
H.E. Myriam Spiteri Debono
President of Malta

Hon. Dr Ian Borg
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism (Malta)

Tony Zahra
President, Mediterranean Tourism Foundation

Andrew Agius Muscat
Secretary General, Mediterranean Tourism Foundation

Rajan Datar
Moderator, BBC Broadcaster and Journalist (UK)

Alex Connock
Saïd Business School
University of Oxford (UK)

Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio
Chairman of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Aradhana Khowala
CEO and Founder, Aptamind Partners (UK)

Vitomir Maričić
Freediver & Multiple World Record Holder (Croatia)

Ali Boltaç
Mayor of Tarsus, Türkiye (Türkiye)

Carlo Micallef
Chief Executive Officer, Malta Tourism Authority (Malta)

Alper Utku
President
Amsterdam Tech (Türkiye)

Sara Roversi
Founder of the Future Food Institute (Italy)

Anna Pollock
Founder Conscious Travel (UK)

Dimitrios Buhalis
Chair, MTF Research Forum; Professor, Bournemouth University (UK)

Glenn Mandziuk
CEO, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (Canada)

Leslie Vella
Deputy CEO & Chief Officer, Strategic Development, Malta Tourism Authority (Malta)

Alex Silver
Master Planning Practice Lead (EMEA) | Strategic Lead (EMEA + APAC)

Hamid Bentahar
President Moroccan Confederation of Tourism (Morocco)

Christos Markopoulos
CEO of RoyalCert, Greece

Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour
Former Minister of Tourism and Industry of Egypt and Founder of Hero Middle East & Africa (Egypt)

Alessandro Mager
Mayor of Sanremo (Italy)

Fabio Pompei
Director of the Centro Europeo Studi Culturali (Italy)

David Curmi
CEO, KM Malta Airlines, Malta

Lola Uña Cárdenas
Former Vice President for Government Affairs at the World Travel &
Tourism Council (WTTC).

George Micallef
Senior Vice President of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association
(MHRA) and Managing Director of Sunroute Hotels Ltd (Malta)

Christopher Cutajar
Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Tourism (Malta)

Demetris Spanos
Managing Partner, HVS South Europe (Greece)

Steve Kennedy
Strategic Design Lead, BrackenWorks (UK)

Kenneth Farrugia
Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Valletta plc (Malta)

Christos Angelides
General Manager of Cyprus Hotel Association (Cyprus)

Istvan Ujhelyi
MTF Senator (Hungary)

Karmenu Vella
Former EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs, and Fisheries (Malta)

Tiziana Gradanti
Founder, Sicily My Home (Italy)

Dr. Athanasios (Thanos) Badekas
Orthopedic Surgeon, (Greece)

Amber Gauci Ward
Holistic Wellness Director, Verdala Wellness Hotel (Malta)

Mike Jordanou
Founder & Director, MCJ Advisory Ltd

Sehnaz Cehreli Shefik
Founder, Cehreli Consulting (Türkiye)

Jože Tomaš
President, Croatian Chamber of Economy – Split County Chamber (Croatia)

Kike Sarasola
Founder and president of Room Mate Hotels

Colonel Edric Zahra
CEO, Identità (Malta)

Pierre Fenech
CEO, Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) (Malta)

Celia Falzon
CEO, Jobsplus (Malta)

Alma Harašić Bremec
Head, ŠKMER Academy (Croatia)

Hala Alkhatib
Managing Director Egyptian Tourism Federation

Sofia Bennani
President, Morocco-Malta Cooperation Council (Morocco)

Dr. Barbaros Kon
Chairman, Humanica (Türkiye)

Francisco Almeida
Vice President, Partner Services Southern Europe, Forbes Travel Guide

Betim Budzaku
CEO of Andorra Turisme SAU

Kushal Raju
CTO, Cadabams Group & CEO, ExAR Technologies (India)

Prathish Nair
Chief Business Architect, Transcend Consulting (India)

Perit Kevin Fsadni
Deputy CEO, Malta Tourism Authority (Malta)

