Amsterdam, 17 December 2015
WYSE TRAVEL CONFEDERATION SECURES MEMBER SUPPORT
FOR ORGANISATIONAL RESTRUCTURE
Voting for the restructure of the WYSE Travel Confederation has closed today with overwhelming support from members for the change. A majority of the membership took part in the online vote with 89% voting in favour of the restructure.
The streamlined Confederation will enter 2016 operationally improved and strategically aligned to help support and grow the youth and student tourism industry. Key benefits of the restructure will be improved response times to challenges in the market place and even better representation of the youth and student market to destinations and governments.
The Sector Associations of STAY WYSE and WYSE Work and Volunteer Abroad will be merged into the main Confederation as expert Advisory Panels – minimising costs and administration whilst maximising representation and comment to the industry.
Launches are planned, over the coming few months, of new Advisory Panels for ‘Insurance Services and Travel/ Child Safety’ and ‘Language Travel’. With the addition of these new panels, WYSE Travel Confederation will have specific expertise and representation across the full spectrum of the youth, student and educational market place.
Talks are continuing with the insurance association of IASIS and the au pair association of IAPA about their involvement in the new Confederation, and it is confirmed that they will remain as founding Sector Association members.
David Chapman, Director General of WYSE Travel Confederation is quoted as saying:
“With youth travel representing 23% of international arrivals I am delighted that the WYSE Travel Confederation membership has voted in favour of the restructure as this will allow us to remove the current burden of administration and to step forward to truly become the definitive voice of youth and student travel”.
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About WYSE Travel Confederation
- The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation is a global not-for-profit membership organisation dedicated to promoting and developing opportunities for the youth, student and educational travel industry.
- Founded in 2006 and created from the merger of the Federation of International Youth Travel organisations (FIYTO) and the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC) – both formed after World War II to inspire young people through international travel and to help remove cultural barriers – the confederation brings together 60 years of youth travel expertise.
- Providing international travel experiences to over 30 million youth and students each year, WYSE Travel Confederation’s global community of over 500 members spans more than 120 countries from a diverse range of sectors.
- From adventure tour operators to au pair agencies, cultural exchange programmes to language schools, hop-on-hop-off buses to student insurance and youth hostels to volunteer programmes, WYSE Travel Confederation is the world’s most powerful network of youth and student travel professionals, connecting key industry players with decision makers and government officials.
- The Confederation is committed to understanding the ever-changing characteristics, motivations and needs of young travellers. By gathering, analysing and sharing important market intelligence with members, academics and government decision-makers, the unique fast-changing needs of the youth market is at the forefront of its activities as it seeks to accelerate the development of youth travel.
- For more information, visit www.wysetc.org or follow the organisation on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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