After the successful 2024 launch this event is returning as the Global STR Association Network.
NEW FOR 2025
The event will start with a focused round table debate session; table hosts will lead the focus for discussion and learning. Followed by a networking 2 course lunch.
This networking lunch will be hosted each year by an association with their chosen educational theme, with a relaxed approach to thought leadership and educational sessions over lunch.
GAN ’25 Meeting + Lunch 1st April 2025
When: 10.30am until 2.30pm
Where: Institute of Directors
116 Pall Mall, St James’s, London SW1Y 5ED
10.15 – Arrival Coffee
10.30 – Welcome – STAA
10.40 – Chris Webb MP, Chair APPG for Tourism & Hospitality
11.00pm – Round Table discussion – Making Trade Associations work
Table Hosts : Emma McClarkin OBE, Tourism Alliance / British Beer & Pub Association
Table Hosts : Emily Wallace, CEO, Trade Association Forum
Table Hosts : TBC
12.00pm – Round Table discussion – Benefits of a Global Advocacy Fund
Table Hosts : Fiona Campbell, CEO, ASSC
Table Hosts : Andy Fenner, CEO, UK STAA
Table Hosts : Sally Henry, VP, Keydata
1pm – 2.30pm Lunch and Networking
Emma McClarkin OBE, Chair of the Tourism Alliance & Chief Executive British Beer & Pub Association
Chris Webb MP Chair of the parliamentary Tourism group, The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Hospitality and Tourism examines the key issues, opportunities and challenges facing the hospitality sector across the UK.
