 at WTM in Excel, London, will address two of the most controversi
The two flagship events at World Travel Market’s World Responsible Tourism Day programme, which takes place on Wednesday November 5 at WTM in Excel, London, will address two of the most controversial and challenging issues confronting the tourism industry today – wildlife poaching and child protection.
Regular host of World Responsible Tourism Day, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur, will open the day by interviewing co-founder of Wilderness Safaris Colin Bell, and CEO of conservation charity Tusk, Charlie Mayhew. They will discuss how Africa, the tourism industry and the world at large respond to a crisis that has already this year seen more than 618 rhino killed in South Africa. The figure is more than were poached in the Kruger Park, the epicentre of the problem, during th ....

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