08:3 0 – 09:00 GMT Registration, meet and greet

 

The morning sessions will be facilitated by Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

 

09:00 – 09:10 GMT Summit Opening

Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman, ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd and Former Secretary-General, UNWTO & Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica

 

09:10 – 09:15 GMT Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman, ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd and Former Secretary-General, UNWTO

 

09:15 – 09:50 GMT Morning conversations: Tourism perspectives in the evolving global economic context

David Goodger, Managing Director, Europe & Middle East Tourism Economics, in conversation with H.E Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Executive Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, Olivier Chavy, CEO of The Lux Collective and Chetan Borkhatria, Commercial Manager of Kenya Airways

 

Master of Ceremony: Paul Hoskins, Director ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd

 

09:50 – 11:00 GMT Investment Ministerial Panel:
The responsibility of governments to develop a strategic plan for an investment-focused tourism agenda of the future

 

Moderator: Carmen Roberts, Travel writer and Television Presenter, BBC

Introduction: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC and Former Secretary-General,UNWTO

 

Panellists:

• Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
• Ms. Mariana Oleskiv, Chairperson, State Agency for Tourism Development, Ukraine
• Hon. Rebecca Miano, Cabinet Secretary, Kenya
• Hon. Vera Kamtukule, Minister of Tourism, Malawi
• Siby Diabira, Senior Manager, Western Europe, IFC

 

11:00 – 11:20 GMT Networking Break

 

11:20 – 11:30 GMT Showcasing the development plans for The Lux Collective by Oliviero Cassini, Chief Development Officer of The Lux Collection

 

11:30 – 12:05 GMT Panel Discussion: Why would investing in green construction for serviced apartments and hotels yield a good return on investment?

 

Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

 

Panellists:

• Olivier Chavy, CEO of The Lux Collective
• Ken Osei, Principal Investment Officer
• Dimitrios Buhalis, Director of International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bournemouth University

 

12:05 – 13:00 GMT Tourism Project presentations by Developers

 

12:05 – 12:30 GMT Case study

 

Session 1: Why Global Brands Are Betting Big on Africa?

 

Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

 

Panellists:

• Hamza Farooqui, Chief Executive Officer of Millat Group
• Felicity Black-Roberts, SVP Development, EAME, Hyatt
• Warrick Haskell, Principal, Corporate Finance, Nedbank

12:30 – 13:00 GMT Presentations

 

Presented by Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

  

Session 2 – Presentation Kenya Airways by Puneet Abreo

 

Session 3 – Presentation Ukraine by Ms. Mariana Oleskiv, Chairperson, State Agency for Tourism Development, Ukraine

 

Session 4 – Presentation Kenya by Hon. Rebecca Miano, Cabinet Secretary, Kenya

 

Session5 – Presentation Malawi by Hon. Vera Kamtukule, Minister of Tourism, Malawi

 

Session 6 – Presentation Maldives by Ali Shinan Deputy Director General Ministry of Tourism, Maldives

 

 

13:00 – 14:00 GMT Networking Lunch

 

14:00 – 14:15 GMT One-to-one conversation between Peter Greenberg, CBS News and Hon. Rebecca Miano, Cabinet Secretary, Kenya

 

14:15 – 14:30 GMT Tourism Project presentations by Developers

 

Presented by Carmen Roberts, Travel writer and Television Presenter, BBC

   

Session 7 – Presentation Jordan by Lizette Castillo-Nunez

 

Session 9 – Presentation Daku Group by Xoliswa Daku, Founder and CEO, Daku Group

 

14:30 – 15:10 GMT Women in Tourism
Addressing the challenges and obstacles encountered by women in accessing financial resources to establish tourism enterprises

A conversation between Carmen Roberts, Travel writer and Television Presenter, BBC and

• Memunatu Pratt, former Minister of Tourism, Sierra Leone
• Jacintha Kiruthi, CEO InTRADE of AFCFTA
• Ola Wright, CEO, West Africa Tourism Association (WATO)
• Maribel Rodriguez, President, Women Leading Tourism
• Xoliswa Daku, Founder and CEO of Daku Group

 

15:00 – 15:55 GMT Panel Discussion: Delivering growth in the UK Tourism sector

 

Moderator: Christopher Rodrigues, CBE, WTTC Ambassador

 

Panellists:

• Ufi Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer, Energy & Environment Alliance
• Dimitrios Buhalis, Director of Bournemouth University
• Tony Matharu, Chairman, Integrity International Group Limited
• Ken Osei, Principal Investment Officer, IFC

 

15:55 – 16:40 GMT Commonwealth Ministerial Panel: Forging collaborative tourism initiatives within the Commonwealth

 

Moderator: Carmen Roberts, Travel writer and Television Presenter, BBC

Introduction by Christopher Rodrigues, CBE, WTTC Ambassador

 

Panellists:

• Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
• Hon. Mrs Nabeela Tunis, Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sierra Leone
• Richard Moir, Vice President & Board Member, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)
• Hon. Lola Ade-John, Former Minister of Tourism, Nigeria

 

16:40 – 17:25 GMT Panel Discussion: ESG and resilience, essential prerequisites for investment in tourism destinations?

 

Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

 

Panellists:

 

17:25 – 17:30 GMT Closing: Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO, ITIC