Brussels, 11 June 2010. Ms Petra Hedorfer, CEO of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) was unanimously elected President of the European Travel Commission at the organisation’s 78th General Meeting in Brussels on 10 June. Ms Hedorfer succeeds Mr Arthur Oberascher of Austria for a three-year term. Also elected at the meeting as the organisation’s Vice Presidents were Peter De Wilde (Toerisme Vlaanderen, Belgium), Dr. Ivan Rona (Hungarian National Tourist Office, Hungary) and Dimitr...(cont.)

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