(TAN): World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) will host the 20th edition of Global Summit, delayed from Spring 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in the popular Mexican resort of Cancun, in partnership with the Government of Quintana Roo, from March 23-25, 2021.
Thought to be the most influential event in the Travel & Tourism calendar, The Global Summit will take place in a hybrid format, observing all health and safety protocols and is hoped to help lead the sector into recovery and restore millions of jobs around the world.
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The hybrid format will include invitations to the live event, with restricted numbers and extensive outdoor sessions to ensure physical distancing. Those unable to attend will be able to take part virtually, with up to 20,000 online free registrations available, enabling participants to listen to a range of specially invited international guest speakers headlining the event and engage in special breakout sessions.
Testing and regular health checks, guided by the very latest medical and scientific advice, will be available at the summit. Previous Global Summits have attracted some of the biggest international speakers in the world, including former US Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former UK Prime Minister David Cameron, former President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, and former President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso.
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Gloria Guevara, WTTC President & CEO, said: “Every aspect of the 20th WTTC Global Summit is being explored to ensure it complies with the world’s best available health and hygiene protocols to show with best practice, how major conferences can be held safely and securely in the new normal of the Covid-19 world. We must use the Global Summit to establish a consensus on international cooperation and coordination to accelerate the recovery, as well as public/private partnership and restore vital public confidence to travel safely once more.”
The Global Summit will take place at The Moon Palace Convention Centre that holds the WTTC Safe Travels stamp.
