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Policy and Positioning Issue Highlights from World Travel Market

The World Travel Market (WTM) finished last week with almost 48,000 senior travel industry professionals,...
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Asian Travel Booming — up 6% 2011

ITB Berlin and IPK International just reported that Asian travel for 2011 was up by...
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China Outbound – in hot pursuit!

Tapping the Chinese outbound market has become a top priority for many destinations. Not surprising,...
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The Noguchi Museum appoints Kenneth Wayne Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs

[This is a more personal post — a press release about my brother, Ken and...
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Where and When do Chinese Travel Outside China?

Where and When do Chinese Travel Outside China?中国游客出境游的目的地和时间选择 By Scott Wayne and Anna Xie 斯科特.韦恩和谢安娜 According...
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Successful Domestic Tourism Strategy – Scotland 2011

Oxford, UK-based IEWY News just reported that Scotland has seen “a six per cent increase...
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ASEAN Tourism Country Reports and Presentations 2011

Imtiaz Muqbil, Editor and Publisher of the Travel Impact Newswire just posted the following set...
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A New Destination for Rwanda — Nyungwe National Park

In preparation for ITB Berlin, SW Associates worked through the USAID-sponsored Nyungwe Nziza project to...
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Thousand Hills Trail Launched in Rwanda

The Trail begins on the shores of Lake Kivu along the western edge of Rwanda...
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Flying to Rwanda gets easier

Rwanda is actively working to grow its tourism sector in as sustainable a way as...