WORLD TRAVEL LEADERS PROGRAMME & AWARDS
Brexit. How will it change UK Travel – Inbound and Outbound?
When: Monday 7 November, 15.45-17.00 Where: WTM Inspire Theatre/EU475
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WTM London will host a session of senior executives to discuss the implications of Brexit on the UK inbound and outbound market. Brexit has been described as the most signifi cant change in the UK for more than 70 years, and the UK travel sector is one of the main industries likely to be affected.
Chris Mottershead, managing
director for Thomas Cook UK & Ireland, brings a wealth of global experience to the debate from his nearly 25 years in the travel business. In terms of the Brexit debate, Mottershead is seeing fi rst hand at Thomas Cook how Brexit is affecting its core outbound tour operating business. JacTravel CEO Terry Williams will also sit on the panel and share his views of the impact of Brexit. For inbound, the session will call on
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World Travel Leaders Awards
When: Monday 7 November, 17.00-17.30 Where: WTM Inspire Theatre/EU475 Following the debate, will be presentations of the World Travel Leaders awards.
the experience of Patrick Richards, chief commercial offi cer for combined buying and distribution at Cox & Kings, the Indian travel group with operations in 25 countries. His 30 years in the business includes seven years as chairman of the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), the trade body for the European inbound sector.
He left ETOA in 2014 but remains a board director, giving him insight into how Brexit is not only impacting organisations such as Visit Britain but also changing the overall European travel landscape. Elsewhere, the airline industry is
more exposed than most to economic fl uctuations, and Brexit has led to a
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affected by potential changes in the relationship between the UK and the world’s other aviation authorities. The session also features analysis
from Euromonitor International’s head of travel Caroline Bremner. The research group has looked at visitor numbers for arrivals in to and out of the UK before and after Brexit.
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degree of global uncertainty. Andrew Swaffi eld is chief executive
offi cer for Monarch Group. His analysis of Brexit’s impact on UK outbound will be from the global airline industry’s perspective, as well as any specifi c changes he foresees to how a UK- based international airline will operate in a post-Brexit environment. Similarly, inbound will also be
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