Saudi Arabia Tourism's Chief Technology Officer on Digital-First Priorities
Photo Credit: Choon Yang Quek in conversation with Rafat Ali at the Skift Global Forum in New York on Wednesday. Skift / Neil van Niekerk
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Choon Yang Quek surely has his work cut out for him. It would be interesting to witness how he juggles between convincing travelers that this is the new Saudi and educating locals that Saudi needs to open to the world.
"So, what's a chief technology officer doing at a tourism board?" Rafat Ali, founder and CEO of Skift, kicked off his Skift Global Forum session with Choon Yang Quek, the chief technology officer of Saudi Tourism Authority with a million-dollar question.
Having moved from Singapore Tourism Board, where he served in the same
