International events expert to address CTC-26

International events expert, Don Lockerbie is among a group of distinguished speakers who will address the 26th annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-26) at the Marriott Frenchman’s Reef Resort in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) from October 16-18, 2003.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has announced that Mr. Lockerbie will be on a panel that discusses Event Planning A Catalyst for Tourism Growth.

Mr. Lockerbie’s experience in major events planning dates back to the 1987 US Olympic Festival. In 1992 he worked at the All Africa Games in Zimbabwe and two years later, founded the team which was responsible for the FIFA Football World Cup in the United States and the modular stadium planning for the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.

He also led the stadium planning teams for the Goodwill Games in New York in 1998, the FIFA Women’s Football World Cup in 1999 and was senior consultant for overlay planning for close to twenty venues for the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in 2000.