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The roster includes:
Pamela M. Arway, Executive Vice President of Business Travel, American Express (remote feed)
Richard N. Barton, President and CEO, Expedia Inc.
Jeffery H. Boyd, President and COO, priceline.com Inc.
Mike Buckman, CEO, WorldTravel BTI
Dinesh Dhamija, Chairman and CEO, ebookers.com plc
Robert H. Dickinson, President, Carnival Cruise Lines
Robert B. Diener, President, Hotel Reservations Network Inc.
Enrique R. Felgueres, Jr., Founder and Chairman of the Board, Viajo.com Inc.
Terrell B. Jones, President and CEO, Travelocity.com Inc.
Jeffrey G. Katz, President and CEO, Orbitz (remote feed)
Roger Keating, SVP/GM, Vertical Markets Group, AOL Interactive Services, America Online Inc.
Martha Lane Fox, Co-Founder and Group Managing Director, lastminute.com plc
John W. Marriott III, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Marriott International Inc.
Mark E. Miller, President, Cendant Travel Distribution, Cendant Corp.
Karl Peterson, President and CEO, Hotwire
Jose Antonio Tazon, President and CEO, Amadeus Global Travel Distribution S.A.
In all, over 50 travel industry leaders will square off during the most tumultuous time in history for the world`s largest industry. The leaders will discuss, assess and debate the foremost things keeping them awake at both 3:00 p.m. as well as 3:00 a.m., said Philip C. Wolf, president and CEO, PhoCusWright. The conference program will cover retooling strategies for an unprecedented marketplace; competing in a stress-tested environment; confronting a forecasting dilemma and confidence epidemic; realigning your online, offline and bottom line; M&A mayhem in the aftermath; marketing spend: so what is just right?; juggling quality, performance and new realities; scaling, niching, adjusting or goodbye.
PhoCusWright will also unveil new B2C and B2B forecasts and trends that highlight fundamental changes and adjustments for travel, tourism and hospitality strategies.
Travel is still the world`s largest industry, albeit under siege, said Wolf. It`s still the e-commerce killer app, albeit being stress tested to the max. We expect this gathering to be like never before.
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