UNWTO & WTM Ministers Summit: How Tourism Can Prosper in Times of Uncertainty

Date/Time:

08 Nov 2011
11:00-13:00

Location:

Platinum Suite 3 + 4

Chairperson:

Keith Bellows
Editor-in-Chief
National Geographic Traveler Magazine

Speaker(s)

	H.E. Mr. Mounir Abdel Nour, Minister of Tourism, Egypt
	H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abdulla Al-Nuaimi, Chairman, Qatar Tourism Authority
	H.E. Mr. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
	Mr. Hiran Cooray, Chairman , Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
	Lic. Liz Rosanna Crámer Campos, National Secretary of Tourism, Paraguay
	H.E. Mr. Trond Giske, Minister of Trade and Industry , Norway
	H.E. Gloria Guevara Manzo, Secretaria de Turismo, Mexico
	Peter Kerkar, CEO, Cox & Kings
	Peter Long, Chief Executive, TUI
	H.E Mrs. Fatou Mas Jobe-Njie, Minister of Tourism and Culture, Gambia
	H.E. Mr. Najib Mohamed Balala, Minister of Tourism, Kenya
	Mr. Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice President for International Affairs, Etihad
	Alexander Radkov , Head, Federal Agency for Tourism, Russia
	Mr. David Scowsill, President & CEO , WTTC
	Mrs. Maia Sidamonidze, Chairwoman, Georgian National Tourism Agency
	H.E Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Tourism , South Africa
	H.E. Pavlos Yeroulanos, Minister for Culture and Tourism, Greece

Seminar Details

The UNWTO & WTM Ministers Summit will focus on:

- The role of emerging markets
- The impact of fiscal consolidation and increased taxation in European tourism
- The future of tourism in the Middle East and North Africa
- The role and importance of governments and tourism public policies after the crisis

For more information on the 2011 Ministers Progamme please click here

Please click here to see the video of the Ministers Summit from 2010.

WTM Ministerial Dinner

The exclusive evening, now in its second year, is taking place at one of London's most iconic venues and will host tourism ministers and senior aides from around the world with entertainment from Nicky Spence - Tenor.

Editors from 36 global leading travel trade publications will also be present at this year's prestigious event .

To reserve a place on behalf of your minister or as a minister please email Araminta Sugden

* Please note the WTM Ministerial Dinner is limited to only one Minister/ Head of National Tourism Administration and one Aide from each country.

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National Geographic is one of the world’s most recognised travel media brands, dedicated to inspiring people to find out more about the world around them. Since 1888 we have been committed to the exploration, conservation and diffusion of knowledge about the world in which we live. Our journalists, explorers, film makers and field experts travel all over the globe on a mission of discovery to bring back a wealth of information and compelling stories.

Among our ever-expanding media assets in print, television, online and entertainment, National Geographic Traveler is our award-winning travel magazine dedicated to “All travel, all the time”. Under the stewardship of Editor-in-Chief, Keith Bellows, NG Traveler has won more than 60 travel writing awards and 7 Folio awards for best travel magazine as well as becoming the world’s most widely-read travel magazine.

Keith Bellows lectures extensively around the world and is delighted to have been invited to moderate the prestigious UNWTO & WTM Ministers Summit on “How Tourism Can Prosper in Times of Uncertainty"

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