World Travel Market London 2018 | RX Global | 5 November 2018 | ExCel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL, UK

World Travel Market London is the leading global event for the travel industry to meet industry professionals and conduct business deals. Through its industry networks, unrivalled global reach, WTM London creates personal and business opportunities, providing customers with quality contacts, content and communities.

2018 Speakers

A L Nitin Kumar
Director, Vihari travel show

Abhiram Gandhe
Principal Solutions Architect TUI

Adama Bah
Co-founder Institute of Travel and Tourism of Gambia

Alessandra Alonso
Founder Women in Travel CIC

Alex Christopoulos
Deputy Chief Executive Lumos

Andreas Walmsley
Associate Professor University of Plymouth

Andrew Flintham
Managing Director UK & Ireland TUI

Angela Hills
Senior Destinations Manager, Health, Safety Crisis & Operations ABTA

Anita Mendiratta
Founder & Managing Director, CACHET CONSULTING

Anna Fawcett
Global Head of Marketing, Topdeck

Ben Morison
Founder,Flipflopi

Ben Ross
Deputy Head of Travel Editorial, Telegraph Media Group

Ben Thompson
Broadcaster & Journalist

Brian Hilliard
Co-Founder, Mindfulness Journeys

Brian Young
Managing Director, EMEA G Adventures

Bruce Poon Tip
Founder, G Adventures

Cameron Taylor
Tourism and Heritage Consultant and Author, TTJ Toruism

Camille Ferguson
Executive Director, American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association

Carole Favre
Founder, The Fabulous Tourism Academy

Caroline Bremner
Head of Travel, Euromonitor International

Caroline Warburton
Regional Leadership Director (East) VisitScotland

Chris Browne OBE
Chief Operating Officer, easyJet

Claire Irvin
Head of Travel Editorial, The Telegraph

Clare Jenkinson
Senior Destinations and Sustainability Manager, ABTA

Conrad Bird CBE
Director, GREAT Britain Campaign, Department for International Trade

Daniel Pearce
Managing Director TTG Media

Daniel Wishnia
Digital Marketing Consultant, GCH Hotel Group GmbH

David Burling
Member of the Executive Board - CEO Markets and Airlines, TUI Group

David Winterton
Global Brand Curator, Emerald Waterways

Debbie Marshall
Founder & CEO, Silver Travel Advisors

Derek Hanekom
Minister of Tourism, South Africa

Dr Hamish McPharlin
Head of Insight, BBC Global News

Dr Krish Kandiah
Founding Director, Home for Good

Dr Mario Hardy
Chief Executive Officer, PATA

Dr Tom Moorhouse
Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford University

Dr Xavier Font
Professor, University of Surrey

Elise Allart
Executive Director Programmes & Operations, TUI Care Foundation

Eliza Reid
The First Lady of Iceland

Elizabeth Linder
Executive Director, Global Communications & External Affairs, Beautiful Destinations

Emmanuelle Werner
Director, Friends-International

Enver Duminy
CEO, Cape Town Tourism

Erica Giopp
Chinese Luxury Travel Expert

Erik Wolf
Founder, World Food Travel Association

Filippo Fasolo
CEO, AdsHotel

Fiona Jeffery OBE
Chair, Just a Drop

Frank Marr
Co-founder, AM+A Marketing and Media Relations

Frank Orman
Managing Director, LeadGeneratorsDigital

Frank Reeves
Co-founder and CEO, Avvio

Frans van der Avert
CEO, Amsterdam Marketing

Fred Dixon
President & CEO NYC & Company

Gabriel Escarrer Jaume
Vice Chairman and CEO, Meliá Hotels International

Gary Grieve
Managing Director, Capela China

Gary Richardson
Managing Director, for Emerging Technology 6point6

Gemma Greenwood
Director, Content Inc

Gillian Hamburger
Senior Vice President, of Commerical Expo 2020 Dubai

Glynn O'Leary
Co-founder & CEO, Transfrontier Park Destinations

H.E Lina Annab
Minister, Tourism and Antiquities The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Harold Goodwin
WTM Responsible Tourism Advisor

Harsha Krishnan
Head, Travel & Tourism IATA

Ian Johnson
Founder, Out Now

Ian Rowlands
Director, Incredible Oceans'

Inge Huijbrechts
Global Senior Vice President, Responsible Business and Safety & Security Radisson Hotel Group

Ivy Aiwei Jenkins
Director, Hedera

James Thornton
CEO, Intrepid Group

Jamie Sweeting
President, Planeterra Foundation

Jane Ashton
Director, Sustainability Development TUI Group

Jane Edge
Managing Director, Fair Trade Tourism

Jayni Gudka
Director, Unseen Tours

Jenny Stanley
Managing Director, Appetite Creative c/o DigiFutures

Jens Brockmann
Client Business Partner, Global Ad Intel Nielsen

Jeremy Jauncey
Founder & CEO, Beautiful Destinations

Jo Hendrickx
Founder, Travel Without Plastic

Joe Naaman
Executive Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer, Skylight Intelligence

