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Speakers

Martin Barth

President & CEO, World Tourism Forum Lucerne

Andrew Fay

President and Co-Founder, The Gettys Group

Arash Azarbarzin

President, SH Hotels & Resorts

Todd Davidson

Executive Director, Travel Oregon

Jennifer Fox

Industry Executive

Hans-Christian "Chris" Boos

Founder, Arago

Ritesh Agarwal

Founder & CEO (Group), OYO Hotels & Homes

Nick van Marken

Managing Director, van Marken Limited

Marloes Knippenberg

CEO, Kerten Hospitality

Arnold Donald

President & CEO, Carnival Corporation & PLC

Inès Blal

Executive Dean and Managing Director, École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL)

Aadel Benyoussef

VP Europe, Excelerate Systems

Oussama Berqi

Data & AI Advisor and Consultant

Jalil Mekouar

Founder & CEO, inHovate Solutions

Dangui Oduber

Minister of Tourism, Public Health and Sport of Aruba

David Tarsh

Managing Director, Tarsh Consulting

Alessandro Tedesco

CEO, FEBC

Christopher Norton

CEO, Equinox Hotels

James Thornton

CEO, Intrepid Group

Kate Walsh

Dean and E.M. Statler Professor, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University

Wolfgang Lindlbauer

CEO, Lobster Ink

Christian Clerc

President - Global Operations, Four Seasons

Jose Silva

CEO, Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts

Alexandre deJuniac

Director General & CEO, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Shannon Stowell

CEO, Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA)

Norie Quintos

President, Norie Quintos Media and Consulting

Monica Price Cycle Europe

Co-Owner, ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours (USA) and BikesPlus (Italy)

Robin Rossmann

Managing Director, STR

Chris Nassetta

President & CEO, Hilton

Peter Greenberg

Travel Editor, CBS News

Stefan Breg

KSA & Group Strategy Director, Keane

Mayada Badr

CEO, Culinary Arts Commission

Alex Dichter

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Terry Jones

Founder, Travelocity.com and Founding Chairman, Kayak.com

Margaux Constantin

Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

Caroline Bremner

Head of Travel and Tourism Research, Euromonitor International

ANITA MENDIRATTA

Special Advisory to the Secretary General, UNWTO

Arva Ahmed

Co-Founder, Frying Pan Adventures

Trevor Benson

VP Destination Development, Culinary Tourism Alliance

Michelangelo Cestari

Professor, Basque Culinary Centre

Didier Souillat

Chief Executive Officer, Time Out Market

James Hacon

Hospitality Commentator

Tim Peck

Chairman, OBMI

David Keen

Chief Executive Officer, QUO

Lynn Chouman

Editor, LinkedIn News

Heleri Rande

Partner, THINK Hospitality

Vivek Singh

Executive Chef, Founder and CEO, The Cinnamon Collection

Ross Veitch

CEO & Co-Founder, Wego

Muzzammil Ahussain

Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Travel, Seera Group

Filip Boyen

Chief Executive Officer, Forbes Travel Guide

Matthieu DE CLERCQ

Partner, Oliver Wyman

Deep Kalra

Founder and Group Executive Chairman, MakeMyTrip Group

Anthony Mallows

President and CEO, WATG

John Scanlon

Special Envoy, African Parks

Shannon Guihan

Chief TreadRight & Sustainability Officer, The Travel Corporation

Josef Settele

Co-Chair of IPBES Global Assessment

SHAUN VORSTER

Advisory Board of World Tourism Forum Lucerne & Professor Extraordinaire, University of Stellenbosch Business School

Paul Samuels

Executive Vice President Global Partnerships, AEG International

Alistair Gosling

Founder & CEO, Extreme International

Geoffrey Kent

Founder and Co-Chairman, Abercrombie&Kent

Sébastien Bazin

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Accor

Mia Kyricos

President, Kyricos & Associates

Susie Ellis

Chairman & CEO, Global Wellness Institute

Thierry Malleret

Managing Partner, Monthly Barometer

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman, Bench Events

John Defterios

Business' Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor, CNN

Jonathan Timms

CEO, Diriyah Gate Development Authority

L Engle

Founder and Managing Director, Berkeley Capital Group

Bashayer Almajed

Professor of Law at Kuwait University and Advisor to the Kuwait National Assembly

Hala Matar Choufany

President, HVS Middle East, Africa & South Asia

MARY GOSTELOW

Girlahead - Gostelow Report - Mary Gostelow Girlahead Podcast - World Travel Essential Podcast

Keith Barr

Chief Executive Officer, IHG

Sally Marwaha

Minister of Tourism, Saudi Arabia

Lorenza Bonaccorsi

Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism

Stephen Sackur

Presenter, HARDTalk

Wolfgang Marzin

President & Chief Executive Officer, Messe Frankfurt

Yasir Alsaggaf

MC

Cyril Ranque

President, Travel Partners Expedia Group

Sandra Howard

Executive Director, Greater Medellin Convention & Visitors Bureau

Keith Tan

Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board

Fahd Hamidaddin

Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Tourism Authority

Paul Charles

Founder & CEO, The PC Agency

Sarah Al-Husseini

General Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Tourism, Saudi Arabia

Dirk Singer

Research Director, Simpliflying

Vipul Prakash

COO, MakeMyTrip and Goibibo

Amr AlMadani

CEO, AlUla

Ufi Ibrahim

Founder and Chief Executive, Energy and Environment Alliance

Arne Sorenson

President & Chief Executive Officer, Marriott International

William McDonough

Founding Principal, William McDonough + Partners

John Grant

Partner, Midas Aviation

Olivier Ponti

Vice President, Insights, ForwardKeys

Marina private

Minister, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia

Federico Gonzalez

Chief Executive Officer, Radisson Hotel Group

Jeremy Rifkin

Economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist

Gloria Guevara

President & Chief Executive Officer, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Prof. Alexander Kekulé

Director, Institute for Biosecurity Research

Debbie Remengesau

First Lady, Palau

John Pagano

CEO, The Red Sea Development

Annastasia Seebohm

Global Chief Executive Officer, Quintessentially Group

Barry Sternlicht

Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group

Paul Marshall

Chief Environment Officer, Neom

SALLY MARWAHA

Secretary-General, UNWTO

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Hosted by

The Bench

Insights Hub

G20 Tourism Track 2020

Outcomes of the Tourism Ministers Meeting on 7 October 2020 and the Diriyah Communique

Alula Framework

Inclusive community development through tourism

Forward Keys - Latin America & Caribbean

Olivier Ponti, VP Insights

OECD report to G20 Tourism Working Group

Safe and seamless travel and improved traveller experience

WTTC - Gloria Guevara

Global Performance 2019 & Economic Impact from COVID19 end of 2020

McKinsey & Company - Alex Dichter

The travel industry in numbers

STR - Robin Rossman

Data trends and insights on the hotel industry

OK2Roam - Hans-Christian Boos

Cutting edge technology that could allow the world to travel again

Forward Keys - Olivier Ponti

Global Aviation Outlook

McKinsey & Company - Margaux Constantin

Traveler anxiety and what we can do about it

Global Wellness Institute - Susie Ellis

$4.5 Trillion Global Wellness Economy

Euromonitor International - Caroline Bremner

Global Consumer Shifts after Coronavirus

Future Hospitality Summit

Interview: Vivek Singh, CEO, The Cinnamon Collection

Oliver Wyman - Matthieu De Clerq

Recovery and Beyond Report Conclusions