The Travel Weekly team are out in force at World Travel Market 2019, find all the latest news below and don’t miss our blog for live coverage from the 40th anniversary event
Nassau Paradise Island debuts cruise-and-stay programme
Bid to attract British travellers following Hurricane Dorian
‘Incentivising airlines is only chance of clean aviation’
“Tax is coming” but aviation experts predict it won’t be the solution
Agents urged to switch-sell diving customers to Malta
Around 7% of the 2.4m annual visitors come to dive
Barbados to focus on north of England, Scotland and Ireland
Tourism board to host agent roadshows and fam trips
Agents urged to back The Travel Corporation’s Make Travel Matter pledge
Commitments include plastics, recycling, animal cruelty and fair pricing
Japan to focus on sporting events to boost tourism
Country hopes to emulate Rugby World Cup in raising awareness
Hotel QE2 to offer fam trips in 2020
Historic vessel is docked permanently in Dubai’s port Mina Rashid
Caribbean office closures to fund marketing drive
Chairman highlights importance of supporting smaller islands
Caribbean calls on big polluters to help islands preserve tourism
‘We can’t be dealing with this, our economies are too small’
Grand Bahama airport to re-open this month
Island was devastated by Hurricane Dorian
New York UK visitor record set to be beaten
City expects to welcome 1.3m UK visitors in 2019
California ‘open for business’ with 80% of wildfires contained
‘The best thing people can do for California is visit’
Gambia tries to fill Thomas Cook void
Country’s government is ‘talking to as many people as possible’
Virgin Atlantic seeks ‘more than half’ of new Heathrow slots
Airline boss sets out ambitions for third runway
Parc Asterix reveals new attractions
Secret project is the park’s biggest attraction investment ever
Travel Leaders considers further UK acquisitions
Organic growth through Barrhead Travel is ‘immediate focus’
South Africa urges trade to embrace product diversity
Focus on communicating breadth of existing product
Visitor figures to Orlando defy ‘Trump slump’
Airport and Universal expansion ‘will continue to drive growth’
Industry defies gloom with ‘healthy’ year
Leaders downplay impact of Brexit and Thomas Cook collapse
Spain confident of replacing Thomas Cook capacity
Legislation passed to mitigate impact of firm’s failure
Peru hopes Sir David Attenborough show will increase Amazon demand
Region to appear on Seven Worlds, One Planet in coming weeks
Improve offering for younger generation, warns Advantage boss
Risk taking and sustainability are key factors, says Julia Lo Bue-Said
Barrhead Travel targeting 10 new shops by Christmas
Thomas Cook failure ‘presents opportunity to accelerate growth’
Olympic Holidays to launch land tours in 2020
Product will be available to book by agents this month
Balearics ‘will remain stable’ despite Thomas Cook failure
Operators and airlines are filling gap, says region’s tourism minister
Wizz Air boss expresses Brexit optimism
Chief executive sees unrest as opportunity
Palladium Hotel Group announces Tenerife agent event
Group to also relaunch two properties in Sicily and Menorca
Iberostar says agents ‘more important than ever’
Group lost ‘a few million’ in Thomas Cook collapse
Milan to promote ‘hospitality without harassment’ at IGLTA 2020
Event expected to be association’s largest outside of the United States
Anantara plots growth in European cities
Luxury brand to make Dublin property first opening
New tourism brand revealed for Northern Ireland
Bid to transform how prospective visitors view province
Croatia to focus on sustainability as visitor numbers boom
Tourist board aims to limit over-tourism issues
Jamaica sees 5% lift in UK visitors
Tourism minister says Thomas Cook collapse had ‘negligible’ impact
EasyJet Holidays to offer ’10 to 12′ Sharm el-Sheikh hotels
Operator plans to relaunch at end of December
No-deal Brexit outbound impact warning
Euromonitor projects 10m fewer departures
Greece ‘took Thomas Cook collapse in its stride’
Tourism minister outlines plans to attract winter and dive tourists from the UK
Hotelbeds forfeits €300m as it pursues ‘rate integrity’
Bed bank stamps out ‘bad practices’
Egypt reports highest-ever annual tourism revenue
‘Minimal’ impact from Thomas Cook collapse, says tourism minister
Thomas Cook collapse creates ‘big opportunity’ for Tui in Tunisia
Former travel giant accounted for 50% of all UK visitors to country
Sri Lanka hails ‘bounce back’ and targets tourism growth
Country to focus on UK market with plans for more agent visits
Global Resilience Centre unveils projects
Hurricane recovery among priorities
Malaysia Airlines to boost number of agents hosted on fam trips
Flag carrier aims to raise profile of lesser-known destinations
Tourism Malaysia pushes eco-tourism and arts and culture offering
Country’s tourist board targets 30m tourists by 2020
Tobago hails success of marketing campaign
Country has ‘aggressive targets’ for visitor numbers
Yucatán tourist numbers up 17.6%
Increase due to safety levels and ‘authentic’ attractions
Key UK long-haul inbound source markets revealed
US, Australia and India maintain top positions