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News 1/05/2006   

ATEC appoints new chairman
BYLINE
 
Former Tourism Tasmania chair John King has been named as independent chairman of the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC).

King will replaced David Mazitelli, who will officially step down from the role he has held since 2003 at the ATEC Symposium in Cairns next month.

ATEC managing director Matthew Hingerty said King had more than 30 years' experience in the tourism industry and was “one of the sector's most well-known and respected identities”.

“His career has spanned a wide range of sectors within the industry including regional tourism management, roles with the former Australian Tourist Commission, as chair of Tourism Tasmania and as head of his own strategic tourism marketing and management company, Global Tourism and Leisure,” Hingerty said.

"His commitment to developing indigenous tourism and his considerable international experience with the Australian tourism industry and other international markets, plus his relationship with international tourism bodies such as the UN World Tourism Organisation and Pacific Asia Travel Association, will be of huge benefit to ATEC and its members."

1 May 2006


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