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WORLD TOURISM DAY - 24 Hours of Innovation

WORLD TOURISM DAY

24 HOURS OF TRAVEL INNOVATION

JOIN US FOR A GLOBAL EVENT

World Tourism Day's 24 Hours of Travel Innovation has begun. The event includes 24 hours of presentations about the latest innovations for tourism, travel and communities. Attendees are also invited for an exclusive film premier of Travel Beyond.

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SAME-DAY REGISTRATION

24 Hours of Travel Innovation is a free event. You need to register to receive an entry code for admission to the event.

  1. Complete this form.

  2. When you click REGISTER, you will see an entry code (also sent to you via email).

  3. Copy this code.

  4. Go to the yellow Registered Attendees box.

  5. Type in your email and click ENTER EVENT.

  6. Then paste your entry code when asked for a password.

The event has ended. Please plan to join us next year.

ENTRY CODE: leaders24

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HOUR
TITLE
PRESENTERS
01
Keynote: Welcome to 24 Hours of Travel Innovation
István Ujhelyi, UN Tourism (formerly UNWTO) Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism & Rodney Payne, CEO at Destination Think
02
100 Travel Innovations: ​​Spreading the world’s best examples of meaningful change driven by travel
Mikkel Aarø-Hansen, CEO at Wonderful Copenhagen; Todd Montgomery, Director at Oregon State University’s Sustainable Tourism Lab; Sara Raymond de Booy, Editorial Director at Destination Think
03
It’s time for systemic change: How to get beyond corporate sustainability-as-usual
Hadley Dryden, General Manager at Destination Hauraki Coromandel & Auden Schendler, Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company
04
Equity in tourism: How travel is helping destinations become more equitable places to live
Susannah Doyle, Tourism Manager at Indigo Shire Council; Ben Lyman, Head of Communications at the Travel Foundation; Bernadett Papp, Senior Researcher at the European Tourism Futures Institute; Rodney Payne, CEO at Destination Think
05
Indigenous stewardship: A collaborative model for tourism and environmental flourishing
Brad Parsell, Executive Director at Tourism Tofino; Gisele Martin, Tribal Park Guardian at Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks; Mike Rewi, CEO at Mana Tāhuna Charitable Trust
06
Bringing Copenhagen back home: How travel impacts grassroots sustainability
Helene Hjortlund, owner of Green Bike Tours and Green Learning Programs & Tobias Weber-Andersen, founder of GreenKayak
07
Stewardship in the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast
Destination Think
08
Working toward sustainable housing solutions in Mammoth Lakes, California
John Urdi, CEO at Mammoth Lakes Tourism; Alisa Harper, restaurant owner and executive board member of Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce; John Mendel, Fire Commission Chair; and from Town of Mammoth Lakes: Rob Patterson, Town Manager; Nolan Bobroff, Community and Economic Development Director
09
Helping our destination partners get back to business when disaster strikes
Amy Thacker, CEO at Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism & Stephanie Dunford, Senior Director of Destinations at Sojern
10
Community carrying capacity of tourism
Callandra Caufield, Executive Director at Cochrane Tourism Association & Todd Montgomery, Director at Oregon State University’s Sustainable Tourism Lab
11
Harnessing sentiment data for responsible destination management
Elizabeth Fogarty, Director at Visit Grand Junction & Hannah Babineau, Head of Partnerships at Data Appeal
12
Moving towards sustainable destination management in the Netherlands
Terry Smith, CEO at Destination Cape Breton; Ewout Versloot, Strategist at Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions (NBTC); Eelco Snip, Insights Expert at NBTC; Simone Zaghi, PR Manager at NBTC; Thijs de Groot, Program Manager of Destination Development at NBTC
13
Energy and tech innovations: How private sector solutions are fuelling rapid decarbonization
Ellie Westman Chin, CEO at Destination Madison & Rod Drury, entrepreneur and founder of Xero
14
Electrification as a step toward regeneration
Mat Woods, CEO at Destination Queenstown; Mike Casey, owner of Forest Lodge Orchard; Toni Glover, owner of Kinloch Lodge; Trent Yeo, Executive Director at Ziptrek Ecotours
15
The net-positive-energy lodge bringing Queenstown Lakes toward carbon zero
Debbi Brainerd, owner of The Headwaters Eco Lodge
16
Carbon removal: What it is and why it is poised for exponential climate impact
Ellen Walker-Matthews, CEO at Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association & Tito Jankowski, Co-founder of AirMiners
17
How to green an industry: Climate action through insetting and deep retrofits
Angela Nagy, CEO at GreenStep Solutions & Stuart Black, COO at Pursuit Collection
18
Grenada’s reef pyramids and legacy restoration projects
Phil Saye, Grenada Artifical Reef Project
19
First steps: Benchmarking – GDS-Index and Gothenburg as a positive example
Anja Spice, PR & Marketing Manager at Global Destination Sustainability Movement; Guy Bigwood, CEO at Global Destination Sustainability Movement; Katarina Thorstensson, Head of Sustainability at Göteborg & Co.
20
Route to responsibility: Digital trail management and marketing for sustainable development
Susan Estler, CEO at Travel Marquette & Simon Reuter, Senior Research Partnership Manager at Outdooractive
21
Navigating your stewardship journey
Kristin Dunne, Director of Destination Stewardship at Miles Partnership & Anthony Everett, CEO at 4VI
22
How travel businesses can go beyond offsetting to accelerate real decarbonization
Leslie Bruce, CEO at Banff and Lake Louise Tourism & Shannon Guihan, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Travel Corporation
23
Contrail avoidance: The most promising climate solution that no one's heard of
Monika Iuel, Chief Tourism Officer at Wesgro & Joachim Majholm, Founder of Blue Lines
24
Film premiere: Travel Beyond
Destination Think
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