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STA Travel expands to 54 stores with three new openings

Oct 7, 2015 | Members, Tour Operators

Youth travel group and WYSE Travel Confederation member STA Travel has expanded its UK retail presence to 54 stores following the opening of three new branches. Outlets in Swansea and Milton Keynes followed the opening of a store in the Bluewater retail complex in...

Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels to open in Budapest

Oct 6, 2015 | Accommodation, Members

Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels will open a hotel in Budapest located in the immediate vicinity of the city centre on Csarnok tér, next to the Great Market Hall. The 184-room and 751-bed hotel is scheduled to open in spring 2018. The hotel, which will be newly...

TravelStarter Partners With Lonely Planet to launch the Dream Project

Oct 5, 2015 | Members

TravelStarter has launched the Dream Project competition in association with Lonely Planet. The Dream Project competition hopes to help inspire tourism professionals and businesses across the globe to innovate tourism. The winner of the competition will be awarded...

G Adventures and National Geographic partner to offer new line of travel experiences

Sep 30, 2015 | Members

National Geographic and award-winning Canadian tour operator G Adventures have joined forces to launch National Geographic Journeys with G Adventures, a new line of experiential trips to destinations all over the globe. With similar core values, an aligned sense of...

WYSE Travel Confederation joins the UNWTO Affiliate Members Board as youth traveller numbers increase

Sep 23, 2015 | Members, Partners, UNWTO, Youth Travel

Youth travel is growing year on year, faster than traditional tourism and WYSE Travel Confederation is proud to be the voice of this thriving travel and tourism sector on the UNWTO Affiliates Board. WYSE Travel Confederation Director General David Chapman said; “Our...

Contiki finds currency fall fails to squash youth travel bug

Sep 21, 2015 | Members, Millennial Travellers, Youth Travel

Younger travellers are unlikely to change their plans to head overseas as a result of the fall in the Australian dollar because of their burning desire to travel, Contiki chief executive Casper Urhammer says. “Young people want to travel and they are quite...