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WTM. Media Diary of Events 2012TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER16.00 – 16.10 Gender Responsible Tourism, Italy: how responsibletourism can help women with expert advice, data andgood practice.WTM World Responsible Tourism Day is introducinganother innovative ‘fi rst’ with the launch of Speakers’Corner. For more than 150 years, crowds have gatheredat London’s famous Hyde Park to air their views, debateissues and bring up hot and sometimes controversialtopics.As part of the WTM World Responsible Tourism Dayprogramme, delegates will get the chance to talk abouttheir own responsible tourism activity, explore new ideasand introduce opinions on ethical trends.Speaker: Iaia Pedemonte, Founder & Journalist, GenderResponsible Tourism.WTM WRTD Speakers’ Corner – UKI230 – NorthHall16.00 – 16.30 Apida (Egozero Project) and Ljubljana Tourism – EM500Offi cial launch of the Egozero portal and fi rst Egozeroroutes.16.00 – 17.00 Airline - Out of AfricaAfrica is the least developed of the continents in terms ofair traffi c development yet traffi c is growing strongly.Local airlines complain that it is non African companieswho are the chief benefi ciaries of growth but we arenow beginning to see the development of strong airlinescapable of home grown growth. New generationaircraft such as Boeing’s 787 and Airbus A350 will helpthis.John Strickland will cover questions including: Whatare the opportunities which Africa presents in termsof air travel and tourism development? What are thechallenges in terms of distance, infra structure andregulation? Are Africa's native carriers losing out? Whatnew airline business models are we seeing?Chair: John Strickland, Director, JLS ConsultingSpeakers: Ed Winter, CEO, FastJet,Mbuvi Ngunze, Chief Operating Offi cer, Kenya Airwaysand Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO, Ethiopian AirlinesPress Centre, Platinum Suite 3 & 4, Level 316.00 – 17.00 WTM Latin America 2013Organised by WTM Latin AmericaHear exciting news about the inaugural WTM LatinAmerica taking place in São Paulo, Brazil, 23 – 25April 2013. The first World Travel Market show to belaunched outside of the UK, Reed Travel Exhibitionswill be talking about latest show news highlightingthe fastest growing market in the world; Brazil. Apanel of industry experts including representativesfrom Reed Travel Exhibitions and key partners such asThe German National Tourist Board (official countrypartner), will be talking about show updates, the localmarket, and future plans. There will also be a Q&Asession at the end to answer any questions.Press Centre, Platinum Suite 5, Level 233