He is an internationally acclaimed author. His best-selling 1999 book ‘The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage’ has been published in 15 languages and was named one of the 100 best business books of all time. This masterpiece has been updated and re-released in 2020 with the new subtitle of ‘Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money’.

Joe is a public speaker and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial start-ups alike. He is co-founder of Strategic Horizons LLP, a thinking studio dedicated to helping businesses conceive and design new ways of adding value to their economic offerings.

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The MICHELIN Guide arrived in Estonia last year, the first of the Baltic states. 31 restaurants in Estonia have earned a place in the 2022 MICHELIN Guide. Among those, two received a coveted MICHELIN Star, two received a Green Star, and five have been awarded a Bib Gourmand.

Estonia -especially its capital Talliinn- has already been for years in people’s minds as the culinary capital of the Baltics.

In this episode, Rainer gives his insights on the following:

• What are the strategic priorities of Estonia’s tourism policy?
• How VisitEstonia is building the brand image on Estonia at an international level?
• What are the reasons tourists visit Estonia?
• How important culinary tourism is for Estonia and how food reflects the authentic identity of Estonia?
• What is the significance of having MICHELIN in Estonia? How important is this for the culinary scene and putting Estonia on the global culinary map?

Rainer Aavik is the Director of the Estonian Tourist Board since August 2022, where he leads a team of 35 tourism professionals. From 2015 to 2020 he was the Deputy Mayor of Pärnu city being responsible for tourism, planning and development. He also has more than 15 years of experience in managing hundreds of large-scale public-sector investments all around Estonia.

Rainer has Masters’ degrees in Public Administration and Cyber Security. He has also taken part of different long-term courses in United Kingdom, India and USA.

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Following an award-winning career in luxury, resorts, independent and branded hotels, Euan formed Valor Hospitality Partners in 2012 with longtime friend and business partner Steve Cesinger. Since then, Euan and his dynamic team have executed on many distressed property turnarounds, new builds and re-brandings, resulting in a highly-regarded reputation for the quality of the Valor execution both commercially and culturally.

McGlashan is responsible for overseeing the repositioning of many hotels properties including AC Hotels in Manchester and Birmingham, United Kingdom as well as The Harpeth and Valley curio hotels in the US.

Valor Hospitality Partners is growing expeditiously under McGlashan’s leadership, their global team of ‘hotelitarians’ and their portfolio have received numerous awards.

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Furthermore, Antonietta Varlese explained how Accor is dealing with inclusivity in the tourism industry and what inclusive tourism means practically.

Antonietta Varlese participated in “Inclusivity in Tourism” panel discussion on the 2nd day of the event, along with Linda Mannerby – Senior Sustainability Manager, Visit Sweden, Rika Jean-François – CSR Commissioner, ITB Berlin; GSTC Board, Dr. Cherise Addinsall – Co-Founder and Strategic Mentor for Regenerative Vanua and Natalie Kidd – Managing Director Asia, Intrepid Travel / GSTC Board Member as Moderator.

GSTC2023 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference was held in Antalya, Türkiye, from the 9th to 12th of May.

The article Antonietta Varlese (Accor): “We expect to be operationally ‘Net Zero’ by 2050” first appeared in TravelDailyNews International.

Furthermore, Lindsay Morvan explained how Mauritius is dealing with the over-tourism crisis. He also mentioned the more sustainable plans, that will lead the industry into the future.

Lindsay Morvan participated in “Sustainable Coastal Destinations” panel discussion, along with Şadan Kaptanoğlu – Chairperson, TURMEPA, Rachel McCaffery – Director, Green Case Consulting / Chair, GSTC’s Destination Stewardship Working Group, Kevin Fsadni – Director of Product Development, Malta Tourism Authority and Luigi Cabrini – Chairman, GSTC as Moderator.

GSTC2023 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference was held in Antalya, Türkiye, from the 9th to 12th of May.