Johan Lundgren
CEO, easyJet

John Kinnear
Programme Manager, Family Holiday Association

John Strickland
Director, JLS Consulting

Jörn Gieschen
International Tourism Consultant, IE Madrid

June Sarpong MBE
Co-Founder, WIE Network and DNA Summit

Justin Francis
Co-founder, Responsible Travel

Kash Bhattacharya
Founder and Editor, BudgetTraveller

Kate Webb
Co-founder, Orbis Expeditions

Katherine Johnston
Senior Research Fellow, Global Wellness Institute

Kevin Curran
Vice-Chair, London Central Hotel Workers' branch of Unite the Union

Laura Citron
Chief Executive, London & Partners

Laura Faulkner OBE
UK Commissioner and Project Director, Expo 2020 Dubai Department for International Trade

Lea Meyer
Analyst, Middle East & African Team Euromonitor International

Li Baochun
Vice Secretar, General World Tourism Cities Federation

Libby Owen-Edmunds
Senior Tourism Advisor

Lisa Francesca Nand
Travel Journalist and Host, The Big Travel Podcast

Liutauras Vaitkevicius
General Manager, GoodHotel London

Liwu Wang
Vice President, Qyer.com

Lydia Rusling
Chief Executive, Visit Lincoln

Madhu Rajesh
Director, International Tourism Partnership

Mark Watson
Former Executive Director, Tourism Concern

Martin Brackenbury
Managing Partner, of Brackenbury & Partners and Director of Classic Collection Holidays

Michael Mrini
Director, Information Technology Edwardian Hotels London

Natalie Solebo
Brand Manager, Hostelworld

Oliver Martin
Partner, Twenty31 Consulting Inc.

Olivier Ponti
VP, Insights ForwardKeys

Ólöf Ýrr Atladóttir
Chief Destination Management & Marketing Officer, Royal Commission for Al-Ula

Ophelia Yeung
Senior Research, Fellow Global Wellness Institute

Paras Loomba
Founder, Global Himalayan Expedition

Paul Davies
Category Director of Travel, Leisure and Foodservice Research Mintel

Paul Nelson
Press & PR Manager, World Travel Market

Paul Richer
Senior Partner, Genesys

Paula Vlamings
CEO, Tourism Cares

Pippa Jacks
Group Editor, TTG Media

Rob Holmes
Founder & Chief Strategist, GLP Films

Roger Goulding
Cranborne Chase Area Outstanding Natural Beauty, Dorset

Roy Graff
Managing Director, EMEA Dragon Trail Interactive

Sally Cope
Regional General Manager, UK/Northern Europe Tourism Australia

Samuel Vetrak
CEO & Founder, Student Marketing

Shannon van Staden
Co-Founder, Mindfulness Journeys

Sherin Francis
CEO, Seychelles Tourism Board

Simon King
Founder, Park.Doctor

Simon Lucey
Founder, Hype Collective

Simon Press
Senior Exhibition Director, WTM London

Simon Thomas
International President of The International Executive Committee, Les Clefs d'Or

Sophie Knight
Marketing Partnerships Manager, Hostelworld

Sören Stöber
Director, Business Development ESG & Sustainability Trucost

Steve Byrne
Chief Executive Officer, Travel Counsellors

Steve Cassidy
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, UK & Ireland Hilton

Steve Lowy
Chairman, BETA

Susan Hooper
Board Member, Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU)

Susie Ellis
Chairman & CEO, Global Wellness Summit

Tanya Beckett
Television and Radio Journalist

Tim Fryer
Country Manager, UK and France STA Travel

Urs Eberhard
Deputy CEO, Switzerland Tourism

Vic Walia
VP, Global Brand Marketing Expedia

Vicky Smith
Founder, Earth Changers

Victor Chua
Founding & Managing Director, Vynn Capital

Victoria Bacon
Director, Brand and Business Development ABTA

Victoria Barlow
Group Environmental Manager, Thomas Cook

Vincent Nijs
Senior Researcher, VISITFLANDERS

William Hoppe
Vice President, – Teleperformance DIBS Teleperformance DIBS

Wouter Geerts
Consultant, Euromonitor International

Xu Wei
CEO, Ctrip Customized Travel Platform

Yvonne Manzi Makolo
CEO, RwandAir

Zane Kerby
President and CEO

Zina Bencheikh
General Manager, Europe & Morrocco Peak DMC