PHIST 2019 - Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Event
PHIST is the first of its kind, an innovative event rallying the hotel industry and its stakeholders to discuss environmental sustainability and community benefit.
OVERVIEW
PHIST (Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism) 2019 is an innovative event rallying the hotel industry and its stakeholders to discuss both environmental sustainability and social impact and governance.
This FREE-to-attend conference day will feature an exhibition area, showcasing over 60 sustainability products and services exhibitors, and offer attendees a mix of short expert panels and thematic discussions, covering topics including destination development, ocean health and impacts, hotel sustainability governance, community tourism, and global trends on sustainability. Speakers include a mix of industry experts from both local and international organizations.
The event will be held on Monday 23 September 2019 at Hilton Phuket with partners and other stakeholders also organizing affiliate events and meetings in tandem. PHIST is organised by The Phuket Hotels Association and supported by the Thai Hotels Association.
The Phuket Hotels Association is a non-profit organization with over 60 member hotels and resorts, comprising small boutique hotels to large luxury international chains who have joined together to promote Phuket as a destination, together with a number of important activities, each with its own working group of General Managers that oversee the following: Environment & Sustainability, Education and Destination Marketing.
The highlight of PHIST 2019 is an insightful perspective on a grand collaboration of hotel and tourism entrepreneurs whose aim is to promote Phuket’s sustainable tourism and environment. The event takes place on Monday, 23 September 2019. Attendants will get to have a piece of in-depth knowledge on hospitality business and the growth of Phuket tourism in 2019 along with plans of partnership in gearing Phuket towards a sustainable tourist destination, practical approach to sustainability among hotel business, local collaboration, and a high-tech management system used to support sustainability.
Keynote speakers who have contributed to Phuket’s hospitality business and tourism economy are as followed at the PHIST 2 Press Conference on 22 July 2019:
- Kanokkittika Kritwutikon, Director of Phuket TAT
- Michael Ayling, General Manager of Blue Tree Phuket
- Wilaiporn Pitimanaaree, Vice President of Central Group
- Bill Barnett, Managing Director of C9 Hotelworks
Entry is free and open to the public
For more information please visit: https://phist.phukethotelsassociation.com/