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Destination Europe Summit, a partnership between the European Travel Commission and Euronews, aims to gather industry leaders, policymakers, destinations and other travel stakeholders to discuss critical issues such as post-pandemic recovery, Europe’s competitiveness and sustainable transformation.
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Session #2: Experience Better
10:05-10:55
Session #1: Getting There
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Industry Insights with Glenn
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Interview with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for
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Welcome by Eduardo Santander, Executive Director, European Travel Commission (ETC)
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Industry Insights
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Session #2:
Experience Better
10:55
11:25
Interview with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for
Internal Market
10:00
10:05
Welcome by Miguel Sanz, President, European Travel Commission (ETC)
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Lead Partner
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What are the biggest challenges facing European travel? This event intends to solve them.
Everything you need
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Destination Europe
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Global insights, case studies and expertise from key industry leaders.
the 2023 Travel Trend Report
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12:10-13:00
Session #2: Experience Better
11:50-12:10
Industry Insights with Glenn Fogel,
CEO, Booking.com
10:55-11:25
Interview with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market
10:05-10:55
Session #1: Getting There
10:00-10:05
Welcome by by Eduardo Santander, Executive Director, European Travel Commission (ETC)
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Addressing the immediate challenges impacting the future of the European
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Destination Europe Summit, a partnership between the European Travel Commission and Euronews, aims to gather industry leaders, policymakers, destinations
and other travel stakeholders to discuss critical issues such as post-pandemic recovery, Europe’s competitiveness
and sustainable transformation.
Introduction
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More about the Summit
SPEAKERS
Session #2:
Experience Better
Session #1:
Getting There
Industry Insights
with Glenn Fogel, CEO, Booking.com
Interview with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for
Internal Market
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Industry Insights with Glenn Fogel, CEO, Booking.com
Interview with Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market
Session #1: Getting There
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EU Commissioner Breton tells Destination Europe Summit that regulated use of technology will help the tourism sector.
Europe a 'fantastic' place to invent tourism AI, says Commissioner Breton
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How has travel changed since the pandemic and what’s in store for the future? We spoke to Glenn Fogel to find out.
As we emerge from one of the world’s ‘worst tragedies’, how has travel changed?
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What’s on the minds of Europe’s hoteliers? Booking.com has teamed up with Statista to find out.
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Méabh McMahon
European affairs correspondent & anchor of Brussels, my Love? Show, Euronews
The summit is presented and moderated by
Björn Bender
President & CEO,
Rail Europe
Daniel
Mes
Cabinet Member, Executive VP Frans Timmermans, European Commission
Senior Director,
Visit Finland
Kristiina
Hietasaari
Valentina
Superti
Director DG GROW, European Commission
Danielle D’Silva
Head of Sustainability,
Booking.com
Feria Kazemi
Industry Relations Manager, Travel, EMEA, Google
This session assesses the sustainable transformation of Europe's tourism industry. The panel discusses the significance of the
EU's green transition through incentives, offerings, and marketing.
Session #2 - Experience Better
Raúl
Fuentes Milani
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Spain
Luís
Araújo
Former President, Turismo de Portugal
Peter
De Wilde
President,
NECSTouR &
Tourism Flanders
Susanne
Kraus-Winkler
State Secretary for Tourism,
Austria
Jorge
Casal
Senior VP for
New Markets
& Public Affairs, Global Blue
Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Chair of LIBE Committee,
European
Parliament
This session explores the recovery of travel flows to and within
Europe post-Covid. Topics include air connectivity, visa policies, seamless travel, and maintaining Europe's global competitiveness.
Session #1 - Getting There
Glenn Fogel
CEO,
Booking.com
Eduardo Santander
Executive Director, European Travel Commission (ETC)
Thierry Breton
European Commissioner
for Internal Market
SPEAKERS
Méabh is a European affairs correspondent for Euronews based in the networks' Brussels bureau, covering European and global affairs. She hosts Euronews' weekend flagship talk show, 'Brussels, my love?'.
Feria is the industry relations lead for travel in EMEA at Google. In this role, she oversees travel industry engagement across EMEA, including reputation, events, thought-leadership, and industry partnerships & sponsorships. Prior to joining Google, Feria spent nearly a decade in PR and communications.
As Head of Sustainability at Booking.com, Danielle leads
the development and execution of the company's holistic
global sustainability strategy – covering sustainable operations, making it easier for travellers
to book sustainable trips and collaborating with partners and peers to catalyze sustainable travel growth. She joined Booking.com in 2017.
Björn joined Rail Europe as President and CEO in November 2022. He is a mobility expert with a 20-year experience in the sector, and brought his rail expertise, customer centricity and spirit of innovation to the company.
Kristiina started as the Senior Director of Visit Finland in January 2021. She has worked in the tourism industry for twelve years now, first at the Finnish Tourist Board (MEK) and then at Visit Finland as
the Director of Travel Business Development, responsible
for fostering development
and collaboration with the Finnish tourism industry.
