Leading lights of the travel and tourism industry will descend on Jerusalem, Israel later this month for the Jerusalem International Tourism Summit, with a view to place a focus on ‘The New Era of Tourism’.
This year a unique emphasis would be put on Urban Tourism in addition to Innovative Technologies on earth of tourism and travel.
Global leaders, academics and experts within the field of hospitality will conduct panels discussing quite a lot of issues affecting the tourism industry and a different event will talk about technology in tourism, including tourism-related apps.
Tourism professionals can be invited to engage with colleagues, demonstrate their groundbreaking technologies, expand their international business relations and discover new opportunities in the industry on the event, with the intention to happen on May 28th-29th.
Some of the most important topics to be discussed will include: The way forward for Tourism, a personal Public Partnership; Planning Models for Urban Tourism; Follow the Asian Success Story; Adaptation to the Passengers within the Aviation World; Sport and concrete Tourism; Hotel Development in Cities; The Smartphone Revolution and concrete Tourism Development
Speakers confirmed for the development include: minister Uzi Landau, Ministry of Tourism of the State of Israel; Sheldon Adelson, chairman, Las Vegas Sands Corporation; Michael Leven, president, Las Vegas Sands Corporation; Renzo Iorio, chief executive officer, Accor Italy; and Moshe Lion, chairman of the Jerusalem Development Authority.
Shmuel Tzuriel, chief executive, Israel Hotel Association; Alison Copus, vp marketing, TripAdvisor for business; Hugh Aitken, UK commercial manager, easyJet; Eric Leopold, director passenger, IATA; and Jonathan Meiri, chief executive, SuperFly can also be speaking on the event,
The Second Jerusalem International Tourism Summit is supported by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Tourism, the Jerusalem Municipality and the Jerusalem Development Authority in cooperation with the Hebrew University and the ICC Jerusalem – International Convention Center.
Jerusalem is home to a few world-class museums, along with the Israel Museum housing the Dead Sea scrolls, and the Tower of David Museum.
Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum and Memorial is likewise located in Jerusalem.
The destination, Israel’s most visited city attracting 3.5 million international visitors 2012, also showcases stunning architecture, starting from beautiful churches, monasteries and shrines from the Roman, Byzantine and Crusader times.
For additional info at the event head over to the official website.
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