Business Events Africa December 2021/January 2022

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STH’s Gifty Koufie excels at the 2020/21 World Tourism Forum The 2021 World Tourism Forum Lucerne ended remarkably for Gifty Efua Koufie, a Ghanaian hotelier and alumni of the University of Johannesburg who recently participated at the Forum’s Innovation Festival in Adermatt, Switzerland.

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s Koufie clenched the top prize under the Diversity category of the Young Talent Programme; after delivering an upbeat pitch on the use of nutrition apps in the hospitality industry to combat obesity and non-communicable diseases. The World Tourism Forum Lucerne (WTFL) is the only global platform where leaders and decision-makers in government,

academia and the tourism and hospitality industry converge to address imminent challenges while exploring cutting-edge and disruptive ideas to propel the industry. Themed ‘Moving Forward’, this year’s event probed the future of tourism and hospitality in a post Covid-19 world, featuring a series of high-powered panel discussions and pitches in the first hybrid – virtual and physical – experience. The

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high-profile guest list included chief executive officers of leading hotel groups such as Puneet Chhatwal, chief executive officer of Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces; Martin Barth, chief executive officer of WTFL; Laura Meyer, chief executive officer of Hotelplan Group and Koen Deryckere, global industry lead at Accenture, just to mention a few. The programme also saw the participation of students, hoteliers and

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS – Part 4

20min
pages 24-28

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS – Part 3

16min
pages 20-23

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS – Part 2

13min
pages 16-19

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS – Part 1

11min
pages 12-15

THE LAST WORD

4min
pages 48-49

MARKET NEWS

4min
page 44

SUSTAINABILITY

3min
page 37

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

3min
pages 40-41

PERSONALITY PROFILE

5min
pages 42-43

A LOCAL PERPECTIVE

5min
pages 38-39

SUSTAINABILITY

2min
pages 34-35

SUSTAINABILITY

3min
page 36

EDITOR’S COMMENT

2min
pages 4-5

CHEF’S PROFILE

4min
page 33

NEWS

3min
page 7

TEAMBUILDING

1min
page 32

TEAMBUILDING

4min
pages 30-31

VENUE NEWS

2min
page 29

COVER STORY

11min
pages 8-11

MARKET NEWS

3min
page 6
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