17:15 – 18:00: Registration
18:00 – 18:05: Welcome Speech by Ms. Daniela Wagner
Moderator: Ms. Daniela Wagner – International Partnership – Jacobs Media Group
18:05 – 18:15 Address by Ms. Isabel Hill
Speaker: Ms. Isabel Hill, Director National Travel and Tourism Office United States Department of Commerce
18:15 – 18:25: Address by Dr. Taleb Rifai
Speaker: Dr Taleb Rifai, Chairman, ITIC Advisory Board & Former Secretary-General of UNWTO
18:25 – 18:35: Keynote Speech by Her Excellency Mrs. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca K.U.O.M.
Speaker: Her Excellency Mrs. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca K.U.O.M., President of Malta
18:35 – 19:15: Panel Discussion: Invest Tourism
Speakers:
- Her Excellency Mrs. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca K.U.O.M., President of Malta,
- Hon. Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya,
- Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica,
- Mr. Gerald Lawless, Former President and CEO of Jumeirah Group,
- Mr. Saleh Said, Managing Director, Pennyroyal Limited, Promoter of a Tourism Village, Moderator: Ms. Anita Mendiratta (Founder and CEO Cachet Consulting & Lead Consultant of CNN International’s T.A.S.K. Group)
19:15 – 19:30:
1. Presentation 2. Announcement of the Strategic Partnership
Logo Investourism: The Tourism Investment Platform of ITIC
between ITIC, The Mediterranean Tourism Foundation & The Global Center for Resilience
On stage:
- H.E Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, K.U.O.M., President of Malta
- Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism Jamaica
- Hon. Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya & Vice-Chairman ITIC Advisory Board
- Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman Advisory Board ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO
- Mr. Andrew Muscat, Secretary-General MTF
- Mr. Ibrahim Ayoub, Organiser of ITIC, Founder & Group CEO of Investourism & Daiichi Moderator: Ms. Anita Mendiratta (Founder and CEO Cachet Consulting & Lead Consultant of CNN International’s T.A.S.K. Group)
19:30 – 19:35: Closing
Speaker: Ibrahim Ayoub – ITIC Organiser, Founder & Group CEO Investourism & Daiichi
19:30 – 21:00: Cocktail / Finger-buffet