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WYSE Travel Confederation announces 2018 Global Youth Travel Award winners

Outstanding contributors in the youth and student travel industry were celebrated on Friday, 21 September during the 2018 Global Youth Travel Awards (GYTA). Winners of the 14 GYTA award...

September 22, 2018
Youth and student travel takes center stage in Edinburgh during the Year of Young People

The 27th World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) is bringing the top buying and selling organisations from across the globe and from all aspects of youth and student...

August 28, 2018
Digital nomads – the next darling of tourism destinations worldwide?

Millennials exit stage left, a new character is taking the travel industry spotlight. With laptop in hand and only the essentials on the back, this traveller is partial to...

August 13, 2018
Six millennial and gen Z travel trends we are tracking in New Horizons IV

Are millennials killing the chain restaurant industry? How can the housing market compete with millennials’ love of avocado toast? Will face-to-face communication go the way of the landline in...

July 30, 2018
WYSE Travel Confederation offers sneak peek into the travel industry’s most comprehensive youth travel market report

On June 25, 2018, WYSE Travel Confederation will offer a look into New Horizons IV: A global study of the youth and student traveller.

June 11, 2018
Millennial and GenZ travellers spending more, experiencing life as a local

Forget clubbing, couch-surfing, and selfie sticks. The 2018 ITB Berlin Youth Travel Hall (4.1) showed off what the youth travel market is really about - experiential and immersive travel...

March 9, 2018
Attracting Millennials and Gen Z with more than just free wifi and avocado toast

The survey found that the most important travel motivations for 18 to 35-year-olds relate to desires to experience destinations and their cultures and increase their self-knowledge. More traditional holiday...

March 6, 2018
OTAs capture most young traveller accommodation bookings

Sixty-seven percent of young travellers choose to book their accommodation via Online Travel Agents (OTAs) and other intermediaries rather than direct with the accommodation provider, according to a recent...

January 25, 2018
WYSE Travel Confederation welcomes Tourism Australia as sponsor of the 2018 WYSE Exchange Australia Youth Tourism Conference

Tourism Australia announced as sponsor of the 2018 WYSE Exchange Australia Youth Tourism Conference.

January 11, 2018
MEININGER partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation announces its partnership with MEININGER for the only recurring global study of youth and student travel, New Horizons. MEININGER is offering a...

October 24, 2017
Vagaband partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation announces its partnership with Vagaband for the only recurring global study of youth and student travel, New Horizons. Vagaband will...

October 17, 2017
WYSE Travel Confederation announces 2017 Global Youth Travel Award winners

Outstanding contributors in the youth and student travel industry were celebrated on Thursday, 28 September during the 2017 Global Youth Travel Awards (GYTA). Winners of the 14 GYTA award...

September 28, 2017
More than 500 travel professionals to arrive in Montreal, Canada for three days of trade and networking at WYSTC 2017

WYSTC 2017 will host some of the world's most important buyers and sellers of youth tourism travel products and services.

August 16, 2017
Hostelling International partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is pleased to announce Hostelling International (HI) as a new partner of its global study of youth and student travel,...

July 10, 2017
EXIT Festival partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of Youth Travel

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is pleased to announce its partnership with EXIT Festival of Novi Sad, Serbia for the only recurring global study of...

June 27, 2017
Fourth New Horizons survey on global youth travel to be launched

New Horizons is the only recurring global survey of the youth travel segment. The aim of the study is to provide a global overview of the youth and student...

April 6, 2017
Emirates partners with WYSE Travel Confederation on global study of youth travel market

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is pleased to announce Emirates as a new partner of its global study of youth and student travel, New Horizons.

March 30, 2017
IAPA Au Pair of the Year 2016 winner announced - high above the Atlanta skyline!

A heart-warming cultural exchange success story was revealed at the WETM-IAC 2016 Celebration Dinner, amidst stunning views of the Atlanta, Georgia skyline.

March 24, 2016
Introducing the inaugural STAY WYSE conference, the new business conference for hostels

The STAY WYSE Conference, which will take place from 28 – 29 January, 2016 in Amsterdam, will offer hostel operators and other travel accommodation providers the opportunity to meet...

November 5, 2015
Leading players in the youth, student and educational travel industry celebrated at the Global Youth Travel Awards 2015

The winners of the Global Youth Travel Awards 2015 – sponsored by Else Globe – were announced in Cape Town tonight during the concluding event of this year’s World...

September 25, 2015
Registration opens for the World Youth and Student Travel Conference - WYSTC 2015 - in Cape Town, South Africa

The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation has opened registration for this year’s World Youth and Student Travel Conference - WYSTC 2015.

May 13, 2015

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