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Berlin, Germany, March 10, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / UN Tourism returned to ITB Berlin, bringing its new name and look to the leading travel trade fair and uniting the sector around its focus on sustainability, investments and collaboration.…

Berlin, Germany, February 29, 2024 / TRAVELINDEX / Prominent political and tourism industry figures are to attend the official opening ceremony of the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show on 4 March. A spectacular show programme featuring…

Berlin, Germany, February 1, 2023 / TRAVELINDEX / Deborah Rothe follows in the footsteps of David Ruetz as exhibition director of ITB Berlin, the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show. In December 2022, Ruetz became senior vice president of…

Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / Leading speakers and experts from the global travel industry share their knowledge in up to 20 individual tracks – A wide range of topic headings including Travel Technology, Marketing…

Berlin, Germany, July 10, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The World’s Leading Travel Trade Show releases details of a hybrid concept and for taking part in the live event from 9 to 13 March 2022 in Berlin. Demand is high for the annual business…

Mumbai, India, April 16, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The virtual edition of the inaugural ITB India was successfully held, with three days of networking, travel news and business opportunities. The annual B2B trade show and conference will build…

Berlin, Germany, December 11, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / At the ITB Virtual Convention on ITB.com, industry experts talked about how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted on sustainability efforts in the hotel trade, cruise industry and at…

Berlin, Germany, August 31, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX /  €104.1 million a day being lost to the German economy. A devastating €38 billion looks set to be lost from the German economy due to the collapse of international travel during 2020,…

Berlin, Germany, August 10, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / The hospitality industry is facing turbulent times: On 11 August (2 - 4 p.m. CET) ITB Berlin will launch its next round of online sessions as part of the virtual ITB Berlin Convention. Under…

Berlin, Germany, June 2, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / ITB China, the largest B2B exclusive travel trade show in China, will be the co-host of the 2020 TravelDaily Conference, set to take place from 25-27 November 2020 in Shanghai. In order to…

Berlin (Germany) – February 11, 2020 (travelindex.com) – Digitalisation and sustainability are two topics that are currently of decisive importance in the global tourism industry. They are key for tourism professionals everywhere,…

Chengdu (China) – December 10, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The Chengdu Inbound Tourism Partnership Summit, organized by the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcast-TV, and Tourism, was held in Chengdu on 28 November 2019. The event…

Berlin (Germany) – December 4, 2019 (travelindex.com) –The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments in Europe to seize the opportunity to create a sustainable aviation industry that protects the environment and…

Singapore (Singapore) – October 31, 2019 (travelindex.com) –  ITB Asia came to a close today at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, having attracted a record number of 13,000 attendees from 132 countries and…

Singapore (Singapore) – October 28, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Trips abroad from Asia are continuing to increase. After surging by seven per cent in 2018, during the first eight months of 2019 they rose by a further six per cent. This is in…

Singapore (Singapore) – July 23, 2019 (travelindex.com) – ITB Asia, Asia's Leading Travel Trade Show, is set to deliver another year of thought-provoking and inspiring content to industry practitioners as part of its conference programme.…

Berlin (Germany) - March 13, 2019 (travelindex.com) - WTA members include national tourism associations, influential tourism enterprises, academic institutes and other institutions from around the world. Messe Berlin, which is among the top…

Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia) – March 7, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Mongolia, is about the launch a new interactive planning tool for travelers, was introduced for the first time at ITB Berlin, the largest tourism fair in the world. While…

Berlin (Germany) - February 21 2019 (travelindex.com) - The world of medical tourism has long become globalized: according to the latest report by VISA and Oxford Economics, the global medical tourism industry is currently worth around 100…

Berlin (Germany) - February 13, 2019 (travelindex.com) - Big names and leading international companies focus on forward-looking transportation systems and the shift in customer demands in the luxury travel market – Presentation of the…

Berlin (Germany) - October 18, 2018 (travelindex.com) – Tourism as a key economic force: Malaysia, the Official Partner Country of ITB Berlin, which will take place from 6 to 10 March 2019 on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds, is aiming to…

Berlin (Germany) - March 8, 2018 (travelindex.com) - 2017 has been an exceptionally strong year for international travel, with Europe being the main growth driver as both a source market as well as a destination region. Worldwide, the…

Berlin (Germany) - March 8, 2018 (travelindex.com) - The 8th UNWTO Silk Road Ministers’ Meeting held during the ITB Berlin Travel Trade Show, focused on the long-term tourism vision for the historic Silk Road routes and how to establish the…

Berlin (Germany) - November 19, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Germany largest source market and leading destination – Outside of Europe, USA most popular destination for health vacations and medical tourism – “Reducing stress” main motive – ITB…

Berlin (Germany) - October 27, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Luxury travel is booming: high-price trips grew nearly twice as much as global travel did in general over the past years – most luxury travelers come from the USA and China – Germany…

Shanghai (China) - September 27, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Interest in the second ITB China, taking place from 16-18 May 2018 in Shanghai, is again very high. ITB China focusses exclusively on professional Chinese travel buyers. Leading…

