Cinnamon FOT 2017
The second instalment of The Cinnamon Future of Tourism Summit successfully held in 2017 was the hallmark event in the region’s travel and tourism calendar. The summit attracted approximately 400 local and foreign participants which deliberated and drew examples from the best practices around the world on the theme Innovation, Technology and Authenticity. The summit presided by Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was attended by the Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and other dignitaries. Key speakers at the conference included Brekke Fletcher – Editor of CNN Travel, Bas Lemmens – Co-founder of Booking.com, Dilip Rajakarier – CEO of Minor Hotels amongst others.
SPEAKER PROFILES
RENE MASSATTI
Rene is Brand Ambassador for TRENDONE, a Hamburg/Germany based trend research & innovation consulting company. Rene holds a Masters in International Marketing & Management and is focusing…
SEBASTIAN RASSMANN
Passionate about the future and new technologies, Sebastian Rassmann is a creative innovator supporting companies and brands to understand trends and shape their future business.
BAS LEMMENS
Bas Lemmens has a Master of Science ( MSc , UT) and has worked with Booking.com , Ebookers.com , Isango.com , Easytobook.com , Redigo.ru, Roomlr.com and , Housetraveller.com. …
ROY GRAFF
Roy Graff is an ‘old China hand’ with over 20 years of experience working in and with China in the tourism, hospitality, luxury retail and digital marketing sectors. He leads Dragon Trail Interactive’s expansion…
JEROEN GULICKX
Jeroen Gulickx is a well-traveled hospitality professional 20+ years’ experience within the Hotel & Spa segment. His expertise ranges from streamlining of cost and operational models, strategy, yielding…
DR. SANJAY NADKARNI
Dr. Sanjay Nadkarni is the Director of Research & Innovation at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management. His areas of interest within the hospitality and tourism space include digital innovation, data analytics…
BREKKE FLETCHER
Brekke Fletcher is the executive editor of Travel for CNN. Fletcher oversees CNN’s worldwide coverage of travel, managing a network of more than 800 travel contributors and insiders around the globe, and a dedicated…
WILHELM K WEBER
Looking at Wilhelm K. Weber’s biography one might be tempted to think that Entrepreneurship has been placed from his childhood. At the age of 14 he started his first entrepreneurial exercise by importing mountain bikes from South Korea. He continued with publishing an own newspaper, organising ski trips…
OLIVER MARTIN
A stakeholder engagement strategist, specializing in destination development, Oliver is an expert in the design and execution of research to identify innovations in marketing, brand and sustainability strategy. During his career, Oliver has worked with over 40 national and regional tourism…
MATTHEW BURKE – STR GLOBAL
Matthew Burke is the Regional Manager – Pacific STR – leading the growth in the Pacific, Central South Asia and Japan. He has over a dozen years of experience in hospitality with a specialization in revenue……
JOCELYN CHEUNG
Jocelyn Cheung is a research analyst at Euromonitor International, specializing in Services & Payments, covering Travel, Retailing, Consumer Foodservice, Consumer Finance and Digital Consumer. She hails from Hong Kong and worked with Euromonitor. …
FAZAL ASHFAQ
Fazal is the Country Lead for Bangladesh & Sri Lanka for Google’s South Asia Emerging Markets at Google. Fazal focuses on partnering with major advertisers & agencies in South Asia to develop digital solutions that build …
DILIP RAJAKARIER
Dilip Rajakarier is CEO of Minor Hotels (MH), a subsidiary of Minor International (MINT) and COO for MINT. Rajakarier joined MH in 2007 as Chief Finance & Investment Officer and was promoted to COO in 2008. In 2011 he was promoted to CEO. …
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