Tourism of Tomorrow 2019
A year after its first conference, the ACT Hospitality & Tourism Management program is organizing its second conference on Friday 18 January 2019. Our 2019 event’s topic focuses on the challenges of tourism development and volume increase and how these can go hand in hand with quality. Distinguished speakers from Greece and abroad, representing a variety of companies, will try to approach and explore this crucial question, unveiling its true potential for the industry.
Conference Details
Friday, January 18th, 2019 at 2:30pm
Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Μ2 Building, Maurice Saltiel Hall
Program & Speakers
14:30 - 15:00 Registration
15:00 - 15:20 Welcome & Greetings
Welcome
Nikolas Hourvouliades
Head, ACT Business School
Greetings
Panos Vlachos
President, Anatolia College
Spyros Pengas
Deputy Mayor for Tourism Development and International Relations
Grigoris Tasios
President, Hellenic Hoteliers Federation
Andreas Mandrinos
President, Thessaloniki Hotels Association
15:20 - 15:40 Keynote Speech
Sarah Duignan
Director of Clients Relationships, STR
15:40 - 16:40 Session I
George Spanos
CEO, Domes Resorts
Konstantinos Tornivoukas
CEO, Tor Hotel Group
Harry Siganos
CEO, Zeus International
Gregory Maliassas
Senior Vice President of Luxury Brands, Accor Hotels (Central & Eastern Europe)
16:40 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:30 Session II
Marios Trivizas
Principal Consultant, Deloitte
Georgia Dodou
PR Manager for Greece, Sani Resorts - Ikos Resorts
Sofia Panagiotaki
Managing Director, PRMEDIACO & NEEDaFIXER
Alkis Sotiriou
General Manager, Makedonia Palace Hotel
Katerina Pollatou
Airline Marketing & Development Manager, Fraport
Alexandra Efstathiadou
Owner, Ekies Resorts
18:30 - 19:00 Session ΙΙI
ACT Undergraduate Student Research Projects
19:00 - 19:15 Q&A session
Closing Remarks
Anestis Anastasiou
Coordinator of Tourism, ACT
Moderator: Konstantinos Deriziotis - CEO, KSD SA
Registration
Admission is free. Online registration is required to reserve your seat as places are limited. Please note that the conference will be conducted in Greek and English; no interpretation will be provided. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
See last year's event Tourism of Tomorrow 2018
Read more about last year's conference in our 2018 press release