Hisham Zaazou
Former Minister of Tourism, Egypt (Egypt)

Anastasios Konstantaros
CEO of Rhodes Tourism Promotion Organisation

Angelo Gafà
Commissioner of Police (Malta)

Dimitris Lianos
Mayor, Naxos & Small Cyclades (Greece)

Majd B
CEO, Fire Eagle Drones (Morrocco)

Leila Jiwnani
Director Hospitality Advisory
for Deloitte (UK)

Philip Fenech
Chairman, Paceville Town Centre Management (Malta)

Nadine Daher
Managing Director of ETITOPIA
Training and solutions for
Etiquette and image consultancy.
(Lebanon)

Charles Mangion
Chairman, Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) (Malta)

Karl Cilia
CEO, Water Services Corporation (WSC) (Malta)

Paolo Tamiro
CEO, Keynesia (Italy)

Ing. Joseph Restall
Senior Head of Engineering, Technical Services, and Sustainability,
Corinthia Group (Malta)

Maria Xuereb
Chief Credit Officer (Malta)

Asma Jerbi Abouda
Architect & Urban Planner (Tunisia)

Daniel Attard
MEP for Malta

Johann Buttigieg
Chief Executive Officer, Planning Authority (Malta)

Zahi Akiki
EMEA Master Planning Consultant, Worley

Pietro Angelini
Director General, Navigo (Italy)

Stephen Xuereb
Chief Executive Officer, Valletta Cruise Port (Malta)

Ivana Vladović
Director, Tourist Board of Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia)

Tijani Haddad
MTF Deputy President, President of FIJET & Former Minister for Tourism
(Tunisia)

Taleb Rifai
MTF Senator, Former UNWTO Secretary General
(Jordan)

Omar Marini
MTF Senator & Entrepreneur
(San Marino)

Bruno Santori
MTF Senator, Orchestra Conductor
(Italy)

Riad Fechkeur
MTF Senator & Entrepreneur
(Algeria)

Majlind Lazimi
MTF Senator & Managing Partner Howath
(Albania)

Željko Neven Bremec
MTF Senator & President of the Association of Chefs from the Mediterranean and European Regions
(Croatia)

Hani Abu Dayyeh
MTF Senator & Chairman of Betlehem Development Foundation and President of NET Tours
(Palestine)

Sanja Miovcic
MTF Senator, President and Director of the International Federation of Training and Development Organizations (IFTDO (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Thanos Michaelides
MTF Senator & CEO of Thanos Hotels and President of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Cyprus)

Michael Haddad
MTF Senator, Regional Goodwill Ambassador in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for Arab States (Lebanon)

Alja Brglez
MTF Senator, Advisor to the Former President of the Republic
Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic from 2013-2022 Historian and Anthropologist
(Slovenia)

Silvia Costantini
Chief Communications and Institutional Relations Officer at Viator Media (Italy)

Dina Ravera
CEO and President of Destination Italia Group (Italy)

Delal Atamdede
Turkish tourism journalist and executive, Vice President of TURKEY, and FIJET Executive Committee member (Türkiye)

Fr. Andrea Ciucci
General Director, Pontifical Academy for Life; Secretary General, renAIssance Foundation (Vatican)

Marian Muro
Director of Apartur (Short Term Rentals Barcelona) and Fromer Director General of Tourism for Catalonia and Barcelona (Spain)

Simon Grima
Dean, Faculty of Economics, Management & Accountancy (FEMA), University of Malta (Malta)

Noel Muscat
Mayor of Swieqi (Malta)

Olaf McKay
Mayor of Valletta (Malta)

Claire Xuereb
Hospitality Director of AX Group, Director of AX Care, Member of the Executive Board of AX Group & Chairperson of AX Foundation (Malta)

Neal Debono
Chief Commercial Officer at Mercury Towers (Malta)

Kenneth Haber
Deputy Commissioner, Malta Police Force (Malta)

Alessandro Invernizzi
Founder of Ragazzi On The Road (Italy)
