ABTA confirms new speakers for Travel Convention
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ABTA has announced two new speakers for its Travel Convention set to be staged in Greece next week.
Hugo Jenkins, head of Global Sales, onefinestay and David Trunkfield, partner, PwC, will join the “Power to the People” main stage session due to be staged next Tuesday.
More than 500 delegates are expected to descend on Costa Navarino, a luxury resort in the southwest Peloponnese, for the event.
The Convention will kick off in style on Monday 12 October with a Welcome Party in the historic town of Pylos hosted by the Region of Peloponnese. Delegates will be treated to a pageant of Greek culture and history, local cuisine, folk dancing and traditional musical entertainment.
This year’s business sessions are themed around “Risk and Resilience”, and will address the best ways to plan for and to offset risks to ensure the continued success of the travel industry and individual businesses. Highlights on the first day include respected economist Justin Urquhart Stewart giving his predictions in view of the ongoing issues in the Eurozone; Professor Ian Goldin on the impact of Globalisation, and Ruairidh Roberts, Industry Head for Travel, Google, on “Living in a Borderless World”. Day two will see inspirational speaker Professor Eddie Obeng explain how to make “Order out of Chaos” and author and rock climber Andrew St George talk about how to respond to the unforeseen. Delegates will then be able to attend various interactive workshops.
The full event programme can be found here.
Mark Tanzer, ABTA CEO said: “There are only a few days to go until The Travel Convention and it looks set to be a fantastic event with a great list of delegates and speakers. We have attracted an extremely high calibre of speakers to do justice to the incredible facilities on offer at Costa Navarino and our thanks go out in advance to our hosts, the Region of Peloponnese, and our co-hosts, the GNTO, as well as all of our UK sponsors, for making the Convention possible. I look forward to meeting up with delegates to discuss industry issues and how businesses can thrive in a fluid and dynamic world, as well as enjoying the fabulous Greek hospitality provided.”
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