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30 JUNE 2023

Welcome to the future of travel and tourism! The "Year 2100" online summit, presented by Global Tourism Forum, is the ultimate destination for those who seek to explore the cutting edge of travel!

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6-7 SEPTEMBER

The Global Tourism Forum (GTF) is pleased to announce that its Annual Meeting in 2023 will take place in Brussels, Belgium, September 6th. As the capital of the European Union, Brussels is an ideal location for the summit, which will bring together leaders and experts.

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NOVEMBER 2

The Global Tourism Forum’s 2nd Annual Blockchain Travel Summit 2023 in Dubai brings together over 200+ thought leaders and C-Level decision makers from the public and private sectors, who are eager to join the technological progress in culture, travel, and tourism.

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30 MARCH

The World Tourism Forum Institute announces the launch of the Global Tourism Forum EARTH Summit (GTF EARTH). The platform aims at enriching the sustainability think tank with all stakeholders who are acting directly and indirectly for sustainable tourism growth. GTF EARTH is an online summit. Its theme, “Travel, Protect, Respect,” conveys the message of greener earth through greener tourism.

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17-18 NOVEMBER

Global Tourism Forum Annual Meeting 2022 Indonesia is Asia pacific’s largest tourism event bringing together the key players of tourism and its parallel industries, politicians, digital influencers, investors and experts to reshape the path through industry’s future.

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6 SEPTEMBER

Tourism is a major economic activity in the European Union with wide-ranging impact on economic growth, employment, and social development. It can be a powerful tool in fighting economic decline and unemployment.

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Powerful Shaping the Future of Tourism

The Global Tourism Forum, or GTF for short, is an international collaboration platform focused on addressing the challenges for the travel industry. Combining the joint efforts of government agencies, industry stakeholders and academia, GTF strives to achieve sustainable development models for emerging travel markets, as well as devising strategies to ensure tourism growth.

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WTFI/Live is a cutting-edge content platform that offers a comprehensive range of resources to individuals interested in the Global Tourism Forum. The platform provides access to live events and full videos of sessions from past events. Also WTFI/Live is enabling users to stay up-to-date with the latest developments and trends in the global tourism industry with articles and townhall interviews.

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Latest News:

GTF continues to showcase latest travel techs at Dubai

GTF continues to showcase latest travel techs at Dubai

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Leaders gather in Brussels to discuss a new era of travel and tourism

Leaders gather in Brussels to discuss a new era of travel and tourism

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GTF continues to showcase latest travel techs at Dubai

GTF continues to showcase latest travel techs at Dubai

World Tourism Forum Announces Global Tourism Forum Earth Summit

Leaders gather in Brussels to discuss a new era of travel and tourism

Leaders gather in Brussels to discuss a new era of travel and tourism

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Speaker Profiles:

Tony Blair

Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom

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I am delighted to speak for this important summit that is organized by the World Tourism Forum Institute.

Tony Blair

José Manuel Barroso

President of the European Commission

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I would like to congratulate the organizers of this very important initiative.

José Manuel Barroso

Akbar Al Baker

CEO of Qatar Airways

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It's a great pleasure to participate this event to discuss future of aviation and travel.

Akbar Al Baker

Sébastien Bazin

CEO of AccorHotels

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Future of tourism industry is bright and perfect. It’s not all about “data and technology” but mostly about its human capital.

Sébastien Bazin

Fronçois Hollande

Former President of France

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World Tourism Forum is one of the most influential organization over tourism. It brings political leaders and investors together all around the world.

Fronçois Hollande

Roger Dow

President and CEO of U.S. Travel Association

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It was a pleasure to be with you and I had hundreds of these speeches and GTF was the most prepared platform i've ever been on.

Roger Dow

David Sassoli

President of the European Parliament

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Happy to be a part of this successful organization. The topics which will be covered during the forum and will open new horizons for tourism and travel business.

David Sassoli

Federico J. González

CEO of Radisson Hotel Group

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Guts, resilience, initiative, and tenacity. If you’re Okay with those four things, then we can really drive change. I am grateful to be part of this event which encourages industry through these four.

Federico J. González

Adam Sacks

President of Tourism Economics, Oxford Economics

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I’d like to express my appreciation GTF’s efforts on its search for ways of resilience during this pandemic time.

Adam Sacks

Elliott Ferguson

CEO of Destination DC

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I’m looking forward for next opportunity to have my part in Global Tourism Forum.

Elliott Ferguson

Anita Mendiratta

Special Advisor for SG UNWTO

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GTF has been amazing during these past pandemic years. It was keeping people focused, united and keeping people hopeful. And these were the vital parts of the glue that our industry needed to rebuild.

Anita Mendiratta

William "Chip" Rogers

President and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA)

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When you think what our industry can do to help people, you think what our industry can do to support global economy? Then you start to recognise how important actually the platforms like GTF are.

William "Chip" Rogers

Peter Gerber

Ceo Of Brussels Airlines

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It’s important to be together as industry and sharing ideas about sustainability for aviation’s future. Thanks to GTF for providing such a platform.

Peter Gerber

João Lourenço

President of Angola

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Tourism one of to key industries that we’re focusing on in our journey to diverse Angola’s Economy. I’d like to express my appreciation to GTF team for their companionship during this journey.

João Lourenço

Dr. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno

Minister Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia

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I’d like to express my deepest gratitude for GTF to having Annual Meeting in Bali with conjunctions and conclusions of G20.

Dr. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno

Lim Jock Hoi

General Secretary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

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I’m pleased to be part of this event as we advance global partnership in rebuilding tourism. I would like to thank GTF for organising this important event.

Lim Jock Hoi

Rebecca Sta Maria

Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

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I would like to thank GTF for organising this very important event. I’m honoured to be invited this forum.

Rebecca Sta Maria

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