One initiative.
Global impact.
We are passionate about tourism.
And we see the need for change—for better.
Together, let’s co-create the future of tourism.
We understand that the tourism industry has its very particular challenges that need to be addressed. However, we cannot solve those challenges if we do not change our mindset. To solve our problems, we cannot apply the same thinking that created those problems. We therefore need inner development if we want to make the tourism industry a better place.
This is what be believe. And this is what motivated us to start the
IDG Global Tourism Network and focus on inner development within
the tourism industry.
Founding Committee
Nikolas Hatz
Founder of the
IDG Global Tourism Network
Nikolas Hatz is an expert for tourism development and a passionate and dynamic tourism professional with an entrepreneurial spirit with 15 years’ professional experience in tourism, hospitality, aviation, and destination management. Based in Siem Reap, Cambodia, he is currently working as Senior Lead Consultant for GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation. He has authored Cambodia’s Tourism Insights Studies 2022 and 2023 and has significantly contributed to the understanding of destination marketing in Cambodia. Born in Germany, he is of German-Cambodian origin, and has lived in Paris, Dubai, and New York City. He believes in tourism as a driving force for good – if done right and responsibly. With several academic degrees and extensive international experience, he also serves as university lecturer in Germany and Austria while pursuing his Ph.D. in innovation management in tourism in Hungary.
Catherine Germier-Hamel
CEO of Millennium Destinations
Catherine Germier-Hamel, a French tourism expert with over 30 years of international experience, is an impact entrepreneur, CEO, and senior consultant specializing in tourism development, branding, marketing, and sustainability. In 2005, she moved to South Korea where she worked as Director of Global Programs at the UNWTO ST-EP Foundation before founding Millennium Destinations consulting firm. In 2021, Catherine was appointed CEO of Destination Mekong in Cambodia, operated as a Destination Management and Marketing Organization promoting sustainable and inclusive tourism ecosystems in the Mekong region. Highly committed to ethical standards and human values, Catherine excels in international networking, multistakeholder engagement, and building innovative and collaborative strategic partnerships.
Eva Chou-Chan
Junior Consultant in Hospitality
Eva is a young tourism professional, currently working as Junior Consultant in Hospitality for a specialized consulting firm in Vienna, Austria. Her professional background includes work experience at a hotel consulting company in hotel development and asset management in Germany and international work experience from Cambodia and Thailand. After completing her bachelor’s degree in international tourism management at CBS International Business School Mainz, Germany, she interned at GIZ, the German Agency for International Cooperation in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and at PATA, the Pacific Asia Travel Association. At GIZ, she co-authored Cambodia’s Tourism Insights Study 2022. She was born in Germany, is of Hungarian-Cambodian origin, and grew up in Germany, Hungary, and the United States