FIRST DAY: November 18, 2021
Second day: November 19, 2021
18 NOVEMBER 2021
10:15 - 10:30
Official opening
- Philippe Leuba (State Councillor Vaud)
- Jean-Baptiste Piémontési (City Councillor Montreux)
10:30 - 11:15
Tourism in Europe: what is the future?
11:15 - 12:30
How to regain confidence? New ways, new trends, new experiences
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
The need for a strategic renewal of the tourism in Switzerland
14:30 - 15:30
New business models? New financing methods?
- Anne-Marie Auriault (Managing Director Pimlico Asset Management and Visiting Lecturer Glion Institute of Higher Education)
- Peter Gloor (Director Swiss Hotel Credit)
- Amine Hamdani (Head of Western Switzerland CBRE)
- Reto Kaufmann (Vice President Kuoni Tumlare South East & South Asia)
- Masaki Mori (Associate Professor Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL))
15:30 - 16:00
Networking
16:00 - 17:00
Tourism in cities: challenges and opportunities
17:00 - 18:15
What future for the Alps after this COVID period?
19:00 - 23:00
Gala Dinner
19 NOVEMBER 2021
09:00 - 09:30
Federal tourism policy: challenges and opportunities
09:30 - 10:30
The "UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals" in tourism
- Christophe Clivaz (National Councillor and Professor at UNIL, Institute of Geography and Sustainability)
- Peter Lochbihler (Director Public affairs Booking.com)
- Philipp Niederberger (Director Swiss Tourism Federation)
- Ursula Schneider Schüttel (National Councillor and President Pro Natura)
- Tatania Valovaya (Director-General of the United Nations at Geneva)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Networking
11:30 - 12:30
New technologies for the future of tourism
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
The challenges facing the hotel industry: what measures should be taken to bounce back?