Showcase.travel/Digital, taking place at the Radisson Blu Portman in central London on 30th September, will open with a keynote speech from Amadeus on the subject of ‘Sourcing Travel Technology’.
ETOA has introduced a new workshop to its portfolio of travel trade events; Showcase.travel/Digital. The event has been designed to provide tourism professionals with informative sessions on successful digital strategies as well as face-to-face meetings with a range of expert tourism technology suppliers.
Gregory Naidoo, Head of Marketing at Nadler Hotels, said: “Every tourism business has its own specific technology needs and getting the right match takes time and careful consideration. Functionality, reliability and return on investment are all vital factors in contracting or commissioning new or replacement technology providers so a new opportunity to review several prospective suppliers in a highly time-efficient manner will be most useful.”
Vicki Tittley, Business Development Manager at Tiger Bay said: “Choosing a new system is a crucial decision and one that with careful management can greatly impact the business in many positive ways. For operators with old, legacy IT infrastructure, going out to market, researching alternative systems and IT partners and implementing a new system designed for today’s ever-changing, customer-centric, multi-channel world is often the most beneficial in terms of providing ROI, keeping operational costs down and future-proofing the business.”
Alex Bainbridge, CEO of TourCMS said: “The key challenge for local tour operators is that technology for tomorrow needs to solve a problem that many working within the sector haven’t experienced first-hand. Managing tour distribution will be one of the key challenges for local tour operators over the next few years. This will require complex channel management systems (just like in the hotel sector) and be well beyond the capability of home-grown technology systems that are currently prevalent within local tour operators.”
Rachel Read, Head of Digital Trading at ETOA said: “Sourcing the right technology at the right price is a major business challenge in our industry. Showcase.travel/Digital offers people the opportunity to both formulate what they need and meet the people who can provide it.”
Showcase.travel/Digital, taking place at the Radisson Blu Portman in central London on 30th September, will open with a keynote speech from Amadeus on the subject of ‘Sourcing Travel Technology’. This will be followed by a B2B workshop allowing tourism professionals meet with a wide range of technology service providers and an afternoon of interactive master-classes. The day will facilitate industry networking with the focus on online marketing and commerce.
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