Mrs. Medea Janiashvili
Deputy head
Georgian National Tourism Administration.
Welcome speech
LEPL – Georgian National Tourism Administration is a Legal entity of Public law, a part of the system of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, independently conducting activity by state control.
MARCO ARDIELLI
Co founder ARDIELLIFORNASA
He has been guest speaker in several international congresses and he has organized the “International Urban Studies days” for the Toniolo Foundation of Verona.
Leon Larkin
President and Founder
International Association of Hotels
GMs
Larkin has founded The International Association of Hotel General Managers (IAHGM), which officially launched from its first regional headquarters in Dubai, UAE. Larkin, who is an Australian national with more than 40 years’ experience as a general manager in hotels across Europe, Asia and Australia.
Patricia Plesner
CEO of EcoHotels.com
Patricia has a master’s degree in international management from Copenhagen Business School. With her 25 years, she is part of a generation that has been conditioned from childhood to focus more on sustainability on a day-to-day basis. Combining her love for travel with her knowledge on sustainability, EcoHotels.com was shaped.
EcoHotels.com was founded in April 2020 as a booking site focused on true sustainability, fair principles, and low commissions. EcoHotels.com was founded with the mission – to create awareness for sustainable hotels all over the world, and increase the accessibility and transparency demanded by the eco-travellers. For every booking made, the travellers increase reforestation by “one booking one tree” and support an organization called Plastic Exchange in Bali. EcoHotels.com aims to create a community for all eco-travellers who want to travel as sustainably as possible without paying more. To ensure a certain standard of sustainability, they have chosen to work closely with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).
Natalia Turcanu
Executive Director
National Inbound Tourism Association of Moldova
The most representative association of the incoming tourism industry with 74 members, among them: tour operators, hotels, wineries, rural guesthouses, event management companies and other tourism related MSMEs. Her activity in incoming sector is distinguished with a large commitment for promoting Moldova as a tourism destination on international level, and also local, being member of the Economic Council of the Prime Minister of Republic of Moldova. A success story highly appreciated at internațional level (by European Commission and UNWTO General Secretary) is Moldova Tourist Information Center project launched in 2017 in collaboration with Chisinau City Hall and with the strategic support of Usaid, Sweden and UKaid. She completed her Master degree in Marketing Management at ASEM, after Tourism and Marketing faculty. In addition, Natalia holds several professional certificates in management and leadership and is an appreciated adviser and consultant in planning and management of tourism projects and destination management organization.
Natalia Turcanu
Executive Director
National Inbound Tourism Association of Moldova
Meet our speaker – Xavier Garcia
He represents Barcelona Hotels Association
Experienced lecturer, researcher and nowadays he is Director of Innovations.
His speech will be about: Facing illegality on the STR marketThanks to Barcelona for the involvement
Meet Andy Fairburn
Co-founder and Director of the Nordic tourism collective with 30yrs+ experience in international marketing and new buisness development in Travel and Tourism
The Nordic Tourism Collective is an independent, not-for-profit, collaborative network for the Nordic and Baltic travel and tourism industry; it’s aim is to assist the sustainable development of tourism.
Natalia Turcanu
Executive Director
National Inbound Tourism Association of Moldova
Proud to present you – our support Company – ADJARA GROUP
Adjara Group Holding is a leading Georgian company, which operates as a decentralized corporate structure uniting three directions – hospitality, development, and agriculture.
It has gained worldwide recognition for creating and managing award winning hotels, multifunctional spaces, and restaurants and bars. With an aim of contributing to the development of Georgian economy and setting new standards in hospitality, agriculture, and context-driven development, the holding creates innovative, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable projects for locals, as well as international travellers.
Stefan Petterson
Let me introduce you our speaker
Stefan Pettersson: Executive Brand Strategist and expert in sustainable Destination Management, Corkscrew Thinker, GSTC member and founder of GAMENG- the Positive Rebel Agency.
Talking about: Regenerative Tourism- the Gift Economy and Sustainability 2.0
Conference
