Tag: ITB Berlin 2018

Minister for Tourism, K J Alphons launched the latest video of Incredible India at the ITB Berlin 2018 on 7th March’18. The new film is titled ‘Yogi Of The Racetrack’ shows the effect of yoga and its techniques and how it can be related to even the toughest race positions. The Leela Kovalam, Dravidian Trails Holidays, The Travel Planners, Poovar Island Resorts, Nikki’s Nest, Alhind Tours and Travels, KTDC Hotels & Resorts, The Travancore Heritage, Abad Hotels & Resorts, Kumarakom Lake Resort, Sitaram Beach Retreat, Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolghatty, Xandari Resorts, and Ananda Lakshmi Ayurveda Retreat are the travel and ... Read more

It’s that time of the year for the travel and tourism industry players and professionals from every nook and corner of the world to hurry to the German capital of Berlin to participate in their dream get-together organised by Messe Berlin GmbH. The platform for this meeting is none other than the much talked about Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB Berlin), world’s largest tourism trade fair. As usual, this year too the event is attracting hundreds of thousands of exhibitors and participants. Around 10,000 tourism companies from 186 countries and regions are represented on an area covering 160,000-sq-m at the Messe ... Read more

Uckermark is the first region in Brandenburg to be designated a “Sustainable Destination”, and will be receiving the certificate from TourCert at ITB Berlin. One of the most attractive landscapes in Germany, Uckermark, is located in northern Brandenburg between the Oder and Havel rivers. For the past year, consultants from TourCert, a specialist in tourism sustainability certification, have been providing Tourismus Marketing Uckermark GmbH with professional advice in order to ensure the future viability of this region for tourism. Back in 2012/13 the support by numerous local players on the tourism market helped the region to win the first nationwide ... Read more

The tourism sector’s role and responsibility in contributing to sustainable development on a global scale was the central message delivered at the opening of the 2018 edition of the ITB Berlin travel trade show by Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Speaking in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tourism ministers from around the world and the leaders of the tourism sector, Pololikashvili stressed how tourism not only needs to consolidate current growth rates, but “to grow better”. Grand Finale of the opening ceremony In 2017, international tourist numbers grew a record 7 per cent to ... Read more