Tourism for all: people with disabilities, senior citizens and families travelling with small children, and sooner or later all citizens will appreciate the advantages of universal accessibility. This is why UNWTO has chosen to celebrate World Tourism Day 2016 on the theme of accessible tourism. Official celebrations will take place on 27 September in Bangkok, Thailand.

MITM Euromed’s 20th Edition – This fair, which is one of the most importants in the Incentive Travel Market will bring together Top MICE professionals from all around the world. The promotion that is being made by GSAR Marketing in the digital, physical and social media is making a massive impact, so LET THE NUMBER SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!
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There are 541 new hotels in the pipeline across the Middle East – bringing an additional 158,950 hotel rooms to the region, an industry report has revealed.The Middle East Hotel Construction Overview report prepared by TOPHOTELPROJECTS exclusively for The Hotel Show Dubai 2016 forecasts that the majority of new hotel rooms will open before 2020. The UAE (180 projects) and Saudi Arabia (134 projects) remain the most active hotel construction hotspots in the region.

Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe elected for two-year term
The Bahamas has been elected Chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), with the election as Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe.he election took place in Barbados at the organization’s annual general meeting during the CTO’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC).

DoubleTree by Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok offers more delightful choices for lunch and dinner at Dee Lite, the hotel’s unique, retro-style all-day dining bar and restaurant.Decorated in light fresh colors with both indoor and outdoor seating, a long open kitchen counter and freestanding juice and barista bar, Dee Lite offers fresh juices and alcoholic beverages to cool down from Bangkok’s heat or to help the guests to relax after a hard day’s work.

The latest ECM-MKG European Destinations Observatory report* points out that for the first semester of 2016, European hotels keep up the positive trend with a 0.2 point increase in Occupancy Rate and 1.3% growth in Average Daily Rate** allowing +1.6% in the RevPAR.Brussels and Paris most impacted by terrorism fear in first semester 2016