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About Us
Global Tourism Forum is an initiative of London based World Tourism Forum Institute. Starting from 2020, World Tourism Forum Institute’s events have been entitled as Global Tourism Forum. GTF is an international collaboration platform focused on addressing the challenges for the travel industry. Combining the joint efforts of government agencies, industry stakeholders and academia, GTF strives to achieve sustainable development models for emerging travel markets, as well as devising strategies to ensure tourism growth. GTF also plays a leading role in attracting foreign direct investment to the target country, by working to identify business opportunities and promoting resources in target country.
Umbrella Brand:
“Reshaping Economies Through Tourism”
"The main economic advantage of tourism-related activities is that they contribute to developing countries ‘ three high priority goals: income generation, jobs, and foreign exchange earnings. The tourism sector will play an important role in this regard as a driving force for economic development. The effect this industry can have depends on the specific characteristics of each country in the various stages of economic development. Given the complexity of tourism consumption, its economic impact is widely felt in other manufacturing sectors, leading to the accelerated development goals in each case."
“Reshaping Economies Through Tourism”
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Speaker Profiles:
Tony Blair
Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom
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I am delighted to speak for this important summit that is organized by the World Tourism Forum Institute.
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Tony Blair
José Manuel Barroso
President of the European Commission
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I would like to congratulate the organizers of this very important initiative.
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José Manuel Barroso
Akbar Al Baker
CEO of Qatar Airways
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It's a great pleasure to participate this event to discuss future of aviation and travel.
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Akbar Al Baker
Sébastien Bazin
CEO of AccorHotels
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Future of tourism industry is bright and perfect. It’s not all about “data and technology” but mostly about its human capital.
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Sébastien Bazin
Fronçois Hollande
Former President of France
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World Tourism Forum is one of the most influential organization over tourism. It brings political leaders and investors together all around the world.
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Fronçois Hollande
Roger Dow
President and CEO of U.S. Travel Association
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It was a pleasure to be with you and I had hundreds of these speeches and GTF was the most prepared platform i've ever been on.
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Roger Dow
David Sassoli
President of the European Parliament
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Happy to be a part of this successful organization. The topics which will be covered during the forum and will open new horizons for tourism and travel business.
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David Sassoli
Federico J. González
CEO of Radisson Hotel Group
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Guts, resilience, initiative, and tenacity. If you’re Okay with those four things, then we can really drive change. I am grateful to be part of this event which encourages industry through these four.
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Federico J. González
Adam Sacks
President of Tourism Economics, Oxford Economics
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I’d like to express my appreciation GTF’s efforts on its search for ways of resilience during this pandemic time.
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Adam Sacks
Elliott Ferguson
CEO of Destination DC
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I’m looking forward for next opportunity to have my part in Global Tourism Forum.
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Elliott Ferguson
Anita Mendiratta
Special Advisor for SG UNWTO
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GTF has been amazing during these past pandemic years. It was keeping people focused, united and keeping people hopeful. And these were the vital parts of the glue that our industry needed to rebuild.
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Anita Mendiratta
William "Chip" Rogers
President and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA)
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When you think what our industry can do to help people, you think what our industry can do to support global economy? Then you start to recognise how important actually the platforms like GTF are.
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William "Chip" Rogers
Peter Gerber
Ceo Of Brussels Airlines
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It’s important to be together as industry and sharing ideas about sustainability for aviation’s future. Thanks to GTF for providing such a platform.
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Peter Gerber
João Lourenço
President of Angola
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Tourism one of to key industries that we’re focusing on in our journey to diverse Angola’s Economy. I’d like to express my appreciation to GTF team for their companionship during this journey.
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João Lourenço
Dr. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno
Minister Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia
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I’d like to express my deepest gratitude for GTF to having Annual Meeting in Bali with conjunctions and conclusions of G20.
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Dr. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno
Lim Jock Hoi
General Secretary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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I’m pleased to be part of this event as we advance global partnership in rebuilding tourism. I would like to thank GTF for organising this important event.
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Lim Jock Hoi
Rebecca Sta Maria
Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
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I would like to thank GTF for organising this very important event. I’m honoured to be invited this forum.
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Rebecca Sta Maria
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