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Generator's Carl Michel shares his tips on how to engage millennial travellers

Oct 29, 2014 | Members, Millennial Travellers

With ‘millennials’ very much front of mind for all those involved in the youth travel business, this year’s seminar on how to keep these young consumers close proved an invaluable session for WYSTC delegates. We caught up with Carl Michel, Executive Chairman of...

Leading players in the youth travel industry celebrated at Global Youth Travel Awards 2014 ceremony

Sep 27, 2014 | Youth Travel

The winners of the Global Youth Travel Awards 2014 – sponsored by Else Globe – were announced last night during the concluding event of the 23rd World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Conference. Over 500 industry professionals gathered on at...

Travel Weekly: Hiring young travel agents begets young clients

Jul 18, 2014 | Reports, Youth Travel

Anecdotal evidence suggests that agencies investing in attracting young recruits reap a twofold benefit: a younger workforce that, in turn, attracts a younger clientele. But Jay Johnson, president of Coastline Travel Advisors, a Virtuoso agency in Garden Grove,...

WYSE Travel Confederation signs Memorandum of Understanding with UNWTO to further support youth, student and educational travel

Jul 4, 2014 | UNWTO, Youth Travel

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) have formed a strategic partnership to further support and advance the youth, student and educational travel market, worth USD 182 billion in...

Travel Daily: It’s time to wake up to the power of youth travel

May 12, 2014 | Members, Reports, Youth Travel

This month WYSE Travel Confederation’s Director General, David Chapman was invited by trade e-magazine Travel Daily UK to give his thoughts on the importance of the youth travel. In his guest column he discusses how a sector that generates over US$200 billion...

New partnership with Digital Tourism Think Tank to promote digital marketing best practice across the global youth and student travel industry

May 7, 2014 | Members, Partners, Youth Travel

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Digital Tourism Think Tank. As experts in digital marketing best practice, the Digital Tourism Think Tank has established itself as an invaluable...