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World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Unifying Brand, Content and Experience for one of Travel’s Biggest Voices

Introducing the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is a global non-profit membership organisation representing the private sector of travel and tourism. With a mission to create a seamless, secure, inclusive, and sustainable industry, WTTC champions policies and initiatives that support growth and resilience across one of the world’s largest sectors.

To better support its members and spotlight its initiatives, WTTC set out to redefine its digital presence with a new website built for the future.

Kentico Site of the Month – May 2025
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The Challenge

WTTC required a website that would better represent its rich content, global events and advocacy efforts.

Their existing site, built on DNN, was no longer fit for purpose. Due to challenges with the legacy CMS platform, internal teams faced restrictive content templates and inefficient workflows that hindered publishing agility. Additionally, suboptimal search functionality made content discovery difficult and frustrating for users.

As a trusted Kentico Gold Partner, Cantarus was appointed to deliver a new website that would not only meet WTTC’s functional requirements but also reflect its global influence and provide an improved experience for both members and public audiences.

Key challenges included:

  • Outdated and irrelevant content
  • Imagery that wasn’t representative of the diversity of the sector
  • Inconsistent branding across the digital estate
  • A fragmented user journey that made it harder for audiences to find and engage with key content
  • Legacy CMS platform restricted ability of content editors to showcase the organisation effectively
  • Challenges with performance and SEO best practices on the legacy platform


The Partnership

Cantarus already had an established relationship with WTTC, having originally partnered with them to support their previous website, originally developed by their previous provider. However, this project marked the beginning of a new strategic collaboration.

The project kicked off with a detailed discovery phase to fully capture business objectives, user needs and platform requirements. Key outputs were carried forward into the design and implementation approach, ensuring a tightly governed process with minimal scope creep.

Our Solution

Cantarus recommended the Xperience by Kentico platform as the ideal fit for the new WTTC website. The solution offers a powerful and future-proof foundation to support the organisation’s long-term digital ambitions.

The implementation phase was a collaborative process, with the WTTC team confident in Cantarus’ ability to bring their vision to life.

Key deliverables included:

  • A fully customisable content management system (CMS), empowering WTTC to manage and optimise content independently 
  • A restructured information architecture (IA) to streamline user journeys and improve content discoverability
  • A responsive, accessibility-compliant design that reinforces WTTC’s global presence
  • A scalable technical foundation to support future multilingual content and advanced personalisation 

On the design front, Cantarus collaborated closely with WTTC’s in-house graphic design team who were undertaking a light brand refresh. Cantarus provided consultancy on accessibility best practices, advising on colour palettes, typography, and photography. This ensured the refreshed digital presence was both visually compelling and fully inclusive. In an industry as vibrant and diverse as travel, it was crucial to reflect the breadth of WTTC’s work through engaging, inclusive imagery that resonated with its wide-ranging audiences.

11.5% increase in unique active users
21.4% increase in average engagement time per user
6.8% increase in page views

Results and Impact

The new WTTC website represents a significant step forward in the organisation’s digital maturity. Feedback from the WTTC team has been positive, with highlights including:

  • Traffic has been stable and consistent post migration
  • A faster, mobile-optimised experience, including going from a D to an A on GTMetrix for the homepage
  • Improved user experience (UX) across key user journeys
  • Significantly reduced publishing times, enabling more agile content updates, as well as the ability to schedule publishing of new content
  • A consistent and professional brand experience across the digital estate
  • A much better and intuitive authoring experience

Future Forward 

With a future-ready foundation in place, WTTC is now set to continue to build on its digital transformation journey. Planned next steps include:

  • Expanding member engagement functionality with targeted digital services
  • Ongoing optimisation of user experience, performance, accessibility and content strategies


Cantarus worked closely with us to create a website that better reflects who we are. From day one, they understood our objectives and guided us through a clear, collaborative process. The result is a platform that empowers us to manage content more easily, highlights our work more effectively, and engages our global audience like never before. It’s a significant leap from our legacy site—beautifully redesigned and full of potential for innovative features that will better serve both our audience and WTTC members.

Mike Clegg Head of Web & SEO, WTTC

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