Staff Reporters
Mar 19, 2012

Head of UK tourism Olympics effort to headline travel conference

SINGAPORE - Chris Foy, head of the 2012 Games Unit at VisitBritain, the UK's national tourism agency, will headline the Campaign Spotlight Travel, coming up 18 May in Singapore.

Head of UK tourism Olympics effort to headline travel conference

Foy has been working on the Olympic project since 2009, leading VisitBritain's strategy development for the 2012 Olympic Games and implementing projects including British tourism’s presence at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, Olympic Partner marketing with Samsung, and a nationwide business engagement project alongside London 2012.
 
Prior to working on the Games, Foy managed VisitBritain's marketing partnerships with the devolved nations and regions of Britain. His background is in marketing, with previous roles at Visit London, Historic Royal Palaces and in the ski industry. He is a regular speaker on sport and Olympic tourism issues at industry events and conferences.

Other confirmed speakers for the Spotlight Travel conference include:

  • Maureen O'Crowley, Vice President, Seoul Convention Bureau, Seoul Tourism Organisation 
  • Sean Seah, Vice President E-Business, Loyalty and Partner Marketing, Langham Hospitality Group
  • Darren J. Fifield, General Manager, e-Dialog Asia-Pacific

Click here to register.

Campaign's Spotlight series is designed to help the brand community across Asia-Pacific maximise knowledge-sharing and networking in their field with a mix of plenary sessions, case studies and panel discussions.

Campaign Spotlight Travel will be followed by Spotlights on PR, Travel, Finance, Digital, Retail and Health India later in the year, each looking at what challenges need to be resolved in 2012 and what opportunities exist in Asia’s dynamic marketplace.

Source:
Campaign Asia

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