Susanne Reber

Susanne Reber is a sustainable tourism development expert with 20 years of experience in the private economic sector. She brings a highly practical perspective and has expertise in niche tourism, product development, and customer behavior. She holds a Bsc. in Sustainable Tourism and International Development, a Certification of Higher Education in Project Management, and a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education in Banking.

• Sector Lead Sustainable Tourism at the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO). Responsible for strategic sector planning, supporting and advising SIPPO countries with the implementation of their action plans, identifying sector trends and innovation, facilitating capacity building and sector inputs, consultants’ management, reporting, knowledge management
• Leading the conceptualization, operationalization and accompanying various educational tours that contribute to building the participants’ capacity by enhancing their knowledge and practical insights in relevant touristic fields for Tunisia - Destination in South-East Tunisia, Tunisia - Tourism Governance and Marketing and Morocco - STDM
• Analysis of potential and baseline study for a series of international project students week for the Switzerland-Morocco Sustainable Tourism Development Programme
• Leading the conceptualization, coordination, and operationalization of an international world café event for Swiss SDG Tourism Dialogue "SwissTourism4SDGs"
• Background research and back office support in the consultancy “Developing a Sustainable Tourism Circuit in South Rupununi Guyana”
• Advisory for tour operating companies in the start-up or strategic reorientation phase in Mongolia and Tajikistan