Editorials

World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili talks to GTP and sets the stage for sustainable travel and growth.

WTTC President & CEO Julia Simpson talks to GTP and reminds that sustainability is still at the top of the travel agenda.

ETC Executive Director and CEO Eduardo Santander talks to GTP and says the path to sustainable travel is indisputably a long and complicated one.

IATA Regional Vice President for Europe Rafael Schvartzman talks to GTP and highlights that Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is the industry’s number one priority.

HOTREC President Alexandros Vassilikos talks to GTP and refers to some of the challenges that businesses in the industry may face when trying to become more sustainable.

ECTAA Secretary General Eric Drésin talks to GTP and refers to the association’s key priority: sustainability in travel.

ETOA CEO Tom Jenkins talks to GTP and refers to the desperately urgent need for businesses to play their part in combatting climate change.

CLIA Europe Director General Marie-Caroline Laurent talks to GTP and highlights that cruise lines are investing significantly to make cruise travel one of the most sustainable forms of tourism.

IAPCO President Sarah Markey-Hamm talks to GTP and highlights the aim to promote an environment that can build on the success of the MICE industry.

ACI EUROPE Director General Olivier Jankovec talks to GTP and underlines that the idea of a “sustainable recovery” for the industry isn’t such an oxymoron after all.

This year’s message – #chooseToChallenge – comes to highlight the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic for the industry, for the traveler, and for society as a whole.

The CEO of Greek Travel Pages, Maria Theofanopoulou, shares what GTP is doing to keep its partners and readers supported during these challenging times.