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

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

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