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Not so long ago, my answer to the title question would have come out almost automatically: a prime lens, of course! Just a few decades ago, zoom lenses suffered from a whole range of optical compromises that made their use for portraiture and documentary photography somewhat questionable. But today? If your budget allows, you can buy a standard zoom with an f/2 aperture whose optical quality rivals — or even surpasses — many prime lenses, and instead of carrying four lenses, you can get away with just one. And yet, the popularity of prime lenses doesn’t seem to be declining. Quite the opposite. So which one is better for photographing people?

A panel at ITB Berlin addressed the challenges faced by female leadership in the tourism industry from a practical and research perspective.

How do women make it into the top management tiers of large corporations? What can make launching a career easier for them and how should they confront resistance? These were the issues discussed at the panel discussion entitled “Courage, Power & Women in Action: Female Leadership in Tourism”. Katrin Rieger, Director of Travel Sales at HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung, who has held management positions in tourism for 18 years, is familiar with the prejudices women often encounter. She was often told “You’re too nice,” but she is convinced that leadership can also succeed behind the scenes – without dominant behaviour and with the involvement of male colleagues.

The World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance) and the World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards (WSTHA) have announced the next chapter of their partnership, launching a multi-year programme that brings together the Alliance’s Summit and the WSTHA Awards into one landmark global platform for sustainable travel and tourism.