World Travel and Tourism Council

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) "is the forum for business leaders in the Travel & Tourism industry. With Chief Executives of some one hundred of the world's leading Travel & Tourism companies as its Members, WTTC has a unique mandate and overview on all matters related to Travel & Tourism.

"WTTC works to raise awareness of Travel & Tourism as one of the world's largest industries, employing approximately 235 million people and generating over 9.2 per cent of world GDP."


 * Chairman - Michael Frenzel
 * President & CEO - David Scowsill

Team
Accessed June 2010:


 * Geoffrey Kent - Chairman
 * Jean-Claude Baumgarten - President & CEO
 * Ufi Ibrahim - Chief Operations Officer

Former Chairman

 * Vincent A. Wolfngton
 * Sir Ian Prosser
 * Harvey Golub
 * Robert H. Burns

"Partner Links"

 * Accenture
 * Air Transport Action Group
 * CNBC
 * Exceltur
 * Green Globe International
 * International Hotel & Restaurant Association
 * Interval International - Vacation Ownership Investment Conference
 * National Geographic Channel
 * Oxford Economics
 * PhoCusWright
 * Sky News
 * Travel Business Roundtable
 * TourismROI
 * Tourism & Transport Forum, Australia
 * World Economic Forum

Books

 * James Overton, Making a World of Difference: Essays on Tourism, Culture and Development. St. John's: ISER.

Contact
URL: http://www.wttc.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Christopher Rodrigues
 * Barry S. Sternlicht
 * Edouard Ettedgui - vice chair