Tag: World Travel and Tourism Council

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has urged governments around the world to provide financial help to millions working in the tourism sector who are facing tremendous economic difficulties. Governments must extend vital, interest free loans to global travel and tourism companies as well as the numerous small and medium sized businesses as a stimulus. All government taxes, dues and financial demands on the travel sector need to be waived with immediate effect at least for next 12 months, WTTC stated in its letter. “We urge every government to take drastic and decisive action to preserve and protect the ... Read more

Lemon Tree Hotels has bagged the prestigious Investing in People Award at the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Awards 2019. The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced the 2019 leaders in sustainable tourism at the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards ceremony. The awards, now in their 15th year, took place at a special ceremony during the WTTC Global Summit in Seville, Spain, to celebrate inspirational, world-changing tourism initiatives from around the globe. Lemon Tree Hotels is an equal opportunity employer and actively invites job applications from people with disabilities. “The company ethos is that persons with disabilities must be provided the ... Read more

  Pansy Ho, group executive chairman and managing director of Shun Tak Holdings, and co-chairperson and executive director of MGM China Holdings, has been appointed by the United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation as a Tourism Ambassador, on making her the first ever ambassador in the region. Ho will be promoting global tourism development alongside other appointed Tourism Ambassadors, in her role as UNWTO Tourism Ambassador. Ho has been given the title for her contributions in promoting regional and global tourism cooperation and sustainable tourism. She currently oversees the Global Tourism Economy Research Center, which was created in 2011. She is ... Read more