PUTRAJAYA, 21 November 2017 – The upcoming 6th Global Summit on Urban Tourism (GSUT) 2017 in Majestic
Hotel, Kuala Lumpur will feature an impressive line-up of local and
international speakers, representing the who’s who of the tourism industry.
Themed “Sustainable and Competitive Tourism on the New Urban
Agenda” this year, the summit aims at promoting a globally shared vision and a
strategic approach to readdress the tools to adapt to the new paradigms in
urban tourism while achieving coherence among the tourism activities, urban
development policies and the economic and social benefits for the local inhabitants
through integrated planning, efficient governance, knowledge management and
professionalism in operations.
A total of 22 speakers will be presenting their knowledge and
experience to the audiences during the three-day conference from 4 to 6 December.
Among the well-known luminaries who will be gracing the prestigious event this
year and sharing their valuable insights are:
1) Masato Takamatsu
Mr. Takamatsu is a co-founder of Japan Tourism Marketing Co.
(currently JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.) and a destination
marketing and tourism crisis management expert.
He is one
of the UNWTO Tourism
Barometer Panel of Tourism Experts, an advisory member of The World Travel
& Tourism Council, a Conseil Consultant of International for Atout France,
and an Expert Committee member of World Tourism Cities Federation.
2) Dr. Ko Koens
(Netherlands)
Dr. Ko Koens is Associate Professor at the Academy of Hotel and
Facility Management, Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.
The main fields of interest of Dr. Koens are slum tourism, city
hospitality, sustainable destination management and governance solutions, with
a specific focus on small businesses, entrepreneurship and local economic
development in an urban context. He is project manager for the Horizon 2020
funded project 'Smart City Hospitality' (www.scithos.eu)
and has actively worked with European cities to find solutions for the issue of
overtourism and visitor pressure.
3) Ahn Joon Ho (Republic of Korea)
As the Director-General of Tourism & Sports Bureau of Seoul
Metropolitan Government (SMG) as of 2017, Ahn Joon Ho strives to create a
healthy and happy Seoul by revitalizing Seoul’s economy and promoting public
sports. While implementing external marketing activities to attract foreign
tourists with global mind-set, he has established community-inclusive tourism
and sports policies by promoting the MICE industry and public-private
cooperation.
In 2002, Mr. Ahn participated in the Cheonggyecheon Stream
Restoration Project, which was later renamed to High Urban Renaissance Project,
and demolished elevated highways and restored the downtown areas of Seoul. In
2008, he contributed to establishing Seoul Foreign School, called Dulwich
College Seoul to support education of foreign residents in Seoul.
Dr. Xiang Feng has been working at Shanghai Institute of
Tourism, Shanghai Normal University since 2003.
Besides academic work, Dr. Xiang Feng has been working as
tourism planner/consultant for Chinese tourism destinations for years. Her
major clients include Shanghai Tourism Bureau, Zhejiang Provincial Tourism
Bureau, Hangzhou Tourism Committee, Nanjing Tourism Committee, etc. She was
renowned in projects such as conceptual city tourism development plan, city
tourism plan, master plan of city to attract more international tourists,
action plan to develop tourism destination, international marketing plan,
marketing strategy, HR development plan of city tourism, etc.
In addition, Dr. Xiang Feng is the director of EURICUR-Shanghai
(European Institute for Comparative Urban Research) and the director of Global
Tourism Think Tank, the research platform set up by Shanghai Normal University
China and CELTH the Netherlands.
5) Esencan
Terzibasoglu (UNWTO)
Esencan Terzibasoglu studied urban and regional planning in the
Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey and worked 25 years in the
public sector in Turkey and abroad where she held senior management positions
in tourism master planning, tourism investment policies and legislation, site
planning and conservation of cultural heritage sites, vocational tourism
training, international relations and lastly, in tourism promotion and
marketing (8 years as the Director of the Turkish Tourism Office in Madrid, in
charge of Spain, Portugal and South America) before joining the UNWTO.
6) YBhg. Tan Sri Dr.
Tony Fernandes (Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Berhad)
Tan Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes is Group Chief Executive Officer of
AirAsia Berhad. Internationally, his outstanding contributions to the French
aviation industry were recognised with the title Officier of the Legion d’
Honneur in April 2010, followed by the Commander of the Legion d’Honneur in
November 2013, the highest rank of honour that the French Government can bestow
on non-French citizens. In 2011, he was awarded the Commander of the Order of
the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
He is well respected for his contributions to the growth of Asia
and his influence in shaping the aviation industry’s evolution. He was
presented the Airline CEO of the Year Award for 2009 from Jane’s Transport
Finance for his success in leading and growing AirAsia into Asia’s largest and
the world’s best low-cost airline. He went on to win Corporate Governance
Asia’s Best CEO for Malaysia award - for the third year in a row.
For the full list of speakers and programme, visit http://destination.unwto.org/content/speakers-biographies-4. For registration, please visit the UNWTO official website at http://destination.unwto.org/event/6th-global-summit-urban-tourism. Registration is open until 24 November 2017. For further information, please contact Ms. Firna Azura Ekaputri Marzuki at 6gsut@motac.gov.my or Mr. Sascha Stange at sstange@unwto.org.
-Tourism Malaysia.
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