High TIMES for SMEs in World Tourism: Minister Rings Bali Gong
TIME 2023 is a go. The World Tourism Network Summit September 29-October 1 in Bali is official. SMEs Matter, Indonesia knows!
His Excellency Sandiaga Uno, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economies for the Republic of Indonesia, traveled from Jakarta to Bali today to be the keynote speaker for the pre-launch of TIME 2023 at the Harris Riverview Hotel in Kuta.
A year ago, eTurboNews named him the most social minister in the world.
Today, an excited audience greeted this popular leader who pledged his support for the World Tourism Network.
The minister said: “Today, I received my 4th COVID shot and felt a bit ‘under the weather.’ SMEs matter, and I didn’t want you to be disappointed. Therefore, I am ringing the gong for the prelaunch of TIME 2023, the upcoming first global summit for the World Tourism Network in Bali.”
The minister was also the first to register at the time2023.com website to attend the first World Tourism Network Summit in Bali from September 29 to October 1, 2023.
The power of the gong and Balinese dances affects both mind and body in a profound way.
With the power of the Balinese gong and after an exotic performance by Balinese dancers, His Excellency the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy for the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. H. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, and the World Tourism Network Indonesia Chapter Chairwoman, Mudi Astuti, signed the MOU to allow Bali, Indonesia, to be the host of this first WTN global summit and think tank.
Juergen Steinmetz, Chairman of the World Tourism Network, and WTN President Dr. Peter Tarlow attended virtually from the United States and echoed their excitement, thanking the Hon. Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, the Bali Tourism Board, the Indonesia Healthcare Corporation, and the WTN team in Bali under the direction of WTN Chapter Chairwoman Mudi Astut for their ambition and hard work.
Dr. Taleb Rifai, former UNWTO Secretary-General, who is a WTN patron, joined the TIME2023 launch from his home in Jordan on Zoom and explained the World Tourism Network’s role in keeping networking and communication up in the world of tourism during COVID.
WTN Chairman Juergen Steinmetz related greetings by Alain St. Ange, WTN Vice President for International Affairs, who was in Ghana at the time. St.Ange was the former Minister of Tourism for Seychelles.
Chairman Steinmetz said there could not have been a better venue than the “Islands of the Gods” – Bali. He remembered when he worked in Indonesia when his company represented this country’s tourism product in the United States in 2000.
“This event will be a milestone for the World Tourism Network. Founded as a think tank for rebuilding travel in March 2020 in Berlin, Germany, World Tourism Network grew to a sizable global network organization with members in 129 countries.
With such a dedicated global team of like-minded tourism professionals, we’re ready to keep our discussion up after COVID and play our important role in supporting SMEs in the world tourism industry around the globe.
Steinmetz specifically mentioned WTN Vice President Rudi Herrmann in Malaysia for building the Sustainable Travel & Tourism Linkedin Group by the World Tourism Network with currently 7758 members.
Herrmann, who is German, is a also a devoted Muslim and started the first “Sustainable” Muslim Tourism Linkedin Group by the World Tourism Network. Just launched, it already has 499 members.
TIME 2023 is scheduled from September 29 to October 1 at the Rennaissance Uluwatu Resort & Spa in Bali.
WTN is all about Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The focus of the summit, therefore, will be on SMEs.
source: eTN
