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Hyatt Regency Cologne says no to President Obama after WTTC Summit Seville

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U.S. President Barak Obama is on a tourism trip. Today he is expected to be the star participant at the World Travel and Tourism Council Annual Summit 2019 in Seville, Spain.

On Thursday the popular former president is on his way to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cologne. Mark Hoplamazian, CEO of Hyatt is listed to be a participant at today’s WTTC Summit and most likely would love to make sure the president could enjoy the presidential suite at the four-star Hotel in Cologne Deutz.

Unfortunately, not even the CEO is able to arrange this for the popular former US president,  since the suite is fully booked and occupied until April 30, according to sources at Hyatt.

The hotel is known for an unobstructed view of the famous Cologne Cathedral from Rhine River Facing rooms and junior suites, however. The Hyatt Regency is in a short walk over a pedestrian bridge crossing River Rhein to the Cathedral and the Roman museum are in walking distance from the hotel.

President Obama will be a speaker at the World Leadership Summit in Cologne on Thursday at the Cologne Lanxess Arena. This is a public event, and tickets are available from 85,55 EUR bis 206,30 EUR plus a number of VIP tickets for EURO 5,000.00 that includes a dinner with the president.

According to local media reports the event in Cologne sold 10,000 tickets so far, but there are 5,000 tickets still available.

The former president will meet her half-sister Auma. She studied in Heidelberg and speaks German.

From Cologne, the president will move on to Berlin and will be answering questions by your people on Saturday in a town-hall meeting.

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Brand USA Board of Directors approves committee assignments

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On Wednesday, March 13, members of the Brand USA board of directors convened for a quarterly meeting in Washington, DC where they welcomed newly appointed and reappointed members and approved members to officiating positions and committees.

The confirmed committee assignments are as follows:

Finance Committee

Chair: Kyle Edmiston, deputy director/chief operations officer for Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau

Committee Members

• John Edman, director of Explore Minnesota
• Noel Irwin Hentschel, chairman and chief executive officer of AmericanTours International, LLC
• Mark Hoplamazian, president and chief executive officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Alice Norsworthy, chief marketing officer of Universal Parks & Resorts
• Barbara Richardson, chief of external relations of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro)

Conflict of Interest Committee

Chair: Tom O’Toole, senior fellow and clinical professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University

Committee Members

• Andrew Greenfield, managing partner of the Washington, DC office of Fragomen
• Barbara Richardson

Audit Committee

Chair: Tom O’Toole

Committee Members

• Paul Brown, chief executive officer of Inspire Brands
• Noel Irwin Hentschel

Governance & Nominating Committee

Chair: Andrew Greenfield

Committee Members

• John Edman
• Mike Gallagher, co-chairman and co-founder of CityPASS

Marketing Committee

Chair: Alice Norsworthy

Committee Members

• Kristen Branscum, commissioner of Kentucky Department of Tourism
• Paul Brown
• Kyle Edmiston
• Mike Gallagher
• Noel Irwin Hentschel
• Tom O’Toole

Full recordings of the board meetings can be found here. For more information about the newly appointed members, please access the press announcement here. A complete list of the board of directors and their bios is available here. The next board meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

Thank you to all staff, board members, partners, and stakeholders for their continued support.

Together, we are marketing the USA!

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