Speakers

Malta

H.E. Myriam Spiteri Debono

The President of Malta

Malta

Mr Jo Etienne Abela

Minister for Health and Active Ageing

Government of Malta

Malta

Tony Zahra

President · MHRA President & MTF Co-founder

MHRA

Malta

Andrew Agius Muscat

Secretary General · MHRA CEO & MTF Co-founder

MHRA

United Kingdom

Aradhana Khowala

Senator · CEO and Founder

Aptamind Partners

United Kingdom

Professor Dimitrios Buhalis

Chair · Professor of Strategic Management and Marketing

Bournemouth University Business School

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sanja Miovcic

Senator · Executive Director

Foreign Investors Council

Morocco

Sofia Bennani

Senator · President

Morocco-Malta Cooperation Council

Morocco

Hamid Bentahar

Senator · President

Moroccan Confederation of Tourism

United Kingdom

Professor Adam Blake

Professor of Economics

Bournemouth University Business School

Croatia

Željko Neven Bremec

Senator · President

Association of Chefs from the Mediterranean and European Regions

Slovenia

Alja Brglez

Senator · Former Presidential Adviser · Historian and Anthropologist

Italy

Associate Professor Paolo Corvo

Associate Professor

University of Gastronomic Sciences and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Palestine

Hani Abu Dayyeh

Senator · Chairman and President

Bethlehem Development Foundation · NET Tours

Cyprus

Leonidas Efthymiou

Co-Chair · Associate Professor

University of Nicosia

Algeria

Riad Fechkeur

Senator · Entrepreneur

Tunisia

Tijani Haddad

Deputy President · President of FIJET & Former Minister for Tourism

FIJET

Lebanon

Michael Haddad

Senator · Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Arab States

United Nations Development Programme

Turkey

Barbaros Kon

Senator · Academic

United Kingdom

Professor Adele Ladkin

Professor of Tourism Employment

Bournemouth University

Albania

Majlind Lazimi

Senator · Managing Partner

Howath

Malta

Marie Louise Mangion

Co-Chair · Head of Department, Public Policy

University of Malta

San Marino

Omar Marini

Senator · Entrepreneur

Cyprus

Thanos Michaelides

Senator · CEO and President

Thanos Hotels · Cyprus Hotel Association

Jordan

Taleb Rifai

Senator · Former UNWTO Secretary General

UNWTO

Italy

Bruno Santori

Senator · Orchestra Conductor

Greece

Dr Efi (Efthymia) Sarantakou

Associate Professor

University of West Attica

Hong Kong

Professor Haiyan Song

Associate Dean (Research) and Chair Professor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Greece

Demetris Spanos

Senator · Managing Director, Mediterranean Region

HVS

Malta

Dr Jacqueline Tanti-Dougall

President

International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates

Portugal

Associate Professor Maria Teresa Borges Tiago

Senior Associate Professor

University of the Azores and NOVA IMS

Portugal

Associate Professor Flávio Gomes Borges Tiago

Senior Associate Professor

University of the Azores

Greece

Professor Paris A. Tsartas

Professor of Tourism Development

Harokopio University of Athens

Hungary

Istvan Ujhelyi

Senator · Member of the European Parliament

European Parliament

Greece

Filippos Venetopoulos

Chief Executive Officer

Variety Cruises

United Kingdom

Professor Giampaolo Viglia

Professor of Marketing and Associate Head

University of Portsmouth

Egypt

Hisham Zaazou

Senator · Former Tourism Minister

Former Ministry of Tourism