World Travel Market news

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced that Jeremy Jauncey, founder and CEO of Beautiful Destinations, will keynote its 17th-annual event taking place in Doha, ... More

Industry thought leader and consultant Mia Kyricos has been recognised for her contributions to hospitality and wellness with The Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award. Presented by ... More

Thermal wellbeing organisation and developer Therme Group has partnered with the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) to create a year-round wellbeing destination in the South ... More

Mia Kyricos, senior vice president and global head of wellbeing for Hyatt, has received a second award in as many months recognising her contributions to ... More

Mia Kyricos, senior vice president and global head of wellbeing for Hyatt Hotels, was presented with the Leading Woman in Wellness award at the Global ... More

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is to work with real-world games developer Niantic in a bid to enhance sustainable global tourism. Niantic’s games – which ... More

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) hosted this year’s Minister’s Summit at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London yesterday (6 November 2018) on the topic ... More

International hotel group Hyatt Hotels Corporation has selected Mia Kyricos as its senior vice president, global head of wellbeing. In this newly created position, Kyricos ... More

Research expert Tonia Callender has joined the nonprofit Global Wellness Institute (GWI) as a research fellow. In the newly created position, Callender will work alongside ... More

The agenda for the 2018 Arabian Travel Market’s Spa and Wellness Symposium is set, and the Global Wellness Institute-organised event will feature 16 tourism and ... More

A new not-for-profit business has been created to be the voice of the wellness travel industry, and to create more networking, education and marketing opportunities. ... More

London’s position in the global city destination rankings is set to fall over the next seven years, slipping from third to sixth, according to a ... More

The wellness travel market will continue the dramatic change seen over the last decade, according to Stella Photi, founder of Wellbeing Escapes. Photi spoke at ... More

The future of wellness travel and how to gain a competitive edge within the booming sector will feature heavily at this year’s Wellness Travel Symposium ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has confirmed details of the Wellness Travel Symposium (WTS), taking place in London, UK, in November. Held on 6 and ... More

Predictions of a fall in visitors to the US following the election of Donald Trump have become a reality, with a decline of nearly 700,000 ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has announced its curated agenda for the Wellness Travel Symposium, taking place during World Travel Market’s Arabian Travel Market from ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has entered into a strategic partnership with the World Travel Market, which will include the GWI organising wellness symposiums for ... More

US President Donald Trump’s highly-controversial travel ban has caused a 6.5 per cent drop globally in flight bookings to the US, a move which could ... More

Spafinder Wellness has announced it has been acquired by Blackhawk Network, the global gift card distributor. The two companies traded together before the buyout, with ... More

Andrew Barnard, executive director of Saint Lucia-based wellness resort BodyHoliday, spoke on a panel at the World Travel Market in London this week to discuss ... More

A panel at the World Travel Market in London earlier this week – part of the Wellness Travel Symposium hosted by the Global Wellness Institute ... More

Spafinder Wellness has announced the winners of the 2016 Wellness Travel Awards at an event at the World Travel Market in London. Spafinder Wellness CEO ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has released new data showing that international wellness tourism revenues have been growing at a significantly faster clip – 20 ... More

Analysts have predicted that a Donald Trump win in today’s (8 November) US Presidential election would have a similar effect to the UK’s Brexit vote, ... More