Main Entrance, Miami Airport Convention Center

Introductions by Master of Ceremonies: U. Desmond Alufohai, Director of Protocol and International Affairs Division, Miami-Dade Aviation Department Speakers: Olga Ramudo, Chair, WTE Miami Ralph Cutié, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Miami-Dade Aviation Department, Miami International Airport Javier Perez Palencia, CEO, WTE

José A. Freig, Vice President, Operations & Commercial, for Mexico, Caribbean and Latin America (MCLA), American Airlines

Rolando Aedo, Chief Operating Officer, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Dana Young, President & CEO, Visit Florida

 

          

 

Moderator: Peter Cerdá, Regional VP for the Americas, IATA Speakers: Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica Rolando Aedo, Chief Operating Officer, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Hon. Dr. Ernest Hilaire, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Tourism, Investments, Creative Industries & Culture, St. Lucia H.E. Alfredo Nuvunga, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to the United States. José A. Freig, Vice President, Operations &

Speakers: Mariela López Piedrasanta - Coordinator of Tourism Segments, Guatemala Tourism Board Mario López- President of the Medical Tourism Commission from the Guatemalan Exporters Association -AGEXPORT- Natalia Samayoa - Trade Commissioner - Consulate General of Guatemala in Miami, Florida. RSVP HERE

Moderator: Olga Ramudo, Chair, WTE Miami and President, Express Travel Speakers: Jane Wooldridge, Past President, Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and Senior Director, Miami Herald Mark Meader, Sr. Vice President, Industry Affairs, American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) Juan Ignacio Steta, World President, Skal International Luciano Macagno, Managing Director-Latin America, Caribbean and South Florida, Delta Air Lines Carla Guilbaud, VP Membership Experience, CLIA

Speakers: Moderator: José Alfonso Zegbe Camarena, Director Ejecutivo de Estrategia y Diplomacia Pública, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores Juan Enrique Suárez Real del Tostado, Secretario de Turismo, Gobierno del estado de Nayarit Bernardo Cueto Riesta, Secretario de Turismo, Gobierno del estado de Quintana Roo Mauricio Trejo Pureco, Presidente municipal, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato María Geraldine Ponce Méndez, Presidenta municipal, Tepic, Nayarit Lorena Cortés Guadalupe, Product

 

Hon. Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor, Miami-Dade County

 

Emir Pineda, Director of Marketing & Air Service Development, Miami-Dade Aviation Department, Miami International Airport

Moderator: Hydi Webb, Director & CEO, PortMiami Speakers: Rick Sasso, Chairman, MSC Cruises USA Ken Muskat, Managing Director, US Market, Scenic Cruises Kristin Karst, Co-Owner and Executive VP, Ama Waterways

 

 

Moderator: Dimitrios “Jimmy” Nares, Section Chief, Marketing Miami-Dade Aviation Department, Miami International Airport Speakers: Marina Alejandra Colunga Campo, Regional Director of Sales, Iberia Marc Cavaliere, Sr. Vice President – The Americas, El Al Israel Airlines Thomas Renault, Head of Sales, USA and Pacific, French Bee Rolando Damas, Managing Director, North/Central America and Asia, AVIANCA Airlines Alexandra Garcia, Director Sales, USA and Canada, LATAM Airlines

Speaker: Monique Macaire-Sprott, US Manager Marketing, Administration, Cruise & Water Sports CMT USA

Introductory Remarks: Rogerio Basso, Head of Tourism, IDB Invest Moderator: Wendy Kallergis, President and CEO, Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association Speakers: Gary Sadler, Executive Vice President of Sales and Industry Relations, Unique Vacations Inc., Sandals Resorts Marcos Agostini, SVP, Global Sales & Business, Interval International Rodrigo Motavelazco Loera, Director of Sales, Xcaret Hotels Alvaro Rodriguez, Global Sales Director, Luxury, Lifestyle & Leisure, Hyatt Hotels

Moderator: Enrique Perrella, Aviation Director, Business Traveler USA Speakers: Oscar Castellano, Director, Business Development Americas, Kiwi Jose L. Castro, Hotel Accounts Manager, Hotwire.com Jarrod Cowell, Area Manager for Florida and Georgia, Booking.com Philip Ballard, Chief Communications Officer & Head of Investor Relations, Hotel Planner

Speakers: Rafael Carrara, Airline Marketing Executive, BH Airport Priscila Izidoro, Promotions Director, Secretaria de Cultura e Turismo de Minas Gerais Gaston Rodriguez, Commercial Manager, Azul Brazilian Airlines