Silk Road stakeholders are invited to the International Silk Road Conference on Nomadic Tourism and Sustainable Cities, an event jointly organized by UNWTO, the Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism of Mongolia, and the World Cities Scientific Development Alliance.

UNWTO will work with the Government of Ukraine to support the development of its tourism sector. The cooperation will focus on the areas of tourism statistics, communications and capacity building within the Organization for tourism officials and graduates from the country’s tourism educational institutions. The initiatives were discussed between UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai and Vice-Prime Minister for Euro-Integration and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze at the sidelines of the Conference on ‘Destination Branding – keys to building a successful reputation’, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine in collaboration with UNWTO.

Dusit Hotels and Resorts announces the launch of the Dusit Thani Fudu Qingfeng Garden Hotel Changzhou, previously known as the Fudu Qingfeng Garden Hotel, after a renovation to bring the hotel in line with the Dusit Thani brand.Comprising two towers, the premier hotel offers 349 guestrooms and suites in the west of the city, approximately 15 minutes by car from the Changzhou Railway and Airport. Changzhou city is located 40 minutes from Shanghai and Nanjing by high-speed train.

Korea has been ranked the world’s top 2 destination for global congresses hosted in 2015, according to the latest International Meetings Statistics Report, released this week by the Union of International Associations (UIA). The findings show Korea achieving 2nd place behind the USA with 891 meetings – a 40% increase over the previous year. This also places it first in Asia and accounts for 7.5% of all meetings held worldwide across the same period.

With the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally just ten days away, the teams from more than 30 nations are preparing for the trip to Moscow for official validation at one of the world’s most iconic sporting venues before a send-off in grand style from Red Square. While the Russian entries have a ‘relatively’ short trip to make for the administrative checks and scrutineering at the Luzhniki Olympic Complex on July 7 and 8, competitors from Europe, the Americas and the Middle East will have a longer journey to reach the stadium that hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) announced that THAI’s first A350 XWB recently rolled out from the cabin furnishing & engine installation in full livery at the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Toulouse, France and is now ready to start ground and flight tests. This first A350-900 is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2016.