Sixth Routes Americas to Launch Featuring Stellar Line-up of Speakers in Cartagena de Indias

Manchester, England (ots/PRNewswire) -

The 6th Routes Americas, held by Routes in association with the Latin
American & Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) will commence
on February 10th, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. It features the
Strategy Summit, sponsored by the New Quito International Airport,
and a stellar line-up of Speakers.

Routes Americas is the largest commercial aviation event of its kind
for the entire Americas region and the Strategy Summit brings
together leading industry experts to debate aviation and route
development issues across the Americas region in a series of
moderator led panel discussions. The event will showcase high-calibre
speakers from top regional and global airlines, air transport and
tourism associations and dignitaries from throughout the Americas,
including:

- Sergio Diaz-Granados, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, 
Republic of
  Colombia,
- Alex de Gunten, Executive Director of ALTA, the Latin American & 
Caribbean Air
  Transport Association
- Estuardo Ortiz, COO of AviancaTaca
- Michael J. Bell, Partner, Spencer Stuart
- Michael Miller, Vice President, Strategy, American Aviation 
Institute
- Nicolás Rhoads, Senior V.P. Commercial Planning Aeroméxico
- Juan Emilio Posada E. Chairman and Co-Founder of VivaColombia.
- Fabricio Cojuc, Senior Vice President Network Planning & Corporate
  Development, AEROMAR
- Nigel Mayes, Vice President and Commercial, Routes
- Minister Richard Skerritt, Minister of Tourism and International 
Transport,
  ST. KITTS & NEVIS
- Beverly Nicholson-Doty, Commissioner, U.S. Virgin Islands 
Department of
  Tourism
- Philippe Baril, General Director, Quito International Airport
- Brian J. Hedberg, Senior Air Services Negotiator, US Department of
  Transportation's Office of International Aviation
- Fatih Ci?al, Director of Network Planning at Turkish Airlines
- David P Scowsill, President & CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council
- Amaya Rodríguez González, Director Marketing Latin America & 
Caribbean,
  Airbus Central Entity (Toulouse)
- Dr. Zhihang Chi, Vice President and General Manager, North America,
Air China

Nigel Mayes, VP & Commercial for Routes, said, "It is great to bring
Routes Americas to a country and a destination that is at the
beginning of a new era of economic and tourism development,
liberalisation and exponential aviation growth. The open skies policy
between Colombia and the USA from the 1st January this year provides
the perfect backdrop to developing links between this city and the
rest of the USA. During the Routes Americas Strategy Summit the issue
of liberalisation is prominent alongside Consolidation and Mergers,
New generation Aircraft and the perennial Low Cost vs. Full Service
Carrier debate. Our partnership with ALTA goes from strength to
strength and we are delighted that so many senior attendees have
agreed to speak during the conference including Estuardo Ortiz, COO
of AviancaTaca and Alex de Gunten, ALTA's Executive Director giving
the keynote addresses."

Alex de Gunten, ALTA's Executive Director, added, "Routes America and
the Strategy Summit present an invaluable opportunity for addressing
the necessary alignment between our key partners and industry
stakeholders, Airports. We can't realize the full potential of
aviation's contribution to our economies if we don't work together to
have ample, efficient and customer-friendly infrastructure. We are
proud to collaborate with Routes in the execution of this Summit and
to be part of it."

This annual networking event will take place from 10-12 February 2013
in Cartagena, Colombia, gathering key players in the airline and
airport industry from all the Americas. The conference will be hosted
by Sociedad Aeroportuaria de la Costa S.A, and its partners;
Cartagena de Indias, ProExport Colombia and The Ministry of Trade,
Industry and Tourism, Colombia. Senior decision makers attend Routes
Americas to develop new routes to, from and within the Americas and
are open to discussing new market opportunities, existing air
services within the region and will devise strategies to maintain and
improve them.

Notes to Editors

About Routes

- Routes organises world-renowned airline and airport networking 
events
  through its regional and global Route Development Forums. Each 
year, there is one
  global event and one regional event in Asia, Africa, Europe, the 
Americas and CIS
  respectively. http://www.routesonline.com

- Routes was founded in 1995 as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM 
Ltd.,
  a consultancy specialising in the field of route development for 
airports.
  http://www.asm-global.com [http://www.asm%E2%80%90global.com ]

- Routes and ASM were acquired by UBM Aviation Worldwide Ltd in 
August 2010.
  From 1st August 2012 Routes, ASM and the Airport Cities Conference 
and Exhibition
  become part of the UBM Live division of UBM plc.

- UBM Live connects people and creates opportunities for companies 
across
  five continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new
products, promote
  their brands and expand their markets. Through premiere brands such
as MD&M, CPhI,
  IFSEC, TFM&A, Cruise Shipping Miami, the Concrete Show, the Routes 
portfolio of
  events, Airport Cities and many others, UBM Live exhibitions, 
conferences, awards
  programs, publications, websites and training and certification 
programs are an
  integral part of the marketing plans of companies across more than 
20 industry
  sectors. http://www.ubmlive.com

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