Alex Cuenca

🏖️ Gloria Guevara, former president of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), is a strong candidate to lead the United Nations' Tourism (formerly UNWTO) and replace Zurab Pololikashvili, who has held the position since 2018. With over 35 years of experience, including leading Mexico's Federal Tourism Secretariat from 2010 to 2012 and working as a senior advisor for Saudi Arabia's Tourism Ministry post-WTTC in 2021, Guevara aims to focus on sustainability, innovation, and promoting public and private investment. The election will take place in Madrid in May 2025, with 34 voting countries; Guevara will need at least 18 votes to win, competing against Harry Theoharis, former Greek Tourism Minister.

💰 David Moré Pacheco exits his nearly nine-year tenure as head of Grupo Nautalia's business and events division to become CEO of Mapa Group, part of the same business conglomerate. Grupo Nautalia's division has grown significantly over the decade, now accounting for about 39% of the company's turnover, reaching its best fiscal year. Moré's successors, Cecilio Martell and Rosa María Martín Núñez, will lead with the current team and new talent. Alberto Díaz, former CEO of Mapa Group, supports Moré until June for a smooth transition, while Carlos Díaz remains as operations director. This change follows two months after the conglomerate's formation, which includes Nautalia Viajes, Wamos Portugal, and others in Europe, and the debt clearance with SEPI due to Wamos Air's sale to Grupo Abra.