Sir Rocco Forte to speak at ATM’s new ILTM forum
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Reed Travel Exhibitions is introducing its renowned ILTM Ultratravel Forum to Arabian Travel Market, which takes place from 2-5 May 2011 at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre. The ILTM event will comprise a high profile panel from a cross section of luxury travel brands addressing the theme ‘Understanding the Middle Eastern market and what it offers luxury travellers’.
International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), the ‘invitation-only’ event, has also invited a selection of the most elite of the world’s buyers of luxury travel to attend ‘ILTM at Arabian Travel Market’ to meet the luxury travel suppliers.
Taking place on Tuesday 3 May, from 10am – 12.30pm, the ‘ILTM Ultratravel Forum at Arabian Travel Market’ will include a one-to-one interview with renowned hotelier and Chairman of The Rocco Forte Collection, Sir Rocco Forte, hosted by Graham Boynton, Group Travel Editor of the UK’s Telegraph Media Group. During the discussion on stage, Sir Rocco who founded The Rocco Forte Collection in 1996 and operates in key European destinations will reveal his plans to expand to the Middle East and Africa in 2011 with new hotels in Cairo, Jeddah, Marrakech and Abu Dhabi.
Following his presentation at ILTM in Cannes, the ILTM Ultratravel Forum at Arabian Travel Market opens with a presentation on the macro-economics of the region by John Andrews, Consultant Editor at The Economist. The presentation will be followed by the panel discussion which will be facilitated by Rosemary Behan, Editor at Ultratravel Middle East and Travel Editor at The National. The panel includes: Amit Arora, Vice President Sales and Marketing for Emaar Hotels & Resorts; Frederic Bardin, Senior Vice President, Emirates Holidays; Guy Crawford, Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah; Philippe Georgiou, Chief Officer of Corporate Affairs, Oman Air; and Klara Glowczewska, Editor-in-Chief, Cond
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