IAADFS announces keynote speaker for 2025 Summit of the Americas
The International Association of Airport and Duty Free Stores (IAADFS) has announced the keynote speaker for the 2025 Summit of the Americas, which is set to be held March 8-11, at the InterContinental Miami in Miami, Florida.
John Price, Managing Director of Americas Market Intelligence (AMI), will kick off the conference session program of the Summit on the morning of Sunday, March 9, with an engaging session that delves into the political, economic, and social trends in Latin America that drive the travel sector. Price will also review recent travel trends in Latin America and the evolution of Latin America’s affluent and mass-affluent travelers. His presentation will include an economic outlook on the region for the next several years and examine longer-term trends that have an impact on Latin America travel.
John is a veteran of Latin America market consulting and is one of the leading public speakers and thought leaders in the region. Whether addressing audiences in English or Spanish, John’s consulting and academic background delivers both a deep understanding of the trends impacting Latin American and Caribbean markets as well as rich anecdotal content built on 4,000 consulting engagements in the region since 1993. He has published over 100 articles on Latin American business trends and maintains a column in the region’s largest circulated English language magazine, Latin Trade. In 2007, John co-wrote and co-edited “Can Latin America Compete?” published by Palgrave.
John teaches as an adjunct professor at Florida International University and is a guest lecturer at the University of Miami. He is a former board member of Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, a LatAm orphanage network, and is an active board member of the Canadian Council of the Americas. He is also a keen supporter of El Techo, an innovative charity that builds sturdy homes in Latin American economically disadvantaged communities. John is aBComm graduate (1988) from Queen’s University in Canada and is fluent in English and Spanish.
“We look forward to John’s engaging and informative presentation, which will provide valuable and actionable intelligence to our 2025 Summit attendees," commented IAADFS President & CEO Michael Payne.
Arrangements for the rest of the conference program sessions are almost finalized and will be publicized in the near term. Additional information about the 2025 Summit of the Americas can be found at www.2025summitoftheamericas.org, including details about registration, housing, and the overall schedule.
The lowest registration rates are available through the first discount deadline of Friday, January 17, and the room reservation deadline is Friday, February 7 – though attendees are encouraged to reserve accommodations as soon as possible since there is no guarantee that rooms will remain available through the published booking deadline.
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