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GapEdu-Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice, Rimmintie 5, Hämeenlinna (2026)

08/10/2026

We are pleased to announce Björn Bender, CEO and Executive Chairman of Rail Europe, as a speaker at the Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting 2026.

Mr Bender will join the session Connectivity as Investment Infrastructure, bringing a rail perspective on how transport networks shape visitor flows and the investment case for destinations.

📍 Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
🗓 9–10 November 2026

Secure your place at the Annual Meeting — register now at globaltourismforum.org

RailTravel Brussels

07/10/2026

🔥 HOT NEWS | GAPEDU IN BUDAPEST

10 Strategic Meetings. 5 European Markets. One Day in Budapest.

On 20 October 2026, Jyrki Nilson, Co-Founder & CEO of GapEdu – Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice, will lead a focused series of strategic B2G and B2B meetings in Budapest, engaging with tourism boards, convention bureaux, hospitality groups and industry partners from across Central and Southern Europe.

The meetings form part of GapEdu’s ongoing work in international market access, tourism development and strategic partnership building, connecting destinations and tourism businesses with new opportunities, networks and markets.

Budapest MICE | GapEdu Appointments — 20 October

🇸🇰 Slovakia
•⁠ ⁠Tatry Mountain Resorts
•⁠ ⁠Visit Košice
•⁠ ⁠LifeClass Hotels & Spa
•⁠ ⁠Visit Slovakia

🇨🇿 Czech Republic
•⁠ ⁠Brno Convention Bureau
•⁠ ⁠Ostrava Convention Bureau

🇭🇺 Hungary
•⁠ ⁠Julius Meinl

🇭🇷 Croatia
•⁠ ⁠Croatian National Tourist Board
•⁠ ⁠Liburnia Hotels & Villas

🇲🇹 Malta
•⁠ ⁠Visit Malta

From destination development and MICE to hospitality, market access and cross-border cooperation, these conversations will explore where practical partnerships and international business opportunities can be developed.

For GapEdu, Budapest is not simply a meeting point. It is part of our continuing commitment to turning connections into partnerships — and partnerships into sustainable development opportunities.

Leadership Representation
Jyrki Nilson
Co-Founder & CEO
GapEdu – Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice

📍 Budapest, Hungary
📅 20 October 2026

More appointments are currently being confirmed and will be added as the Budapest programme continues to develop. Stay tuned for further updates.

05/10/2026

📣 Fresh from Helsinki: GapEdu and dnata Travel Management explore new opportunities for Finland’s tourism—from Dubai discussions to action on the ground. 🇫🇮🇦🇪

Following Emirates’ Helsinki launch on 1 October, Jyrki Nilson, Co-Founder and CEO of GapEdu - Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice, met with D’Costa from dnata Travel Management in Helsinki, continuing discussions begun recently in Dubai.
The focus: developing Finland’s potential across Groups, Incentives and Leisure travel for clients in the UAE and wider region.
From Helsinki to Lapland and Finland’s year-round experiences, GapEdu’s role is to translate development strategy into practical action—applying market insights, supporting programme development and preparing cooperation with local partners.
Stronger connectivity opens opportunities. Putting them into practice is where our work begins.
From Helsinki to Lapland and Finland’s year-round experiences, GapEdu’s role is to translate development strategy into practical action—applying market insights, supporting programme development and preparing cooperation with local partners.

Stronger connectivity opens opportunities. Putting them into practice is where our work begins.

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03/10/2026

We are pleased to announce Apo Demirtaş, Founder and CEO of The First Group Hospitality / HotelIQ, as a speaker at the Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting 2026.

Mr Demirtaş will join the session From Masterplans to Bankable Projects — Turning Tourism Vision into Investment-Ready Pipelines, bringing an operator’s view on what it takes to move a development from concept to financeable reality.

