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Date: 18-19 September
Venue: Renaissance North Shore Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL
This major conference and exhibition, widely thought of as the travel community`s most effective meet and do business forum, will bring together over 400 executives from all sectors of the industry. 4 major sessions will tackle critical distribution issues in the following key market segments: Airlines, Hotels, Online Intermediaries and Tour Operators. In addition, spotlight breakout sessions will help you get to grips with essential strategies in marketing and advertising, CRM, web services technology and revenue management.
Just some of the speakers confirmed to date include:
Terry Jones, Principle, Essential Ideas (and former CEO of Travelocity)
Mike Kistner, CIO, Best Western International
Jim Young, VP Global Distribution, Intercontinental Hotels
Christine Brosnahan, VP Reservations, Carlson Hospitality Worldwide
Paula Drum, VP Strategy, Cendant Hotels
Marc Cavaliere, VP Sales and Distribution, Spirit Airlines
John Slater, MD Distribution Planning, Continental Airlines
Anne Murray, Senior Director Interactive Marketing, Southwest Airlines
Bob Offutt, SVP and Chief Architect, Sabre
Scott Hyden, General Manager, Travelweb
Tracy Weber, VP of Product Operations, Travelocity
Kurt Weinsheimer, Vice President of Hotels, Orbitz
Eric Christensen, President, WorldRes
Charlie Coniglio, VP e-Commerce, Dollar Rent-a-Car
Brian Robb, Chief of Staff, Mark Travel Corporation
Todd Castor, VP e-Commerce, Pleasant Holidays/
To see who else is speaking, plus full program details, click here
How to register?
To register for the Conference online, please click here
Further information
For further information on attending, sponsoring and/or exhibiting at this event, please contact Simon Carkeek, Event Director on 1 800 814 3459 (US and Canada), +44 (0)207 375 7181 (rest of world)
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