By Richard Hammond Tourism is a huge wealth creator. We're all familiar with the stats: it's responsible for over 350 million jobs and about 10% of global GDP , plus it creates a significant incentive for protecting cultural heritage and funding conservation of biodiversity. Yet one of the industry's elephants in the room is that there is a huge disconnect between the amount of money that stays in local economies compared with what ‘leaks’ away from the destination to foreign

By Pippa Jacks - Content & audience director, TTG Media The biggest players in the adventure sector will come together on 26 February for the sixth annual Adventure Travel Networking (ATN) Conference. With TTG Media once again media partner, the full-day conference is aimed at tour operators, specialist travel agents, destinations and other suppliers looking to hear the latest trends and opportunities in experiential and responsible travel. More than 160 travel industry deleg

By Meera Dattani “When I ask for feedback from ATN events, one word that always comes up is fun.” With these opening words from ATN...