With youth travel high on the agenda for Fáilte Ireland, the country's national tourism board, the fun, friendly city of Dublin will be the stage for the world's essential
youth travel industry event in 2014.
Just some of the speakers and presentations during the 4 - day event - which brings together over 700 delegates and 400 organizations from the international
youth travel industry - include:
Steve Lowy, founder of umi hotels and one of the judges, said, «It's inspiring that so many businesses of different sizes have gone into this online sphere, and it shows that
the youth travel industry is at the forefront of travel technology.»
Earlier this year, the World Youth & Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) launched its first annual global App Yap Contest to find the best app in
the youth travel industry that helps young travelers in their journeys, from inspiration to planning to saving memories.
In order to find the best app in
the youth travel industry, the apps were judged on elements such as:
WYSTC will be celebrating its 21st anniversary in 2012 and the conference remains the only one of its kind as it is specific to the US$ 165 billion
youth travel industry, bringing together over 450 organisations and 800 participants from 80 countries.
Attendees include hundreds of senior - level decision makers from all aspects of
the youth travel industry
Attendees include hundreds of senior - level decision makers from all aspects of
the youth travel industry: education, study abroad, language, work abroad, volunteering, internships, cultural exchange, accommodation and more.
Not exact matches
WYSTC is the only international event that focuses on the entire
youth, student and educational
travel industry.
Youth travel is such an important sector for the
industry as a whole.
«The British
Youth Travel awards represent the pinnacle of our
industry and so we're delighted to be nominated as a finalist for the Best Customer Service category.
The British
Youth Travel Awards are co-ordinated by BETA reward and celebrate the excellent work and high standards that our members and
industry stakeholders demonstrate through their work year on year.
The conference will also see the publication of the highly anticipated New Horizon's III research on Friday, the
industry's largest ever survey into
youth and student
travel.
Throughout the entire conference there will be
industry think tanks and tech tables lead by the best of the
youth and
travel industry.
The conference opened today with remarks from David Chapman, Director General, WYSE
Travel Confederation: «The youth and student travel industry is going through an incredibly exciting evolution and the diversity of delegates we have attending reflects just how much the sector has gained global reach and established itself firmly as a strong sector in the greater travel industry.&
Travel Confederation: «The
youth and student
travel industry is going through an incredibly exciting evolution and the diversity of delegates we have attending reflects just how much the sector has gained global reach and established itself firmly as a strong sector in the greater travel industry.&
travel industry is going through an incredibly exciting evolution and the diversity of delegates we have attending reflects just how much the sector has gained global reach and established itself firmly as a strong sector in the greater
travel industry.&
travel industry.»
Tourism Australia Managing Director, Andrew McEvoy and ATEC Managing Director, Felicia Mariani, today congratulated Sydney on becoming the host city for next year's World
Youth & Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) which will bring the international youth tourism industry right to the door of Australian suppl
Youth & Student
Travel Conference (WYSTC) which will bring the international
youth tourism industry right to the door of Australian suppl
youth tourism
industry right to the door of Australian suppliers.
Leo Varadka said «As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I am responsible for supporting the growth of a competitive and sustainable tourism
industry and I am, therefore, delighted to support Dublin in its bid to host the World
Youth Student
Travel Conference at the Convention Centre Dublin in 2014.»
WYSTC, the annual conference of the global
youth tourism
industry, held this year in San Diego, California, was off to an incredible start yesterday with three key speakers highlighting how
youth travel is revitalizing the global economy.
For those of us in the
youth and student tourism
industry, we see how vital young people are to the tourism sector, and how vital tourism is to young people,» said WYSE
Travel Confederation Director General Espen Falkenhaug, «Tourism is one of the world's most promising drivers of economic growth, and considering the numbers,
youth tourism is even more so.
For example, CNBC reports
youth sports tourism — the
travel related to your child's sporting events — is a $ 7 billion a year
industry.
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