Jens Thraenhart on Clubhouse

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CEO & Entrepreneur I German-Canadian, living in Barbados, previously in Bangkok & Beijing

✈ Tourism I 💡 Innovation I ♻ Sustainability I 📡 Digital Transformation I 🎭 Creative Economy

⭐ Passionate global travel and tourism executive & entrepreneur, having lived and worked in 10 countries on 3 continents, with experience and expertise in Europe, North America, Asia (in particular China and Southeast Asia) of over 25 years. Employment or Consulting Projects in the following countries: 🇩🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇬🇷 🇪🇬 🇦🇪 🇸🇦🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇨🇳 🇹🇭 🇰🇭 🇱🇦 🇲🇲 🇻🇳 🇲🇳 🇭🇰 🇰🇵 🇧🇹 🇱🇰🇳🇵🇧🇧

👨‍💻 CEO of Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. 🇧🇧 (since 2021). Former CEO of the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (2014-2021), representing the six governments of the Greater Mekong Subregion (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, PR China, Thailand, Vietnam). 🇰🇭 🇱🇦 🇲🇲 🇨🇳 🇹🇭 🇻🇳

🎖 Recognized as Top 10 Influential Travel Leaders (2022), Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Travel and Tourism by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association (HSMAI), and Top 100 Rising Stars by Travel Agent Magazine. Multiple prestigious awards in digital marketing and innovation for campaigns and initiatives for Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Canadian Tourism Commission, Mekong Tourism, Dragon Trail, and Chameleon Strategies.

🎓 Doctorate in Tourism, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 🇭🇰
🎓 MBA, Cornell University. 🇺🇸
🎓 Bachelor of Science, University Center Cesar Ritz Switzerland / University of Massachusetts. 🇨🇭🇺🇸

🌎 2nd Vice Chair of the World Tourism Organization' s UNWTO Affiliate Members Board, Chair of Destination Mekong. Former chair of PATA China, board member of PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association), HSMAI (Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association), IFITT (International Federation of Information Technology in Travel).

💡 Founder of Chameleon Strategies, co-founder of Dragon Trail China, founder of Destination Film Forum, founder of Canada eConnect, founder of Canadian e-Tourism Awards, founder of Experience Mekong Collection, founder of Mekong Moments, founder of Mekong Mini Movie Festival, co-founder of MIST (Mekong innovative startups in Tourism).

✏ More information: www.Thraenhart.com.
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/thraenhart
Blog: www.Trends.travel

👉 Citizenship: Germany & Canada 🇩🇪🇨🇦
Currently living in Barbados 🇧🇧
Previously lived in Thailand 🇹🇭 (7 years) and in China 🇨🇳 (5 years)
Father of Viola 👶.