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TOURISM SOCIETY DEBATE WITH THE UNWTO
Travel and Tourism: Stimulus for G:20 Economies

Tuesday 14th July 2009
The Royal College of Physicians, London
Sponsored by the Christel DeHaan Tourism and Travel Research Institute, Nottingham University

A high profile panel will look at the implications of the G:20 Summit outcomes on the international tourism industry; what the governments of the world are doing to combat the global recession and where tourism fits in.

It is hoped that this exciting debate will herald a 'shift change' in attitudes of global governments who will finally take tourism seriously as a means to boost their ailing economies.

PROGRAMME
18.30-19.00:     Arrival with refreshments
19.00-19.10:     Chairman’s Welcome & Introductions: Lord Thurso MP FTS, Tourism Society President & Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
19.10-20.00:    Debate in the Seligman Theatre with Panelists:
Taleb Rifai, Secretary General for the UNWTO
Christopher Rodrigues FTS, Chairman of VisitBritain
Marthinus Van Schalkwyk, Minister of Tourism of the Republic of South Africa
Lelei LeLaulu, Chairman, Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International
Prof. Geoffrey Lipman FTS,Christel DeHaan Tourism and Travel Research Institute, Nottingham University, Victoria University, UNWTO
20.00-21.00:    Open Forum
21.00:         Networking & refreshments

TICKETS:
Student/Retired: £25
Members of the TS: £30
Non-members: £50

L-R: Lord Thurso MP FTS, The Seligman Theatre, Geoffrey Lipman FTS

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