James Rubin, Former US Assistant Secretary of State, will join the panel in Plenary Session 1, entitled…
James Rubin, Former US Assistant Secretary of State, will join the panel in Plenary Session 1, entitled `The Big Picture`, at The 3rd Global Travel & Tourism Summit, taking place in Vilamoura in May.
He will be commenting from his perspective as a very senior individual in the Clinton administration and as an expert on international politics, with high-level contacts in industry and governments across the globe. He will present insights into US foreign policy and the international political climate in the near to medium term.
The 3rd Global Travel & Tourism Summit
The 3rd Global Travel & Tourism Summit is being organised by the World Travel & Tourism Council and will take place from May 15 to 17 in Vilamoura, Portugal.
The event will be attended by top level company executives and government officials from around the world, and other people involved in the Travel & Tourism industry at the most senior level.
The Summit`s main objectives are to help the Travel & Tourism industry to come together to rebuild confidence in the face of war, terrorism, disease and economic slowdown, to turn challenges in to opportunities, to build a vision of `New Tourism` and initiate a strategy to achieve it.
Other confirmed speakers include Neil Armstrong, the astronaut, the Prime Minister of Portugal (Jose Manuel Durao Barroso), Chairman & CEO of Marriott International (Bill Marriott) the Chairmen of American Express (Ken Chenault), Qatar Airways (Akbar Al Baker), InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (Sir Ian Prosser), Starwood Hotels and Resorts (Barry Sternlicht), TUI (Michael Frenzel) and over 30 more top executives of companies of similar stature.
Travel & Tourism is one of the world`s biggest industries, accounting for nearly 200 million jobs, and over 10 per cent of world GDP, more than US$3,500 billion.
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