J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International at the World Travel and Tourism Council Summit in Dubai (20-22 April)in his key note address.
He made this particular remark in connection with Marriotts ambitious new project to help protect the planet partnering with the Brazilian State of Amazonas to preserve and protect 1.4 million acres of the Amazon Rainforest.
His other major theme was Travel mobility and trade. “Every time an international visitor visits Palm Island (Dubai), or shops on New York’s Fifth Avenue or Tokyo’s Ginza, it’s the same as exporting a Caterpillar tractor, an Airbus jet, a Sony Playstation or… oil.
Asking governments to encourage and facilitate travel, he pointed out that the US share of overseas international travel has fallen 8% since 2000 while rising 28% in the rest of the world and said that it was a huge lost opportunity for America.
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