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Selina Scott to speak at AWTE Christmas lunch
Journalist, producer, presenter and anchorwoman Selina Scott is the keynote speaker at this year’s Association of Women Travel Executives Christmas Lunch.
Members and non-members, including men, are invited to the lunch on 6 December at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.
During the proceedings, special awards will presented to two outstanding women in the industry.
The headline sponsor for the event is Dubai Tourism and this year’s nominated charity is Just a Drop.
Proceeds raised will go to a project in the Orellana Province of Ecuador, providing clean water for four communities.
There will be both a silent and live auction and funds from a raffle will go to the AWTE Benevolent Fund which provides assistance to members who may have hit on hard times.
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Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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