All current Media Information – including top quality photo material – is freely available for downloading.


World Tourism Forum Lucerne and Deutsche Hospitality team up on New Generation focus
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

As part of the 2017 "Next Generation Competition", international tourism CEOs and their young top talents will meet up in central Switzerland in May with other leading like-minded professionals from the industry. The global gathering will take place on the eve of the 5th World Tourism Forum Lucerne. The aim (in cooperation with Next Generation partner Deutsche Hospitality) is to encourage multi-generational cross-sectorial exchange and lay a firm career foundation for the next generation of senior managers.



Sustainable tourism as an interesting market niche
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

Holidaymakers generally favour the idea of sustainable travel, but are not willing to pay significantly more for a “sustainable” holiday. This finding was confirmed in a study conducted by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in preparation for the World Tourism Forum Lucerne 2011. The study is based on the responses of nearly 5,000 Swiss customers of the travel operator Kuoni.


Spirit of optimism at World Tourism Forum Lucerne
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

The second World Tourism Forum Lucerne – dedicated to the topic “Sustainability in tourism: Challenges, pathways and intelligent business models” and attended by 230 participants from around the world – drew to a close at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. Besides a series of keynote addresses, the Forum centred on numerous interactive workshops, breakout sessions and a World Café, not to mention networking events at the highest level held throughout the three days. “We saw that it is essential for all stakeholders to work together if we’re going to make any decisive progress in the areas of sustainability and talent management”, concludes Martin Barth, General Manager of World Tourism Forum Lucerne. The event attracted 230 decision-makers from 30 countries to Lucerne, clearly surpassing the number and the importance of participants of the first event in 2009. The three-day Forum offered a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in tourism.

 


Second World Tourism Forum Lucerne opens its doors
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

The second World Tourism Forum Lucerne got under way this afternoon with an opening event hosted by its General Manager, Prof. Martin Barth. The three-day international summit is fully dedicated to the topic “Sustainability in tourism: Challenges, pathways and intelligent business models” and 230 members from 30 countries have travelled to Lucerne to participate.


World Tourism Forum Lucerne is dedicated to sustainability
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

World Tourism Forum Lucerne, will take place on 13-15 April 2011. This year topic is “Sustainability in tourism: Challenges, pathways and intelligent business models”. It is of special importance in view of the current situation in Japan and the Middle East. With registrations by 220 participants from 25 countries, the Forum already now promises to be well attended.


Sustainability in tourism as market opportunity
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

The topic of sustainability plays a minor role when people select a holiday destination or book a trip. Nevertheless, sustainable tourism can be an incentive for a particular client segment in future and therefore constitutes a market gap. These are the findings from a study conducted by Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in preparation for Word Tourism Forum Lucerne 2011.


Promotion of young talent at the World Tourism Forum Lucerne
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

World Tourism Forum Lucerne is scheduled to take place for the second time at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne from 13-15 April 2011. With its select group of participants and renowned speakers from the international tourism scene, the Forum offers CEOs as well as young talents a unique opportunity to discuss the very latest global developments and challenges affecting the industry and to further expand their network of contacts.


Second World Tourism Forum Lucerne, 13–15 April 2011
World Tourism Forum Lucerne,

World Tourism Forum Lucerne is scheduled to take place for the second time at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne from 13–15 April 2011. Since its successful start in 2009, the Forum has gained the status of a major summit of the international tourism industry. So far, numerous prominent speakers from Switzerland and abroad have agreed to participate in the event, where they will engage in a solution-oriented dialogue on the challenges facing the tourism industry in the coming decade.


loading...
FEINHEIT Grafik Zürich – CI/CD, Webdesign, Flash, Webshop, XHTML/CSS