Singapore - August 3, 2017 (travelindex.com) - ITB Asia has secured a major partnership with the Korea Tourism Organization of Singapore (KTO). The memorandum of cooperation with Messe Berlin (Singapore) Pte Ltd, organizers of Asia’s…

Singapore (Singapore) - July 12, 2017 (travelindex) - ITB Asia, Asia’s Leading Travel Trade Show, has seen successful buyer programme partnerships for 2017 following the increased involvement of exhibitors this year, with 90% of recommended…

Shanghai (China) - February 22, 2017 (travelindex.com) – All signs point to a successful premiere. Three months before the event, ITB China is booked up and trade visitors can now start registering for the show. From 10 to 12 May 2017…

Shanghai (China) - February 2, 2017 (travelindex.com) – Europe as one destination: Europe is the Official Partner Destination of ITB China 2017. A corresponding agreement was signed on 31 January 2017 by Mr. David Axiotis, General Manager…

Berlin (Germany) - January 25, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Corporate social responsibility in tourism will be a dominant theme at ITB Berlin – ITB CSR Day features the key topic "Sustainable Food and Beverages in the Hotel Industry and at…

Berlin (Germany) - December 12, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Making travel planning easier: from 8 to 10 March 2017 at the ITB Business Travel & MICE Days participants can find out everything about the latest trends and developments in the…

Berlin (Germany) - November 23, 2016 (travelindex.com) - For the first time ITB Berlin 2017 will feature a dedicated Medical Tourism Pavilion – Huge growth in medical tourism – Papers and workshops on new trends and developments For the…

Berlin (Germany) - November 18, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Low growth in European outbound trips and stagnating beach holiday volumes – yet more city trips – fluctuating fortunes for European destinations – ITB Berlin exclusively publishes…

Berlin (Germany) - November 11, 2016 (travelindex.com) - ITB Berlin allocates more space for exhibitors in this growth segment – for the first time the eTravel Showroom features product presentations – lectures about chatbots, storytelling…

Berlin (Germany) - June 7, 2016 (travelindex.com) - ITB Berlin is pleased to announce its co-branded India show, Bharat International Tourism Bazaar, the first pure outbound show for the Indian market , to be held in New Delhi from 3rd to…

Berlin (Germany) - April 30, 2016 (travelindex.com) - Dietlind von Lassberg, formerly the managing director and now the deputy chair of the "Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V.", is among ten women to have been honoured with the…

Berlin (Germany) - March 11, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Europe remains the key market to raise Thailand’s quality tourism benchmark. The importance of Europe, noting that 65% of European visitors makes repeat visits to the country, an…

Berlin (Germany) - December 10, 2015 (travelindex) - Middle East is world’s fastest-growing outbound travel market. The Arabian outbound travel market is growing into a lucrative niche business as well-off travellers venture more beyond…

Berlin (Germany) - October 1, 2015 (travelindex.com) - City trips in Europe grow twice as fast as total international holiday market, Paris, London and Berlin are top destinations, ITB Berlin and IPK International analyse why ever more…

Berlin (Germany) - August 5, 2015 (travelindex) - The Chinese love of travelling is tremendous. After two decades of rapid and mostly double-digit growth, China has developed into one of the leading global source markets for foreign travel…

Berlin (Germany) - March 4, 2014 - The number of international exhibitors at this year’s ITB Berlin will be higher than ever before. More than two-thirds of the exhibitors showcasing their products and services in the 26 halls on the Berlin…

Berlin (Germany) - February 6, 2014 - Travel experts must acquire the necessary knowledge to keep abreast of the latest technological developments and their impact on the tourism industry. Travel technology is a key market and the eTravel…

Berlin (Germany) - November 25, 2013 - At ITB Berlin 2014 the focus will be on Mexico, which was selected by the management of Messe Berlin as the next partner country of the world’s leading travel trade show. “Mexico is a country that…

Berlin (Germany) - November 14, 2013 - Next year, from 5 to 8 March 2014 at the ITB Berlin Convention, the event that examines forward-looking global tourism issues, visitors will again be offered strategic input and the latest information…

Berlin (Germany) - 28 October 2013 - ITB Berlin is moving with the times and in future will be putting an even greater focus on the increasingly important Travel Technology segment. Next year, the show will provide space in Hall 5.1 for…

Berlin (Germany) - October 21, 2013 - In 2014 the world’s largest travel trade show will again provide senior buyers with access to an exclusive circle that offers numerous benefits – applications can be submitted from 1 November – at ITB…

Berlin (Germany) - July 10, 2013 - The long-standing collaboration between ITB Berlin and ABAV, the Tourism Fair of the Americas, is set to become even closer. For the second time the world’s leading travel trade show is due to be the…

Berlin (Germany) - June 30, 2013 - Dr. Christian Göke (47) is due to take over as the new chief executive officer of Messe Berlin. At its regular meeting on 5 December 2012 the supervisory board appointed Dr. Goeke, who holds a doctorate in…

Berlin (Germany) - May 5, 2013 - According to the United Nations, worldwide an estimated 1.2 million children are the victims of human trafficking each year. Since signing the Child Protection Code in 2011 ITB Berlin has used its voice to…