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NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

A very Happy New Year to you all! 
As we have ventured in the new year, we can now officially welcome Peter Morrison from Christchurch, New Zealand as our 2020 Skål International World President! I’m sure we can all agree that Lavonne Wittmann did an amazing job and we thank her for her service to Skål International.

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MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

The beginning of the year brought the Executive Board all together in Christchurch, New Zealand . There were days of intense and productive work, in which we took stock of the overall situation of the organisation and defined many of the short and medium - term objectives which will be reflected in the next strategic plan for 2020 - 2023 on which we are working.
Executive Committee Board Meeting January 2020
 Skål International Executive Committee Board Meeting January 2020 in Christchurch
Skål International recently held its first 2020 board meeting in New Zealand.
The three day meeting of the global Travel and Tourism association’s powerful Executive Board which steers the association’s future direction and decisions.
Led by incoming President Peter Morrison, during the meeting the board tackled a wide range of issues in relation to the management of the 15,000 strong member association ranging from digitalisation, membership growth, marketing, communications and finance, all under the 2020 Presidential theme of PEOPLE, PROSPERITY, PROGRESS.
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