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Seminar Schedule - ATM Global Stage
ATM Global Stage TUESDAY 18TH MAY 10.30 - 11.30 THE ATM HOTEL INDUSTRY SUMMIT: THE CHANGING ROLE OF HOTELS Experienced hoteliers discuss how they have reinvented their hospitality offering to adapt to pandemic-driven trends, from introducing co-working and ‘workfrom-hotel’ concepts and launching new hybrid hospitality experiences that merge the physical and virtual to delivering environments conducive to the new lifestyles and expectations of travellers. Moderator: Richard Dean, Presenter, Business Breakfast at Dubai Eye, Director of Roar Interior Design Speakers: Marloes Knippenberg, CEO, Kerten Hospitality, Mark Kirby, Head of Hospitality, Emaar Hospitality Group, Fettah Tamince, Founder and Chairman, Rixos Hotels, Jochem-Jan Sleiffer, MEA President, Hilton Hotels Sponsored by:
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12.30 - 13.30 THE ATM HOTEL INDUSTRY SUMMIT: PUTTING HOSPITALITY BACK INTO HOSPITALITY With new health and safety requirements sanitising the hotel environment, this session throws the spotlight on strategies for creating memorable customer experiences and preserving the all-important human touch. The session will also highlight how the roles of hotel staff are evolving, what technological innovations are here to stay and how loyalty programmes are being reimagined to offer guests what they really want. Moderator: Richard Dean, Presenter, Business Breakfast at Dubai Eye, Director of Roar Interior Design Speakers: Stefan Leser, CEO at Langham Hospitality Group, Guy Hutchinson, President & CEO, Rotana, Simon Casson, President, Hotel Operations - Europe, Middle East and Africa, Four Seasons, Sandeep Walia, Area Vice President, UAE, Marriott International, Middle East & Africa Sponsored by:
14.30 - 15.30 EAST MEETS WEST: LESSONS LEARNED LEADING TO RECOVERY AND ON-GOING RESILIENCE East meets west in this discussion as we look at recovery strategies while we plan for ongoing resilience delving into what lessons learned in the APAC countries have or have not been applied in the west and why or with what outcomes. Culture plays a part in recovery initiatives, from crisis response and implementation to product development and execution. So are these lessons transferrable from east to west and vice versa? Can we be confident that the world of travel is
and will be in a better place ensuring risk mitigation going forward? Moderator: Paula Lacey, Commercial Director, Connecting Travel, ME Speakers: Daniela Wagner, Director Europe, Middle East and Africa, PATA, Dr. Mario Hardy, CEO, PATA, Nigel David, Director Asia and Middle East, WTTC, Khashif Khalid, Director, IATA MENA, Carlos Cendra, Chief Marketing Officer, Mabrian
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WEDNESDAY 19TH MAY ITIC-ATM MIDDLE EAST TOURISM INVESTMENT SUMMIT: INVEST – REBUILD – RESTART 10:30 – 10:40 WELCOME SPEECHES Speakers: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO, Danielle Curtis, Exhibition Director, ATM, Reed Exhibitions 10.40 - 11.15 MORNING CONVERSATIONS Discussing the evolving economic landscape of the Middle East and the emerging challenges and opportunities in the travel and tourism sector. Speakers: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General UNWTO, Scott Livermore, Chief Economist of Oxford Economics, Middle East, Nicolas Mayer,
Global Tourism Leader, PWC 11.20 - 11.40 ONE-TO-ONE INTERVIEWS 11.45 - 12.30 TO WHAT EXTENT WILL SUSTAINABILITY REORIENT THE MIDDLE EAST TOURISM INDUSTRY? Moderator: Gerald Lawless, ITIC Director and WTTC Ambassador Speakers: H.E Marwan Bin Jassim Al Sarkal, Executive Chairman, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), Raki Phillips, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), Hon. Nayef Al-Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Jordan 14.15 - 14.30 TRAVEL INDUSTRY OUTLOOK Manus Cranny, Anchor at Bloomberg,
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in conversation with Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports, discussing when the travel industry is expected to recover and bounce back to pre-COVID-19 levels? 14.35 - 15.20 PROSPECTS FOR INVESTMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST HOTEL INDUSTRY Moderator: Nicolas Mayer, Global Tourism Leader, PWC Speakers: Haitham Mattar, Managing Director, IHG Hotels & Resorts India, Middle East & Africa, Salvatore Lavallo, Head of FDI Attraction, Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), Yariv Fisher, entrepreneur and expert in the GCC and Southeast Asia, Co-Founder and Chairman of Flyeast and Global Remit companies, Laurent A. Voivenel, Senior Vice President – Operations and Development, Swiss-Belhotel International – Europe
Middle East, Africa and India 15.25 - 16.30 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC and former Secretary-General of UNWTO, in conversation with Nikolina Angelkova, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Tourism, about investment opportunities in Bulgaria. Introduction by: Paul Hoskins, Director, ITIC and Invest Tourism Ltd 16.30 - 16.45 CLOSING DISCUSSION Speakers: Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC & Former Secretary-General, United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Gerald Lawless, ITIC Director & WTTC Ambassador
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