Kempinski CEO Reto Wittwer has been named Chairman of the Advisory Board at World Tourism Forum Lucerne

Kempinski CEO Reto Wittwer
A prominent new member joins the World Tourism Forum Lucerne: Reto Wittwer, President and CEO of Kempinski Hotels, and seasoned expert, takes over as Chairman of the Advisory Board. A Swiss citizen, Wittwer has more than 30 years’ international experience in hospitality and joins the Board, which consists of 13 experts of the travel, tourism and hotel sector, with immediate effect. The next Forum will be held from April 17 to 19, 2013. As a think-tank, the Forum offers decision-makers from business, government, academia and finance a platform for discussing the strategic challenges facing the tourism industry in the years ahead. It is the only international platform in which leading decision makers and promising young talents have the opportunity to interact as part of a talent management programme.
General Management Europe Switzerland Lucerne

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is a university of applied sciences that is supported by the six cantons of Central Switzerland. With 6,000 students attending bachelor's and master's degree programmes, more than 4,400 students attending continuing and executive education programmes, and 308 projects in research and development, it is the largest educational institution in this region, the heart of Switzerland.