Who will serve on the judging panel for the first Travel Changemakers Awards in 2023 will be revealed by the Asia Travel Technology Industry Association (ATTIA) and Web in Travel (WiT).
The winners of the Awards, which will be announced at WiT Singapore, 2-4 October 2023, are innovators who have used technology to improve post-pandemic recovery efforts. Those who receive awards must show that they have respected the environment, engaged meaningfully with local communities, or found undiscovered attractions for tourists to enjoy. They applaud the use of existing resources rather than the construction of new ones and the way in which they show how diversity and inclusion are essential for improving the situation.
These future leaders of the industry make up the esteemed panel.
CEO of SAVVY Collective Aya Aso
Rod Cuthbert is the founder of the company Jayride, the chairman of Veltra (Tokyo), and a board member of Tourism Tasmania. Loic Dujardin, Head of ESG at Traveloka, on Viator
Senior Vice President of Online Travel and Market Strategy at Amadeus, Fred Barou
Kelly Kolb, Travelport’s vice president of government affairs
Airbnb’s Steven Liew is the region’s director of public policy.
CEO of Pan Pacific Hotels Group Choe Peng Sum
Co-founder, group CEO, and managing director Aloke Bajpai, ixigo
Director of the AirAsia Foundation, Elaine Tan
Agoda’s Director of Global Government Affairs, Daniel Gelfer
Kenneth Lim, Singapore Tourism Board’s Assistant Chief Executive of the Marketing Group
Chis Kerin, Managing Director, ATTIA says, “We are delighted by the support demonstrated by the travel tech industry for these awards, and are equally thrilled to have assembled such an esteemed judging panel. We are confident that the submissions will be held to the highest standards thanks to their combined expertise.
“We are delighted with the calibre of judges that have embraced these awards in its first year,” says Yeoh Siew Hoon, Founder, WiT. “It is an honour to recognise those who turned ideas into action and initiated programmes to build back better during the pandemic. They will deservedly get their heyday with these awards, which will demonstrate exactly how the travel, tourism and hospitality industries have taken lessons learned over the pandemic to plan and create a better future for all travellers”.
Source- Travel daily