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WTM
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE
VISION
CONFERENCE
ON THE ECONOMY
ANSWERED
PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:
An unprecedented collection of • Visit Britain Chief Executive
QUESTIONS
financial experts and senior Sandie Dawe
travel executives will answer the • Mexican Tourism Board
THAT
questions the industry wants the Director Manuel Diaz-Cebrian
Willie Walsh
answers to in the WTM Vision – • Intercontinental Hotels Group
WILL BE
The Global Economic Forum. Chief Executive Andrew
ANSWERED
The line up headed by British Cosslett
Airways Chief Executive Willie • Cox & Kings Executive Director
Walsh and TUI Travel Chief Peter Kerkar
Executive Peter Long will give • Aviation expert
How long will the their thoughts and predictions John Strickland
downturn last? on how long the global financial Veteran BBC financial Peter Long
downturn will last, weather it journalist Peter Hobday will
What will 2010/11 look will be a ‘v’ or ‘w’ shaped moderate the session. The
like? recovery and the business WTM Vision – The Global
strategies to help the industry Economic Forum takes place at
Will it be as bad as survive and then prosper ExCeL- London on Thursday
2008/9? through the recession. November 12 (Platinum Suite 4,
Other senior executives 11am – 1pm)
Which business
include;
Nic Marks
strategies will see a
• Carnival UK Chief Executive THIS IS AN EVENT SENIOR
return to growth?
David Dingle BUSINESS LEADERS CAN
• United Nations World Tourism NOT AFFORD TO MISS,
Which country/ markets
Organization Secretary- WITH ALL DELEGATES
will bounce back first?
General Taleb Rifai RECEIVE A FREE DVD OF
• Royal Caribbean Cruise Line THE INDUSTRY EXPERT’S
Which country/ markets
Vice President and Managing OPINIONS AND BUSINESS
David Dingle
will remain in recession
Director Robin Shaw STRATEGIES FOR THE
the longest?
• P&O Cruises Managing Director FUTURE.
Carol Marlow
How long will it be
before we return to One of the first economists to and large organisations, will
pre-recession business predict the current global again use his economic skills to
levels? economic downturn will be on predict the length, shape and
Taleb Rifai
hand to answer the industry’s future of the current downturn.
Will we ever return to burning questions on the He will advice the travel industry
pre-recession business economy. on a number of business
levels? Nic Marks, founder of the nef strategies to survive and
(the new economics foundation), ultimately prosper the recession.
What key lessons can was one of the first economists to Marks will also apply his Happy
be learnt from this predict the current global Planet Index to analyse
financial downturn? financial downturn way back in Euromonitor’s International’s
Robin Shaw
2003. He was told he’s mad by a latest Forecast Restatement
What measures can you
string of other so called experts, Report. The report, which will be
put in place to avoid
but was ultimately proved to unveiled at the conference, looks
the worst of a future
be correct. at the impact the global financial
financial downturn?
Marks, who now advices a downturn has had on growth in
number of national governments the travel and tourism industry.
Carol Marlow
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