• Raymond Bickson, managing director, Indian Hotels Company
• Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of Tourism, India
• PRS Oberoi, chairman, The Oberoi Group
• Lalit Suri, chairman & managing director, Bharat Hotels
• Ronald Andruff, President & CEO, Tralliance Corporation
• Giovanni Angelini, CEO & managing director, Shangri-la Hotels & Resorts
• Dimitris Avramopoulos, Minister of Tourism, Greece
• David Baffsky, chairman, Accor Asia Pacific
• Douglas Baker, US Department of Commerce
• Huseyin Baraner, board member, MNG Holding
• Henrik Bartl, managing director, Aareal Bank
• Roger Bootle, managing diRector, Capital Economics
• Eulogio Bordas, CEO, THR Tourism Consultants and president, Dream Resorts
• Christopher Brown, managing director & chief executive, TTF Australia
• Alex Christou, Partner, Travel Services, Accenture
• Jennie Chua, Chairman & CEO, Raffles International
• Glen Davidson, senior VP, American International Group (AIG)
• Peter de Jong, president & CEO, PATA
• Alain Demissy, president, Mondial Assistance Group
• Welf Ebeling, EVP & CEO, The Leading Hotels of the World
• Ahmed El Maghraby, Minister of Tourism,Egypt
• Sebastián Escarrer, vice-chairman, Sol Melia
• Manuel Fernando Espirito Santo, chairman, Espirito Santo Tourism
• Edouard Ettedgui, group chief executive, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
• Michael Frenzel, Chairman, TUI
• Laurence Geller, chairman & CEO, Strategic Hotel Capital
• Douglas Gollan, president & editor-in-chief, Elite Traveler Magazine
• Nik Gowing, BBC World
• Peter Greenberg, travel editor, NBC Today
• Nisid Hajari, managing editor, Newsweek International
• Stelios Haji-Ioannou, chairman, easyGroup
• Noel Irwin-Hentschel, Chairman & CEO, American Tours International
• Geoffrey J W Kent, Chairman & CEO, Abercrombie & Kent Group
• Alex Kyriakidis, managing partner, Travel Tourism & Leisure, Deloitte
• Bruno Matheu, Vice President, Air France
• David McMillan, CEO, International Hotel & Restaurant Association
• Richard Miller, executive vice president, WTC
• Erkan Mumcu, Minister of Tourism, Turkey
• Tom Nutley, chairman, Reed Travel Exhibitions
• Alan Parker, chief executive, Whitbread plc
• Jean-Gabriel Peres, president & CEO, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts
• Dionisio Pestana, chairman, Group Pestana
• Wang Ping, tourism chairman, China Federations of Industry Commerce
• Christopher Rodrigues, President & CEO, Visa International
• Judy Slatyer, CEO, Lonely Planet
• David F Stein, CEO, The Stein Group
• Jonathan M Tisch, Chairman & CEO, Loews Hotels
• Daniela Wagner, Managing Director, International, Octopustravel.com
• Philip Wolf, CEO, PhoCusWright, Inc
• Vincent A Wolfington, Chairman, Carey International Inc.
• Peter Wong, Chairman, MK Corporation
• Peter Yesawich, Chairman & CEO, Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell
• Tim Zagat, Chairman & CEO, Zagat Survey
• Jose-Luis Zoreda, chief executive Officer, Exceltur