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Travel 2 has witnessed strong growth in booking numbers with demand for touring holidays seeing a marked increase in the first half of 2019.

Corsican Places has launched its 2020 brochure featuring a wide-ranging collection of holidays with more than 160 accommodation options throughout Corsica. 

Enit, the Italian National Tourism Board, has started a solidarity chain through its 28 foreign branches in support of Venice and Veneto, the area of North Italy strongly affected by bad weather conditions. 

In his closing remarks at the AITO Overseas Conference, AITO chairman Derek Moore proposed the establishment of a think-tank to help the travel industry respond to climate change and present coherent public messages on the issue and help travel industry professionals discuss climate change with customers.

Bookings to Europe have ebbed and flowed "depending on the [Brexit] debate", Karl Watson from Inntravel told delegates at the AITO Overseas Conference. However, he remains "pretty optimistic" about prospects for bookings to Europe.

At the opening session of the second session of the AITO Overseas Conference, Ginny Russell from Cedarberg Africa told delegates that Africa will "always be an edgy destination" and highlighted the importance of selling sustainable holidays and drawing customers to new areas.

"The World Is Falling Apart" was the theme of the first days afternoon session at the AITO Overseas Conference, with a strong focus on practical sustainability and addressing "the elephant in the room" of air travels carbon footprint.

A panel discussion on industry data held today, November 22, at the AITO Overseas Conference offered optimistic news for agents, particularly in regard to the importance of the older demographic and finding the right balance of engaging with customers via digital and traditional marketing, such as brochure.