Gloria Rebeca Guevara Manzo | |
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Mexican Secretary of Tourism | |
In office March 10, 2010 – November 30, 2012 | |
President | Felipe Calderón |
Preceded by | Rodolfo Elizondo Torres |
Succeeded by | Claudia Ruiz Massieu |
Personal details | |
Born | (1967-09-01) September 1, 1967 (age 57) Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico |
Citizenship | Mexico |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Alejandro del Arenal |
Children | Kayla and Alan |
Parent(s) | Gustavo Guevara Martinez and Gloria Elizabeth Manzo |
Alma mater | Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University and Anahuac University |
Profession | Computer Science, Travel and Tourism |
Gloria Guevara Manzo (born September 1, 1967) is a business executive and stateswoman. She was Secretary of Tourism for Mexico from March 10, 2010 to November 30, 2012.
Biography
Guevara was born in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Anáhuac University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She has studied Marketing, General Management, Project Management, Leadership and other subjects at IPADE, George Washington University and other schools.
Career
Guevara began her professional career at NCR Corporation in 1989 and worked in the IT industry in various roles, working for North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa regions.
Since 1995, Guevara has worked for the travel industry. She worked for Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Holdings for 15 years.
She moved Coral Gables Florida, where she had regional responsibilities and worked for the Latin America and the Caribbean region, and later held global responsibilities as vice president for Customer Solutions and Vendor Management in the Information Office in the Sabre headquarter in Southlake Texas.
Guevara was also the CEO of Sabre de Mexico, a joint venture between Aeromexico, Mexicana and Sabre holdings, where she was reporting to the board of directors.
Guevara is special advisor on Government affairs in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also part of the Future of Travel and Tourism Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum, and the World Tourism Think Tank.
Cabinet position
On March 10 of 2010, President Felipe Calderon appointed Gloria as the Secretary of Tourism. Two weeks after her appointment, she was also given the responsibility of overseeing the Mexico Tourism Board.
During her time in government Mexico faced the accumulated impact of the worst financial and economic crises, in addition to H1N1 flu.
G20 and T20
During the T20 in Mérida in 2011, all leaders of Tourism from the G20 economies, UNWTO, WTTC, WEF, IATA and leaders gathered to discuss the impact in Tourism and the creation of jobs due to Travel Facilitation.
Guevara was invited to speak at the House of Commons in London during the dinner offered by PATA .
World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Since 15 August 2017, Guevara has been the President and CEO of World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector.
Ministry of Tourism, Saudi Arabia (2021–2024)
In May 2021, Guevara served as Chief Special Advisor to the Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Alkhateeb. In this role, she contributed to the implementation of Vision 2030. Guevara played a role in organizing the WTTC Global Summit in Riyadh in November 2022. She left her position in July 2024.
References
- Hancock, Alice (2021-01-03). "Crisis managing the travel industry through its most difficult year". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- Gloria Guevara calls for international travel standards. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ "Kellogg Executive MBA graduate named Mexico's Minister of Tourism - Kellogg School of Management". www.kellogg.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- Ecker, Elena Arnaiz (2023-10-05). "The Woman Who Revived Mexico's Tourism Industry: Gloria Guevara Manzo". Global Leaders Today. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ Percival, Geoff (2024-12-11). "Mexico's Gloria Guevara Manzo Nominated for UN Tourism Secretary-General Role - ittn.ie". ittn.ie. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- "Las 50 mujeres más poderosas 2010 -". www.cnnexpansion.com. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- "News Article | World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)". wttc.org. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- "Gloria Guevara". www.inegi.org.mx. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- "About | T.20 Initiative". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "PATA Hosts Advocacy Dinner in House of Commons, London - Press Releases". www.patamanager.org.
- "Press Releases & Statements | Mexico City, Mexico - United States Diplomatic Mission". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06.
- Mansoor, Zainab (2021-05-23). "Saudi's tourism ministry appoints Gloria Guevera Manzo as chief special advisor". Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- Partner, Questex (2024-06-03). "Saudi Arabia's Tourism Revolution: Vision 2030 Unveiled | Hospitality Investor". www.hospitalityinvestor.com. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- Corder, Josh (2024-06-26). "Saudi Tourism Chief Advisor Gloria Guevara Manzo Leaves Role". Skift. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141015231516/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/blog/semblanza-gloria-guevara
- http://bigstory.ap.org/photo/gloria-guevara-manzosultan-bin-salman-bin-abdulaziz-al-saud-1 Archived 2014-10-10 at archive.today
- http://wn.com/gloria_guevara_manzo
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130318095453/https://mexico.usembassy.gov/press-releases/ambassador-wayne-secretary-guevara-and--american-express-celebrate-amexs-160-years-in-mexico.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150315190418/https://g20.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/G20_Leaders_Declaration_Final_Los_Cabos.pdf
- Living people
- Kellogg School of Management alumni
- Secretaries of tourism of Mexico
- Mexican business executives
- 21st-century Mexican businesswomen
- 21st-century Mexican businesspeople
- 1967 births
- Women business executives
- Women secretaries of state of Mexico
- 20th-century Mexican businesswomen
- 20th-century Mexican businesspeople
- 21st-century Mexican politicians
- 21st-century Mexican women politicians