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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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HOUR | TITLE | PRESENTERS |
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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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