World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, has confirmed Patrick Nally, who designed the sponsorship, hospitality and media packages around the FIFA World Cup, and other high profile speakers for its Sports Program.

The WTM Global Trends Report, in association with Euromonitor International, has a long standing history of accurately predicting trends set to impact the travel and tourism industry. The launch of the WTM Global Trends Report 2013 takes place on Monday, November 4 at World Travel Market, where the next key industry trends will be shared with the international media.

Technology-driven trip planning and travel inspiration start-ups can win £5,000 in a new WTM initiative, Fresh, sponsored by Sabre Travel Network as part of the dedicated Travel Tech Show at WTM. WTM Fresh will focus on companies less than a year old which have innovative and viable ideas for using technology.

World Travel Market 2013, the leading global event for the travel industry, will this year be opened by Sir Stuart Rose, one of the business world’s most respected leaders. Former Marks & Spencer chief executive and chairman, Rose led a turnaround of one of the UK high street’s best-known brands and fought off high profile takeover bids for the retailer.

The WTM Travel Perspective program, sponsored by Global Distribution System Sabre and part of the content to support the new The Travel Tech Show at WTM, starts on Tuesday 5 November with a keynote session from Facebook Head of Travel Lee McCabe. The session - entitled Facebook and Targeting: Finding the People that Matter to You – will explore how powerful Facebook is as an advertising platform.

World Travel Market 2013, the leading global event for the travel industry, will focus on Brazil’s and Japan’s travel and tourism potential in its Origin Markets program.