Global Meeting 2016 World Tourism Forum
The Tourism and Investment Event
Global Meeting 2016
World Tourism Forum Global Meeting 2015 was held with the support of the Ministry Culture and Tourism. Leaders of the tourism industry from Europe, USA, Russia, the Caucasus and Azerbaijan discussed the future of industry and exchanged ideas at the event.
Sinan Özedincik
Journalist, Turkuvaz Media Group
Miha Kovačič
Director, Slovenian Convention Bureau
Sani Şener
CEO, TAV
Nicolas Mayer
Partner & Industry Leader – Lodging & Tourism Clients Group, PwC
Juergen Steinmetz
Co-founder and Publisher, eTN (eTurboNews)
Gordana Plamenac
CEO, The National Tourism Organisation of Serbia
Kach and Jonathan
Blogger
Brad King
Vice President of Global Sales, Sojern
Elie Berchan
CEO, Elie Berchan Wedding & Events Creation
Kerim Sipahiler
Co-Founder, Sipahiler Events & Chairman of Site Turkey
Arkın Kol
Regional Director, Dolby
Daniel Ruff
President and Managing Director EMEA, Wyndham Hotel Group
Mehmet Burak Kutluğ
Executive Committee Member, Ağaoğlu Group of Companies
Martha Barcena Coqui
Ambassador of Mexico, Turkey
Tim Leffel
Blogger
Li Tie
Member of the Board of Directors and CEO, HNA Tourism Group – (TBC)
Christina Holt
Owner, Wedding Concepts
Kagiso Dumasi
Commercial Manager – Africa, BCD Travel-Accommodation
Hakan Ateş
CEO, Denizbank
Mehmet Şimşek
Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey
Rui Reis
General Manager, St. Regis
Alexander Mayrhofer
Head of the Competence Center, Thuringia Tourism
Cezar Dumitru
Media Producer at Imperator Media
Mahir Ünal
Minister of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey
Carolyn Pearson
Director, MaidenVoyage
Fatih Akbulut
President of Board, Turkish African Business Association
İbrahim Halil Korkmaz
President, Investment Holding of Knowledge
Mustafa Demir
Mayor, Fatih Municipality
Ece Tonbul
Executive Board Member and Managing Director of Paloma Hotels
Christopher Rodrigues
Chairman, Visit Britain
Yoshke Dimen
Blogger
Yasemin Pirinçcioğlu
CEO, VIP Tourism
Carol Hay
Director of Marketing, Caribbean Travel Organisation
Martin Widenka
Social Media Manager & Creative Lead ,Thomas Cook
Afşin Avcı
Managing Partner, Afi Digital
Dr. Hafried Haring
President, European Equestrian Federation
Markus Lehnert
Vice President of International Hotel Development, Marriott International
Mesut Karakaş
TV Presenter
Jacey Brasse
Blogger
Başaran Ulusoy
President, TURSAB
Saad Al Qahtani
Tourist Accommodation Sector Manager, Saudi Commission for Tourism & National Heritage
Catharina Fischer
Consultant and Partner, Tourismuszukunft
Rolf Schrömgens
Co&Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Trivago
Roddy Carr
Senior Vice President, Legardèrè Sports
Ivica Čačić
Regional Vice President Eastern Europe and the CIS, Marriott International, Inc
Kıvanç Onan
Middle East and North Africa Regional Director, Paypal Turkey
Didem Özyiğit
General Manager, Harmonia Surgical Tourism Istanbul
Mark Tanzer
CEO, ABTA
Christian de Barrin
CEO, HOTREC
Ann Farcas
Ann Farcas
Bas Lemmens
CEO, Roomlr
Ganire Paşayeva
Member, National Assembly of Azerbaijan
Filippo Sona
Head of Hotels MENA, Colliers International
Arden Agopyan
Founder & CEO, HotelRunner
Ali Nuhoğlu
President of Executive Board, İstanbul Akvaryum
Serge Trigano
Co-Founder & President, Mama Shelter
Mark Martinovic
CEO, Hotel Spec & Hotel Partners Africa
Jambu Palaniappan
Regional General Manager, UBER
Terry Kane
Head of Travel, Instagram & Facebook
Luigi Cabrini
Chairman, Global Sustainable Tourism Council
Mario Hardy
CEO, Pacific Asia Travel Association – PATA
Nilsun Tümer
Managing Partner, Hotel & More
Daniel Silke
Director, Political Futures Consultancy
Mahir Ünal
Minister of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey
Ömer Acar
Corporate Director – Asset Management Western Europe, Katara Hospitality
İnan Ekici
Assistant General Manager, Otokoç Automotive (Avis&Budget&Zipcar)
H. İnanç Kabadayı
President of the Board, Ege Yapı
Murat Zafer Özbilgi
Founder Blogger Casting Turkey & Blogger, Gezimanya
Greg Webb
Vice Chairman, Sabre
Mehmet Ersoy
CEO, Etstur
Özgül Özkan Yavuz
General Manager, ICVB
Jose Manuel Barroso
President (2004-2014), European Commission
Marc Aeberhard
Owner, Luxury Hotel & Spa Management
İsmail Ertuğ
Member, European Parliament-Committee on Transport and Tourism
Kaan Çetinkaya
Architect, Space Architects & Designers
Kristin Francis
Blogger
Zehra Öney
CEO, Blippar Turkey
Michael Collini
Vice President Development, Hilton Worldwide
Prasant Saha
CEO, CIMGlobal
Önder Halisdemir
CEO, Ağaoğlu Group of Companies
Stuart Cook
Managing Director, Protea Hotels
Simon Lewis
Founder, Travel Concept Solutions
İrfan Önal
General Director, Promotion Office – The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey
Nick and Dariece
Blogger
Inga Hlín Pálsdóttir
Director, Tourism & Creative Industries, Promote Iceland
120+ World Class Speakers
We bring the leaders of tourism industry together, in Istanbul at Global Meeting 2015.
7,000 Delegates
Delegates from all over the world will once again converge on the capital region and interact with the elected officials and decision-makers.
40 Topics
We are setting the trends in tourism around the world, we set the topics of each meeting accordingly.
Agenda
LÜTFİ KIRDAR ICEC
Harbiye Mahallesi
Gümüş Cad. No: 4 34367
Harbiye, Istanbul
WHEN
Wednesday to Friday
February 4 to 6, 2016
In Partnership With:
