team. VizEat counts on some 20,000 hosts around the world to host unique food events to travellers.


HEAR JEAN-MICHEL SPEAK GETTING FOOD TOURISM RIGHT


WHEN: TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER 10.30-12.30


WHERE: PLATINUM SUITE 3 SUSAN


HARMSWORTH Sue Harmsworth MBE has over 45 years of spa and well-being industry experience, with


a portfolio of over 600 spas in 60 countries, including ESPA’s wellness fl agship in London, ESPA Life. The ESPA brand is renowned for its extensive natural product range, innovative and effective treatments, unsurpassed post-graduate therapist training and spa design, and management division.


HEAR SUE SPEAK WELLNESS TRAVEL SEMINAR


WHEN: MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER 10.30-12.00


WHERE: WTM INSPIRE THEATRE SKÚLI


MOGENSEN Skúli Mogensen is the founder, CEO and sole owner of WOW air. Prior to founding


WOW air Skúli spent 20 years as an entrepreneur and investor, primarily in the Technology, Media and Telecom Industry in North America and Europe.


HEAR SKULI SPEAK ICELANDIC AIRLINE REVOLUTION


WHEN: MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER 16.00-16.45


WHERE: WTM INSPIRE THEATRE


WORLD TRAVEL LEADERS: UK MARKETS MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 14.00-15.15 WHERE: WTM INSPIRE THEATRE


CAROLINE BREMNER Caroline Bremner manages the global research programme for the travel industry at


Euromonitor International. Caroline leads a team of travel experts and works with over 100 in-country analysts and research managers across the globe. She has played an integral role in creating the most extensive travel and tourism intelligence system as used by leading DMOs, governments and travel corporations around the world.


RICHARD CALVERT Richard Calvert has 29 years’ experience in the international travel industry and is


CEO of Shearings Leisure Group. In spring 2017 Richard was recruited by Lone Star Funds a global private equity fi rm to assume the role of CEO of Shearings Leisure Group. Richard leads of team of over 2,600 colleagues managing a portfolio of holiday, hotel and leisure brands for over 1.1m customers annually. SLG fully owns 45 hotels around the UK and also includes brands such as Shearings Holidays, the UK’s largest escorted tours company and National Holidays, the UK’s largest package coach holidays company.


NICK


LONGMAN Nick Longman took up his current position as TUI UK & Ireland’s Managing


Director in June 2015 having worked for the travel company, in various roles including Group Financial


Controller and Managing Director of First Choice’s Canadian subsidiary, for more than 15 years. Prior to his most recent appointment, Nick was Managing Director, Distribution and Online for the tour operator’s business responsible for the strategy and performance in these areas across 10 countries.


PETER SHANKS


Peter Shanks has over 30 years experience in the Travel Industry. In his role as


Development Director at Imagine Cruising, Peter is supporting CEO Robin Deller in the further growth and expansion of Imagine Cruising across existing and new markets. Prior to joining Imagine Cruising in 2014, Peter spent 12 years with the Carnival Corporation in a number of senior roles – latterly as President of Cunard Line at a time when the line introduced Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth.


TRISTRAM YARDE- LEAVETT Tristram Yarde- Leavett is MD of Tourwise of London, the


ground handling agents in the UK and Ireland for Globus. Founded in 1928, Globus is a privately-owned travel organisation based in Switzerland, but whose main markets are the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Traditionally a coach tour operator with core brands Globus and Cosmos, today the group includes the independent travel brand Monograms and the river cruise brand Avalon. Tristram has 30 years’ experience with the company having joined in September 1987.


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