Claudia Hoyos
General Manager
Colombia.Co
More than a tourism agency, Colombia.Co is a government-owned company highlighting Colombia’s potential for business, travel, and investment. Hoyos is...
Meryl Levitz
President and CEO
Visit Philadelphia
2013 was a year of milestones for Visit Philadelphia. The organization in charge of promoting the city of brotherly love had a name change (shedding the formal Greater...
Laura Esquivel Frampton
Director of Tourism, Belize
Travel Belize
The nation of Belize saw the amount of overnight arrivals to Belize jumped by nearly 11 percent in 2012, an impressive figure for a tiny nation that relies heavily on tourism...
Inga Hlin Palsdottir
Director, Tourism & Creative Industries
Promote Iceland
Promote Iceland’s Director of Tourism and Creative Industries Igna Hlin Palsdottir knows that Iceland faces steeper...
Vicki Varela
Managing Director
Utah Office of Tourism
Vicki Varela has described herself as being “in the persuasion business.” She built her career on convincing people to do things – including voting for a...
Ramon Jimenez, Jr.
Secretary of Tourism in the Philippines
It’s More Fun in the Philippines
“If you come to the Philippines and you don’t like what you see on land, just stick your head under...
Cathy Tull
Senior VP Marketing
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
As Senior VP of Marketing for the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, Cathy Tull tries to make sure that not...
David Scowsill
President and Chief Executive Officer
World Travel and Tourism Council
As the chief executive of the World Travel and Tourism Council – an organization that represents the chief executives of the biggest...
Per-Arne Tuftin
Director of Tourism
Innovation Norway
Innovation Norway strives to promote and support Norwegian businesses at home and abroad. As Director of Tourism, Per-Arne Tuftin takes the concept of...
Jan Hutton
Chief Marketing Officer
South African Tourism
As Chief Marketing Officer of South African Tourism, Jan Hutton knows that the best way to market South Africa is to let South African people do the marketing...
Noelle LeVeaux
Chief Marketing Officer
Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
Noelle LeVeaux wants you to consider Dallas. “People are neutral about Dallas and that’s the last thing we want,”...
Helal Saeed Almarri
Director-General, Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Dubai Tourism
As Director-General of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Helal Saeed Almarri plans to turn the...
Jürg Schmid
Chief Executive Officer
Switzerland Tourism
When people think of Switzerland, they often think of clocks, chocolates, and the Alps; but when people think of Switzerland...
Kirsten Lynch
Chief Marketing Officer
Vail Resorts
At Vail Resorts, Chief Marketing Officer Kirsten Lynch engages customers by letting them engage with each other. Social media is an...
Sandie Dawe
Chief Executive
Visit Britain
For Sandie Dawe, VisitBritain’s Chief Executive, the challenge isn’t about drawing attention to Britain, thanks to a royal wedding, the
Will Seccombe
Chief Operating Officer
VisitFlorida
Visit Florida’s recent ad campaign brags that it “Must Be the Sun” luring travelers to the Sunshine State, but there’s more than solar power in Will Seccombe’s...
Christian Mantei
Chief Executive Officer
Atout-France
Tourism is France’s largest industry, and as the CEO of France’s tourism development organization, Christian Mantei works to keep it that way by providing development...
George Aguel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Visit Orlando
In 2013, George Aguel took over at the helm of Visit Orlando after over 20 years working at what might be the city’s most well-known company –...