The chief executive of Scottish media group DC Thomson has been confirmed as the second keynote speaker for the Advantage Travel Partnership conference in Dubai.
Ellis Watson is a former marketing director at The Sun newspaper, reporting directly to Rupert Murdoch.
He then became chief executive of Celador International, licensing the TV quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? to 100 countries around the world before becoming managing director of Mirror Group Newspapers.
Watson joins tennis legend Martina Navratilova as a speaker at the event which is held on May 14-18.