Day 2 – 10 November 2020, Tuesday

10:00 – 19:00 GMT Tourism Investment Summit

 

07:00 – 22:00 GMT Virtual Exhibition

 

09:45 GMT Connecting Time

 

10:00 GMT Welcome

Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC Dr. Taleb Rifai Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO, Simon Press Senior Exhibition Director, WTM, Ibrahim Ayoub Group CEO & MD ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd

 

10:05 GMT Morning conversations

 

10:05 – 10:20 GMT Current Economic Outlook, predictions and Recovery plan for 2021

Prof. Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development, Oxford University

 

10:20 – 10:35 GMT Shaping the Future of Aviation and its projection by 2025

A conversation with Sir Tim Clark, President, Emirates Airline Hosted by Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

 

10:35 – 10:45 GMT Keynote Speech

Mahmoud Abdulhadi, Deputy of Investments – Ministry of Tourism, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 

10:45 – 11:15 GMT The future of Tourism in the Green Economy

Hon. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan Mrs. Gloria Guevara, CEO, WTTC

 

Conversation hosted by Peter Greenberg, CBS News

 

11:15 – 12:00 GMT Health

Dealing with COVID-19 and how do we restore travellers’ trust and confidence to rebuild business. The New Normal – Learning to live, travel, work and play despite Covid-19.

 

Moderator: Rajan Datar, Presenter & Broadcaster, BBC

 

Speakers:

Presentation: Angus Urquhart, Sales Director, GeneMe UK

• Simon Vincent, President Hilton, EMEA
• Filipe Silva, Board Member, Turismo de Portugal I.P.
• Professor Heymann David, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, LSHTM and Head of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House
• Ambassador Dho Young-Shim, South Korea
• Tom Jones, Senior Partner, Finn Partners

 

12:00 – 12:15 GMT Understanding the financial mechanisms that allow you to survive and rebuild

Presentation by Nicolas Mayer, Global Industry Leader – tourism, PWC and in conversation with Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

 

12:15 – 12:30 GMT One-to-One interview

Interview of Majed AlGhanim, Managing Director, Tourism Quality of Life – Ministry of Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC

 

12:30 – 13:15 GMT Analysing the challenges and investment opportunities in Aviation sector

 

Moderator: Vijay Poonoosamy, Director International and Public Affairs of QI & former VP, Etihad Airlines

 

Speakers:

• Dale Keller, Chief Executive, Board of Arline Representatives – UK
• Suha Al Arda, Vice President – Treasury & Managements Accounts – Finance, Royal Jordanian Airlines
• Gavin Watts, Client Transformation and Delivery Director, Yoti

 

13:15 – 13:30 GMT Coffee Break & Video Presentations

 

13:30 – 14:15 GMT Special Focus on the Middle East market – Investment opportunities in Sustainable Travel and Tourism sector

 

Moderator: Gerald Lawless, Director ITIC & Ambassador WTTC

 

Speakers:

• Hon. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan
• H.E Avedis Guidanian, Former Minister of Tourism, Lebanon
• H.E Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal. Executive Chairman of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority Shurooq
• Haitham Mattar, CEO, Beyond Tourism
• Hammad Al Balawi, General Manager of Investments – Ministry of Tourism, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

 

14:15 – 14:45 GMT Investing in Africa: Tourism an important pillar for African development.

 

Moderator: Mark Beer, Chairman The Metis Institute

 

Speaker:

• Nick Barigye, Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Finance Limited
• Nick Barigye, Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Finance Limited

 

14:45 – 15:15 GMT Looking at the Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Airports

A Conversation with Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, hosted by Peter Greenberg, CBS News

 

15:15 – 15:55 GMT How investment in travel and tourism sector can drive growth and cooperation within the Commonwealth countries?

 

Moderator: Lerato Mbele, Journalist and Broadcaster, BBC

 

Speakers:

• Hon. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane Minister of Tourism, South Africa
• Hon. Memunatu B. Pratt, Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sierra Leone
• Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP UK and Chair Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK
• Lord Rami Ranger, President Entrepreneurship, Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club
• Mobin Rafiq Founder and President of the Commonwealth Entrepreneur Club
• Lee Hayhurst, Executive Editor at Travolution.com

 

15:55 – 16:10 GMT How to attract China outbound investment and tourism during and post covid19

Presentation by Marcus Lee, Chairman of Association of SME Business owners in China

 

16:10 – 16:15 GMT Video Presentations

 

16:15 – 17:00 GMT Challenges and Opportunities for Mergers and Acquisitions in the Post Covid Stage

 

Moderator: Ibrahim Osta, Chief of Party, USAID, Bosnia & Herzegovina

 

Speakers:

• Video presentation by Duma Wang, CEO, Hiseas International Travel Group, China
• Nicolas Mayer, Global Tourism Leader, PWC
• Michel Taride, Strategic Adviser & former President Hertz International
• Kee Chong LI Kwong Wing, Independent Director, AFREXIM Bank

 

17:00 – 17:45 GMT Investment opportunities – Presentation of Destinations and Tourism Projects in quest of investment

Project Introduction by Paul Hoskins, Director ITIC Ltd and Invest Tourism Ltd

 

17:10 – 17:20 GMT Brazil – presented by Karl Heinsenberg Santos, General Manager – Investment Attraction, Ministry of Tourism – Brazil

 

17:20 – 17:40 GMT Saudi Arabia

 

 

17:45 – 18:30 GMT Tourism Resilience: This may not be the last crisis, how can you prepare to face for any future global catastrophe

 

Moderator: Peter Greenberg, CBS News

 

Speakers:

• Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica
• Hon. Nikolina Angelkova, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria
• Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman ITIC and former Secretary-General UNWTO
• Christopher Rodrigues, WTTC Ambassador and Chairman of Port of London Authority
• Raki Phillips, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Authority (RAKTDA)

 

18:30 – 19:00 GMT Tourism job retention and job growth strategy: marketing tourism as a destination for Employment

 

Moderator: Nigel Fell, C-Suite leader and not-for-profit Board Advisor to Governments, Tourist Boards and Tourism Business Owners

 

Speakers:

• Konrad Mizzi, former Minister of Tourism Malta
• Richard Hatter, General Manager FIH Hotel
• Judy Kepher-Gona, University Educator/Sustainable Tourism Advisor & founder Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda
• Catheryn Khoo-Latimore, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia
• Brian Mullis – Board member of Transformational Travel Council

 

19:00 – 19:30 GMT Recovery plan for a stronger digital travel and tourism industry post Covid-19 and Beyond

 

Moderator: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Director eTourism Lab & Deputy Director, International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bournemouth University Business School

 

Speakers:

• Jayant Kolla, Founder and Partner Convergence Catalyst and Sensate Technologies
• Cuthbert Ncube, Chairman African Tourism Board

 

19:30 – 19:45 GMT Closing

 

• Rajan Datar, Presenter and Broadcaster, BBC
• Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO,
• Simon Press, Senior Exhibition Director, WTM,
• Ibrahim Ayoub, Group CEO & MD ITIC & Invest Tourism Ltd
• Daniela Wagner, Director International Partnership, Jacobs Media Group

 

 

Day 3 – 11 November 2020, Wednesday

07:00 – 22:00:

1-2-1 Business meetings with investors Pre-recorded Destination, Tourism Project & Attraction Briefings Virtual Exhibition