For its 14th edition, the World Connect by APG makes his return toFairmont hotel in Monacofrom November 1 to 3, 2023, with a major theme: “More than ever, air transport remains fundamental“.
Like every year, the conference will look like new this week some 500 participantsincluding around a hundred airline executives from all over the world but also from regulators and distributors. “ It is with great pleasure that we return to the elegant Fairmont Hotel in Monaco, which has seen a large part of its establishment renovated. We are sure to provide a high-quality welcome to all our participants. », declares Jean-Louis Barroux, president of World Connect and also founder of APG (Air Promotion Group), the first global network of airline representations present in 150 countries.
He adds: ” Currently we already have 482 registered participants from 87 countries including more than 75 airlines represented by around a hundred of their respective managers from all over the world (…) This year, we will ask the question of whether more than ever air transport remains fundamental. Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates, and Anne Rigail, CEO of Air Francewill share a panel under the theme: “What will air transport look like in the future». This is without counting the participation of around twenty other prestigious speakers from different countries, all international experts in their field“.
“At a time when air transport is returning to growth after having been seriously shaken by the Covid tragedy, at a time when many environmental lobbies continue to insist on pointing the finger at it like the ugly duckling of television broadcasts. greenhouse gases in the world, it will be fascinating to hear our speakers give their vision, and their explanations about the usefulness of air transport for humanity, not only because it brings people together, and it is a factor of peace, but because it is also essential to the world economy », Announces Jean-Louis Barroux.