Africa is on the mind of two events on the sideline of the upcoming World Travel Market in London next month.

Dr. Taleb Rifai, Chairman of ITIC Advisory Board and Former Secretary-General, UNWTO invites to a special launch event of the International Tourism and Investment Conference (ITIC) and its Tourism Investment Platform. It will be held in London on Friday,  02 November 2018 at the InterContinental Park Lane, Mayfair, from 17:00 – 20:30.
Anita Mendiratta, Founder & CEO of Cachet Consulting & Lead Consultant for CNN will be the moderator.

The African Tourism Board Initiative is inviting their supporters and anyone interesting in bringing African Tourism together to their soft launch event sponsored by Reed Exhibition on Monday, 05 November 2018 at Excel London during the World Travel Market in North Gallery Room 4, 14.00h.

Juergen Steinmetz, publisher of eTurboNews and Chairman of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners will be the master of ceremony for the African Tourism Board Initiative event.

ITIC is designed to serve as a unique global investment platform that will bring together Investors, Private Equity Firms, Bankers, Family Offices, Law firms, Technology Expert alongside Tourism Policy Makers and Ministers, Experts, CEOs of public and private, sector tourism entities as one tourism-focused business community to unlock opportunities for tourism countries strongly reliant on tourism as a foundation for national growth and development.

The Launch Event for ITIC will feature a high-level, professionally facilitated Panel Discussion – Invest Tourism, featuring carefully selected international leaders in tourism and investment with rich insight into opportunities for tourism and investment partnership.

Supporters & Sponsors:
* African Tourism Board
* Intercontinental London
* Daiichi
* WTTC
* Hyda & Reed
* SKAL

Media Partners:
* eTurboNews
* Jacobs Media Group
* TravelWeekly
* American Banker
* African Business
* New African
* New African Woman

Panelists

▪              Honorable Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife-Kenya
▪              Honourable Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism-Jamaica
▪              Mr. Gerald Lawless, Former President and CEO of the Jumeirah Group
▪              Mr. Saleh Said, Managing Director of Pennyroyal Ltd, promoter of a tourism village in Zanzibar

Registration and participation at both events are free.

– To register for the ITIC Launch event click here and use password ITIC2018

– To register for the ATB event at WTM click here