Speakers:
Damian Cook, CEO & Founder, E-Tourism Frontiers
Damian Cook is the founder and Managing Director of E-Tourism Frontiers- a major global initiative to develop online tourism in emerging markets. He has lived and travelled all over Africa. Read More
Dorji Dhradhul, Director-General, Tourism Council of Bhutan
Dorji Dhradhul is the Director-General of the Tourism Council of Bhutan since the beginning of 2019. Prior to this, he served as the Governor of Gasa district for almost four years. Tourism Council of Bhutan is the national agency for tourism in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Read More
Greg Klassen, Partner, Twenty31 Consulting
Greg Klassen is a travel and tourism industry strategist with over 25 years of leadership experience and an expert in developing and executing marketing strategies to leverage new technologies. Read More
Muna Haddad, CEO & Founder, BARAKA
Muna Haddad is the founding CEO of BARAKA, a social enterprise in sustainable tourism development that provides consulting services for governments, NGOs, and private sector looking to utilize tourism as an economic development tool. Read More
Raj Gyawali, Founder, Socialtours
Raj Gyawali has over two decades of experience working specifically on responsible tourism in practice – on the ground developing his company socialtours as the first tour company in Asia to be sustainability certified. Read More
As destinations around the world move into recovery, how realistic are our expectations for the resumption of travel?
In this discussion, tourism experts from around the world with experience on the ground in opening destinations will discuss the challenge of policy vs reality, including:
In this webinar will explore these areas:
What has been done to make high level policies and protocols realistic and appropriate at a local level?
Have DMOs forfeited their role to Heath and Security Authorities? What does this mean for tourism?
What are the implications for regional or multi destination travel when different countries and regions have different protocols?
Will these new models work in a real world tourism setting? For aviation, hospitality and tour operators?
What will be the impact on volumes, pricing and thereby markets?
Is marketing now being driven by hygiene, safety and protocols rather than market appeal? What are the implications of this?
What are the essential tools for better managing reopening a destination and resuming business?