WTM Global Trends Report in association with Euromonitor revisits 2007 trends. Did they come true? The 2008 World Travel Market and Euromonitor International Travel Trends Report will launch in November at the World Travel Market Conference. Highlighting the next big trends, the report is the precursor of what is set to impact the travel industry...

The global financial meltdown of 2008 has not left the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, known as the BRIC club, unscathed. As the developed world faces recession, BRIC growth is inevitably set to slow. Yet strong foreign exchange reserves and growing domestic demand will allow BRIC to withstand the crisis and continue growing, strengthening their position as a major consumer market...

With Barack Obama's historic presidential win on 4th November 2008, the US Democratic Party will have control of both houses of the legislature and the executive for the first time since 1995. Obama's team will be facing one of the worst economic downturns since the Great Depression 1929 due to spill-over effects from the global financial crisis 2008...