GTMC unveils keynote speaker for conference

Saturday, 08 Mar, 2011 0

Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan will be the keynote speaker at Guild of Travel Management Companies annual overseas conference in Abu Dhabi this May.

GTMC chief executive Anne Godfrey said: “James is well known to most of our members through his past career in the UK – with Hertz, bmi and Forte Hotels – and for the past six years he has overseen the phenomenal growth of Etihad Airways. In addition James has a reputation for being one of the best speakers in the travel industry.”

The 2011 GTMC conference will take place between 13 – 15 May at the Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Hotel Abu Dhabi, with Etihad Airways as the partner airline.

By Bev Fearis



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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