Monga chochitika chotsogola padziko lonse lapansi pamakampani oyendayenda, WTM London imatha kulumikiza ogula ndi ogulitsa kuchokera kumakampani ena ofunikira apaulendo omwe sadziwika bwino ku Europe. Peng Peng, wamkulu wa matikiti a ndege ku Tuniu.com, wothandizira pa intaneti wamkulu wachitatu ku China, ndi Yogesh Mehta, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamahotelo a via.com, nsanja yaukadaulo yomwe imathandizira othandizira oyenda osagwiritsa ntchito intaneti pafupifupi 60,000 ku India, anali kutenga nawo gawo paulendowu. nthawi yoyamba.
Okhazikika akuphatikizapo Roseanne Twigg, katswiri wazogulitsa zinthu ku Australia's TripaDeal, yemwe adalumikizana ndi ogulitsa paulendo wake wamagulu, mabizinesi opangidwa mwaluso. Anati [kulumikizana mwachangu] kumandithandiza kudziwa bwino yemwe ali kunjako, zomwe amapereka komanso zomwe akukonzekera.
Miroslav Mihajlovic, woyang'anira malonda, Mtours, Slovenia, wochita nawo nthawi zonse, adati:
"Nthawi zonse ndimabwera ndi olumikizana nawo ochepa omwe nditha kuwatsata pambuyo pake" pomwe Prajakta Marwaha, woyambitsa komanso director, The Indian Journey, adati "Ndakhala ndikukumana ndi oyendera alendo, ma DMC, ndi malo osungiramo zinthu zakale… ndakonza misonkhano yambiri. ndipo ndipeza bizinesi yabwino."
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.
Kountoura adauza msonkhano wodzaza ndi atolankhani kuti dziko la Greece likuyesera kukhala malo opitako chaka chonse, ndi nthawi yopumira m'mizinda ndi malo otsetsereka awiri omwe amatha kukopa alendo kunja kwa nthawi yake yapamwamba.
India ikufunanso kuyikanso zopatsa zake zokopa alendo. Vinod Zutshi, Secretary, Minister for Tourism India, adati boma lake likuyika patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo poika ndalama m'maboma kuti athe kuwongolera mabizinesi okopa alendo kuchokera kumakampani azinsinsi.
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.
Ndipo mu gawo lina, mabwana awiri akuluakulu a ndege - Willie Walsh, wamkulu wa International Airlines Group ndi purezidenti wa Emirates Tim Clark - adanena kuti mgwirizano wa ndege ukhoza kukhala chinthu chakale.
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”.
Pazakulitsidwa kwa Heathrow, Walsh adati: "Palibe njira padziko lapansi yomwe ingavomereze ndalama zokwana $ 17.6 biliyoni momwe zidzagwiritsire ntchito."
Kwina kulikonse, mkangano wapadera pa Brexit unayang'ana pa ufulu woyenda wa anthu. Andrew Swaffield, Chief Executive, Monarch Airlines, adati: "Tikufuna kumveka bwino pakuyenda kwaufulu kwa anthu, ndipo tikufunika kumveka mwachangu kwambiri".
Terry Williamson, Chief Executive, JacTravel adayika Brexit kuti: "Ndakhala ndikugulitsa zaka 30 - iyi ndi imodzi mwamakampani olimba, zovuta zilizonse zomwe zingachitike."
Kulimba mtima kwamakampaniwo kudawunikiridwa ndi wolemba maulendo a Doug Langsky. Poyang'ana pakusaka kwa hotelo ku Paris, Brussels ndi Orlando, adapeza kuti zidatenga miyezi iwiri kapena itatu kuti chidwi chibwerere kuzomwe zidachitika kale komanso nthawi zina mpaka milungu itatu. "Tikuyamba kukhumudwa chifukwa cha mantha ... kubwereranso mwachangu," adatero.
A Lansky adanenanso kuti kopita kumafunikira dongosolo lavutoli lisanachitike, ndikuti njira imodzi yothandiza ndiyo kudziwa komwe misika ndi "yolimba mtima" ndikupereka zotsatsa kumalo awa.
Nthawi ya Brexit sichidziwikanso ndipo palinso zinthu zina zazitali zomwe makampani oyendayenda ayenera kuziganizira. Brian Solis wa Futurist adauza omwe adapezeka pa WTM Leaders Lunch kuti adziwe "m'badwo C" - ogula omwe amakhala "moyo wokangalika, wa digito". Vuto limodzi lomwe gululi limapereka ndikuti sagwirizana ndi zaka: “[M'badwo C] amawonetsa makhalidwe ofanana omwe amapita m'magulu osiyanasiyana ...
Kwina konse, tsiku lotsegulira la WTM London 2016 lidawona msonkhano woyamba wa Global Sports Tourism Summit. Opambana anali Glasgow, London ndi USA.
WTM London ndi chochitika chomwe makampani oyendayenda ndi zokopa alendo amachita bizinesi yake. Ogula ochokera ku WTM Buyers' Club ali ndi udindo wogula wokwana $22.6 biliyoni (£15.8bn) ndi kusaina mapangano pamwambowo wamtengo wapatali $3.6 biliyoni (£2.5bn).
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