…
China Travel Retail (CTR), the most focused networking event for travel retail brands, concessionaires and retailers targeting Chinese travellers, unveils the lists of world-class speakers and companies that will be involved in its inaugural event taking place in Shanghai on 24th and 25th July, 2012.
Joining the Moodie Report Founder & Chairman Martin Moodie, who together with Deputy Publisher Dermot Davitt will moderate proceedings, will be a host of world renowned industry speakers and panellists including:
– Sinclair Lu – President Hurun Report
– Wolfgang Weil – Chief Operations Officer, Xi’an Xianyang International Airport Ltd Co
– Jason Cha – Executive VP and Head of The Shilla Duty Free Group
– David Au – Group Chief Marketing Officer Lifung Trinity Limited
– George Horan – President Dubai Duty Free
– Mathieu Daubert – Head of Retail Aeroports de Paris
– Chris Rayner – Executive Director SSP International
– Jerome Goldberg – President JMG-Research
– Gary Mey – Sales Director Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
– Glenn Wedlock – GM Commercial, Auckland Airport
– Steffen Brandt – CEO Asia Pacific, Gebr. Heinemann
– Kevin Miller – Global Head of Insight, Ink
– Johnnie Voutsas – Vice President Folli Follie Group
– John Woodhouse – Head of Business Development, China & East Asia, Aer Rianta International
“We are delighted to have so many well respected industry speakers and companies participating at CTR”, said Jeffrey O’Rourke, Chief Executive of Ink. “This world-class line up of speakers, the superb agenda and the number of Chinese airports and duty free operators already attending, is fast establishing CTR as a definitive date in the Travel Retail calendar. We are hoping that over the coming weeks we will be able to announce more high profile speakers, delegates and sponsors coming to shanghai in July to attend our event”.
The China Travel Retail event and exhibition, taking place at the prestigious Marriott City Centre in Shanghai, will showcase best practices both domestically inside China, at Chinese airports and airlines, at sea, as well as how companies are successfully selling to Chinese consumers travelling overseas. The two-day schedule for this event will include a mix of keynote speeches and master classes that will cover topics including:
“We believe that there is a need for an event that does not just showcase existing best practise within Chinese travel retail, but also helps companies to network, develop relationships and establish a footprint in this ever increasingly influential market”, said Nick Tan, President of GIS Events. “At CTR we will be bringing together for the first time, the most important decision makers from the Airports, Airlines, Duty Free operators, brands and Concessionaires in china and looking to break into this market."
Theodore is the Co-Founder and Managing Editor of TravelDailyNews Media Network; his responsibilities include business development and planning for TravelDailyNews long-term opportunities.
