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Home > IMPACT Speaker: Jeremy Sampson, CEO, The Travel Foundation

Jeremy Sampson

CEO, The Travel Foundation

Jeremy is a globally recognized leader and alliance builder, advocating for systems change that improves the impact of the travel and tourism sector on communities and the environment. He was as instrumental in setting up the Future of Tourism Coalition in 2020, and currently serves as the Chair of this global movement representing 6 NGOs and more than 700 signatories. He also was a Co-Author of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action and Tourism, launched at COP26 in Scotland, an initiative which he now co-leads with colleagues at The Travel Foundation and UNWTO.

In his current role as CEO of nonprofit The Travel Foundation, Jeremy oversees a global team and strategic direction of the leading international and independent NGO in the travel and tourism sector. Prior to assuming this post in September 2019, he worked at the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation in Spain, where he helped to launch the MEET Network, a destination management association for Protected Areas in Europe and North Africa. In addition to other industry roles, he also spent time in private sector as President of international tour operator GreenSpot Travel.

 

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