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Welcome to our new member – American Tour Guide Association

Welcome to our new member – American Tour Guide Association

Interview with Paula Reynolds, President Tell us your story. How did American Tour Guide Association get started? American Tour Guide Association started with a vision to create experiences rather than itineraries. Spending many hours on the road with travellers, I...
Miami: Hostels’ next hot spot?

Miami: Hostels’ next hot spot?

News By Kelsey Fenerty, STRMIAMI – Despite the hostel industry’s ongoing evolution toward more stylish and sophisticated offerings that appeal to travelers of every ilk, the youth traveler – ­whether backpacker or gap year student – remains an important demand-driver...
Tour the World Campaign

Tour the World Campaign

News TourRadar, the world’s largest online travel agency for multi-day tours, is searching for two complete strangers to go on the trip of a lifetime as part of its Tour the World campaign. These two participants will travel across the globe together, participating in...
Welcome to our newest member – iHappy Education

Welcome to our newest member – iHappy Education

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...
Welcome to our newest member – Infinity Abroad

Welcome to our newest member – Infinity Abroad

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...
New York City sets tourism records in 2017

New York City sets tourism records in 2017

News Have you signed up to one of our industry events yet? Click the logos to find out more. New York City welcomed 13.1 million international visitors in 2017, an all-time high. In total, 62.8 million tourists arrived in the city last year, a growth of nearly four...
TourRadar expands their focus in the Americas

TourRadar expands their focus in the Americas

News Since TourRadar expanded to North America, opening the Toronto office in 2015, the region is now the biggest and fastest growing market for the company. The WYSE Travel Confederation member said that most recently their business development team has more than...
Will US Restrict Visas for Chinese Students?

Will US Restrict Visas for Chinese Students?

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...
It’s time to elevate travel as citizen diplomacy

It’s time to elevate travel as citizen diplomacy

News By Russ Hedge, CEO, Hostelling International USA   It’s called citizen diplomacy, and in these days of numbing public rhetoric, it’s the right time for individual Americans to actively embrace it. Citizen diplomacy means that an individual has the right,...
Eliminating international youth from US summer work programmes a 'serious mistake' says CENET

New York City and Mexico City partner to boost tourism

New York City tourism officials are making sure tourists from Mexico know they’re still welcome in the Big Apple. Representatives from Mexico City’s Ministry of Tourism and NYC & Company, the City’s official destination marketing organization, have...
Eliminating international youth from US summer work programmes a 'serious mistake' says CENET

Newly appointed U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Assistant Secretary Keri Lowry to attend the 2016 World Youth and Student Travel Conference in Belgrade, Serbia

WYSE Travel Confederation is delighted to announce that U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Assistant Secretary Keri Lowry will be attending WYSTC this year in Belgrade, Serbia 20-23 September. Keri Lowry is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Private Sector Exchanges,...