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WTM London 2023 sees attendance soar by 22%
21.11.2023 - 13:17 / breakingtravelnews.com
World Travel Market London 2023 – the world’s most influential travel & tourism event – saw attendance numbers rise by more than a fifth year on year.
The three-day event took place from Monday 6th – Wednesday 8th November, with 43,727 attendees – an increase of 22% on the 35,826 who attended in 2022.
The event hosted 4,560 qualified buyers, and facilitated 29,077 pre-booked meetings, enabling the industry to plan, network and do deals for 2024 and beyond.
Over three days at London’s ExCel, World Travel Market London welcomed 1,976 representatives of the world’s media – up by 31% on 2022.
The number of exhibitors rose by 23% year on year, up to 3,875 – and the event was 5.3% larger than the pre-pandemic show in 2019.
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World Travel Market, an RX event, provides a suite of digital tools to capture and manage business leads and profiles at its event. Every exhibitor and visitor have the opportunity to use this suite and in our 2023 edition 99,355 business connections were recorded.
The Ministers’ Summit at World Travel Market in association with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) – now in its 17th year – took place on Day One instead of Day Two as it aimed to help set the agenda for discussions during the whole event.
There were 53 ministers in attendance at World Travel Market, supporting their NTO’s and discussing how to transform tourism through education.
The sector’s future workforce was also in the spotlight on Day Two, with the Institute of Travel & Tourism (ITT) Future You Conference taking place.
WTM London landed a host of innovations based on changing traveller trends and feedback from attendees in 2022.
Day One saw the release of the exclusive WTM Global Travel Report – compiled alongside Tourism Economics – which uncovered fascinating insights into changing behaviour any key emerging markets.
The Media Summit and Influencers’ Programme launched, with bespoke conference content as well as a networking lunch. The Influencers’ lunch welcomed 200 guests, made up of pre-qualified travel content creators and exhibitors wanting to discuss collaborations.
The new informal Networking Party took place in North & South Community Hubs; the Hubs designed to provide impromptu meeting opportunities as well as an anchor and base for busy visitors.
Overall, more than 70 conference sessions took place on three new stages which were named Discover, Elevate and Innovate – a reflection of their goals.
The sessions heard from major brands such as Hilton, TUI, easyJet Holidays and Virgin Atlantic, as well as niche specialists, start-ups, and destinations across the globe.
WTM London’s Responsible Tourism Advisor Harold Goodwin heard
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