Tuesday 23 August 2016

ANNOUNCING IAN BLANCHARD AS KEYNOTE AT THE 5TH SUSTAINABLE CONFERENCE

ANNOUNCING IAN BLANCHARD AS KEYNOTE AT THE 5TH SUSTAINABLE CONFERENCE
Ian Blanchard

ST. EUSTATIUS--St. Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation (STDF) together with St. Eustatius Business Association (STEBA) and St. Eustatius National Park Stenapa, will host the St. Eustatius Sustainable Conference. Ian Blanchard will be the opening keynote speaker at the annual conference, which will be held at Mike van Putten Youth Center September 26-27, from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Blanchard will conduct a workshop on the second day of the conference dubbed “Driving Sustainable Leadership.” The conference is designed to challenge tourism planners, policymakers, stakeholders and the general public to develop and implement strategies and practices that can sustain Statia’s limited resources. This year’s conference theme will focus on the island’s accessibility by air and sea connections. Blanchard holds a Higher National Diploma in Telecommunications and a Master of Business Administration from Brunel University in London. He is a businessman, executive coach, and facilitator. Blanchard has served as Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless in Dominica between 2002 and 2004 and in Grenada from 2004 and 2008. In Dominica, he spearheaded the preparation for competition and initiated a number of enterprises, including the now famous Creole in the Park festival. Among his first task in Grenada was to lead the team through rebuilding the telecommunications network after the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. In 2008, Blanchard was called upon to lead Cable & Wireless’ transition into LIME as the company’s Executive Vice-President Transformation.

About the Statia Sustainable Conference
The Statia Sustainable Conference is designed to challenge tourism planners, policymakers, stakeholders and the general public to develop and implement strategies and practices that can sustain Statia’s limited resources.

About the St. Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation
The St. Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation is the agency responsible for promoting and developing tourism on St. Eustatius. The mission is to get the island Government to lend greater priority to tourism by providing adequate funding to effectively and efficiently promote tourism in key markets; ensuring a quality tourism product by introducing and controlling the minimum standard requirements; preparing future generations to take on greater responsibilities within this sector by means of teaching tourism as a subject on levels of the education system.
The STDF office is located at Fort Oranje, Oranjestad, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. Tel/Fax: +599 318 2433,


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