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LET’S HEAR THEM!
Call for speakers is now open. If you want to join the speaker roster, please get in contact at speaker@forward.travel

Richard Barnes
Founding Partner, Almont Global

Natalia Bayona
Executive Director, UNWTO
Linkedin

Filip Boyen
Senior Advisor, Corinthia Hotels
Linkedin

Lourdes Carbó
Founder & CEO, Alberta La Grup

Francisco Carvalheira
General Secretary, Laurel Portuguese Association of Excellence Brands
Linkedin

Héctor Coronel
General Manager. Turismo de Madrid
Linkedin

Clara Elliott-Bauzá
Brand Partnerships Lead. TikTok

Xandra Falcó
President, Círculo Fortuny

Silvia Martínez
Tourism Director, Galería Canalejas Madrid
Linkedin

Chris Fradin
SVP Partner Services – EMEA & APAC. Forbes Travel Guide
Linkedin

Yuriy Horovyy
Founder & CEO Almont Travel

Paulo Ribeiro
CEO, Plenia Travel Group

Maribel Rodríguez
SVP Membership Commercial & Events. WTTC
Linkedin

Jules Schroeder
COO, Insider Expeditions

Fernando Vives
CCO, NH Hoteles
SPONSORSHIP!
Forward_MAD is avant-garde. And being part of this event means riding on top of this wave of avant-garde by entering a community with a vocation for putting commitments into practice with high quality tourism of high added value, for exploring new business opportunities and expanding your marketing and commercialization channels.
For further information about partnerships opportunities please send a mail to partnerships@forward.travel

cocktail
Investment: 30.000 €

DINNER
Total cost: 60.000€ (3 seperate packages will be sold 20.000€ each)

Breaks
Total cost: 7.500€ (3 coffee breaks available, each coffee break 1 sponsor)

AND SPEECH
Available: 4
Promotional Video, Presentation and a Speech in front of the audience when the delegates gather in the playground:
– Right before the coffee breaks. 5.000€
– Right before the Gala Dinner 8.000€

OPPORTUNITIES
Investment: Costs to be determined accordingly €

PRESENTATION
Investment: 25.000 €

SLOT
Investment: 10.000 €

Investment: 8.000 €

EXPERIENCES
Investment: 5.000 €

SPEAKERS TRANSFERS
Investment: 5.000 €
– A transfer service from the Sponsor
hotels to the event site.
– A special transfer for the speakers.
In both choices, this sponsor involves bespoke vehicles customized and branded with the sponsor brand. It also includes a hospitality desk on each transfer.
Topics On The Table
Maribel Rodriguez, SVP. WTTC.
Luis Martín, General Manager, Tourism Community of Madrid
Zoritsa Urosevic, Executive Director. UNWTO
Almudena Maillo, Concejal de Turismo. Ayuntamiento de Madrid
Natalia Lechmanova, Senior Economist EU & MEA.
Mastercard Economic Institute
Florencia Cueto, product specialist. Reviewpro–Shiji.
Carlos Cendra, Sales & Marketing Director. Mabrian Technologies
MOD: Roman Townsend, Comms & PR. Forward_
Guy Antognelli, CEO of Monaco Government Tourist
and Convention Authority
Caroline Leboucher, CEO. Atout France
Petra Stušek, CEO Ljubljana Tourism & President, City Destinations Alliance
MOD: Consuelo Arias. Comms & PR. Forward_
Marta Abardia, Directora de Servicios Comerciales. AENA.
Giulia Roncarati, Communications Manager. Fast Private Jet
Gema Ferrero. Managing Director. Bluenest & NextNorth
Juan Garnica Álvarez, Executive Director. Head of Hotels. Savills España.
Javier Illán, CEO. Millenium Hospitality Real Estate
MOD: Juan Daniel Núñez. Editor in Chief, SmartTravelNews
Gonzalo Aguilar, COO Europe. Marriott
Pablo Carrington, Founding Partner & CEO.
Marugal Distinctive Hotel Management
Oscar Serrano, SVP Sales & Marketing. UMUSIC Hotels
Anton Bawab, Group Head of Operations. The Red Sea Development Company
Ana Karen Zapata, COO. ClimateTrade
Alex Barros, Chief of Growth & Innovation Officer. Hotelverse
MOD: Jorge Alcalde, Director. Esquire Spain.
Dimas Gimeno, Founder & CEO. WoW Concept Store
Beatriz Nicolás, Founder. Beni Room
César Glaría. Marketing Director.Galería Canalejas
Ali Matar, Head of EMEA Venture Markets, Middle East & Africa. Linkedin.
MOD: Liam Aldous. Madrid Correspondent. Monocle
Filip Boyen, Ambassador. Forbes Travel Guide.
Enrique Valero, General Manager. Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine.
Nuria Fernández, Country Director – Spain. Trip.com
Clara Elliott-Bauzá, Brand Partnerships Lead. Tik Tok
David Saez, Travel Director, Spain. Meta
Ada XU, Regional Director, EMEA. FLIGGY
MOD: Rafael Guerrero, Madrid Chapter Coordinator. SpainDMCs
Pedro Dominguez, General Manager. Nuba
Sylvia Esquivel, General Manager. Viajes Palacio de Hierro
Paulo Ribeiro, CEO. Plenia Travel
Joan Roca, CEO & Founder. Essentialist
MOD: Simon Hunter. The Times
David Mora, Tourism consultant & Food Tourism coordinator.
Basque Culinary Center
Nino Redruello, Owner. Familia La Ancha
Damián Seijas, Coffee Ambassador. Nespresso
Chris Fradin, SVP. Forbes Travel Guide
MOD: Auston Matta, Marketing Manager. IGLTA
Richard Barnes, Founding Partner. Almont Global.
Alonso B. Diaz Etienne, CEO. Exacorp One
Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg, Co President. Valerie Wilson Travel
Closing ceremony