WORLD Travel Market (WTM) has announced a line-up of high-calibre speakers for the inaugural WTM Vision Conference – Dubai which will take place on May 3.
The event, hosted at WTM’s sister event Arabian Travel Market (ATM), includes two thought-provoking sessions, including a panel debate entitled ‘Is green the new cutting edge?’
Acclaimed key speakers from the Middle East taking part, include Shaikha Ebrahim Al Mutawa, director dusiness development and chairwoman of Dubai Green Tourism Award, Government of Dubai DTCM, and Wael Al Lawati, CEO of Omran, the government of Oman’s tourism development and investment arm.
Shaikha Ebrahim has more than eight years’ experience, involved in developing a variety of tourism projects as well as leading a number of the DTCM corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Al Lawati is the master-planner and developer for a range of tourism-related projects, including the site for the second Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010, the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre and hotel and resort developments throughout Oman.
Harold Goodwin, Professor of Responsible Tourism Management and director of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism at Leeds University, will moderate the panel session.
The first session of WTM Vision Conference – Dubai sees Euromonitor International’s travel and tourism industry analyst Nadeja Popova reveal the research company’s latest report the Travel Industry Global Overview.
The report will be given free to all delegates.
World Travel Market chairman Fiona Jeffery said: “I am delighted to be able to announce these key speakers who will make up the discussion panel at WTM Vision Conference in Dubai.
“The Middle East is really starting to recognise the importance of sustainable tourism and this session will discuss the commercial benefits it could bring to the region.
“WTM Vision Conferences in London have been a real success and I’m confident the Dubai event will become as much a fixture on the travel and tourism industry’s calendar as the London conference.”
WTM Vision Conference – Dubai, organised in association with TTN, takes part at ATM on May 3 between 2pm – 4pm.
WTM Vision launched in London in 2009 offering high calibre speakers, content and research to give analysis, statistical assessment and interpretations to the industry’s senior leaders. This year the WTM Vision brand has been expanded to Milan on April 14 as well as Dubai.