The UNWTO Affiliate Members Board has elected Mr. Edmund Bartlett as its new Chairman at the Board’s Meeting held at the sidelines of the World Travel Market (WTM, London).Mr. Bartlett, former Minister of Tourism of Jamaica (2007-2011), is the Co-Founder of CTICo. Besides his career in tourism, for which he was named Man of the Year in 2009 by the Jamaica Observer, Mr. Bartlett has championed the cause of education and capacity building throughout his career. He is the Founder of the Jamaican Foundation for Children, which he continues to support.
As a Minister of Tourism of Jamaica, he served as a member of the UNWTO Executive Council, representing the Americas as well as Vice-Chairman of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas and Chairman of CARICOM’s Sub-Committee in the areas of Tourism and Transportation/Civil Aviation. He has also served as Vice President for the World Conference on Cultural Policies and as a Vice-Chairman of the UN International Youth Year Advisory Committee during International Youth Year.
UNWTO Affiliate Members bring together over 480 companies, educational & research institutions, destinations and NGOs whose activities are related to tourism and which contribute to the UNWTO their knowledge and expertise to promote the development of tourism that’s responsible, sustainable and accessible for everyone. Over 80 countries are represented among the Affiliate Members, the world’s premier forum for exchanging tourism knowledge.
List of Vice-Chairmen of the Board of the Affiliate Members September 2015- September 2017
REGIONAL VICE-CHAIRMEN
AFRICA COUNTRY
1. KWELA FLEET MANAGEMENT South Africa
2. MISS HERITAGE WORLD ORGANISATION (MHW) Namibia
AMERICAS
3. ASOCIACIÓN HOTELERA Y TURÍSTICA DE COLOMBIA Colombia (COTELCO)
4. CÁMARA ARGENTINA DE TURISMO Argentina
ASIA – PACIFIC
5. DISCOVERYMICE Malaysia
6. KERALA INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND TRAVEL STUDIES India
EUROPE
7. AZERBAIJAN TOURISM ASSOCIATION – AZTA Azerbaijan
8. MAPFRE S.A. Spain
MIDDLE EAST
9. EGYPTIAN TOURISM FEDERATION (ETF) Egypt
10. ATLANTIS LINE SEA CRUISES Russian Federation
11. CONSOLIDATED TOURISM AND INVESTMENT Jamaica CONSULTANTS LIMITED (CTICO)
12. DESTINO PUNTA DEL ESTE Uruguay
13. FITUR – FERIA INTERNACIONAL DE TURISMO Spain
14. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY United States of America
15. INNOVA TAXFREE GROUP, S. L. Spain
16. INSTITUTO PARA LA CALIDAD TURÍSTICA Spain ESPAÑOLA (ICTE)
17. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH HOSTEL FEDERATION (IYHF) / United Kingdom HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL
18. RUSSIAN TRAVEL GUIDE Co. Ltda. Russian Federation
19. TURISME DE BARCELONA Spain
20. WORLD YOUTH STUDENT & EDUCATIONAL (WYSE) Netherlands TRAVEL CONFEDERATION
21. UNION OF CHAMBERS AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES OF TURKEY Turkey (TOBB)
22. KALAM Spain
23. BUNDESVERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN TOURISMUSWIRTSCHAFT Germany (BTW)
