HOTELIER MALDIVES GM FORUM 2019 OVERVIEW Inaugurated in 2016, the Hotelier Maldives GM Forum is the only dedicated event for resort general managers in the Maldives. The forum acts as a platform for over 100 general managers to get together and discuss issues faced by the industry. It features keynote speeches and panel discussions allowing the GM s to hear from their peers and global experts on various key topics decided by an advisory panel consisting of industry insiders. After three successful events, the GM Forum has already become a must-attend event for general managers and the optimum choice for suppliers and service providers to reach out directly to the general managers, resort managers, owners, etc. The GM Forum is organised by Perspective Pvt Ltd, a company with interests in tourism and hospitality related publishing, content marketing, public relations, leisure and travel related services. Perspective Pvt Ltd is the publisher of Hotelier Maldives the Maldives only magazine dedicated to the hospitality industry and the organiser of the Hotelier Maldives Wellness Summit an event aimed exclusively for the Wellness Tourism industry. 2019
QUICK FACTS DATE - 3rd April 2019 VENUE - Bandos Maldives PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Keynote Speeches Panel discussions Lunch Networking Refreshment THEMES Safety & security Sustainable tourism Women in Hospitality Education & skills gap Airport connectivity & impact of regional airports
WHY ATTEND? LEARNING FROM PEERS The GM Forum is a once a year opportunity to discuss with and learn from your peers on a myriad of challenges faced in managing resorts in the Maldives. PARTICIPATE IN DIALOGUE The forum s various keynote speeches and panel discussions are heavily geared towards audience participation, allowing you to offer your views and experiences whilst benefitting from that of your fellow GMs. NETWORKING The forum and it s succeeding refreshment party provides a unique and invaluable opportunity to network with like-minded professionals. The event is organised to allow opportunities for participants to get to know each other. EXCLUSIVE EVENT FOR HOTELIERS The GM Forum is an invitation-only event, guaranteeing that all +100 participants you meet will be either a hotelier or from a related industry sector.
Testimonials from Speakers and Attendees ABDULLA GHIYAS AMINATH WAHEED SLAVA OVCHINNIKOV IBRAHIM FIRUSHAN PRESIDENT, MALDIVES ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS AND TOUR OPERATORS (MATATO). SPEAKER It was a very constructive forum. I think GM Forum is actually one of the original forums that started this dialogue or conferences in the Maldives and I think it s very encouraging to see the key decision makers and pioneers coming and taking part. It s important to have this composition beyond this room. We need to have more gatherings; ways of following up on what we are talking about here. I think that s how we can improve the industry. SALES MANAGER, DHIRAAGU. TITLE SPONSOR A big thank you to Hotelier Maldives for organizing this Forum and giving us the opportunity to be part of it. Dhiraagu, the leading telecoms company in the Maldives, serves the tourism industry offering world-class telecom and digital solutions to provide a world class hospitality service in the Maldives. Through this forum we were able to meet and network with key leaders of the industry who are our existing customers and further enhance our business relationships. GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, HOSPITALITY RETAIL SYSTEMS (HRS). PLATINUM SPONSOR We are working globally in 41 countries and having visited such events, we think that this event was done on a very high level. We are very impressed with the number of people and the discussions. The opportunity to present our company, our plans, strategy, products and portfolio was great. GENERAL MANAGER - SALES, ALLIED INSURANCE. PLATINUM SPONSOR It was a great opportunity to meet up with General Managers of so many resorts. We feel that it s good to call upon our existing customers as well as to meet up with new people and see what we can provide as solutions for their insurance covers and mutually benefit from a business relationship.
Testimonials from Speakers and Attendees JESPER HOUGAARD ANTONY MAHENDRAN DR SIMAD SAEED HUSSAIN SIHAM MANAGING DIRECTOR, SERENA SPA. SPEAKER It was very interesting. I think there is a lot of new developments that are coming up, especially in the marketing area. There s a new thinking because lots of new markets are coming in and we see a little bit of a change in some of the source markets, so that s interesting. We had a lot of good, relevant questions come up and also got some good answers. SALES MANAGER, THE HAWKS PVT LTD. DELEGATE It is a wonderful opportunity where you could meet the top-end decision makers and it also was very much an informative and knowledge sharing event. Great event to understand and experience the entirety of how tourism is happening in the Maldives. MANAGING DIRECTOR, CDE CONSULTING. SPEAKER The information provided was really impressive. I feel that the next step is to make sure that the engineers, human resource managers, and others also get the same opportunity. Here we were looking more at the marketing and the broad topics but the more specific topics can be tackled and I think that should be the next step for hoteliers. ASSISTANT OFFICE, SALES, MALÉ WATER & SEWERAGE COMPANY (MWSC). PLATINUM SPONSOR We believe that it s been a very good conference. A good environment created by Hotelier Maldives where a utility service provider like us can interact with as many top officials from the resorts to discuss the solutions that we offer.
A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS NO. OF BRANDS REPRESENTED DELEGATES GENERAL MANAGERS INCLUDING RESORT MANAGERS, OWNERS, ETC. 2016 16 76 47 2017 21 97 68 2018 30 112 89
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