Tag Archive: Global Travel and Tourism Partnership

Education is needed to safeguard tourism’s future

May 12, 2022 2:48 pm Published by 2 Comments

It’s hard to believe that for the majority of us in the UK and beyond it has been three years since we were able to travel for anything other than essential business reasons. As we contemplate the opportunities we have to take those long-awaited trips, we find not only the world and its travel, tourism...

GTTP students present a message of unity, diversity and multicultural cooperation

December 16, 2016 12:26 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

  Between the 2nd and 6th of December, the GTTP (Global Travel and Tourism Partnership) welcomed students and teachers from around the world to our annual research competition and awards, hosted by Amadeus and Starwood, at the Amadeus Executive Briefing Centre and Meridien Hotel Nice. This year’s theme – Heritage Tourism – honoured GTTP’s 20th...

Future travel industry leaders shine at GTTP event in France

January 18, 2016 11:08 am Published by Leave your thoughts

By Elizabeth Aston, Advisor, Industry Affairs, Amadeus IT Group (pictured) Reprinted from the  Amadeus blog with permission from Amadeus. The future of the travel industry is in good hands if the recent Global Travel & Tourism Partnership (GTTP) conference held at the Amadeus research and development centre in Sophia Antipolis  last month is an indicator of times...

The Road to Bordeaux: GTTP Alumna Profile of
Katie Nga Man Chong

September 24, 2015 4:30 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Interview with Katie Chong, a 2002 winner of the Global Travel and Tourism Partnership’s annual student research competition, representing Hong Kong.  Each year Katie Chong flies from Hong Kong to the Bordeaux region of France as a procurement (purchasing) manager for Jointek Fine Wines Limited, a key wine trading company in Asia.  Her mission: help choose which of...

GTTP Interview with Kingston College student Annabelle Lynch on her Hertz work placement

August 27, 2015 3:18 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

By Martin O’Brien Former Programme Leader – Service Industries Kingston College* Owing to our continued and supportive connection with the Global Travel and Tourism Partnership, Kingston College and Hertz Car Rental have been able to offer fantastic work placement opportunities to seven of the College’s students earlier this year. Students worked in different departments of...

Welcome to the GTTP Blog!

September 4, 2014 10:30 am Published by

Welcome to the official Blog of the Global Travel and Tourism Partnership.  Here are updates on our initiatives and activities, projects and achievements of our students, news from our Global Partners, and much more.