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Global Tourism Resilience Forum
February 17

Global Tourism Resilience Forum
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Global Tourism Resilience Forum

Welcome note speakers:
- The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica
- His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
- Edmund Bartlett, Founder and Co-Chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica and Co- chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
- Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya and Chairman, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC)-East Africa
- Talal Abu Ghazaleh, Founder & Chairman Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organisation
- Taleb Rifai, Co-chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre; Chairman ITIC Ltd; Co-chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council and Former Secretary-General UNWTO
Ministerial Panel: Enabling resilience and sustainability to accelerate the recovery of the global tourism industry.
Panellists:
- Edmund Bartlett, Founder and Co-Chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica and Co- chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
- Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya and Chairman, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC)-East Africa
- Senator The Lisa Cummins, Minister of Tourism and International Transport of Barbados and Chair Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO)
- E. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan
- Philda Nani Kereng, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation & Tourism of Botswana
Moderators:
- Gerald Lawless, Ambassador WTTC and Director ITIC Ltd
- Professor Lloyd Waller, Executive Director, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre
Tourism Business and Investment: Building resilience to attract investments in the global tourism industry: The new challenges and issues.
Panellists:
- Adam Stewart ,Executive Chairman, Sandals Resorts International
- Antonio Teijeiro, COO, Bahia Principe
- Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman and CEO DMCC
- Nicolas Mayer, Global Tourism Leader, PWC
- Raki Phillips, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKDA)
Moderator: Sameer Hashmi, Middle East Business Correspondent at BBC News
Women in Tourism: How are women central and contributing to transforming the global tourism industry and increasing its resilience?
Introduction by: Daniela Wagner, Group Business Development Director, Jacobs Media Group / The Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
Video message: H.E. Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities
Panellists:
- Senator The Kamina Johnson-Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica
- Nikolina Angelkova, Deputy Chair, Parliamentary Tourism Commission, National Assembly of Bulgaria, Former Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria (2014 -2020) and Responsible Person for GTRCMC in the Balkans
- Esther Kagure Munyiri, Executive Director, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre – East Africa
- Liz Ortiguera, CEO Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
- Yolanda Perdomo, Global Tourism Strategist, ICF
- Rika Jean-Francois, Commissioner ITB Corporate Social Responsibility
- Catheryn Khoo, Senior Researcher & Lecturer, Griffith Institute for Tourism Brisbane, Australia & Expert on Gender and Tourism in Asia and the Pacific, UNWTO
Moderator: Aradhana Khowala, CEO Aptamind Partners. Chair of the Global Advisory Board of The Red Sea Development Company
Launch of the book:
TOURISM RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT: Navigating Covid-19 and The Future.
- Professor Lloyd Waller, Executive Director, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC)
- Edmund Bartlett, Founder and Co-Chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica and Co- chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
SIGNING OF MoU WITH SATELLITE CENTRES
- Taleb Rifai, Co-chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre; Chairman ITIC Ltd; Co-chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council and Former Secretary-General UNWTO
- Edmund Bartlett, Founder and Co-Chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica and Co- chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
- Nikolina Angelkova, Deputy Chair, Parliamentary Tourism Commission, National Assembly of Bulgaria, Former Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria (2014 -2020) and Responsible Person for GTRCMC in the Balkan
- Professor Lloyd Waller, Executive Director, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC)
Video messages:
- Dr Gervan Fearon, President of George Brown College, Canada
- Professor Salam Al-Mahadin, President, Academic Affairs, Middle East University, Jordan
Declaration of the Resilience Day.
- Edmund Bartlett, Founder and Co-Chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica and Co- chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
- Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya and Chairman, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC)-East Africa
- Senator The Kamina Johnson-Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica
- E. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan
- Talal Abu Ghazaleh, Founder & Chairman Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organisation
- Taleb Rifai, Co-chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre; Chairman ITIC Ltd; Co-chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council and Former Secretary-General UNWTO
- Nikolina Angelkova, Deputy Chair, Parliamentary Tourism Commission, National Assembly of Bulgaria, Former Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria (2014-2020) and Responsible Person for GTRCMC in the Balkans
- Aradhana Khowala, CEO Aptamind Chair of the Global Advisory Board of The Red Sea Development Company
- Daniela Wagner, Director, Group Development, Jacobs Media Group/ The Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
- Esther Kagure Munyiri, Executive Director, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre- East Africa
- Gerald Lawless, Ambassador WTTC and Director ITIC Ltd
- Graham Cooke, Founder of the World Group
- Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO, ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd
- Laurie Myers, Global Strategist, The Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
- Liz Ortiguera, CEO Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
- Professor Salam Al-Mahadin, President, Academic Affairs, Middle East University, Jordan
Video message:
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA)
Closing:
- Edmund Bartlett, Founder and Co-Chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica and Co- chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council
- Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya and Chairman, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC)-East Africa
- Taleb Rifai, Co-chair, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre; Chairman ITIC Ltd, Co-chair, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council and Former Secretary General
- Daniela Wagner, Director, Group Development, Jacobs Media Group / Resilience Council
- Gerald Lawless, Ambassador WTTC and Director ITIC Ltd
- Graham Cooke, Founder of the World Group
- Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO, ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd
