News Although we work three times as hard to recruit professional women, it is rare that we achieve gender balance when it comes to speakers at our travel industry events. Occasionally this might be deemed acceptable, but over the long term it is not. We must ask...
News In 2018, the World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation increased its global network with 100 new member organisations involved in youth and student tourism from 34 countries around the world. WYSE Travel Confederation delivered more trade...
News Women from around the globe gathered at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) in Edinburgh last Friday, to discuss the barriers to women reaching senior leadership positions in the travel industry. Organised by WITH (Women in Travel and...
News On the final evening of the 2018 World Youth and Student Travel Conference, delegates headed to the stunning National Museum of Scotland, dressed to impress, to celebrate not only what has been a successful week in Edinburgh, but to find out who our winners were...
News Yesterday, the early birds got the worms during findings from new questions included in the fourth iteration of WYSE Travel Confederation’s New Horizons Survey of global youth travel were shared with WYSTC delegates. Professor Greg Richards, long-time research...
News Driven by cheap travel, freelance work, the internet, and the sharing economy, a new traveller is emerging: the digital nomad. Why should we care about digital nomads? This and other questions were raised at the 2018 World Youth and Student Travel Conference...