NEWS ANNIVERSARY
4–6 November 2019 YEARS LONDON
the then-mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. The opening was performed by Her Majesty the Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan. The world-famous Irish dance group, Riverdance, provided the entertainment, underlining ExCeL’s dockside location by the river Thames.
run health and sanitation programmes throughout the world. To date the charity has raised more than £6 million and helped more than 1.5 million people in 32 countries.
2000: WTM CELEBRATES ITS 21ST BIRTHDAY WTM celebrated with Tribute 21, recognising 21 of the travel industry’s top international business executives, including the Hon Gordon “Butch” Stewart, managing director of Sandals Resorts; Richard Fain, chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises; Dr Ralf Corsten, chairman of Tui Group, and Sir Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Group.
2002: WTM MOVES FROM EARL’S COURT TO EXCEL LONDON Visitors were welcomed by
2004: ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS DAY WAS RENAMED WORLD RESPONSIBLE TOURISM DAY WTM celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Environmental Awareness Day – which pioneered education of green issues at World Travel Market over 15 years – was renamed World Responsible Tourism Day.
2007: WTM HOSTED THE FIRST UNWTO MINISTERS’ SUMMIT
ON TOURISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE This was a key part of an international programme to widen and deepen the debate on climate change when they agreed a declaration and presented to the UN’s Climate Summit in Bali a month later.
2009: BORIS JOHNSON OPENS THE EVENT Then-mayor of London Boris Johnson opened WTM on its 30th birthday.
2010: WTM SPEED NETWORKING WAS INTRODUCED The highly successful WTM Speed Networking session was added to the programme, matching buyers and
exhibitors for quick business meetings on the first day of the event.
2013: THE TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY SHOW AND A TASTE OF ILTM AT WTM LAUNCHED WTM was expanded to be the biggest and best yet with the introduction of the new Travel Technology Show at WTM and luxury showcase A Taste of ILTM at WTM.
2016: WTM LONDON IS REVAMPED AS A three-DAY EVENT Following exhibitor and visitor feedback and an unprecedented period of growth, WTM London was revamped as a three-day event.
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