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Item No | Time / Duration | Event / Speakers / Panelists / Themes |
01 | 1000 – 1100 | Delegate registration starts / tea and coffee will be served / networking |
02 | 1130 -1140 | Welcome Remarks: Utkarsh Faujdar, GM, HIH, Advisory Panel Member |
03 | 1140 – 1200 | Keynote Speech: Ibrahim Saleem (Bandhu) |
04 | 1200 – 1220 | Keynote Speech: Daniel Welk, Vice President Operations, Luxury and Lifestyle, Asia Pacific, Hilton |
05 | 1220 – 1235 | |
06 | 1235 – 1300 | Presentation by Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA); Tourism Related Taxation, followed by a Q&A with audience |
07 | 1300 – 1345 | Lunch Break /Networking |
08 | 1345 – 1405 | Presentation: Graeme D’Arcy, Hotels Area Manager, Booking.com |
09 | 1405 – 1415 | |
10 | 1415 – 1425 | Presentation by Dr Simad Saeed, Managing Director (CDE Consulting) |
11 | 1425 – 1500 | Panel 1: Guest Transfers; what the future holds |
A.U.M. Fawzy, CEO, Trans Maldivian Airways, Abdulla Niyaz, Deputy Head of Maldivian Ground Operations, Island Aviation, Captain Ismail Fayez, Villa Air
Moderator: Dr Simad Saeed, Managing Director (CDE Consulting) |
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12 | 1500 – 1510 | |
13 | 1510 – 1525 | Presentation by Jesper Hougaard, Managing Director, Serena Spa; Non- room revenue from resorts / Q&A |
14 | 1525 – 1535 | |
15 | 1535 – 1545 | Presentation by Abdulla Ghiyas, President, MATATO; Destination Marketing Trends |
16 | 1545 – 1630 | Panel 2 – Trends in Destination Marketing |
Panelists: Jean-Christophe Nager, GM Huvafenfushi (representing The Small Maldives Island Co.), Mohamed Shafraz, Deputy Director of Digital Marketing and Social Media, Kandima Maldives;
Moderator: by Abdulla Ghiyas |
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17 | 1630 – 1640 | |
18 | 1640 – 1650 | Closing remarks; Mohamed Mamduh, Managing Editor, Hotelier Maldives |
19 | 1700 – 1900 | Refreshments / Networking |
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