The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has appointed Gloria Guevara Manzo as its new president and CEO.
She replaces David Scowsill, who left in June after six years in the job, and she officially starts later this month.
Guevara served as Secretary of Tourism for Mexico and CEO of the Mexican Tourism Board from 2010 to 2012.
Prior to that she worked for global distribution system Sabre where most recently she was CEO of Sabre Mexico, reporting to the board of directors of a joint venture between Aeroméxico, Mexicana and Sabre Holdings.
She is currently Special Advisor on Government Affairs for the Centre on Health and the Global Environment at the School of Public Health, Harvard.
