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LGBT+ community: “We are part of everyday society“
LGBT+ Leadership Summit at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention discusses achievements – and the work still ahead
There was still considerable discrimination in everyday life, at the workplace and on trips to many places around the world, including Europe, he said. All those taking part in the discussion concluded that it had to become easier to out oneself at the workplace. Ultimately, companies were a mirror image of society.
Passionate about open borders
Tourism professionals from Spain and Austria use the ITB Berlin NOW Convention to call for a shared European way out of the crisis
What is the future of tourism in Europe? At the ITB Berlin NOW Convention a passionate appeal was made by Norbert Kettner, managing director of the Vienna Tourist Board, and Arturo Ortiz Arduan, director Turespaña Deutschland, for European cooperation and open borders.
Georgia: where God sends guests
The country is presenting its amazing wide range of attractions at ITB Berlin NOW
From its mountain peaks to the Black Sea coast, Georgia has an amazingly wide range of climate zones, flora and fauna and all kinds of culinary specialities including famous Georgian wine to offer. At ITB Berlin NOW, this year’s Adventure & Sustainability partner is showing more and more new aspects of the country.
Meaningful encounters instead of mass tourism
Experts at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention sketch out city tours of the future
It will be necessary to re-invent city tours following the coronavirus pandemic. In so doing there will be important roles for digitalisation and quality – whereby the word ‘quality‘ should also be seen in the context of significance and reason. This was one of the primary statements by participants in a panel discussion at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention.
Hoteliers’ debate: will sustainability certification increase turnover?
Panel discussion at ITB Berlin NOW shows that business and eco-awareness can be combined
Are visitors’ demands on hotels changing, and can practising eco-awareness improve business? This was the topic that a panel discussion attended by ITB Berlin, Fachhochschule des Mittelstands and the InfraCert Institute for Sustainable Development in the Hotel Industry examined at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention.
Promoting Abu Dhabi with security and snow
HE Ali Hassan Al Shaiba presents an ambitious 10-year concept at ITB Berlin NOW
The capital of the United Arab Emirateshas already made a new start as a tourism destination. During the pandemic it has also used the time to draw up a tourism development plan for the period up to 2030.
No masks when rafting
At ITB Berlin NOW the Adventure Travel Trade Association ATTA presented uniform coronavirus guidelines
The Adventure Travel Trade Association ATTA has put together detailed coronavirus safety guidelines for wildlife, sports and adventure tour operators and presented them at ITB Berlin NOW.
Australia has everything to soothe travellers’ souls
Tourism Australia at ITB Berlin NOW: no borders to open yet
Australia has been doubly hit by the pandemic. In early 2020 the country suffered the worst bushfires in its history. As the nation began to recover, Covid-19 spread across the world. Over the last year, the tourism industry in the southern Pacific has more or less come to a standstill.
Hohe Tauern: In close contact with nature
New hiking routes presented at ITB Berlin NOW: On the same level as Austria’s highest mountains
“Thirteen valleys are strung out like pearls on a necklace in our national park”, was the proud claim made at ITB Berlin NOW by Roland Rauch, general manager of a holiday region, the Hohe Tauern national park. In May 2021 the Hohe Tauern national park acquires a new hiking route, the Hohe Tauern Panorama Trail, stretching for more than 150 kilometres.
Statement on behalf of human rights
Managers at ITB Berlin NOW call for open LGBT+-friendliness
There are two reasons why the worldwide LGBT+ community will be able to breathe more easily following the pandemic: Tourism suppliers will be expected to make use of a new openness in this respect, to openly acknowledge this group of people, and thus to embrace human rights as well, suggested the participants in the round table at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention.
Beijing is focusing on domestic tourism
The Chinese capital is presenting restructured tourism products at ITB Berlin NOW
Since the coronavirus pandemic Beijing has completely restructured its tourism products. Its main focus is on domestic tourism, explained Wei Pang, deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, at ITB Berlin NOW.
Phocuswright takes a look into the future
Expert Charuta Fadnis provides insights into market research findings and technological trends at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention
When can the tourism sector be expected to recover? In their investigations into this question the market researchers from Phocuswright have produced some findings that differ widely from one country and region to another.
Now it comes down to prevention
Expert discuss resilience at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention
A lasting recovery, and not only by the tourism industry, depends to a decisive extent on prevention if damage caused by the virus on a massive, global scale is to be avoided. This was unanimously agreed by the government representatives and experts who took part in a panel discussion at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention on the subject of resilience.
Data protection in the smart travel chain
ITB Berlin NOW discusses the disclosure of health data
The new relevance of heath data has given even greater topicality to the subject of data protection in the smart travel chain. In summing up the situation, data experts at ITB Berlin NOW decided that not all the answers have yet been found.
The pandemic as a wake-up call
Experts at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention advise tourism businesses to adopt strategic personnel management
Studying tourism online – is it effective? The reply from three tourism professors at the ITB Berlin NOW Convention on Thursday was ambivalent.
