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List of speakers
Wednesday, December 12th 2007
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Opening session

Welcoming speech (Françoise DEVOUASSOUX)

Welcoming speech (Denis BOUCHET)

Brief introduction to the themes of the Summits (Peter KELLER)

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Inaugural Debate

The future of holiday accommodation and the development of tourism

Session chaired by Claude COMET (text)

Land: from a boom to the disparity of tourist sites (Bruno FARENIAUX)

Demand for real estate second homes : what is driving the market? (Martin BRACKENBURY)

New international developments in the accommodation industry (Bruno HENSLER)
 
Thursday, December 13th 2007

 

First Debate
The holiday home market: why invest and buy?
Session chaired by Pierre LEFEVRE

Over-heating of the property market in Chamonix Mont-Blanc: what is causing it? (Paul ROBBERSE)

The construction industry and estate agencies: are they the driving force behind growth at the resort? (André GUINNARD)

The holiday home market: why has Spain become a country for holiday homes? (Jordi DATZIRA)

Second Debate

Innovations in leisure accommodation: how can we better use and market holiday accommodation?
Session chaired by Martin BRACKENBURY

New business models - Diffuse accommodation: two Italian cases (Luigi GAIDO)

Investing in leisure accommodation: what role does it play in the development and marketing of a resort? The case of Courchevel (Denis ZANON)

Third Debate
The stagnant structures of accommodation: what can we do against these empty beds?
Session chaired by Sylvain ALLEMAND

Do trasfers of assets prevent a better use of the accommodation offer? (Anne CHESEAUX)

Fourth Debate

Property policies for tourist communities: how can tourist accommodation and the local habitat be given a face-lift?
Session chaired by Serge DELEMONTEX

New tourist destinations in the Balkans: how can plan for sustainability in advance of international tourist invasions? (Tony TRAVIS)

Promotion or restriction? Instruments of public authorities to control destination development (Peder PLAZ)

Can a tourist resort with few hotels succeed from an economic point of view? The new strategy of Courmayeur (Fabrizia DERRIARD)

 
Friday, December 14th 2007
 
Fifth Debate
The resident populations: can we master the socio-economic effects of the huge demand for holiday accommodation?
Session chaired by Alain BOULOGNE

The problem of holiday homes - The local second home tax (Peter RIES)

(Nathalie NGUYEN)

Secondary residences: which decisive actions will improve the socio-economic effects? (Claire VIROLE)

Final Debate

Measures in order to master the development in leisure accommodation: should the State intervene?
Session chaired by Michel CHARLET

The Sustainability of Mountain Tourism. Observations and Possible Measures (Alain BOULOGNE)

ANMSM and land-use policies (Alain COLSON)

Property, local development and tourism: what are the economic interdependances? (Sergio ARZENI)

Tourism Summits Prize
The award of the 2006 Prize for the Jardin des Cîmes of Passy (France) project (Ernest NYCOLLIN)

Presentation of the 2006 prize-winner: Jardin des Cîmes of Passy (France) (Edwige PELLETIER)

Conclusions and lessons learned

Conclusions of the debates (Peter KELLER)

Conclusion of the Tourism Summits (Françoise DEVOUASSOUX)

Pictures of the 2007 Tourism Summits

 

 

 

 

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