I  Gede  Ardika  held  several  positions  at  the  Ministry  of  Tourism,  Post  and Telecommunications  of  the  Republic  of  Indonesia,  before  being  appointed  as Director  General  of  Tourism  of  the  Republic  of  Indonesia  and  as  Minister  for Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia consecutively in two separate cabinets.

Now, he is a member of the bilateral Eminent Persons’ Group of the Republic of Indonesia & Republic of Korea, an Honorary Life Member of Pacific Asia Tourism Association, member of the UNWTO World Committee on Tourism Ethics, and Chairman of the Indonesian Heritage Trust.

As a member of the World Committee  on  Tourism  Ethics,  he  was  indispensable  in  organizing  the  2011 Seminar on Tourism Ethics for Asia and the Pacific, and in formulating the Spirit of  Bali Statement on responsible tourism. He continues his involvement in projects assisting rural and indigenous communities across Indonesia in developing their own tourism products to incentivize both international and national tourism. Through his involvement in such initiatives, and his current role as a professor, he is a major advocate for safeguarding cultural identity and improving community livelihoods through tourism. He is now Chairman of Indonesia Sustainable Tourism Committee under Ministry of Tourism of Republic of Indonesia and President Commissioner of Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation, a State Own Company.

Member (2019-2023)
Member Senior Lecturer in Tourism, University Externado de Colombia Former Secretary General, Colombian National Tourism Board

Philosopher, Educator, and Lawyer, specialist in legal process, specialist in Ethics, MBA in Canon   Law, MBA in Philosophy, PhD in Legal Sociology.
Fields of Research: Theory of Tourism, Ethics and Tourism Legislation, Sociology of Tourism and  Leisure.
Last books:

• “Teoría Turística-  un enfoque integral del hecho social” (“Tourist Theory – an holistic approach of the social fact”);
• “Pensar las Instituciones Lúdicas – Una propuesta para interpretar de modo genealógico la historia conceptual del Turismo y demás instituciones de vida feliz” (“Thinking about the Leisure Institutions - A proposal to interpret in a genealogical way the conceptual history of Tourism and other institutions of happy life”);
• “Las construcciones jurídicas para el Ocio – Entre la Ética y la Norma Positiva” (“Legal constructions for Leisure - Between Ethics and Positive Law”);
• “Papeles de Trabajo para el Seminario de Legislación y Normatividad del Turismo” (Working Papers for the Seminar on Legislation and Regulations of Tourism);
• “La razón y la sinrazón – Ensayo sobre la herencia filosófica moderna, una visión desde la vida lúdica” (“Reason and Unreason. Essays on the modern philosophical heritage - a vision from happiness”)

Main previous jobs and positions held:

• Colombian National Tourism Board – General Secretary (1976 – 1989)
• ECOSALUD S.A Colombian Health National Office – General Secretary (1991 – 1992)
• Colombian Ministry of Education – External Consultant (1993 – 1996)
• Colombian Ministry of Economical Development – External Consultant for the New General Tourism Law (1995 – 1996)
• Fundación para el Avance Social (Private Organization for the Social Development). Main purposes and objectives in the fields of education, leisure, tourism, ethics, recreation, environment, human rights, culture and creative use of free time. – CEO (1997 – 2019)

Member (2017-2021)
Former General Secretary, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF)

In April 1997 Ron Oswald was elected general secretary of the IUF, an international trade union federation representing in excess of 10 million workers in 470 trade unions from 130 countries hundreds of thousands of which work in the tourism and hospitality sector.

Ron has been a union member since 1969 when he first worked as a baggage handler at London's Heathrow Airport.

After some time in full time work, Ron undertook a period of further education obtaining a BA degree in Economics and a Masters Degree in Labour Economics respectively from the Universities of Warwick and Leeds.

His union experience was as a member and a shop steward/local union representative of two UK unions between 1969 and 1987.

During his time working within the UK TUC national trade union centre in Liverpool he co-authored a book published by Pan Books on health and safety at the workplace aimed at union members.

His international union experience prior to joining the IUF in 1987 included work with unions in the Caribbean, El Salvador and West Africa.

Member (2017-2021)
Managing Director of Songa African Tourism Company, Rwanda

Rosette is the founder and Managing Director of Songa Africa and Amakoro Lodge, a Luxury Tour  and Hospitality company in Rwanda - East Africa. Rosette has been actively involved in Travel and Tourism for the past 23 years beginning with Euro Star in UK, and then as Sales and Marketing Manager, British Airways - Uganda , before returning to her native Rwanda to spearhead the  revitalization of the Tourism Industry as Director General of Rwanda Tourism and National Parks (ORTPN) and later as Deputy CEO of Rwanda Development Board (RDB. Rosette has a great wealth of public sector insight and experience in mobilizing public-private partnership to grow tourism effectively and responsibly. During her 8 years tenure from 2003 to 2010 as  Head of Tourism  and Conservation in Rwanda, the number of tourist grew from 13,000 to 790,000  and was the number one Foreign Exchange earner from 2005 to date. Rwanda also won Best African Exhibitor in ITB for 4 consecutive years. Rosette has been recognised by the East African Community Secretariat as one of the leading tourism and conservation strategists in the region.

