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Why attend?

As the signature event for the WYSE Travel Confederation, WYSTC serves as the global meeting point for key stakeholders and organisations providing youth, student and educational travel.

WYSTC connects the diverse sectors that serve the millions of young people who travel to study, work and gain experience and skills. The event combines a business-to-business trade fair, trade association meetings and industry-focused seminars with daily networking opportunities.

WYSTC benefits:

World class expertise - an entire industry under one roof

Network and learn from leaders in student and youth travel, international education, as well as state, national and regional tourism boards.

Keep pace with the latest technological developments and innovative products while developing your trade and business network with the diverse organisations that choose WYSTC.

 

Trusted trading partners with proven products

WYSTC is the signature event of the WYSE Travel Confederation. Created in 2006 with the merger of FIYTO and ISTC, the confederation represents over 100 years of combined industry insight, integrity and experience. As its yearly event, WYSTC attendees benefit from the confederation’s vast network of members from over 80 countries and the knowledge that they are indeed, trading with trusted business partners.

 

Establish and maintain business relationships

Develop, maintain and strengthen your relationships with key agents, providers and professional contacts. Take advantage of continuous targeted networking and PR events throughout the week that enable you to promote your products and organisation -- person to person.

 

New partners - New solutions

Take advantage of face-to-face business appointments that you book and manage online to develop your trade and business alliances and accelerate your speed-to-market of products and services.

 

WYSTC makes it easy

WYSTC Online Marketing Tools make it easy to profile your company, product and target your trade and business development.

 

With WYSTC Online Marketing Tools, you can market your company and target prospects and partners long before the conference begins and even after the event has ended.

On the WYSTC delegate website, fully registered organisations can:

  • Upload videos, brochures, presentations to their company profile
  • Search registered organisations via multiple criteria

Besides providing you with multiple channels to market your organisation and discover new partners, the WYSTC Online Marketing Tools are helping to eliminate paper at the event and reduce our carbon footprint. Save paper and start building your online profile at WYSTC.

WYSTC Mission

WYSTC"s mission is to provide the youth, student and educational travel industry with a global event where specialist organisations gather to exchange knowledge, experience and expertise - and to trade with trusted partners.