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reasons as to why that move should happen. It is these conflicts of interest that I have found so difficult to understand but in the end I feel we have achieved an enormous amount. I have no doubt that the 2012 trade show will be the largest for years and a success for all involved. Indeed sales for WTCE at Hamburg 2012 have already been hugely successful with well over 100% of the last ITCA show in Nice already sold. I am looking forward to a very successful ‘World Catering Expo – incorporating ITCA’. Both ITCA and Reed Exhibitions believe that this move was made at exactly the right time for the industry. Our members have been telling us for years that they wanted fewer shows and this is why ITCA pulled out of the Asia Pacific event and why there is now only one show in Europe.
You are the 30th ITCA President and it seems that your first year in office has been hugely
challenging? I must say it has and it has also been a lot of hard work especially as I live in New Zealand, 12,000 miles away from the office, but thankfully I have a very good team around me. All 29 Presidents before me wanted to make their own mark and all of them have contributed in their own way. Sometimes you find yourself in a time and place when real change needs to be made, and that time is now. I am convinced that the changes we have made are right for the industry and for ITCA.
What of the future? I am very excited about the future. The Trade show is being managed by a world-renowned exhibition company and will go from strength to strength. We are working hard to develop new ideas and initiatives to improve the Association for its members. Some of these ideas were highlighted at the Strategic Workshop to augment the Mercurys , Education
Courses and the Middle East Trade show held in Dubai, along with our partner Dubai World Trade Centre. We are also working more closely with IFSA, with continuing discussions and some interesting ideas are being developed. I am determined to reinvent the Association and make it more modern, dynamic and pertinent to our time.
Would you like to add anything? I was always told that you can’t complain about your government if you don’t bother to vote! Now is the time to get involved and I ask all members to let us know your thoughts and ideas. What changes would you like to see? Let’s work together to achieve greater things for the future. I look forward to seeing you and the team from OnBoard Hospitality at the World Travel Catering Expo incorporating ITCA in March next year.
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