- Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting takes place in Brussels November 9-10, 2026
- Day one focuses on investment, day two on security, resilience and trust
- 15 sessions and three high-level dialogues across the two days
- Meeting closes with Brussels Agenda for Tourism Investment and Security
- Programme addresses capital attraction and destination trust as connected priorities
The Global Tourism Forum’s Annual Meeting has set its agenda for Brussels on November 9-10, 2026, with a programme built around the proposition that tourism’s next phase of growth depends on the industry’s ability to attract capital and earn trust through the same set of decisions. Day one is organised around investment, with day two focused on security, resilience and trust. The meeting features 15 sessions and three high-level dialogues across the two days.
Day one opens with a ceremony framing tourism in a new global era, followed by a High-Level Leaders’ Dialogue on the relationship between capital and confidence. Sessions cover the global tourism investment outlook, turning masterplans into bankable projects, hospitality investment and destination development, blended finance and development capital, connectivity as investment infrastructure, green and climate-resilient tourism investment, and a ministerial dialogue. The day closes with the World Tourism Awards and gala dinner.
Day two opens with security framed as the new foundation of tourism competitiveness, with sessions on tourism security as destination competitiveness, secure and seamless borders, cybersecurity in tourism and hospitality, event security for MICE and high-level delegations, crisis management and destination reputation, aviation and transport security, and climate security, health security and tourism resilience. A high-level dialogue on security, mobility and destination trust serves as the convergence point, centred on the question of trust and how destinations can stay open while maintaining strong security and crisis-response capabilities. The meeting is expected to close with the Brussels Agenda for Tourism Investment and Security.
Global Tourism Forum chair shared tourism’s next growth phase requires the industry to attract capital and earn trust through aligned decision-making.
Brussels Convention Bureau shared the city welcomes the forum as a platform for addressing tourism’s most pressing challenges.
