Bert van Walbeek

Dr Bert van Walbeek

Bert “Bow-Thai” van Wal­beek has been a hoteli­er since the 1970s — with Hilton, Inter­Con­tin­ent­al, and Sheraton — a tour­ism mar­keter since the 1980s, and “the Mas­ter of Dis­aster”; a crisis man­age­ment and com­mu­nic­a­tions spe­cial­ist since the late 1990s.

In 1993, Dr van Wal­beek foun­ded The Win­ning Edge con­sultancy through which he helped travel & tour­ism organ­isa­tions with mar­ket­ing and crisis management.

Since the turn of the mil­len­ni­um, he has delivered motiv­a­tion­al lec­tures at uni­ver­sit­ies in China, Ger­many, Macau, Malay­sia, the Neth­er­lands, Taiwan, Thai­l­and, and the UK. Bert is the author of Dr. MICE, a col­lec­tion of meet­ings and events industry case stud­ies, and is the co-author of Bounce Back, a crisis man­age­ment guide.