(TAN): The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) 20th Global Summit, will now take place in April – one month later than the originally planned date, WTTC said.
The global summit is being organised in partnership with the government of Quintana Roo in Mexico and will be held in Cancun, Mexico on April 25-27.
WTTC, which represents the global travel and tourism private sector, has taken the decision to move the event from March into April to coincide with the expected relaxation of travel restrictions and the beginning of the sector’s recovery. While Cancun is ready to host the summit now, the international organisation is confident that rescheduling the event will enable more international participants to take part and help lead the sector into recovery.
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The event will take place in a hybrid format, allowing those unable to travel to benefit from the content virtually.
Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “While Cancun is ready to host our Global Summit as planned, we believe that moving the event back by just a few weeks, will enable people from many more regions around the world to attend the event…. Those unable to attend the event in person, will be able to join virtually from anywhere in the world.”
“The travel & tourism sector has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 174 million jobs impacted, making our global summit more relevant and important than ever. The WTTC Summit is the most important global platform for leaders of the sector to set the path forward, share the future of travel with the world and accelerate the sector’s recovery. WTTC also wants to showcase how we can use this experience to adapt to Covid-19 and lead the global Travel & Tourism sector back to recovery and restore millions of jobs and livelihoods which have been thrown into turmoil since the beginning of last year,” Guevara said.
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