Otto de Vries
Otto de Vries is the CEO of ASATA (Association of Southern African Travel Agents), past chairman of the World Travel Agents Association Alliance (WTAAA) and board member of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA).
He has been active in the travel industry for 30 years, 20 of those in senior management roles in the inbound, retail and wholesale sectors. He is a WTAAA delegate to the IATA Passenger Agency Global Joint Council (PAPGJC) and chairs the WTAAA Air Committee.
Through the Council he has participated in a number of sub-committees, including the steering group on NDC Thought Leadership, the Transparency in Payment Advisory Group and the IATA ADM Working Group. Closer to home he actively participates in the Tourism Leadership Forum (TLF) and through the TBCSA worked on several committees that focused on the B-BBEE Tourism Sector Code amendments, amendments to the South African Immigration Act and the Market Access/Regulatory Environment Working Committee of the Department of Tourism.
Reguit met Robinson: ’n Zoom-gesprek met Alex van den Heever en Otto de Vries
2020-09-11Die toerismesektor se bydrae tot die land se BBP is 8,5%. Wat is die stand van hierdie sektor tans? Wat is die vooruitsigte? Freek Robinson gesels met Alex van den Heever, voorsitter van Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies aan die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, en Otto de Vries, bestuurshoof van ASATA (Association of Southern African Travel Agents).