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Speakers announced for youth travel conference

Friday, 26 August 20113 min read

Speakers have been confirmed for the World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) being held in Barcelona from September 20-23.

The four-day event brings together over 700 delegates and 400 organisations from the international youth travel industry.

This year’s speakers will include:

– Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, who will officially open the conference

– Helena Egan, TripAdvisor, who will speak on trends in online travel

– Peter Jordan, UNWTO, who will outline global tourism figures and trends

– Greg Richards, Tourism Research and Marketing who will talk about the youth travel outlook for 2012.

For more details or to register, go to www.wystc.org.