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Moreover, she explained how the company measure the impact and who are the most important KPIs.

Maya Sever participated in “Small Accommodations & Hostels Sustainability” panel discussion, along with Ayse Zeynep Sezerel, owner of No11 Hotel & Apartments, Istanbul, Abraham Group, Pegi Amarteifio, VP, Global PR & Communications, SLH and Catherine Gilvarry – Head of Supply Hostelworld, as Moderator.

GSTC2023 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference is held in Antalya, Türkiye, from the 9th to 12th of May.

The article Maya Sever (Abraham Group): “Tourists are looking for a more meaningful experience when they travel” first appeared in TravelDailyNews International.

Moreover, Ayse Zeynep Sezerel answers the one-million-dollar question: Are the guests appreciating the new more sustainable practices?

Ayse Zeynep Sezerel participated in “Small Accommodations & Hostels Sustainability” panel discussion, along with Maya Sever, HR & Impact Director, Abraham Group, Pegi Amarteifio, VP, Global PR & Communications, SLH and Catherine Gilvarry – Head of Supply Hostelworld, as ModeratorSpeakers.

GSTC2023 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference is held in Antalya, Türkiye, from the 9th to 12th of May.

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Josef Doppelbauer joined the Agency in January 2015. His mission is to further consolidate the role and responsibilities of the European Union Agency for Railways to become a world leader in railway safety.

Before leading the Agency, Josef Doppelbauer held managerial positions at Bombardier Transportation. Since the early 1990’s, he has been involved with the development of the European Rail Transport Management System (ERTMS). From 2012 to 2014, he was chairman of the European Rail Research Advisory Committee (ERRAC), the European technology platform of the rail sector. From 2011 to 2014, he was also the chairman of the Steering Committee of the Joint Technology Initiative Shift2Rail.

Josef Doppelbauer holds a degree and a doctorate, both in Physics. He started his career at the Alcatel Research Centre in Vienna, Austria, where in 1997 he became Technical Director. In 2001, he moved to Paris to become Chief Technical Officer for Alcatel Transport Automation Solutions.

Dr. Doppelbauer is the best person to give us his insights into ‘The future of rail transport in Europe: Towards a sustainable and safe railway system without frontiers’

ERA, as an European Union (EU) agency, is governed by EU public law but operates independently from the EU Institutions (Council, Parliament, Commission etc.) and has its own legal personality. The European Commission is, however, a crucial institutional stakeholder for ERA and a partner in the implementation of its mandate. ERA closely cooperates with national safety authorities, national investigation bodies and representative bodies in the frame of networks and workgroups.

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Mr. Sjefke Jansen is the newly appointed General Manager of Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas, an award-winning leader with four decades of hands-on experience in the hospitality industry who is now leading one of the most luxurious and unique resorts of the world.

Prior to his current role, Sjefke was the General Manager of Hotel Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta where he led the property to achieve a leading position for 5 consecutive years in an extremely competitive environment.

He is the best person to give his insights on how we should redefine leading luxury hotels and how to lead staff in order to ensure that the guests’ experiences are unique and memorable.

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Bashar draws upon expertise honed over a 30-year career in hospitality. An expert in the lifestyle space, Bashar is known for pushing limits in his philosopher-meets-hotelier kind of way.

Bashar is a jet setter, a TED talker, and a hospitality evangelist. A man who is not afraid to challenge the status quo with a child-like curiosity about life, people and experiences.

Bashar can speak to the ins and outs of the Hotel Industry because he’s done it all. Most at home on the road, he eats, sleeps and breathes this calling we call hospitality. Some might say he’s obsessed with hotels. But it’s really the humans behind them that drive him.

When Bashar isn’t traveling to 50+ countries and 45+ states, he’s home in Portland, Oregon with his wife and kids, dreaming up the hotels of tomorrow.

Mr. Wali is the best person to give us his insights into today’s topic: ‘Longing for belonging: What shapes the hotels of tomorrow’

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