As the travel and tourism industry emerge stronger from the pandemic, the industry must re-evolve, rebuild and re-prioritize in order to work towards a sustainable and responsible recovery, in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2030. The slowdown of the Pandemic has provided the industry an opportunity to relook into their sustainability efforts as research has also shown that focusing on sustainability is not only a responsible practice but can lead to greater profitability.

Join us on this webinar as we examine the issues from the industry experts as they share their insights and relevant case studies on how sustainability can lead to profitability.

Please note that certificates will not be provided to participants of this webinar.

Speakers

Diana Tang, Director, Sustainable Finance, HSBC Singapore

Diana leads HSBC Singapore's Sustainable Finance business for Commercial Banking. She is responsible for sustainable finance business development, product commercialization, deal execution and strategy development covering corporates and multinationals. Diana has over 15 years of banking experience, starting her career in corporate banking before moving into structured banking and leveraged finance. Read More

Gabriel Tan, Director, GUAVA

Gabriel currently holds the position of Director at GUAVA, the world leader in guest amenities and related consumables to the hospitality and leisure industry. GUAVA provides globally scalable sustainable solutions, covering the whole spectrum, from luxury to standard needs, required by global hospitality chains, airlines, and cruise liners – which is known as Holistic Guest Amenities. Read More

Sebastien Brunel, Vice President Procurement, SE Asia, Japan & South Korea and Pacific, ACCOR

With over 26 years of exemplary supply chain and procurement experience, Sebastien Brunel assumed the role of Vice President Procurement Asia Pacific based in Singapore on 1 September 2019.  Sebastien started his journey with Accor in Operations within the Sofitel and Novotel brands.  Since then, he has held various leadership positions starting in Europe, before implementing the procurement for Accor South America. Read More

Soon-Hwa Wong, Chair, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)

Soon Hwa has some 40 years of extensive experience in the Asia Pacific tourism and hospitality industry. After a long and successful corporate career, he founded Asia Tourism to provide advisory and consulting services to commercial and not-for-profit enterprises. He recently set up AsiaChina, primarily focusing on the two-way tourism flow between China and the APAC region. Read More

Moderator

Paul Pruangkarn, Director - Communications & External Affairs, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)

Paul oversees day-to-day operations of all communications and serves as the senior spokesperson for the Association. Paul works to enhance PATA’s public image through various media outlets and maintains the Association’s media partnerships with such organisations as BBC World News, National Geographic Traveller (UK), Skift, TTG Asia… Read more