The African Asian Union (AFASU) appoints Technique Guide and Entrepreneur Dr. Jens Thraenhart.

The African Asian Union was based underneath the umbrella of (AAPSO) and was formally introduced on November 11, 2020.

The primary purpose of the union is to unfold consciousness in Africa and Asia, making analysis and growth a part of their cultures.

It goals to develop completely different sectors equivalent to tourism, E-commerce, Training, and Sustainable growth. The Union works to attenuate poverty and unemployment. The union goals to protect nationwide heritage and crafts to enhance individuals’s lives and remedy their financial issues.

With Dr. Jens Thraenhart, AFASU discovered an skilled veteran of the journey and tourism business with a worldwide mindset for this rising affiliation.

Dr. Thraehart can be leaving his publish because the CEO of Barbados Tourism Advertising, Inc. (BTMI) to Bangkok for his new task.

As the previous Government Director of the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Workplace in Southeast Asia, Bangkok has at all times been a second dwelling for this German Canadian tourism chief.

Jens additionally lived in Beijing, PR China, the place he co-founded the award-winning journey know-how and advertising and marketing company Dragon Path, and printed the China Journey Tendencies books and web site.

Dr. Jens Thraenhart is the Founding Associate of the Bespoke Technique Consulting agency Chameleon Methods and the 2nd Vice Chair of the World Tourism Group’s UNWTO Affiliate Members.

Beforehand, he has led advertising and marketing and digital technique groups with Vacation spot Canada and Fairmont Accommodations & Resorts.

Educated at top-ranked educational establishments, Dr. Thraenhart accomplished his doctorate diploma in tourism and hospitality administration (DHTM) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic College with a thesis in tourism resilience, an MBA-accredited Grasp of Administration in Hospitality diploma (MMH) from Cornell College, and a joint Bachelor of Science from the College of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the College Heart ‘Cesar Ritz’ at Brig, Switzerland.

He was honored by the World Tourism Community as one of many World Tourism Heroes in 2021 and acknowledged as one of many High 10 Most Influential Leaders in Journey and Tourism in 2022.

He’s a board member at Barbados Worldwide Airport (GAIA), the Barbados Resort and Tourism Affiliation (BHTA), and Vacation spot Mekong, and is a part of the Sustainable Tourism Skilled Panel.

He served as an Government Board Member of the Hospitality Gross sales & Advertising Affiliation (HSMAI), Government Board Member of the Worldwide Federation of IT in Journey & Tourism, and Board Member of the Pacific Asia Journey Affiliation (PATA), and previous Chair of PATA China.

Passionate concerning the alternatives and worth that journey and tourism can deliver to be a power for good and an energetic advocate to foster local weather resilience, Dr. Thraenhart is an advisor of the Local weather Pleasant Journey Membership.

As founding father of the Vacation spot Movie Discussion board, he’s additionally an enormous proponent of the ability of storytelling, having been acknowledged as one of many high 10 Most Influential Leaders in Journey in 2022 by Journey Vertical, rating first within the class of Creativity and Model Storytelling, and serving on the Jury of the Cannes Lion Worldwide Movie Awards in 2022.

Enthusiastic about revolutionary advertising and marketing, for the previous 10+ years, he has curated artistic campaigns on his weblog TourismCampaigns.com.

Dr. Hossam Darwish, President of the African-Asian Union (AFASU), stated that he’s proud and pleased that Dr. Jens Thraenhart joined the working staff of the AFASU union.

He defined: “Dr. Jens Thraenhart is a global tourism knowledgeable who he has been realizing intently for over 15 years, as they labored collectively in Egypt a number of occasions on creating e-tourism conferences, first in 2008.

They’ve additionally participated collectively within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as lecturers on the Riyadh Worldwide Tourism Truthful in 2012, and in e-tourism conferences in Lebanon.

This previous collaboration confirms that Dr. Jens Thraenhart is a superb addition to the Afro-Asian Union (AFASU).

Dr. Adel Al-Muslimani, CEO of the AFASU union, stated that he welcomes Dr. Jens Thernhart as a member of the Government Board of the union and a member of the AFASU Golden Awards Committee and needs him success.

Main Basic Hossam Badr El-Din, Government Vice President of the union, added that he’s pleased to have Dr. Jens Thraenhart be a part of the Union and that he’s assured that the variety of members becoming a member of the Afro-Asian Union AFASU from the continents of Asia and Africa will improve, as a result of nice expertise and relationships of Dr. Jens Thraenhart.

Dr. Jens Thraenhart expresses his pleasure about becoming a member of AFASU by congratulating the management of the founding staff for having the foresight of the potential collaboration of African and Asian nations within the sharing and cooperating in tourism for mutual understanding, peace, sustainability, and local weather resilience.

Dr. Hossam Darwish, President of the Afro-Asian Union (AFASU), defined that AFASU is a global union with workplaces and members in quite a few Afro-Asian international locations.

It originated from the Afro-Asian Folks’s Solidarity Group, (AAPSO) which was conceived on the Bandung Convention in Indonesia underneath the title of the Non-Aligned Motion, led by the three leaders Nasser, Tito, and Nehru.

At present, AAPSO and AFASU include 90 African and Asian international locations and maintain memberships within the United Nations, World Commerce Group, UNCTAD, Arab League, and African Union.

AAPSO is presently globally headed by Prof. Dr. Helmy El-Hadidi, the previous Minister of Well being within the Arab Republic of Egypt, and is underneath the monetary and administrative supervision of the Ministry of International Affairs of Egypt.