Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has been awarded by the International Tourism Investment Conference (ITIC) for his outstanding contributions to developing in sustainability and resilient tourism practices in Jamaica. The recognition came during the ITIC Summit held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London on Monday.

All the surveys and forecasts say it: sustainability is at the core of urgency and of every future strategy, for society and businesses worldwide. At Ecomondo 2024, the international event on the green and circular economy, organised by Italian Exhibition Group and which ended today at Rimini Expo Centre, this affirmation was translated into a record-breaking edition.
+5% total attendance compared to the previous edition (and +4% foreign attendance), 1,620 exhibiting brands occupying 166,000 square metres inside the Expo Centre, which was extended by two new halls in response to companies’ growing demand (+10% of exhibitors compared to 2023).
A meeting place for corporate technological innovation, the world of research, industry professionals and international delegations that attended the more than 200 conferences and workshops scheduled, also accessible online thanks to the GreentechInsights b2b platform. While the number of accredited journalists from all over the world reached 650 putting the trade show and Rimini in the international limelight.

On Tuesday 5 November, TAP Air Portugal announced the winners of the Altitude Film Fest, the airline’s first On-Board Film Festival, at an awards ceremony that took place in cinema room 11 of the UCI Cinema El Corte Inglés, in Lisbon. Actor and radio presenter Rui Maria Pêgo hosted the ceremony.

This inaugural edition of the Altitude Film Fest invited passengers on TAP long-haul flights to take part in choosing the winners throughout the month of October. The response was extraordinary, with a total of 1,542 votes: 837 in the fiction category and 705 in the documentary category. The winning films were selected from 10 finalists – five in the fiction category and five in the documentary category – chosen by the jury from a total of 355 submissions, which included 101 documentaries and 254 fiction films.

The International Luxury Hotel Association (ILHA) is thrilled to announce that its highly anticipated INSPIRE Luxury Hospitality Conference, scheduled for December 4-5, 2024, at the prestigious Fontainebleau Las Vegas, is generating unprecedented excitement in the industry. As the premier event for luxury hospitality professionals, INSPIRE promises to deliver unparalleled networking opportunities, cutting-edge insights, and a platform for shaping the future of the sector.