Graham C. Hornel

Graham Hornel’s international travel and tourism industry experience covers nearly 25 years and includes senior management positions with three of the world’s leading tourism bodies. A former British Army Infantry Officer with 6th Gurkha Rifles, Hornel first moved to Perth, Western Australia in November, 1970 following military service in Asia and Europe.During a seven year initial stay he developed a successful career in marketing and corporate communications positions and in the print and broadcast media.

In May, 1977 Graham Hornel moved to Hong Kong to join the Hong Kong Tourist Association – the position from which he relocated to San Francisco, USA to join the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) as Director of Communication. During his 14 years as a PATA Staff Director, Hornel was involved in a number of that Association’s Tourism Task Forces and he gained an excellent working knowledge of most Pacific Asia Region destinations and of the international media. He was also Specialist Consultant to the Governments of Canada and Western Australia.

In June, 1994 Graham Hornel returned to his Western Australian home to take up a new tourism consultancy position. In December that year, he was directly involved in launching the Indian Ocean Tourism Organisation (IOTO) – the regional tourism body of which he was Foundation CEO and Secretary General until December 31, 2000 when the IOTO Secretariat relocated to Seychelles. During his six years with IOTO, Graham Hornel managed a number of key IOTO projects in and around the Indian Ocean Region and was Project Leader for a Mozambique Tourism Capacity Building Project operated by Ausaid for the Australian Government.