The Fourth Tourism and Hospitality Conference within Welcome to Georgia! National Tourism Awards 2019
9:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:30 Opening Remarks / Welcome Speeches
- Maryna Chayka _ Founder of the Welcome to Georgia! National Tourism Awards
- Natia Turnava _ Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
- Kakha Kaladze _ Mayor of Tbilisi
- Mariam Kvrivishvili _ Head of Georgian National Tourism Administration
- David Saganelidze _ CEO of the Partnership Fund Chief Executive Officer
- Valerian Mtchedlidze _ Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia
10:30 – 12:00 First Panel_Governmental Presentations on challenges and perspectives / statistics
- 10:30-10:40 _ Mariam Kvrivishvili / Marketing activities and Statistics _ GNTA
- 10:40-10:50 _ Andria Basilaia / The role and the plans, goals and strategies _ Tbilisi City Hall
- 11:00-11:10 _ Giorgi Danelia / Investment _ Partnership Fund
- 11:10-11:20 _ Mikheil Khidureli / Investment and programmes _ Enterprise Georgia
- 11:20-11:30 _ Irakli Lekvinadze / Activities of the Office of Business Ombudsman _ Business Ombudsman
- 11:30 – 11:40 _ Valerian Mtchedlidze / Challenges and goals _ Protected Areas
- 11:40 – 11:50 _ Irina Kvakhadze / Analytics, Informational Technologies _ BDO
12:00 – 13:35 Second Panel_Old and New rules of Hospitality
- 11:50 – 12:00 _ Giorgi Arveladze / Why Tourism and Hospitality? Entrepreneurship in Tourism _ Bank of Georgia
- 12:00 – 12:10 _ Temur Bitsadze / Internationalisation of Hospitality _ Alliance Group
- 12:20 – 12:30 _ Mamuka Saakashvili / International and local standards – Service; Fit Out; Consulting. _ Design Accent
- 12:30 – 12:40 _ Aneta Korobkina / Education – key to success _ FOUNDER KA WORLD _HOSPITALITY TRAINING AND CONSULTING COMPANY
- 12: 40 – 12:50 _ David Gvetadze / Safety and Crisis Management _ PKF
– 12:50 – 13:35 Coffee Break –
13:35 – 14:25 Third Panel_Responsible Tourism and Sustainability
- 13:35:13:45 _ Natalia Bakhtadze / Facing Overtourism _ GEA
- 13:45-13:55 _ Jeanene Mitchell Comertoglu / UN Sustainable Goals and Tourism _ UNDP
- 13:55 – 14:05 _ Tbilisi City Hall Representative / Help Community Grow
- 14:05 – 14:15 _ GNTA Representative / Eco-tourism in the Cities?
- 14:15 – 14:25 _ Ia Tabagari / What is a challenge _ The Georgian Tour Operators Association
14:25 – 14:35 Fourth Panel_Georgia and the World / Rising Awareness
- 14:35 – 14:45 _ GNTA Representative / Leads to concur the world of Tourism
- 14:45 – 14:55 _ Sulkhan Glonti / Department of Tourism and Resorts of Ajara
- 14:55 – 15:05 _ Giorgi Chogovadze / The role and the plans _ United Airports
- 15:05 – 15:15 _ Emma Sarkissian / Tourism Affairs -Georgia _ Armenia TourInfo
- 15:15 – 15:20 _ Mark Akhmedjanov / Trends in the Market _ OCA
15:20 – 16-20 Lunch
15:00 – 19:05 B2B Meetings