TTG's Digital Destinations Festival 2020 - Seminar Session 3: green shoots and new opportunities

Operators

Pippa Jacks

11 May 2020

The final session of TTG’s DestFest seminar considered recent consumer research into future travel plans, and asked leading tour operators which destinations clients are currently booking, and explored other trends and opportunities. A panel featured Der Touristik UK boss Derek Jones; dnata Travel Europe’s Lisa McAuley; and Advantage Travel Partnership’s Julia Lo-Bue Said.

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