Topic: Global Trends: Evolution of Tourism in the new millennium
Ms. Gillian Saunders Principal and Director - Grant Thornton
Topic: Human Capital Development: How can the hospitality sector effectively develop and retain qualified labour? How does Africa respond to this global challenge?
Mr. James Wilson Chief Executive Officer - Istithmar Real Estate (Africa), A Dubai World Company
TOPIC: Investment Trends and vehicles in Africa
Mr. Garreth Elston
Asset Manager - ABSA Financial Services Provider
TOPIC:Investment Finance Trends - Real estate investment funds, Private Equity Funds, Hotel Investment Funds etc. What are the Impediments and Criteria?
Mr. David Lenigas
Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Lonhro Africa Plc
TOPIC: From concept to construction: What are the risk elements? Rising costs for Construction/ Resource Demands/Market changes for both construction materials and labour costs?
Mr Richard Stockton
Title:Managing Director - Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment Banking Group
Topic: Financial - Are their lending criteria out of line from a global point of view? Joint ventures, Mergers and Acquisition.
Mr Deon Viljoen
Director of Operations - Southern Sun Timeshare Resorts Division
Mr Brian Singer
Topic: Condominium hotels - an old trend successfully reinvented?
Mr. Joop Demes
Managing Director - Golding Hotel Investment Consultants
Topic: Fractional Ownership: Are these viable options for Africa? What are these hospitality options?
Ms. Mmatsatsi Marobe
Chief Executive Officer - Tourism Business Council of South Africa
Mr. Otto Stehlik
Chairman and Founder - Protea Hotels
Topic: Africa's Tourism Outlook.
Ms Zoritsa Urosevic
Executive Secretary - UNWTO Business Council
Topic:Ethics: Social responsibility and global sustainable development challenges and the hospitality sector.
David R Clifton
Managing Director - Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Interval International
Topic: Mixed Usage Development within Hospitality environments - Are these trends applicable to the African context? What are the global trends and how can Africa adopt successes?
Trevor Ward
Topic: Ethics: Social responsibility and global sustainable development challenges and the hospitality sector
Colin Bell CEO - Great Plains Safari Company
Topic: Sharing the benefits of travel and tourism: How can African entrepreneurship (SMME's) be incorporated in the way we invest in Africa? What about local communities and the poor? Is cultural heritage the only vehicle for local economic development?
Mr Richard Miller
Managing Partner - TourismROI LLC
Guy Midgley Doctorate - University of Natal in Biology and a Master's Degree in Botany from the University of Cape Town.
Norma Meyer Managing Director - ECCO Tours
Remmy Makumbe
Professor Willem van Riet Chief Executive Officer - Peace Parks Foundation, joined the Foundation in August 2000.
Shingi Munyeza
Chief Executive Officer - African Sun Hotels
Thabiso Tlelai Chief Executive Office - The Don Suite Hotel Group
