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With the fast and increasing speed of technological development and the increasing globalization, Travel & Tourism has been a point of focus globally.
Following the Post-Millennial era, the Tourism Industry is experiencing rapid growth as well as dynamic change as with all other Industries. However, research suggests that Travel & Tourism will be one of the most dominant industries in 2025 and beyond as mobility becomes easier and cheaper and interest to travel increases.
Together with this boom and other infrastructure development it is important that the relevant stakeholders in the Tourism Industry are well aware of future travel trends as well as responsible practices to be adopted in order to optimize the opportunity we have in this changing landscape of tourism.
The Cinnamon Future of Tourism Summit will be held on the 27th September 2017 at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo and will be attended by approximately 250 travel industry leaders in Sri Lanka and from the Region along with Global experts on Tourism and Responsible Travel as Speakers.
The keynote speech on "How Sustainable is our Future" will be delivered by Prof. Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair of the Nobel Prize winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007).
Other speakers include of Dr. Roland Conrady, Scientific Director of ITB Berlin, the world's leading travel trade fair, Prof. Sarath Kotagama speaking on ""Responsible product innovation", Dr. Ian Yeoman speaking on "Tomorrow’s Tourist", Robert Govers speaking on "Destination Branding", April Rinne speaking on "Shared Economy principle", Renne Massatti representing TrendOne who will be giving an innovative presentation on "The World in 2025" and Shabori Das from Euromonitor analyzing some of the key travel trends for the future.
Contact the Hotline on +94 712 070 972 or mail to: info@futureoftourism.co
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Director ITB Berlin. Researcher on air travel, e-business and tourism. President of the German Society of Tourism Research (DGT) and author.
Prof. Mohan Munasinghe is Founder Chairman of the Munasinghe Inst. of Development (MIND), Colombo, and Vice Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR4), who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Adviser to the World Economic Forum on Shared Economy and Shareable Cities. Academic on the Future of Travel & Tourism
The world's only professional futurologist specializing in travel and tourism. He usestechniques including economic modelling, trends analysis and scenario construction.Author of popular book “2050: Tomorrows Tourism”
Sarath Kotagama is the former head of the Department of Zoology, University of Colombo and has done extraordinary service to Sri Lanka as an ornithologist and Environmentalist. He was awarded the "2003 Distinguished Service Award for Environment Education and Journalism" by the International Society for conservation biology.
Partner - Swiss Hospitality Solutions AG.Lecturer at University of Salzburg on Yield and Revenue Management. Specializes in Hotel Technology and Hospitality Management.
Offers insights into the marketing world of tomorrow and concrete benefits of the featured innovation for daily business.
Independent advisor for national, regional and city government administrations. He teaches Place Branding on the UNESCO World Heritage - Work Master Programme
Senior Research Analyst Euromonitor International, She is the industry expert for travel and tourism. She thrives in identifying cross industry trends and has written several articles on travel industry.
Karan Anand, is the Head - Relationships and Supplier Management, Cox & Kings Ltd. A graduate in Economics from the University of Mumbai, Karan has over 18 years of experience in the travel industry. As part of the top management team his role is to identify new markets, products and destinations that would appeal to the new age traveller. Recently, the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), has unanimously nominated him as the Chairman/Convenor of the Outbound Sub-Committee.
Director ITB Berlin. Researcher on air travel, e-business and tourism. President of the German Society of Tourism Research (DGT) and author.
Prof. Mohan Munasinghe is Founder Chairman of the Munasinghe Inst. of Development (MIND), Colombo, and Vice Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR4), who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Adviser to the World Economic Forum on Shared Economy and Shareable Cities. Academic on the Future of Travel & Tourism
The world's only professional futurologist specializing in travel and tourism. He usestechniques including economic modelling, trends analysis and scenario construction.Author of popular book “2050: Tomorrows Tourism”
Sarath Kotagama is the former head of the Department of Zoology, University of Colombo and has done extraordinary service to Sri Lanka as an ornithologist and Environmentalist. He was awarded the "2003 Distinguished Service Award for Environment Education and Journalism" by the International Society for conservation biology.
Partner - Swiss Hospitality Solutions AG.Lecturer at University of Salzburg on Yield and Revenue Management. Specializes in Hotel Technology and Hospitality Management.
Offers insights into the marketing world of tomorrow and concrete benefits of the featured innovation for daily business.
Independent advisor for national, regional and city government administrations. He teaches Place Branding on the UNESCO World Heritage - Work Master Programme
Senior Research Analyst Euromonitor International, She is the industry expert for travel and tourism. She thrives in identifying cross industry trends and has written several articles on travel industry.
Karan Anand, is the Head – Relationships and Supplier Management, Cox & Kings Ltd. A graduate in Economics from the University of Mumbai, Karan has over 18 years of experience in the travel industry. As part of the top management team his role is to identify new markets, products and destinations that would appeal to the new age traveller. Recently, the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), has unanimously nominated him as the Chairman/Convenor of the Outbound Sub-Committee.
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