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

A matsayin babban taron duniya don masana'antar balaguro, WTM London yana iya haɗa masu siye tare da masu kaya daga wasu manyan kasuwancin balaguro waɗanda ba su da masaniya a Turai. Peng Peng, babban darektan tikitin jirgin sama na Tuniu.com, wakili na uku mafi girma a China, da Yogesh Mehta, mataimakin shugaban otal na via.com, wani dandalin fasaha wanda ke da ikon kusan 60,000 wakilan balaguron layi a Indiya, sun kasance suna halartar taron. karo na farko.

Na yau da kullun sun haɗa da Roseanne Twigg, babban manazarcin samfura a TripaDeal na Ostiraliya, wanda ya haɗa da masu ba da kayayyaki don balaguron rukuni, kasuwancin fakitin da aka kera. Ta ce “[saurin sadarwar sauri] yana ba ni damar sanin waye ke can, abin da suke bayarwa da abin da suke tsarawa.

Miroslav Mihajlovic, manajan samfur, Mtours, Slovenia, wani ɗan takara na yau da kullun, ya ce:


"Koyaushe ina zuwa tare da 'yan tuntuɓar masu kyau waɗanda zan iya bi da su daga baya" yayin da Prajakta Marwaha, wanda ya kafa kuma darekta, The Indian Journey, ya ce "Na kasance ina ganawa da masu gudanar da yawon shakatawa, DMCs, da gidajen tarihi…Na shirya tarurruka da yawa. kuma zan samu kasuwanci mai kyau".

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 ya shaida wa taron manema labarai cewa, Girka na kokarin zama makoma a duk shekara, tare da hutun birane da wuraren wasan kankara guda biyu wadanda za su iya jawo hankalin baƙi a wajen lokacin kololuwar al'ada.

Indiya kuma tana neman sake fasalin tayin yawon shakatawa. Vinod Zutshi, sakataren ministan yawon shakatawa na Indiya, ya ce gwamnatinsa na ba da fifikon yawon shakatawa ta hanyar saka hannun jari a cikin ababen more rayuwa na jama'a don sauƙaƙe takamaiman saka hannun jari na yawon shakatawa daga kamfanoni masu zaman kansu.

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.

Kuma a wani zama na daban, manyan shugabannin kamfanonin jiragen sama guda biyu - Willie Walsh, babban jami'in kamfanin jiragen sama na kasa da kasa da shugaban Emirates Tim Clark - sun ba da shawarar cewa kawancen jiragen sama na iya zama tarihi.

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”.


Dangane da fadada shirin Heathrow, Walsh ya ce: "Babu wata hanya a wannan duniyar da za ta iya tabbatar da £17.6 biliyan ta yadda za a kashe ta."

A wani wuri kuma, takamaiman muhawara kan Brexit ta mayar da hankali kan 'yancin motsi na mutane. Andrew Swaffield, Babban Darakta na Kamfanin Jiragen Sama na Monarch, ya ce: "Muna buƙatar tsabta game da zirga-zirgar mutane, kuma muna buƙatar wannan fayyace cikin sauri".

Terry Williamson, Babban Darakta, JacTravel ya sanya Brexit cikin mahallin: "Na kasance cikin masana'antar tsawon shekaru 30 - wannan jahannama ce ta masana'antar juriya, duk wani kalubale da aka jefa a ciki."

Marubucin balaguro Doug Langsky ya bayyana ƙarfin ƙarfin masana'antar. Ta hanyar duba binciken otal na Paris, Brussels da Orlando, ya gano an ɗauki watanni biyu zuwa uku don sha'awar komawa matakan da suka faru kafin aukuwar lamarin kuma a wasu lokuta kusan makonni uku. "Muna samun desensitized to ta'addanci… billa-baya yana da sauri," in ji shi.

Lansky ya ba da shawarar cewa wurare suna buƙatar shirin rikici a wurin kafin rikicin ya faru, kuma dabarar da ke da amfani ita ce sanin wadanne kasuwanni ne “mafi jaruntaka” da kuma sadaukar da albarkatun tallan zuwa waɗannan wuraren.

Jadawalin lokacin Brexit kuma ba a san shi ba kuma akwai wasu abubuwan dogon lokaci da masana'antar tafiye-tafiye ke buƙatar yin la'akari da su. Futurist Brian Solis ya gaya wa masu halarta a WTM Shugabannin Abincin Abincin don sanin "tsara C" - masu amfani da rayuwa "ayyukan rayuwa, salon dijital". Kalubale ɗaya da wannan rukunin ke gabatarwa shine ba a bayyana shekarun su ba: “[Generation C] suna nuna halaye iri ɗaya waɗanda ke tsakanin ƙungiyoyin shekaru daban-daban… Kuna buƙatar fahimtar halayen haɗin gwiwa da kuma yadda yake zube cikin duniyar gaske.”

A wani wuri, ranar buɗe WTM London 2016 ta ga babban taron yawon buɗe ido na Wasannin Duniya na farko. Wadanda suka yi nasara sun hada da Glasgow, London da Amurka.

WTM London ita ce taron da masana'antar tafiye-tafiye da yawon shakatawa ke gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci. Masu saye daga Kungiyar Masu Siyayya ta WTM suna da haɗin gwiwar siyan dala biliyan 22.6 (£15.8bn) da kuma sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyoyin a taron da ya kai dala biliyan 3.6 (£2.5bn).

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