Vision 3030 at World Travel Market
Join us at the Tourism Futures Forum
Thursday 12 November 2009
Time: 14.00 - 15.30
Venue: North Gallery 6/7, World Travel Market, ExCeL, London,
Forum Director: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis
To celebrate 30 years of the World Travel Market, the International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bournemouth University is organising its annual WTM forum with the theme 'Vision 3030', to reflect the past 30 years and to project tourism in the next 30 years. The market volatility globally demonstrates both the key challenges and opportunities emerging for both tourism destinations and suppliers around the world.
Tourism destinations and organisations need to learn from the history of tourism developments in the last 30 years and adapt to the realities, technologies, and globalisation for the next 30 years. Clearly understanding the economics of tourism and ensuring the sustainability of resources will be two key challenges for the future.
The Tourism Futures Forum will provide an insight into the future dimensions of the tourism industry. It examines major trends in tourism demand and supply and explores the strategic changes that led to the international tourism industry restructuring.
The University of Bournemouth, in partnership with the World Travel Market and TravelDailyNews, is organising this annual forum to facilitate debate about the key strategic changes and to engage in a discussion about the successful response of the industry. The forum brings together leading academic and professional tourism experts to identify new trends as well as opportunities and challenges.
The event will involve two cutting edge research-based presentations to stimulate discussion. The Chair of the panel, Dr Keith Wilkes, Dean of the Services Management School, will encourage all participants to contribute to the debate and discussion.
Tourism Futures Forum - the agenda
14:00 - 14:45
Introductions: Looking into the future
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, Forum Director and Dr Keith Wilkes, Forum Chair
View from the top: Designing a better future in tourism
Dr Taleb Rifai, Secretary General, UNWTO
The economic impacts of Tourism
Professor John Fletcher
Tourism and Sustainability
Dr Jonathan Edwards
14:45 - 15:30
Interactive panel discussion looking into the future with panellists:
Ufi Ibrahim, World Travel & Tourism Council
Philippe Rossiter FIH, Chief Executive, Institute of Hospitality
Martin Brackenbury, President of the International Federation of Tour Operators
Eulogio Bordas, THR and Affiliate Members, UNWTO
George Drakopoulos, SETE, Greece
Kevin May, Editor, Tnooz.com
Graham Cook, Vice President, Expedia EMEA
Steve Endacott, onholidaygroup.com
For more information, contact:
Professor Dimitrios Buhalis
Deputy Director
International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research (ICTHR)
School of Services Management
Bournemouth University
Talbot Campus
Fern Barrow
Poole, Dorset
BH12 5BB
Tel: +44 (0)1202 961517
Email: dbuhalis@bournemouth.ac.uk
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