PATWA World Tourism Leaders Summit
This event is held annually on the sidelines of the PATWA International Travel Awards at ITB, Berlin. Participants include heads of states, governors, tourism, and aviation ministers, leadership of hotels, airlines, destination management companies, airports, cruise liners, travel tech and allied service providers. Invited speakers address the audience on a subject decided by the PATWA Board.
The theme for our 25th and 2025 edition was AI & Sustainable Tourism
SPEAKERS 2025
HARRY THEOHARIS
FORMER MINISTER OF TOURISM, GREECE
CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF SECRETARY
GENERAL OF UN TOURISM
H.E. PATRICIA DE LILLE
MINISTER OF TOURISM,
SOUTH AFRICA
H.E. CARLOS JAMES
MINISTER OF TOURISM, CIVIL AVIATION,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE,
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
H.E. MArSHA T. HENDERSON
MINISTER OF TOURISM, CIVIL AVIATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, EMPLOYMENT
AND LABOUR AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
DR. ISTVÁN UJHELYI
FORMER MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
UN TOURISM AMBASSADOR TO THE EU,
AND PRESIDENT OF CEA AND BVIS
H.E. BADRI PRASAD PANDEY
MINISTER FOR CULTURE, TOURISM, AND CIVIL AVIATION,
NEPAL
DR. ALAIN ST. ANGE
HEAD OF SAINT ANGE TOURISM CONSULTANCY
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES