The Future of Travel and Tourism

Re-purpose businesses - for safety and sustainability.

The vast majority of businesses globally that depend on tourism and travel are desperate to reopen and begin operating under the “new normal”. organised by the International Tourism and Investment Conference (ITIC)

Thus, this Virtual Summit yesterday, on June 10, 2020.

It brought together experts from the health sector, government ministers, policy makers and tourism leaders from the travel and tourism sector connecting them with investors, investment bankers and private equity firms to discuss and consider financial solutions and preparedness to reopen the tourism industry for a better future.

Inspiring talks were given by Dr. Taleb Rifai ( linkedin.com/in/taleb-rifai-013084a0 Chairman ITIC) Simon Press ( https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/simon-press-a6270b6/ WTM London) and many others, and superbly moderated by the BBC’s Rajan Datar (https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/rajan-datar-aa47bb20/).

Look out at ITIC to see it later.

Invest in Eco-lodges and tourist supply chains – NOT 5 star hotels, was one message!

A key new bit of information (from Gerald Lawless https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/gerald-lawless-1b85501b/) was on the establishment of the “Wild Atlantic way” and how it breathed ecocomic life into forgotten villages and tiny businesses along Ireland’s west coast. it is innovations such as this, that will help compile the 'new normal' for the tourism industry. Informative and Inspiring – watch!