Patricia Brunner

Welcoming our newest member: Jourdains Au Pairs, Nannies and Home Help

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      IAPA is happy to announce that Jourdains Au Pairs, Nannies and Home Help (UK) has now joined the association as Affiliate Member. At Jourdains we feel it is very important to make a good match between Au Pair and Family. This is where we can help and where we are very different from other Au Pair agencies. We take great care in gathering as much information as we can from our prospective Au Pairs and from our families so that we put the right people together. We provide support for Families and Au Pairs throughout the process. We will help with …

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Final opportunity to benefit from WYSTC 2014 early bird rates

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Our early bird rates end this Saturday, 31 May, so if you haven’t already, book now to benefit from our heavily discounted rates and save EUR 600 on full passes:   Early Bird registration* 1 April – 31 May 2014 Regular registration* 1 June – 31 August 2014 Late / Onsite registration 1 – 26 September 2014 WYSE Travel Confederation Member Full pass: 23 – 26 September 2014 EUR 1,199 EUR 1,799 EUR 2,399 Non-member Full pass: 23 – 26 September 2014  EUR 1,799  EUR 2,399 EUR 2,999 Day pass EUR 599  EUR 599 EUR 599   Please note that the early bird deadline won’t …

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Mobile technology: Last call for our FREE* webinar NEXT WEEK – hosted by Digital Tourism Think Tank

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If you haven’t already, remember to register for next week’s mobile technology webinar, hosted by the Digital Tourism Think Tank. Title: Digital natives – How mobile is transforming the travel industry Date: Tuesday, 3 June Time: 17:00 – 18:00 CET CET Zornitza Yovcheva, Digital Tourism Think Tank’s mobile and user experience consultant, will be leading the hour-long session, which will focus on: The growing importance of mobile technology for digital natives Analysis of current mobile industry trends and developments How mobile changes travel and consumer behaviour Best practice mobile examples from within the tourism industry Zornitza will answer questions, including: …

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Only five days left to save EUR 600 on WYSTC 2014 full passes!

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Time is ticking, so don’t miss the early bird rates for the World Youth and Student Travel Conference – WYSTC 2014 – set to be the biggest event yet for the youth and student travel industry. Book now and save 1/3 on full passes Early bird rates provide a huge EUR 600 discount on regular registration full passes if you book by 31 May 2014 – there’s only five days left to benefit! Early bird rates are also available on exhibitor packages – click here for more information. Please note that early bird will not be extended and that you must have paid your registration …

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Travel Daily: It’s time to wake up to the power of youth travel

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This month WYSE Travel Confederation’s Director General, David Chapman was invited by trade e-magazine Travel Daily UK to give his thoughts on the importance of the youth travel. In his guest column he discusses how a sector that generates over US$200 billion every year – a third more than Google and Microsoft’s combined 2013 revenue – is still overlooked by too many travel businesses and the opportunities for growth available to those who wake up to the value of this fast-growing sector.   “Our New Horizons III report, which examined the travel habits of over 34,000 young travellers from 137 countries, revealed that young …

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WYSTC 2014 – Join IAPA and register today!

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Registration is now open for the 23rd World Youth and Student Travel Conference! From 23 – 26 September 2014, more than 800 travel professionals from over 450 businesses globally will gather at the Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland for trading, seminars and workshops, networking, industry think tanks and more! Register now for early bird discount Don’t miss our early bird rates – which offer a significant reduction on our full registration fees – and must end on 31 May 2014. We also have special rates for full IAPA members, who are also WYSE Travel Confederation members; they will receive a significant discount of …

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Welcoming our newest members

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IAPA is happy to announce that two new members have joined the IAPA network: Early Bird is a cultural exchange agency based in Beijing that provides au pair opportunities to international students and young people interested in learning more about the Chinese culture. Membership: IAPA Full Voting Member       Triple C au pair was established in 2012 and places au pairs from different nationalities with host families in the Netherlands. In addition, the company offers assistance in the legal visa application, counselling and training. Triple C au pair is part of Triple C Global which provides study, work & travel …

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China, Britain to hold cultural exchange meeting

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BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) — The Chinese and British governments will hold a meeting on high-level cultural exchanges in Beijing on Wednesday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the announcement at a regular press briefing here on Monday. Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong and British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who are the two countries’ presidents of a cultural exchange mechanism, will jointly preside over and address the meeting, which will focus on the subject of sharing experience and enjoying a common future. The China-Britain mechanism for high-level cultural exchanges was launched by Liu and Hunt in London in April …

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Join the Travel Trends webinar next week

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Remember to register for the WYSE Travel Confederation Travel Trends webinar to find out the latest trends, including changes to traditional aspirations and the major global hot-spots in the coming years: Date: Tuesday, 22 April 2014 Time: 17:00 – 18:00 CET Topic: Market Research Title: Travel Trends 2014 Professor Greg Richards will be leading the hour-long session, which will focus on: The relevance of the Asian traveller to the travel industry Significant changes to traditional aspirations and reasons for travelling Changes in the distances young people are travelling Analysis of the effect of special offers on youth travellers He will …

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