Global giants rub shoulders with niche operators as WTM London opens for business

E le ketsahalo e etelletseng pele lefatšeng ka bophara bakeng sa indasteri ea maeto, WTM London e khona ho hokahanya bareki le barekisi ba tsoang likhoebong tse ling tsa bohlokoa tsa maeto tse sa tsejoeng haholo Europe. Peng Peng, molaoli ea phahameng oa litekete tsa sefofane bakeng sa Tuniu.com, moemeli oa boraro oa China oa maeto a marang-rang, le Yogesh Mehta, motlatsi oa mopresidente oa lihotele bakeng sa via.com, sethala sa mahlale se matlafatsang basebeletsi ba ka bang 60,000 ba maeto a India ba sa sebetseng. lekhetlo la pele.

Hangata ho kenyelletsa Roseanne Twigg, mohlahlobi e moholo oa lihlahisoa ho TripaDeal ea Australia, ea neng a hokahane le barekisi bakeng sa maeto a sehlopha, khoebo ea liphutheloana tse entsoeng ka mokhoa o ikhethileng. O itse "[maqhubu a potlakileng] a ntumella ho fumana mohopolo o motle oa hore na ke mang ea teng, hore na ba fana ka eng le hore na ba rera eng.

Miroslav Mihajlovic, mookameli oa lihlahisoa, Mtours, Slovenia, e mong ea nkang karolo kamehla, o itse:


"Ke lula ke e-na le mabitso a 'maloa a molemo ao nka khonang ho a sala morao hamorao" ha Prajakta Marwaha, mothehi le motsamaisi, The Indian Journey, a re "Ke 'nile ka kopana le bahahlauli, li-DMC, le limusiamo… ke hlophisitse likopano tse ngata. 'me ke tla fumana khoebo e ntle."

Business is particularly in focus on the opening day of WTM London, with many destinations taking the opportunity to update the market on 2016 and to look ahead. Elena Kountoura, tourism minister for Greece, said this year was in line to become its busiest ever year with more than 27 million international arrivals expected, including cruise.

Kountoura o bolelletse seboka sa boralitaba se neng se tletse hore Greece e leka ho ba sebaka sa selemo ho pota, ka matsatsi a phomolo a litoropo le libaka tse peli tse ka hohelang baeti kantle ho nako ea eona ea setso.

India e boetse e batla ho beha tlhahiso ea eona ea bohahlauli bocha. Vinod Zutshi, Mongoli, Letona la Bohahlauli India, o re mmuso oa hae o etelletsa pele bohahlauli ka ho tsetela meahong ea sechaba e le ho tsamaisa matsete a khethehileng a bohahlauli a tsoang lekaleng la poraefete.

Brexit remains a common theme across the seminar program, as the UK and global travel industry awaits the actual terms of the UK withdrawal from the EU. Aviation expert John Strickland told the Forecast Forum about a possible issue arising in terms of flying rights if the UK is not part of the EU Open Skies agreement –  UK airline easyJet is allowed to fly within France and Spain while Ryanair can operate in the UK with an Irish airline operators certificate as a result of the EU Open Skies agreement.

'Me sebokeng se arohaneng, baokameli ba babeli ba ka sehloohong ba lifofane - Willie Walsh, molaoli ea ka sehloohong oa International Airlines Group le mopresidente oa Emirates Tim Clark - ba khothalelitse hore lilekane tsa lifofane li ka fetoha ntho ea nako e fetileng.

Walsh said: “I would question if [alliances] are around 10 years from now” with Clarke describing the oneworld, Star Alliance and Skyteam concepts as  “anachronistic”.


Mabapi le katoloso e reriloeng ea Heathrow, Walsh o itse: "Ha ho na tsela lefatšeng lena e ka lokafatsang lidolara tse limilione tse likete tse 17.6 ka tsela eo e tla sebelisoa ka eona."

Libakeng tse ling, ngangisano e itseng ka Brexit e ne e shebane le tokoloho ea ho tsamaea ha batho. Andrew Swaffield, Motsamaisi e Moholo, Monarch Airlines, o itse: "Re hloka ho hlaka mabapi le motsamao o lokolohileng oa batho, 'me re hloka ho hlaka hoo kapele haholo".

Terry Williamson, Motsamaisi e Moholo, JacTravel o ile a beha Brexit moelelong: "Ke bile indastering lilemo tse 30 - ena ke lihele tsa indasteri e tsitsitseng, phephetso efe kapa efe e ka hlahang ho eona."

Boiketlo ba indasteri bo ile ba totobatsoa ke sengoli sa maeto Doug Langsky. Ka ho sheba lipatlisiso tsa lihotele tsa Paris, Brussels le Orlando, o fumane ho nka likhoeli tse peli ho isa ho tse tharo hore thahasello e khutlele maemong a pele ho ketsahalo mme maemong a mang e ka ba libeke tse tharo feela. O ile a re: "Re ntse re felloa ke maikutlo ka lebaka la tšabo ... ho khutlela morao ho potlakile."

Lansky o khothalelitse hore libaka tseo ho eang ho tsona li hloka moralo o teng pele koluoa ​​​​e etsahala, le hore leano le le leng la bohlokoa ke ho tseba hore na ke mebaraka efe e "beteletseng" le ho fana ka lisebelisoa tsa ho bapatsa libakeng tsena.

Kemiso ea Brexit le eona ha e tsejoe mme ho na le lintlha tse ling tsa nako e telele tseo indasteri ea maeto e lokelang ho li ela hloko. Brian Solis oa Futurist o ile a bolella ba neng ba le teng ho WTM Leaders Lunch hore ba hlokomele "moloko oa C" - bareki ba phelang "mekhoa e sebetsang, ea digital". Qholotso e 'ngoe eo sehlopha sena se e hlahisang ke hore ha e hlalosoe ka lilemo: “[Moloko oa C] o bonahatsa boitšoaro bo tšoanang ho batho ba lilemo tse fapaneng ...

Libakeng tse ling, letsatsi la ho bula la WTM London 2016 le bone Seboka sa pele sa Global Sports Tourism Summit. Bahlōli ba ne ba kenyelletsa Glasgow, London le USA.

WTM London ke ketsahalo eo indasteri ea maeto le bohahlauli e etsang khoebo ea eona. Bareki ba tsoang ho WTM Buyers Club ba na le boikarabello bo kopaneng ba ho reka ba $ 22.6 billion (£ 15.8bn) mme ba saena tumellano ketsahalong eo e jang $ 3.6 billion (£ 2.5bn).

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