Deputy Assistant Secretary joins WTM line-up

Another World Travel Market and Visit USA Association members will once again be out in force at the show.

The week will kick off with the Association’s annual WTM Briefing when Visit USA members and their guests will hear plans and forecasts for 2010 from a number of key players in the UK-USA travel market

Latest speaker to join the line-up is the newly-appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary, Joel Secundy, at the Department of Commerce in Washington. The Deputy Assistant Secretary is a senior political appointment and Mr Secundy is directly involved in the planning & development of the implementation of the Travel Promotion Act. Mr Secundy, accompanied by Helen Marano, Director of the Office for Travel & Tourism, will now present the Dept of Commerce agenda.

The briefing will take place at 08.00 on Monday November 9 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, ExCel. Space is limited; to make a reservation, please e-mail Angela Evelyn at angela@visitusa.org.uk