The 19thWorld Route Development Forum, which will take place on 5-8 October 2013 co-hosted by Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, will see a number of content streams running throughout the four days, including the World Routes Strategy Summit, held in partnership with ICAO and the World Bank; the World Tourism Summit, held in partnership with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) and TTG; Invest and Manage and a programme of social media briefings.
The summits bring together senior leaders and key stakeholders from aviation, tourism and cargo to participate in discussions that will set the commercial and political agenda for the industry. The events attract airline and airport CEOs, Ministers of Tourism and leaders of industry associations worldwide and in the last few days confirmations have been received from James Hogan, CEO of Etihad, Jack Kasarda, Director of the Centre for Air Commerce, University of Carolina, Michael Steen, Chairman of TIACA and EVP & CEO of Atlas Air and Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Managing Director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.
Key themes that will be debated at the World Routes Strategy Summit include: the state of the industry and the outcomes of the ICAO Air Transport Conference; the implications for liberalisation; airline mega mergers; airports of the future and the Visa Waiver, Trusted Traveller and Global Entry Programmes.
The inaugural World Tourism Summit will be a high level conference which will address a number of industry issues including; how governments can align their tourism, economic development and aviation strategies and securing investment funds for tourism development.
Other industry leaders who have confirmed they will participate in the summits include Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, Alain St Ange, Minister for Tourism & Culture for the Seychelles, Angela Gittens, Director General of ACI World, Sani Sener, President & CEO of TAV Airports, and Rossi Ralenkotter, President/CEO of Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority.
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