The Spanish Tourist Office in the UK has confirmed a range of topics and speakers for the event in London on Wednesday 26 April, co-sponsored by Turismo Lanzarote and the Menorca Tourism Board.
Speakers include Abta’s sustainability manager Susan Deer, easyJet holidays director of customer and operations Matt Callaghan, and Intrepid Travel’s UK general manager Hazel McGuire.
Delegates will also be addressed by two keynote speakers; Pura Aventura co-founder and chief executive Thomas Power, and Pedro Saura, president of Spanish hotel group Paradores.
The chosen topics for the day aim to confront genuine issues of sustainability across the sector, from decarbonisation to the social aspects of sustainability, sustainable transportation and waste management," said Manuel Butler, director of the Spanish Tourist Office in the UK.
"Our speakers and panellists bring a wealth of different experiences to the event, so I am excited to see the productive discussions which will take place."
The event will be held from midday on 26 April at The Conduit in London’s Covent Garden.
The full conference programme includes:
Decarbonisation – the transition to true net zero
- Graeme Jackson, head of strategic partnerships, The Travel Foundation (moderator)
- Susan Deer, senior sustainability manager, Abta
- Natalia Boveda, marketing executive, Costa del Sol
Social – creating better places to live in, to work in, as well as to visit
- Richard Hammond, Green Traveller (moderator)
- Jose Guillermo Diaz Montanes, Honorary chair or ITH and president of Thinktur
- Diego Otero, vice-president, Cluster Turismo de Galicia and Galicia Destino Sostenible
- Hazel McGuire, UK general manager, Intrepid Travel
- Matt Callaghan, director of customer and operations, easyJet Holidays
Going green – the future of sustainable transport
- Richard Hammond, Green Traveller (moderator)
- Teresa Parejo, head of sustainability, Iberia
- Cait Hewitt, policy director, Aviation Environment Federation
- David Martin, managing director new products and touristic trains, Renfe
- Jane Ashton, director of sustainability, easyJet