📍 Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
🗓 9–10 November 2026

Secure your place at the Annual Meeting — register now at globaltourismforum.org

TourismDevelopment Brussels

28/09/2026

✈️ 3 DAYS TO GO | DUBAI → HELSINKI 🇦🇪🇫🇮
On 1 October 2026, Emirates will launch its new direct service between Dubai and Helsinki, marking an exciting new chapter in connectivity between the UAE and Finland.
This important new connection will bring the two markets closer, creating further opportunities for tourism, business, cultural exchange and people-to-people connections, while strengthening Finland’s accessibility to Dubai and Emirates’ wider global network.
Earlier this month in Dubai, our Co-Founder & CEO Jyrki Nilson had the opportunity to meet with the Emirates team and exchange perspectives on the new Dubai–Helsinki connection.
GapEdu is honoured to support the opportunities created by this new connectivity, helping strengthen market access, cultural connections and stakeholder engagement between Finland, the UAE and the wider Nordic region, while contributing to the development of new tourism and business opportunities around the route.
For us, connectivity creates its greatest value when it brings together not only destinations, but also people, businesses, institutions and new possibilities for collaboration.
As the inaugural flight approaches, we look forward to seeing this new connection take to the skies — and to supporting the relationships, partnerships and opportunities that can grow around it.
🇫🇮 🇦🇪 First stop: Helsinki.
Countdown to 1 October begins.
🇦🇪 DUBAI → HELSINKI 🇫🇮
✈️ 1 OCTOBER 2026
⏳ 3 DAYS TO GO
Connecting people. Connecting destinations. Creating opportunities

27/09/2026

🌍 On World Tourism Day, we are reminded that tourism is ultimately about people.

👥 Behind every destination are communities, entrepreneurs, guides, hospitality professionals, policymakers and countless individuals whose livelihoods and futures are connected to the visitor economy.

🌱 As tourism continues to grow and transform, we believe the conversation must go beyond asking how tourism itself can become more sustainable. We must also ask a broader question:

💡 How can we make the development created by tourism sustainable?

🤝 For us, this means strengthening local capabilities, building effective partnerships, creating meaningful economic opportunities, and ensuring that the value generated through tourism remains within destinations long after individual projects, investments or interventions have ended.

🧭 This principle sits at the heart of GapEdu’s work. We believe meaningful development requires moving from strategy to implementation, from short-term interventions to long-term value, and from tourism growth to the sustainability of development it creates.

🌐 Tourism has an extraordinary ability to connect cultures, mobilise investment, create opportunity and contribute to development. Its greatest impact, however, is realised when growth strengthens the people, institutions and places that make tourism possible in the first place.

✨ On this World Tourism Day, our message is simple:

Growth and development must go hand in hand.

📈 Progress should be measured not only by how many people visit a destination, but also by the capabilities built, opportunities created, partnerships strengthened and lasting value tourism leaves behind.

Hanni Tran & Jyrki Nilson
Founders, – Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice

27/09/2026

🔥 OCTOBER SPOTLIGHTS | GAPEDU

Three international engagements. One new development partnership. A month of connecting markets and building opportunities.

October brings a dynamic programme for GapEdu – Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice, spanning market access, MICE, global tourism leadership and destination business development.

🇫🇮 🇦🇪 FINLAND × UAE | MARKET ACCESS
Supporting dnata Travel Management during its upcoming visit to Finland, connected with the inaugural Emirates Dubai–Helsinki service, and facilitating selected introductions and business connections in the Finnish market.

🇭🇺 BUDAPEST | MICE & B2B
Joining MICE Business Day 2026 through its Hosted Buyer programme, expanding connections across the international MICE and business tourism ecosystem.

🇧🇪 BRUSSELS | GLOBAL TOURISM LEADERSHIP
Advancing international engagement and preparations for the Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting 2026, bringing governments, investors and industry leaders together around Investment and Security.

+ A NEW DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP

🇲🇻 MALDIVES | FROM START-UP TO MARKET-READY DMC
Beginning a new journey with In Harmony with Maldives, supporting the development of a new DMC — first building its operational foundation, then preparing it for international market access and sustainable growth.

HELSINKI → BUDAPEST → BRUSSELS
+ MALDIVES: BUILD → PREPARE → CONNECT → GROW

Different markets. Different stages. One purpose:

Connecting markets. Building partnerships. Creating opportunities.

More from each October Spotlight coming soon.

26/09/2026

🔥 OCTOBER SPOTLIGHTS | GAPEDU

Three international engagements. One new development partnership. A month of connecting markets and building opportunities.

October brings a dynamic programme for GapEdu – Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice, spanning market access, MICE, global tourism leadership and destination business development.

🇫🇮 🇦🇪 FINLAND × UAE | MARKET ACCESS
Supporting dnata Travel Management during its upcoming visit to Finland, connected with the inaugural Emirates Dubai–Helsinki service, and facilitating selected introductions and business connections in the Finnish market.

🇭🇺 BUDAPEST | MICE & B2B
Joining MICE Business Day 2026 through its Hosted Buyer programme, expanding connections across the international MICE and business tourism ecosystem.

🇧🇪 BRUSSELS | GLOBAL TOURISM LEADERSHIP
Advancing international engagement and preparations for the Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting 2026, bringing governments, investors and industry leaders together around Investment and Security.

+ A NEW DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP

🇲🇻 MALDIVES | FROM START-UP TO MARKET-READY DMC
Beginning a new journey with In Harmony with Maldives, supporting the development of a new DMC — first building its operational foundation, then preparing it for international market access and sustainable growth.

HELSINKI → BUDAPEST → BRUSSELS
+ MALDIVES: BUILD → PREPARE → CONNECT → GROW

Different markets. Different stages. One purpose:

Connecting markets. Building partnerships. Creating opportunities.

More from each October Spotlight coming soon.

24/09/2026

HOT MOMENTS AT DWTC | DUBAI 🇦🇪

A dynamic day of high-level conversations and strategic connections across the global tourism value chain.

🤝 GapEdu Founding Board at DWTC
Jyrki Nilson & Hanni Tran — building global partnerships across tourism, investment, destinations and international markets.

🌍 Governments & Destinations — Jordan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Sarajevo, Georgia, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Aqaba, Poland & China.

✈️ Aviation & Mobility — Emirates, Etihad, flydubai, Kuwait Airways, Royal Jordanian and global mobility partners.

💹 Capital & Global Business — APAC / New York Stock Exchange and international business networks.

From governments and destinations to capital, connectivity and global business — Dubai continues to open doors for meaningful international partnerships.

More to come from DWTC.

22/09/2026

🔴 HOT NEWS | GAPEDU AT ATM 2026
From Connections to Market Opportunities 🌍
From 14–17 September 2026, GapEdu – Global Consultancy on Development Policy & Practice, led by Co-Founder & CEO Jyrki Nilson, held an intensive series of meetings and strategic engagements at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Dubai.
Across four days, we connected with organisations from across the tourism ecosystem — governments and destinations, aviation, hospitality, travel trade, technology, finance, media and market representation.
🏛️ GOVERNMENTS, DESTINATIONS & TOURISM AUTHORITIES
Our engagements included Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), Visit Hungary, Visit Sarajevo, Aqaba Special Economic Zone, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority, Georgia National Tourism Administration, Ministry of Tourism of Bulgaria, Lublin/Lubelskie (Poland) and the China Cultural Centre.
✈️ AVIATION, CONNECTIVITY & MOBILITY
Discussions included Emirates, Etihad Airways, flydubai, Kuwait Airways, Royal Jordanian, Air Charter Service, Mayfair Jets and Challenger Car Rental Group — exploring how connectivity can support tourism, investment, business and cultural exchange.
🏨 HOSPITALITY, DMCs & THE TRAVEL TRADE
We engaged with dnata (Emirates Group), Rixos Bab Al Bahr, Jumeirah, Raffles Dubai, Nearsite, Desert Adventures, Big Red Adventure Tours, Aitken Spence Travels, Arabian Oryx Travel & Tourism, Across Spain, Elevate World, Matchless Tours & Travels, Akbar Travel, Connect, Afrosia, Rustar and other international partners.
💡 TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE & MARKET ACCESS
Conversations also included Juniper Travel Technology, EET Global, Emirates NBD, VFS, Kosmos Konnect, Beyond Borders and other organisations working across technology, finance and international market representation.
📰 MEDIA & GLOBAL VISIBILITY
Our engagement with eTurboNews and other communications stakeholders highlighted the importance of connecting destinations and tourism businesses with international audiences.
🤝 A MESSAGE FROM JYRKI NILSON
“Every meeting at ATM is more than a conversation — it is a step towards stronger connections between destinations, businesses and people. Together, we can turn ideas into opportunities and create a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable tourism future.”
— Jyrki Nilson, Co-Founder & CEO, GapEdu
Our sincere appreciation goes to every organisation and representative who took the time to meet with us.
For GapEdu, ATM was not simply about the number of meetings. It was about identifying where people, markets and opportunities can connect — and where those connections can develop into practical cooperation.
Connecting markets. Building partnerships. Enabling development.

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