Valentina is a Director in DG GROW (Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) at the European Commission. She is responsible for the policies on tourism, textiles, social
economy, and industry digitalisation.
A lawyer by training, Daniel started his career at the European Commission in its competition department. There he worked on transport and digital technology files. During the last Commission term, he managed relations with the European Parliament and the Council, including on transport files, and was a speechwriter to Margrethe Vestager. Since 1 December 2019, he works in the Cabinet of Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans on the European Green Deal in Transport.
Peter is the CEO of Visit Flanders and the President of NECSTOUR, the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism. From September 2022
he has been appointed Administrator-General of Flanders Heritage Agency, remaining CEO ad interim of Tourism Flanders.
Susanne, State Secretary for Tourism, has more than 40 years of practical experience as an entrepreneur in the hotel and restaurant business. As an industry representative she worked in the hospitality industry, as well as in tourism consulting and academic lecturing.
Jorge is Senior Vice President for New Markets & Public Affairs at Global Blue. He is also responsible for the group’s operations in the Americas region. He has more
than 24 years of experience in
Tax Free Shopping and he has previously held several positions
in commercial and product organisations. He has been
a member of Global Blue SA Executive Committee since 2008.
Juan is the Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Party and served as Minister of Justice between 2004 and 2007.
Luís was the President of Turismo de Portugal (Portuguese National Tourism Authority) from February
2016 until June 2023. He is also steering the work of NEST, a private non-profit association dedicated to innovation in the Portuguese tourism sector (including Turismo de Portugal, Google and Microsoft).
Before Raúl was Deputy DGl for Institutional Affairs in the Secretary of State for the European Union. He served in the Spanish Embassies in Angola, Colombia and Israel and in the Spanish Permanent Representation to the EU. At Headquarters he was Deputy DGl for Central and Southern Europe and Deputy DG for General Affairs of the EU.
Thierry has been the European Commissioner for the Internal Market since 2019. He is responsible for industry, digital, defence and space, as well as tourism, services and audiovisual. From 2009 to 2019 Thierry was CEO of a major European digital technology company, chairing
in parallel the French National Research and Technology Association. In 2005, he was appointed Minister for Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry of France, a post which he held until 2007. Prior to this, he ran a number of large companies in the IT and telco sector.
Glenn, as Booking.com’s Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for
the global strategy and operations of Booking.com, including the management of all business units within the organisation. Glenn
also serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Booking Holdings, the parent company of Booking.com and other digital brands, a position he has held since January 2017.
Eduardo is the Executive Director of the European Travel Commission, an association of NTOs created in 1948 to promote Europe as a tourism destination. In this role, he steers ETC’s activities aimed at building the value of tourism for the countries of Europe through cooperation in sharing best practices, market intelligence and promotion.
Méabh McMahon
European affairs correspondent
& anchor of Brussels, my Love? Show, Euronews
The summit will be presented and moderated by
Björn
Bender
President & CEO,
Rail Europe
Daniel Mes
Cabinet Member, Executive VP Frans Timmermans, European Commission
Senior Director,
Visit Finland
Kristiina
Hietasaari
Valentina
Superti
Director DG GROW,
European Commission
Danielle D’Silva
Head of Sustainability, Booking.com
Feria Kazemi
Industry Relations Manager, Travel, EMEA, Google
This session assesses the sustainable transformation of Europe's tourism industry. The panel discusses
the significance of the EU's green transition through incentives, offerings, and marketing.
Session #2:
Experience Better
Luís
Araújo
Former President, Turismo de Portugal
Peter
De Wilde
President, NECSTouR
& Tourism Flanders
Susanne
Kraus-Winkler
State Secretary for Tourism, Austria
Jorge
Casal
Senior VP for
New Markets & Public Affairs, Global Blue
Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Chair of LIBE Committee,
European
Parliament
Raúl
FUENTES MILANI
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Spain
This session explores the recovery of travel flows
to and within Europe post-Covid. Topics include
air connectivity, visa policies, seamless travel,
and maintaining Europe's global competitiveness.
Session #1:
Getting There
Eduardo Santander
Executive Director, European Travel Commission (ETC)
Glenn Fogel
CEO,
Booking.com
Thierry Breton
European Commissioner
for Internal Market
SPEAKERS
Méabh is a European affairs correspondent for Euronews based in the networks' Brussels bureau, covering European and global affairs. She hosts Euronews' weekend flagship talk show, 'Brussels, my love?'.
A lawyer by training, Daniel started his career at the European Commission in its competition department. There he worked on transport and digital technology files. During the last Commission term, he managed relations with the European Parliament and the Council, including on transport files, and was
a speechwriter to Margrethe Vestager. Since
1 December 2019, he works in the Cabinet of Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans on
the European Green Deal in Transport.
