STOWE, Vermont – Geoffrey Lipman, President, International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP), will be a featured speaker at this year’s ITB event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism First Global Conference: Tourism – A Vital Force for Peace.
The IIPT
25th anniversary commemoration is in support of the “World War I Centenary” with its theme of “No More War” and takes place:
Friday, March 7, 2014, 1300 to 1400 hours
Hall 4.1, Large Stage
ITB Berlin
Confirmed speakers in addition to Geoffrey Lipman include: Zoltan Somogyi, Executive Director, Program & Coordination, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO); Elke Dens, Marketing Director, Visit Flanders; Ivy Chee, Regional Director - East Asia, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA); and Nigel Pilkington, Director, Public Relations & Communications, Skal International. Speakers will share their perspectives on “Building a Culture of Peace through Tourism.”
IIPT is also proud to announce that music legend, Alston Koch will join us on stage to perform his original “Peace Song” for the first time. The event will be moderated by Sandy Dhuyvetter, Executive Producer and Host, TravelTalkRADIO as well as BusinessTravelRADIO and TravelTalkTELEVISION
The event will pay tribute to 10 “Peace Makers” of the past 100 years; highlight achievements of the Peace through Tourism Movement over the past 25 years and present IIPT planned “legacy projects” of the 25th anniversary year.
IIPT Founder and President said, “IIPT is most proud to support the Great War Centenary with its theme of ‘No More War’ – and to welcome Geoffrey Lipman and other leaders of the travel and tourism industry to our 25th anniversary event. As one of the world’s largest and fastest growing industries, the collective voice of travel and tourism leaders can be a powerful force for peace and justice in the 21st century.”
The IIPT First Global Conference: Tourism – A Vital for Peace was a watershed event for the travel and tourism industry introducing for the first time the concept of Sustainable Tourism, four years prior to the Rio Summit – together with a new “higher purpose of tourism” paradigm that includes the key role of travel and tourism in:
- Promoting international understanding
- Collaboration among nations
- Protecting the environment and preserving biodiversity
- Enhancing cultures and valuing heritage
- Sustainable development for all
- Poverty reduction and
- Reconciliation and healing wounds of conflict
We look forward to you joining us at:
ITB, Berlin
Friday, March 7, 2014, 1300 to 1400 hours
Hall 4.1, Large Stage
IIPT is dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives that contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment, the preservation of heritage, poverty reduction, and the resolution of conflict - and through these initiatives, help bring about a more peaceful and sustainable world. IIPT is committed to mobilizing travel and tourism, the world’s largest industry, as the world’s first “Global Peace Industry,” an industry that promotes and supports the belief that “Every traveler is potentially an Ambassador for Peace.”
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