42nd UNWTO Affiliate Members Plenary Session
Recovering tourism. Rebuilding trust. Reinforcing partnerships.
The 42nd Affiliate Members Plenary Session was held in a very unprecedented circumstance generated by the COVID 19 pandemic, which required to anticipate, address and overcome the new challenges and cater to the new trends of the tourism sector.
This annual meeting convened the Affiliate Members from all around the world to meet, discuss, share and interact around a variety of topics, serving as a dynamic space to generate ideas, discuss the latest trends of the sector and work together towards fostering public-private collaboration and promoting good practices in the sector.
The event was hosted in a hybrid format, combining in-person and virtual attendance.
42nd UNWTO Affiliate Members Plenary Session. 5 November 2020.
Thematic Sessions: ''Recovering Tourism. Rebuilding trust. Reinforcing Partnerships''. 6 November 2020.
Session 1: Time to act: UNWTO, Governments and the private sector’s coordinated response to the COVID19 crisis
Session 2:Time to act: Roadmap to new business models: Affiliate Members’ best practices (I)
Session 3: The 2030 Agenda, universal goals, practical solutions: Affiliate Members' best practices (II).
Documents
- Detailed Programme 42 Plenary Session Affiliate Members
- Provisional Agenda 42 Plenary Session Affiliate Members
- Information Note 42 Plenary Session Affiliate Members
- Information Note on Virtual Participation 42 Plenary Session Affiliate Members
- Welcome Letter by the Major of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida
- 1st draft PoW 2021. Inputs from Affiliate Members are still being gathered. An updated version will be published from 4 November 2020
- Annexes 1st Draft PoW 2021
Presentations
Session 1: Time to act UNWTO, Governments and private sector’s coordinated response to the COVID19 crisis
- UNWTO's response to COVID-19 Tourism Recovery Technical Assistance Package
- TURISME DE BARCELONA: Barcelona, Resilient City Commitment towards touristic sustainability
- TURISMO CASTILLA-LA MANCHA: Plan de medidas para la recuperación económica del sector turístico de Castilla-La Mancha frente a la COVID-19
Session 2: Roadmap to new business models. Affiliate Members’ best practices
- TRIPADVISOR: Helping the travel industry recover by promoting tourism safety
- AEHM: Role of hoteliers during the crisis and in the future economic recovery
- ATREVIA: Ubuntu Africa invites you to live - ''A branding strategy to restart tourism in Africa''
Session 3: The 2030 Agenda, universal goals, practical solutions Affiliate Members' best practices
- CHAMELEON STRATEGIES: Balanced Tourism recovery via inclusive partnership frameworks
- PROCOLOMBIA: Colombia Tourism Reactivation Plan
- MOSCOW CITY GOVERNMENT: Digital Innovation in Tourism as the Basis for Industry Recovery. Moscow experience
- FIM: Recovering tourism, Social Support: ''Riding for them''
Contributions from Affiliate Members to the Programme of Work 2021
- QUINTANA ROO: Experiencia de Quintana Roo para la integración del Programa de Trabajo 2021
- CHAMELEON STRATEGIES: UNWTO AM Strategy Roundtables
- FC PORTO MUSEUM: Sports Tourism – The Case of FC Porto
- SKAL INTERNATIONAL: Skål International Webinar Series
- ESTUDIS D'HOTELERIA I TURISME CETT: Propuestas de actividades y proyectos para el Programa de Trabajo de los Miembros Afiliados de la OMT para el año 2021
- INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLING FEDERATION (FIM): Biodiversity and Moto Tourism
- XCARET GROUP: Women's Empowerment and IAAPA Alliance
- ACQVILA CLUB RUCAR ROMANIA: Romania is the country in Europe with the greatest potential in the field of eco-tourism
- FUNDACION ONCE: Turismo de calidad: accesibilidad y seguridad
- GRUPO DE CIUDADES PATRIMONIO DE LA HUMANIDAD: Turismo Cultural: una oportunidad para superar la crisis COVID-19. Patrimonio Sostenible e Inteligente
- FUNDACION STARLIGHT: The astro tourism: driver of sustainable local economy, emerging in COVID time
- AVANZO: Educación y turismo: proyecto Madrid Interactiva
UNWTO Affiliate Members Distinction Awards 2020 to outstanding Affiliate Member initiatives
On the occasion of the 42nd Affiliate Members Plenary Session, UNWTO gave its UNWTO Affiliate Members Distinction Awards 2020 to outstanding Affiliate Member initiatives.
The Affiliate Members Distinction Awards 2020 are a well-deserved recognition to Affiliate Members for their extraordinary contribution in recent months to the efforts of the Organization and the industry as a whole to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and promote the restart of tourism.
The ceremony, which was held on 6 November at the Four Seasons Hotel Madrid, celebrated those stakeholders who best embodied the spirit of solidarity and determination that underlined the sector's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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