Dec 19, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, Higher Education, International Students, Members, News, NWW-News, Tour Operators, Volunteer Travel
Interview with Shaik Shibli, Head of MarketingTell us your story. How did Eduvoyage get started?Eduvoyage is an ITL World Company, so perhaps I should start there. ITL World originated during the 1980s in Mumbai, India. Initially the company just comprised a handful...
Dec 11, 2019 | Language Travel, Members, News, Study Abroad
News WYSE Archives Report shows conversation skills preferred for English testing WYSE Travel Confederation hosts global events for the youth travel industry. Click the logos below to learn more. Press releaseGuilford, Connecticut, USAAcademic Language Solutions...
Nov 14, 2019 | GenZ Travellers, Higher Education, International Students, Language Travel, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Study Abroad, Youth Travel
News Have you signed up to one of our industry events yet? Click the logos to find out more. Interview with Demet Bağ, Educational Programs Coordinator Tell us your story. How did Santral get started?We started our business in 2017, after 12 years work experience in...
Nov 13, 2019 | Higher Education, International Students, Members, News, Study Abroad
News WYSE Travel Confederation hosts global events for the youth travel industry. Click the logos below to learn more. Press releaseBristol, UK – 13 November 2019 Following the summer announcement that Bristol International College will be opening its doors in August...
Oct 24, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, Destination development, GenZ Travellers, International Students, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Study Abroad, Volunteer Travel, Work and Travel
News WYSE Travel Confederation hosts global events for the youth travel industry. Click the logos below to learn more. Interview with Johann Besserer, PhD – Founder and Executive Director Tell us your story. How did Intercultural Outreach Initiative (IOI) get...
Oct 1, 2019 | Higher Education, International Students, Members, News, Study Abroad
News Welcome to our new member – IREX Interview with Louisa Manzeske, Senior Program OfficerTell us your story. How did IREX get started?For this, I’d like to give a brief overview of IREX’s history as an organization, and then tell you about a particular exchange...
Sep 18, 2019 | Alpha Travellers, GenZ Travellers, International Students, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Study Abroad, Youth Travel
News WYSE Archives Welcome to our new member – Envoys Interview with Seth Leighton, SVP, Education Tell us your story. How did Envoys get started?The founding team at Envoys met while studying at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where a common interest in...
Sep 5, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, International Students, Members, News, Study Abroad, Volunteer Travel, Work and Travel
News The tour operator Praktikawelten calls for climate protection Munich, Germany – September 1, 2019 Praktikawelten offers participants a very special initiative in September 2019. Instead of a personal discount, the tour operator donates € 50 to the tropical...
Aug 20, 2019 | GenZ Travellers, International Students, Language Travel, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Study Abroad, Work and Travel, Youth Travel
News 10 years ago, Tenerife Job Training was born with the aim of introducing the concept of Educational Tourism on the island of Tenerife, Spain. With more than 7 million international and national tourists on Tenerife in 2018, tourism is the motor of the economy of...
Jul 31, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, GenZ Travellers, International Students, Members, News, Study Abroad, Work and Travel, Youth Travel
News Leading global cultural exchange provider Alliance Abroad Group (AAG) announced today that its Australian division has been granted sponsorship status of the 407 training visa by the Department of Home Affairs.The Training Subclass 407 Visa is a short stay visa...
Jul 24, 2019 | Au Pair, Cultural Exchange, GenZ Travellers, International Students, Language Travel, Members, News, Study Abroad, Volunteer Travel, Work and Travel, Youth Travel
News Press releaseSan Rafael, CA, USA – 24 July 2019Winners have been selected representing 14 countries, including the USA, for the third edition of the annual Cultural Ambassador Award (CAA) organized by Cultural Homestay International (CHI). A group of 16 Cultural...
Jul 18, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, Study Abroad
News There has been a surge of tourism to South Korea in the last decade, largely thanks to the “Korean Wave” that has swept over the Western world. K-pop boyband BTS had the second and third worldwide best-selling albums in 2018 and have collaborated with the likes...
Jun 27, 2019 | GenZ Travellers, International Students, Language Travel, Members, News, Study Abroad, Youth Travel
News The current headquarters of Hispania, escuela de español is in a villa situated in Valencia’s university district, less than a 10-minute walk from the city centre. This villa is one of the aspects students appreciate the most during their stay. The school is part...
Jun 27, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, International Students, Members, News, Work and Travel
News Tell us your story. How did ISC-United get started?ISC-United started as a Work and Travel agency. The founder of ISC-United had worked for different companies dealing with students and international programmes and this gave him the idea to create an organisation...
Jun 20, 2019 | Flights, GenZ Travellers, International Students, Members, Millennial Travellers, News, Rail, Transportation, Youth Travel
News Press releaseLondon, UK – 13 June 2019StudentUniverse, the UK’s leading student and youth travel booking site, has announced the brand’s continued global growth, as it launches to the Australian market.In a bid to expand its online presence to a global audience,...
Jun 13, 2019 | Cultural Exchange, International Students, Members, News, SouthAfrica, Study Abroad, Work and Travel
News Press releaseCape Town, South Africa – 6 June 2019This innovative and impactful internship stimulates economic growth in South Africa whilst ensuring sustainable food sources for the futureInterns on this program support and incubate local entrepreneurs through...
Jun 4, 2019 | GenZ Travellers, International Students, Language Travel, Members, News, Study Abroad
News Press releaseDevon, UK – 4 June 2019English language provider TTPL has launched the UK’s first ever programme for students aged 14-18 to build confidence in English through video production, gaming and digital media. The innovative two week English language...