Daniel
Mes
Cabinet Member, Executive
Vice President Frans Timmermans, European Commission
Björn joined Rail Europe as President and CEO in November 2022. He is
a mobility expert with a 20-year experience in the sector, and brought his rail expertise, customer centricity and spirit of innovation to the company.
Björn
Bender
President & CEO,
Rail Europe
Kristiina started as the Senior Director of Visit Finland in January 2021. She has worked in
the tourism industry for twelve years now, first
at the Finnish Tourist Board (MEK) and then
at Visit Finland as the Director of Travel
Business Development, responsible for
fostering development and collaboration with the Finnish tourism industry.
Kristiina
Hietasaari
Senior Director,
Visit Finland
Valentina is a Director in DG GROW (Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) at
the European Commission. She is responsible for the policies on tourism, textiles, social economy, and industry digitalisation.
Valentina
Superti
Director DG GROW,
European Commission
As Head of Sustainability at Booking.com, Danielle D’Silva leads the development and execution of the company's holistic global sustainability strategy – covering sustainable operations, making it easier for travellers to book sustainable trips and collaborating with partners and peers to catalyze sustainable travel growth. Danielle joined Booking.com in 2017.
Danielle
D’Silva
Head of Sustainability, Booking.com
Feria is the industry relations lead for travel in EMEA at Google. In this role, she oversees travel industry engagement across EMEA, including reputation, events, thought-leadership, and industry partnerships & sponsorships. Prior to joining Google, Feria spent nearly a decade in PR and communications.
Feria
Kazemi
Industry Relations Manager, Travel, EMEA, Google
Peter is the CEO of Visit Flanders and the President of NECSTouR, the Network of European Regions for Sustainable and Competitive Tourism. From September 2022 he has been appointed Administrator-General of Flanders Heritage Agency, remaining CEO ad interim of Tourism Flanders.
Peter
De Wilde
President,
NECSTouR &
Tourism Flanders
Juan is the Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Party and served as Minister of Justice between 2004 and 2007.
Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Chair of LIBE Committee, European Parliament
Before Raúl was Deputy DGl for Institutional Affairs in the Secretary of State for the European Union. He served in the Spanish Embassies in Angola, Colombia and Israel and in the Spanish Permanent Representation to
the EU. At Headquarters he was Deputy DGl for Central and Soutern Europe and Deputy DG
for General Affairs of the EU.
Raúl
FUENTES MILANI
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Spain
Susanne, State Secretary for Tourism,
has more than 40 years of practical experience as an entrepreneur in the hotel and restaurant business. As an industry representative she worked in the hospitality industry, as well as in tourism consulting
and academic lecturing.
Susanne
Kraus-Winkler
State Secretary for Tourism,
Austria
Jorge is Senior Vice President for New Markets
& Public Affairs at Global Blue. He is also responsible for the group’s operations in the Americas region. He has more than 24 years of experience in Tax Free Shopping and he has previously held several positions in commercial and product organisations. He has been a member of Global Blue SA Executive Committee since 2008.
Jorge
Casal
Senior VP for New Markets
& Public Affairs, Global Blue
Rosa Ana has been the Secretary of State for Tourism of Spain since December 2022. Previously, she served as the Director General
of Tourism f the Government of the Balearic Islands and was a member of CECET (Executive Committee of the Spanish Tourism Council), where she contributed to the drafting of drafting the Sustainable Tourism Strategy 2030 for Spain.
Rosa Ana
Morillo Rodríguez
Secretary of State
for Tourism, Spain
Luís was the President of Turismo de Portugal (Portuguese National Tourism Authority) from February 2016 until June 2023. He is also steering the work of NEST, a private non-profit association dedicated to innovation in the Portuguese tourism sector (including Turismo de Portugal, Google and Microsoft).
Luís
Araújo
Former President,
Turismo de Portugal
Glenn, as Booking.com’s Chief Executive
Officer, is responsible for the global strategy
and operations of Booking.com, including
the management of all business units within
the organisation. Glenn also serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Booking Holdings, the parent company of Booking.com and other digital brands, a position he has held since January 2017.
Glenn
Fogel
CEO,
Booking.com
Thierry has been the European Commissioner
for Internal Market since 2019, guaranteeing
the smooth functioning of the single market, including the free movement of goods and services, both online and in the physical world. He is also a former French Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry (2005-2007) and the former CEO of major companies, including Atos, France Telecom and Thomson Multimedia.
Thierry
Breton
European Commissioner
for Internal Market
Eduardo is the Executive Director of the European Travel Commission, an association of NTOs created in 1948 to promote Europe as a tourism destination. In this role, he steers ETC’s activities aimed at building the value of tourism for the countries of Europe through cooperation in sharing best practices, market intelligence and promotion.
Eduardo
Santander
Executive Director, European
Travel Commission (ETC)
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