WTTC Summit 2019 to be held in Seville
Seville has been chosen as the location for next year’s World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit.
The event will take place on April 3-4, hosted by Ayuntamiento of Seville, in partnership with Turismo Andaluz and Turespana.
Seville is also due to host ABTA’s 2018 Travel Convention in October.
The location was announced at the closing ceremony of the 18th WTTC Global Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
WTTC president and CEO Gloria Guevara Manzo said: "We are extremely excited to bring next year’s WTTC Global Summit back to Europe for the first time since 2015, to Seville, Spain, a welcoming, diverse, and well-connected city, which topped Lonely Planet’s list of best cities to visit in 2018.
"WTTC’s annual Global Summit brings together the most influential figures from the public and private sector to address the challenges and opportunities facing Travel & Tourism. Hosting the Summit in Seville is a reflection of the commitment and efforts of the Spanish government to growing business and leisure travel, and we are very much looking forward to April 2019."
Spain overtook the US to become the second most visited country in the world in 2017.
Juan Espadas, Mayor of Seville, said: "In Seville, we want to grow sustainably, without losing our identity as a heritage city, with a lifestyle closely related to gastronomy and the friendliness of people well known around the world. In Seville, we are heavily investing in diversification of the tourism industry. We are a great city to visit, to live and to invest, and it is an honour to host the WTTC Global Summit, as any city would dream of.
"The Summit will make Seville the world centre of decision making in tourism for the next year. Welcome to Seville. The city of joy."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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