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ITB Berlin NOW Convention Stage 1 | |
Convention Opening | |
Time | Tuesday, March 9, 10:00 - 10:15 (Berlin Time) Tuesday, March 9, 17:00 - 17:15 (Beijing Time) |
Co-Host | Prof. Dr. Roland Conrady, Scientific Director | ITB Berlin Convention Lea Jordan, Co-Founder & Head of Marketing | techtalk.travel |
Greetings | Chen Dong, Secretary-General of World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) |
ITB Keynote Interview: Resilience and Recovery of Tourism Destinations | |
Time | Thursday, March 11, 10:15 - 10:30 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 17:15 - 17:30 (Beijing Time) |
Interview Guest | Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica |
ITB Keynote Speech: City Tourism after COVID-19: Tourism Re-Start of Beijing | |
Time | Thursday, March 11, 10:35 - 10:50 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 17:35 - 17:50 (Beijing Time) |
Moderator | Monika Jones, TV News Anchor | Deutsche Welle |
Speaker | Pang Wei, Deputy Director-General | Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau |
Speech Content |
1. Strengthen the guidelines for epidemic prevention and control for the tourism industry; 2. Effectively implement principles of Covid19-prevention among hotels and rural home-stays for those visiting and returning to Beijing to maintain the impact of the pandemic at the minimum; 3. Enable domestic tourism and consumption for the peak seasons during national holidays by implementing policies related to pandemic control; 4. Provide necessary assistance to the tourism industry, formulate policies and schemes for different stages and various stakeholders of the sector, put efforts to ensure the smooth operation of businesses of the industry, aide those enterprises facing challenging situations and strengthen their confidence; 5. Ensure flexible services and support as innovative partner of the tourism sector, focus on flagship projects and leading enterprises, incubate high potential enterprises, and strengthen the reputation and quality of brands; 6. Recognize potential markets, activate the domestic economic cycle of the tourism sector, promote both urban and rural tourism as well as strengthen the night economy; 7. Promote the potential synergies of the tourism sector and other industries, diversify consumption scenarios with the concepts of "tourism +" and "+ tourism", extend the life value of tourists and leverage the multi-sector benefits of tourism activities; 8. Involve the application of technology, promote the development of smart tourism, mainstream the concept of "no reservation, no travel", and maintain a safe, friendly and reliable market environment. |
ITB Resilience Roundtable (with Jacobs Media and the Resilience Council) | |
Time | Thursday, March 11, 11:20 - 11:55 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 18:20 - 18:55 (Beijing Time) |
Moderator | Ian Taylor, Executive Editor | Travel Weekly |
Panelist |
Hon. Najib Balala, Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya
Gloria Guevara, President & CEO | WTTC Hon. Staša Košarac, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina Dan Richards, CEO | Global Rescue |
Conference Content |
-Thought leaders from the public and private sector discuss policies that have been or will be launched and their impact
-The panel will discuss implementation and enforcement, how can policies be driven down to the local level successfully? |
ITB Introductory Presentation: New Normal, New Practices (in Cooperation with WTCF & COTRI) | |
Time | Thursday, March 11, 13:00 - 13:15 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 20:00 - 20:15 (Beijing Time) |
Speaker |
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Arlt., member of the WTCF Expert Committee and CEO | COTRI
Philip Dodd Chairman | Made in China UK
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Content |
World Tourism Economy Trends Report 2021 by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Arlt
City Swop - Cultural Exchange: Generating New Forms of Urban Tourism by Mr. Philip Dodd |
ITB Panel Discussion New Normal New Practices - What can we Learn from the Pandemic for a Better Urban Tourism? (In Cooperation with WTCF & COTRI) |
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Time | Thursday, March 11, 13:15 - 13:55 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 20:15 - 20:55 (Beijing Time) |
Moderator | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Arlt, CEO | COTRI |
Panelist |
Olivier Ponti, Vice President Insights | ForwardKeys Kum Hong Siew, COO | Airbnb China Bowen Sun, Vice Secretary-General | Trip.com Institute Jason Wang, COO | Global Tourism Economy Forum |
Discussion Content |
-Urban Tourism will start again after the pandemic has been defeated - but the New Normal will have to use New Practices
-The New Practices of Urban Tourism will help to overcome over-tourism by paying more attention to quality and satisfaction of guests and hosts instead of concentrating on quantity and growth
-The New Practices of Urban Tourism will offer different tourism services to visitors from different source markets at different times of the year and different parts of the city -The New Practices of Urban Tourism will pay special attention to visitors from the emerging tourism source markets, including China -The New Practices of Urban Tourism will offer new opportunities for a wider range of cities around the globe -Join the WTCF / COTRI session to learn from international experts about the New Normal and how to turn the New Practices into sustainable reality |
ITB Message from Georgia | |
Time | Thursday, March 11, 15:15 - 15:30 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 22:15 - 22:30 (Beijing Time) |
Guest | Mrs. Natia Turnava, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia |
Time | Thursday, March 11, 15:20 -15:25 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 22:20 - 22:25 (Beijing Time) |
Guest | Mrs. Mariam Kvrivishvili, Former Head of GNTA and Member of Parliament of Georgia |
ITB Roundtable: Restarting of LGBT+ Tourism Greeting from the Spanish Tourism Minister | |
Time | Thursday, March 11, 15:50 - 16:40 (Berlin Time) Thursday, March 11, 22:50 - 23:40 (Beijing Time) |
Guest | María Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister of industry, trade and tourism, Spain | Spanish Government |