Co-ordinated by
World Travel & Tourism Council Web site
The 3rd Global Travel & Tourism Summit
 
 
15 - 17 May 2003 Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
 
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LUSOTUR S.A.

 

Sponsored by

Insignia Hotels
TAP Air Portugal
American Express Co
Casinos Do Algarve
FAR&WIDE
Six Continents PLC
TUI
McKinsey & Company
Qatar Airways
Pestana Hotels & Resorts
Espirito Santos
Accenture
Diners Club
Boeing
Deloitte & Touche
The Noel Group
Hotel QUINTA do LAGO
LUSOTUR
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 Chairman:

Sir Ian Prosser
Chairman
Six Continents PLC
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Executive Committee
Global Members
Honorary Members
Chairman Emeritus
Immediate Past Chairmen
President

 Vice Chairmen:

Donald Carty
Chairman, President & CEO
American Airlines

Vincent A. Wolfington
Chairman
Carey International, Inc.

Jean-Marc Espalioux
Chairman of Management Board & CEO
Accor S.A.
André Jordan
Chairman
Lusotur S.A.
Jonathan S. Linen
Vice Chairman
American Express Company

 Executive Committee:

Peter Armstrong
President & CEO
Rocky Mountaineer Railtours
Philippe Bourguignon
Chairman and CEO
Club Méditerranée
Stephen Bollenbach
President & CEO
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Sebastián Escarrer
Vice Chairman
Sol Meliá
Edouard Ettedgui
Managing Director
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Maurice Flanagan
Group Managing Director
Emirates
Bernard D. Frelat
President & CEO
Rail Europe Group, Inc.
Michael Frenzel
Chairman
TUI A.G
David House
Group President
Global Network and Establishment Services American Express Company
Richard R. Kelley
Chairman
Outrigger Enterprises, Inc
Geoffrey J.W. Kent
Chairman & CEO
Abercrombie & Kent
J. W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Marriott International, Inc
David Michels
Chief Executive
Hilton Group
Curtis Nelson
President and CEO
Carlson Consumer Group
P.R.S. Oberoi
Chief Executive
The Oberoi Group
Henry Silverman
Chairman & CEO
Cendant Corporation
Jonathan Tisch
Chairman & CEO
Loews Hotels
Brett Tollman
Vice Chairman
The Travel Corporation
   


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 Global Members:

Akbar Al Baker
CEO
Qatar Airways
Giovanni Angelini
CEO & Managing Director
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
David Babai
Chairman
Gullivers Travel Associates
Phil Bakes
Chairman & CEO
FAR&WIDE Travel Corporation
Ted Balestreri
Chairman & CEO
Cannery Row Company
Henrik Bartl
Head of Specialized Property Finance
Aareal Bank AG
Gordon Bethune
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Continental Airlines
Paul Blackney
President & CEO
Worldspan
Richard Brown
Chairman & CEO
Eurostar Group
Regis Bulot
President
Relais & Chateaux
Marilyn Carlson Nelson
Chairman & CEO
Carlson Companies, Inc
Alun Cathcart
Deputy Chairman
Avis Europe Plc
U. Gary Charlwood
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Uniglobe Travel (International) Inc.
Jennie Chua
President & COO
Raffles International Ltd.
David Clifton
Managing Director, Europe & Asia
Interval International
Mr Glen Davidson
Senior VP, Worldwide Travel Insurance & Related Services
American International Group Inc.
Dinesh Dhamija
Chairman & CEO
ebookers plc
Lloyd Dorfman
Chairman & Chief Executive
Travelex plc
Rod Eddington
Chief Executive
British Airways plc
Sam Galeotos
President & CEO
Galileo International
Brenda Gaines
CEO, Diners Club North America
Diners Club International
Laurence Geller
Chairman & CEO
Strategic Hotel Capital
Maurice H. Greenberg
Chairman & CEO
American International Group, Inc.
Philip Haan
Executive VP International,
Sales & Information Services
Northwest Airlines
Anthony Harris
Chief Executive
Hilton International
Richard Helfer
Chairman & CEO
Raffles International Ltd
James Hensley
President
Allied Europe
Stephen Holmes
Chairman & CEO, Hospitality Division
Cendant Corporation
Raimund Hosch
President & CEO
Messe Berlin GmbH
Dieter Huckestein
President, Hotel Operations, Owned & Managed
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Xabier de Irala
Chairman & CEO
Iberia
Clive Jacobs
Chairman & CEO
Holiday Autos Group
Nuno Trigoso Jordão
President & CEO. 
Sonae Turismo Gestao Servicos
Sol Kerzner
Chairman
Kerzner International Ltd
Nigel Knowles
Managing Partner
DLA
Craig Koch
President & CEO
The Hertz Corporation
Krishna Kumar
Managing Director
The Taj Group of Hotels
Hans Lerch
President & CEO
Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd
Paolo Mantegazza
President & CEO
Globus & Cosmos Inc
Manuel Martin
Partner
CyberDodo Productions Ltd
Paul McManus
President & CEO
The Leading Hotels of the World
David Mongeau
Vice President
CIBC World Markets
Alan Mulally
President & CEO
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
John M Noel
President & CEO
Travel Guard International
Tom Nutley
Managing Director
Reed Travel Exhibitions
Alan Parker
Managing Director
Whitbread Hotel Company
Jean Gabriel Pérès
President & CEO
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
Dionísio Pestana
Chairman
Group Pestana
Stefan Pichler
Chairman & CEO
Thomas Cook AG
Fernando Pinto
Chief Executive Officer
TAP - Air Portugal
David Radcliffe
Chief Executive
Hogg Robinson
Jay Rasulo
President
Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Kurt Ritter
President & CEO
Rezidor SAS Hospitality
Mr Peter Rogers
CEO
Diners Club International
Carl Ruderman
Chairman
Universal Media
Teresa Santos
Managing Director
Group Espirito Santo
Bruno Schöpfer
CEO
Mövenpick Group
Robert Selander
President & CEO
MasterCard International
Per Setterberg
CEO
Global Refund Holdings A.B.
Eric Speck
Executive Vice President
Group President, Travel Marketing & Distribution

Sabre Holdings Corporation
Barry Sternlicht
Chairman & CEO
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc
Ron Stringfellow
Executive Chairman
Southern Sun Group
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
Executive Chairman
The Palm Project
Lalit Suri
Chairman & Managing Director
Bharat Hotels Ltd
Ian Swain
Chairman & CEO
Swain Travel Services Inc
Kathleen Taylor
President,
Worldwide Business Operations
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
José Antonio Tazón
President & CEO
Amadeus Global Travel Distribution
Jeffrey Toffler
Chairman
Coventry Partners
Mustafa Türkmen
CEO & Managing Director
Enternasyonal Tourism Investments, Inc.
Yapi Kredi Bank of Turkey
Patrice Vinet
Partner
Accenture
Trevor de Vries
Deputy Managing Director
Mondial Assistance S.A.
Jurgen Weber
Chairman
Lufthansa German Airlines
Peter Yesawich
Managing Partner
Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell
     


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 Honorary Members:

Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge
Chairman
British Airways plc
Sir Frank Moore, AO
Chairman
Taylor Byrne Tourism Group
Frank Olson
Chairman of the Board
The Hertz Corporation
Gérard Pélisson
Co-Chairman, Supervisory Board
Accor S.A.
Tommaso Zanzotto
President
TZ Associates Ltd.
     


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 Chairman Emeritus:

James D. Robinson III
General Partner
RRE Ventures
     


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 Immediate Past Chairmen:

Harvey Golub
Retired Chairman & CEO American Express Co.
WTTC Chairman
(1996 - 2001)
Robert H. Burns
Chairman
Robert H Burns Holdings Limited
WTTC Chairman (1994 - 1996)
   


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 President:

Jean-Claude Baumgarten

     

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