For the first time in almost two years, there’s hope on the horizon for Fiji tourism, thanks to vaccinations that are advancing rapidly. Skift spoke to Brent Hill, the newly appointed CEO of Tourism Fiji and a veteran in tourism marketing in Australia, about the gargantuan challenge ahead in placing the Pacific nation’s tourism industry back on track.
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Over his five years with Origin, Stern has directed investments in marketplaces and software companies and serves as a director or observer with Tovala, Idelic, Anthill, Fountain, Kidizen, and Voxpopme. He previously spent six years as a quantitative energy trader, using advanced computing and big data approaches. Earlier in his career, he founded Qore, a performance apparel and thermoregulation startup.
Stern earned a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Finance.
Hill has been at SATC since 2015, and has over 16 years of experience in tourism, digital marketing, advertising, branding, communications, campaign and executive strategy.
Before he joins Fiji’s National Tourism Office, where he will replace former CEO Matt Stoeckel, he joins Mumbrella’s head of content Damian Francis to reflect on his time at the SATC, dealing with being in a tourism role in the age of coronavirus, as well as what he’s looking forward to in his new role.
“There’d always been that nagging desire to go and test ourselves somewhere else. [My wife and I] wanted to go and see a bit more of the world. The opportunity to be a chief executive in a marketing-based organisation is a very rare thing so I feel humbled by the opportunity.”