DR BARKATHUNNISHA

Dr. Nisha is a tourism consultant, practitioner, academic and corporate trainer with more than 25 years extensive management experience in the Tourism, Hospitality and MICE industry. Her academic, research and consultancy expertise are in the areas of MICE, Destination marketing, Women in Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Halal Tourism and Tourism education.

Dr. Nisha is a regional and international destination management consultant with proven decades of experience in developing tourism and hospitality industry. She provides destination marketing and management consul to destination marketing teams to develop global strategies and roadmaps to establish strong positioning. Her consultancy expertise includes undertaking detailed feasibility studies, gathering market intelligence, data collection and analysis, facilitating ground up discussions with tourism boards, and relevant stakeholder agencies, designing long-term strategic plans and benchmarks and developing implementation processes.

Dr.Nisha is a co-founder of World Women Tourism, a network intelligence platform that provides opportunities to women in tourism to connect, grow and flourish. The organization visions to impact the trajectory of women in the tourism industry through promoting diversity, knowledge sharing, building networks, capacity building and opening up business opportunities. Dr. Nisha is the host of the Women We Watch in Tourism podcast series, the first global podcast featuring women leaders in tourism and hospitality businesses and their achievements in entrepreneurship, gender equality, innovation, crisis management and in many other spheres.

Capitalizing on her tourism and MICE experience and knowledge, she is established as a global keynote speaker, subject matter expert and panellist at major events. In recognition of her professionalism and expertise in tourism, Dr. Nisha has been bestowed with several national and international accolades.