Rosette’s other responsibilities include serving on the board of Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA), Board member  African Parks Network-South Africa. She is President of Tourism in the Women Chamber and also serves as special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on sustainable tourism in Africa. Rosette holds a BA (social sciences) Political science and sociology from Makerere University, studied strategic Marketing in UK and is an Aspen fellow -Ali East Africa class of 2010.

Member (2021-2023)
Member Full Professor, Business and Tourism Faculty, Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Professor Gabriela TIGU has been performing both didactic and research activity within the field of higher education, since 1994, at The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, namely being specialized in tourism expertise of business ethics, destination management, tourism operations management, human resources management, ecotourism and sustainable development. In 2012-2016, she was the Vice Rector of the university for Education and Long Life Learning, and in 2008-2012 the Director of Tourism and Geography Department within the named university.

She also worked as researcher at National Institute of Research and Development in Tourism (1992-1994), as well as buying and purchasing expert in a tourism and commerce company (1989-1992).

She is now an author of 22 published books, more than 130 articles and scientific papers, as well as 30 national and international research projects; as a visiting professor she was involved into didactic activities and doctoral thesis committees within universities from France (Metz, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Toulouse), Spain (Cartagena), Sweden (Lundt), and Italy (Messina).

She is also a scientific Ph.D. supervisor in Business Administration at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, member of the Faculty Council and of the Senate of the university.

Member of the scientific board for several international congresses and symposiums on tourism (Romania, Tunisia, Turkey); Member of the editorial board for three scientific journals; Member of Advisory Board of Competition Council of Romania; Member of Transylvanian Spa Tourism Cluster; Counsellor of Romanian Ministry of Tourism and Regional Development, for the brand strategy and Romania marketing plan, 2011; Vice President of Romanian Tourism Press Club FIJET (Federation Internationale des
Journalistes et Ecrivains de Tourisme), since 2014; member of FIJET International Committee for the Young Journalists Academy.

Ms. Diker is Adviser to the President of TURSAB / Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, since 2013. She was Secretary- General of the Association for 6 years and Executive Board Member for 4 years. She was  responsible for 12 working committees, during five consecutive election terms between 2003-2013.. 

During her board membership of Committee on Travel Agencies and Tourism Transport Companies( 2009-2013 ), she has been also a board member of ITO (Istanbul Chamber of Commerce)'s Specialized Committee on Culture & Tourism. She was also a board member of Development Council of ISTKA/Istanbul Development Agency  between 2010-2013.  Since 2009 she contributes to DEIK/SAIK (Foreign Economic Business Council’s Health Tourism Sub Council)  as their board member. She also did represented  TURSAB  at IFTO ( 2007-2011 ), the Committee of “Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture” Project  ( 2005-2010 ), Tourism Commission of Beyoglu Municipality, and at "the Accessible Tourism" of Istanbul. She is currently Turkish – Namibian Business Council President at DEIK African Region.

She continues sharing her expertise about TURSAB and Turkish tourism industry during national and international meetings and conferences, and as being their active member, in various Non Profit Organizations.

Her professional career continues as founding managing partner of Eurasia Tourism Ltd. since 1993 organizing inbound and outbound tours and travels. She is currently an alternate member of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics of UNWTO. Furthermore, as a graduate of International Relations Department of the Political Science Faculty of Ankara University, she has completed her master studies in Marketing and International Marketing Researches. She is member of Trustees of Turkish Cultural Foundation ( TKV) specializing in exchange student programs worldwide. She is an 80'AFS'er to PA,USA.

Günnur is mother of two children.

Suzy Hatough is the Founder & CEO of Dar AlDiafa Consultancy for Tourism and Hospitality Education ; a specialized entity in upgrading the knowledge, education and professional experiences of human resources in tourism sector in destinations in Jordan and the Middle East. Dar AlDiafa Consultancy was established in 2009, based in Amman-Jordan. 

Ms. Hatough has 16 years experience in developing tourism education curriculums and programs provided at the institutional level and, tourism & hospitality education strategy development based on assessment, research in line with workforce market development. She has experience in developing quality of services and product development focusing on professional development training programs investing in knowledge update, introducing new trends, best practices and experiences contributing in tourism sector competitiveness and growth.

Based on her diverse qualifications and experiences in higher tourism education administration, Suzy Hatough has conducted consultancy projects in Jordan and around the world in research and capacity building programs in collaboration with different international organizations e.g USAID/Jordan Tourism Development Project since 2009 till now. She was also commissioned by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to conduct regional tourism development projects in Algeria, Syria, and Saudi Arabia all focusing on developing qualifications of human resources in tourism as core pillar in enhancing tourism sector’s competitiveness. In addition Dr. Suzy Hatough  is a certified UNWTO. TedQual Certification Program Auditor- Themis Foundation since 2010 conducted projects in Macao and Vienna. She was appointed a member of the UNWTO-World Committee for Tourism Ethics for the period (2013-2017) and currently active in advocating disseminating and implementing the Global Code of Ethics in tourism sector of Jordan- a pilot project.