The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) named the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) as the host of next year’s Global Travel & Tourism Summit. “Our 10th Global Summit takes place next month in Beijing,” said Jean-Claude Baumgarten, president and CEO of WTTC, “and we fully intend to make the most of the more than 12 months between now and the Las Vegas event, scheduled for May 15 to 19, 2011, to promote the importance of travel and tourism, and also its wider impact on other sectors, in the United States, the world’s leading travel and tourism economy.”

The U.N. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), noting that millions of people inside and outside Europe have been affected by the current air traffic disruption, is recommending that new procedures be developed to meet the next transportation-related disaster.

China’s outbound tourism sector grew by 4 percent when most of the international tourism declined. A new publication by the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, the COTRI Yearbook 2010, presents a valuable collection of academic papers and case studies about the background of the development of China’s outbound tourism.

The Japan Tourism Agency unveiled a new campaign logo with the slogan “Japan. Endless Discovery,” designed with Japan’s iconic cherry blossom, which represents Japan’s natural beauty, tradition, culture, cuisine and arts.

Palestinian Authority Tourism and Antiquities police said tourism in the occupied Palestinian territories increased during March, with a considerable rise in guests registered in local hotels.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that travelers interested in applying to the Global Entry and Privium Trusted Traveler programs may do so at one of five “one-stop-shop” joint enrollment centers established as a pilot initiative in the United States and the Netherlands through the Fast Low-Risk Universal Crossing (FLUX) program.