Sierra Leone, one of the countries worst hit by the Ebola crisis, has pulled out of this week's World Travel Market in London because of the epidemic. Two other West African countries, Nigeria and Senegal, where the outbreak is deemed to be over, are going ahead with plans to participate.

Hospitality technology provider eRevMax is poised to launch its next generation distribution and analytic solution at next week’s World Travel Market. LIVE is described as a responsive web platform that enables hoteliers manage their businesses based on up to date intelligence.

At WTM, Cho Wong will be contributing to the e-Tourism research discussion debating issues surrounding technology and hotel distribution online, looking at outstanding competitive practices and emerging trends for the future of the online tourism industry.

The eighth edition of the UNWTO/World Travel Market (WTM) Ministers’ Summit will gather Tourism Ministers and leading tourism experts from all over the world to debate the key issues around tourism and mega events.

The World Travel Market Portfolio facilitates more than $6.5 billion in travel and tourism industry deals, according to organizers Reed Travel Exhibitions. The WTM Portfolio consists of the four leading business-to-business travel trade events in the world.

It has a notorious reputation as the most secretive state in the world under the leadership of Kim Jong-Un. But now leisure trips to see the isolated communist country of North Korea are being promoted at World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry.