WTCF Latin America Tourism Conference 2018 Forum Agenda

Forum

Tuesday, April 24th

Time: 09:00-12:00

Location: Salón Esmeralda

Language: English, Spanish (Simultaneous interpretation)

Panel Discussion I

Time: 09:00-10:20

Location: Salón Esmeralda

Language: English, Spanish (Simultaneous interpretation)

Theme: Tourism Cooperation between Latin America and China

Moderator: Dr. Meng Fang, Associate Professor (tenured) and doctoral supervisor in the School of Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management, University of South Carolina, WTCF Expert

Keynote Speech: Mr. Sergio Diaz-Granados, Colombian Representative of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Panelists:

Pr. Gao Tianming, Visiting Professor, College of Tourism and Service Management, Nankai University

Mr. He Shengkang, Secretary-General, WTCF Committee of Tourism-Related Businesses

Mr. Efrain Tapage, General Manager of Panama City Tourism

Mr. Fernando Amer Operations Manager for the International Markets Buenos Aires

Mr. Chen Yuzhang, Assistant to President, CITS International MICE Co, Ltd.

Panel Discussion II

Time: 10:30-12:00

Location: Salón Esmeralda

Theme: Promotion & Marketing of Tourism Destination Products

Moderator: Pr. Larry Yu, Professor of Management in the Department of Management, School of Business, the George Washington University

Keynote Speech: Mr. Jose Duarte Garcia, General Director of Bogota Tourism Office

Panelists:

Mr. Gustavo Adolfo Toro. President of Cotelco

Mr. Liu Dong, Deputy GM of Public Affairs Department, Tuniu.com

Mr. Marcos Boffa, Director of Tourism Belo Horizonte

Mrs. Shalma Diaz, Tourism Manager Procolombia

Mr. Tony Jin, Product Director, CAISSA Tourism Group (Beijing)