Apr 30, 2019 | Higher Education, International Students, Members, News, Study Abroad
News Press releaseStamford, CT, USA – 30 April 2019Stamford, CT – the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS), a global cultural and educational exchange organization headquartered in Stamford, CT has announced the acquisition of Global Experiences. Global...
Nov 19, 2018 | Higher Education, International Students, Language Travel, Study Abroad, Uncategorized
News Malta-based English language teaching chain EC is set to acquire Embassy English, the global English language teaching chain owned by Study Group, in one of the most significant ELT industry acquisitions of the last decade. The plan, which is subject to certain...
Sep 6, 2018 | Members
News Interview with Rinlapas Poosirivoraphan, Director Tell us your story. How did iHappy Education get started? I personally like to travel and have had the opportunity to travel to the US, including many US cities and states. So, I thought it could be a good...
Sep 6, 2018 | Members
News Interview with TAN HUI, Vice General Manager Tell us your story. How did Sichuan YZS Education Administration get started? My colleague and I have been working for international cultural exchange programs for over 20 years. We sent thousands of primary and middle...
Aug 29, 2018 | Higher Education, International Students, Members, Study Abroad, Uncategorized
News After two decades of campaigning, The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) of the Republic of South Africa has granted Education South Africa (EduSA) and its member schools recognition and formal accreditation as private colleges, enabling...
Jul 26, 2018 | Members
News Interview with Ian Carrick, Director Tell us your story. How did Sweet Chariot get started? For those of you in the know, our company started to focus on sport, particularly rugby. Sweet Chariot is the song England rugby supporters sing at matches. Rugby, and...
Jun 29, 2018 | Members
News Interview with Kim Carvajal, Co-Founder Tell us your story. How did Study Buddy Educational Tours get started? Study Buddy Tours was created by my mother-in-law, Nitz Carvajal, in 1995, to extend Outdoor Education in Vancouver to students in the Philippines, to...
Jun 28, 2018 | Members
News Interview with Wei Soong Wong, Director of Operations Tell us your story. How did Infinity Abroad get started? It all began with my very own J1 adventure. I joined Work & Travel USA back in 2011 with my buddy Favian, and we thought to ourselves – how can we...
Jun 28, 2018 | Exchange Visitor Program, Study Abroad
News This week the US Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban. This latest version of the ban includes seven countries: North Korea, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Venezuela. The most severe restrictions are levied against residents of the...
Jun 22, 2018 | International Students, Members, Study Abroad
News CIEE (Council On International Educational Exchange), an established non-profit study abroad and intercultural exchange organisation, has announced it is awarding $5.6 million in scholarships to help US high school students participate in life-changing study...
Jun 15, 2018 | International Students, Reports, Research, Study Abroad
News New data released by NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, has shown that the nearly 100,000 international students attending community colleges in the United States, during the 2016-2017 academic year, contributed up to $2.4 billion to the nation’s...
May 31, 2018 | Study Abroad
News Beginning 11 June, some Chinese students will face new visa restrictions while attending US universities. Chinese citizens are typically issued 5-year visas while studying in the United States. However, according to the Associated Press, the Trump administration...
Mar 16, 2018 | Cultural Exchange
News Two major US news organisations are reporting that the Trump administration is considering restrictions on visas for Chinese students and other citizens, as part of a forthcoming package of tariffs and investment restrictions against China. The Wall Street...
Mar 13, 2018 | International Students, Study Abroad
News A planned non-stop flight from Perth to India has been described as a future boon for Western Australia. State Tourism Minister Paul Papalia said India is his next ‘non-stop target’, revealing Tourism WA is currently negotiating with an Indian...
Feb 19, 2018 | Study Abroad
News In the 2018 edition of the Study.EU Country Ranking, Germany once more ranks as the most attractive country for international students, followed by the United Kingdom and France. Thirty European countries were ranked based on scores in three...
Jan 16, 2018 | UNWTO
News According to the latest figures released by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), international tourist arrivals grew by a remarkable 7% in 2017 to reach a total of 1,322 million. UNWTO said the strong momentum is expected to continue in 2018 at...
Nov 22, 2017 | International Students, Members
News Hardline Eurosceptics in the Tory Party—think John Redwood, Owen Paterson, Jacob Rees-Mogg—are increasingly talking up the “no deal” Brexit outcome. It wouldn’t be so bad, they say. Britain could muddle through. Actually, such an exit would be disastrous. While...
Nov 13, 2017 | Higher Education
News A new report finds that the number of new international students to US universities has fallen slightly. The decrease is the first in more than a decade. An economic analysis of the report has determined that spending by foreign students attending US universities...
Nov 13, 2017 | Study Abroad
News Australia’s international student intake hits record high Australia’s international student intake has hit a record high, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). As of 2017, Australia’s inbound education market is worth $28.6bn,...
Nov 7, 2017 | Study Abroad
News According to a recent Kaplan Test Prep survey of nearly 400 admissions officers from a diverse range of colleges and universities across the United States, 63 percent are concerned about a decline in international applicants becoming a nationwide trend*. But...
Nov 2, 2017 | Members
News A WYSE Travel Confederation member is working with a ensure students who go abroad develop skills for success in our globalised world. The new collaboration between Sentio Global Education Network, a not-for-profit subsidiary of AFS Intercultural Programs, and...
Oct 18, 2017 | Members, Study Abroad
News A popular gift for US high school graduates is the Dr. Seuss book, “Oh the Places You’ll Go.” However, it turns out most US college students stick relatively close to home. Only 10 percent of US college students graduate with international experience, despite...
Oct 10, 2017 | Higher Education, Study Abroad
News As a junior at Howard University, Savannah Bowen left Washington, D.C., to study at the Sorbonne in Paris for the spring semester. Her experiences in France have since become an invaluable reference point when mapping out her career. “I’ve learned a lot about...
