Manny to address tourism leaders
Monday, 27 Oct, 2009
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Thomas Cook Chief Executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa will address the annual United Nations World Tourism Organisation Ministers’ Summit at World Travel Market.
The summit is poised to be the largest-ever with more than 100 ministers attending.
Fontenla-Novoa will share his thoughts on how the industry can respond to the challenges of the global economic crisis, in the first of three panel debates.
He is to identify innovative solutions implemented by governments and the industry in response to current challenging times.
Panel One – Tourism: Tackling the Global Economic Crisis – speakers also include:
– Khélil Lajimi, minister of tourism for Tunisia
– Zoheir Garranah, minister of tourism for Egypt
– Geoffrey Lipman, assistant secretary-general of the UNWTO is moderating the session
– Khélil Lajimi, minister of tourism for Tunisia
– Zoheir Garranah, minister of tourism for Egypt
– Geoffrey Lipman, assistant secretary-general of the UNWTO is moderating the session
World Travel and Tourism Council President Jean-Claude Baumgarten headlines the second panel session ‘Positioning Travel and Tourism in the Global Agenda’, which will debate the role tourism can play to stimulate the global economy, support poor countries facing the crisis and prepare for a green economic transformation.
Other panellists include;
– Dr. Ng Yen Yen, minister of tourism, Malaysia
– Predrag Nenezic, minister for tourism Montenegro
– Ahmed Abdulla Al-Nuaimi, chairman, Qatar Tourism and Exhibitions Authority Qatar, with
– José Luis Zoreda, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo, Exceltur is moderating the session
– Predrag Nenezic, minister for tourism Montenegro
– Ahmed Abdulla Al-Nuaimi, chairman, Qatar Tourism and Exhibitions Authority Qatar, with
– José Luis Zoreda, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo, Exceltur is moderating the session
Caribbean Tourism Organisation secretary-general Hugh Riley leads the third panel session, ‘The Way Forward: Future Challenges and the Transformation to a Green Economy’, which will focus on the need for the sector to begin its transformation towards being a green economy.
Other panellists include:
– Maha Khatib, minister of tourism and antiquities for Jordan, and
– Jonathan Tourtellot, director of the National Geographic Centre for Sustainable Development and geotourism editor, National Geographic Magazine will moderate the session
– Jonathan Tourtellot, director of the National Geographic Centre for Sustainable Development and geotourism editor, National Geographic Magazine will moderate the session
The high-level third annual UNWTO Ministers’ Summit will be held on November 10 at ExCeL in London.
Delegates will be able to follow the talks on giant screens in the Central Boulevard at the exhibition centre.
WTM chairman Fiona Jeffery said: “Manny heads a high profile, high-level line up of private sector speakers this shows the importance of the summit, which will help to secure a roadmap for the future of the industry.”
by Phil Davies
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