TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE PANEL
MOBILE REVOLUTION IN TRAVEL:
FROM ONLINE BOOKING TO TRAVELER SERVICES

Please join us for the third Travel Technology Executive Panel hosted by DataArt and TravelMole on May 18, 2010

Novotel London Tower Bridge
10 Pepys Street
London, EC3N 2NR
Nearest tube: Tower Hill

The debate will center on Mobile Revolution in Travel: From Online Booking to Traveler Services, with panelists discussing whether 2010 will prove to be the long awaited “year of the mobile in travel”.

  • While customers are quickly embracing such new services as enhanced mobile itinerary planning, mobile boarding passes and flight tracking, where will travel spend be made?
  • As travel and hospitality suppliers are looking to provide value added services to the traveler “on the road” and companies continue to pour development dollars into ‘traveler-centric buying” applets, when does the return on investment come?
  • While multiple mobile platforms increase the challenge for companies to keep the pace, how will they meet the challenge of fragmentation?

And you're invited free of charge courtesy of DataArt! Please secure your space at this exciting panel by registering here

Who Should Attend?

CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, COOs of travel companies and travel technology vendors; executives at IT departments of travel companies.

 

  

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 16:00-18:30
Drinks and Hors D’Oeuvres will be served
Cost: Free

Moderator

  • Graham McKenzie
    Managing Director, TravelMole, The Online Community for the Travel and Tourism Industry

To debate these hot topics we invited the leading figures from the mobile technology, travel & hospitality industries. Confirmed speakers include:

  • Tim Russell
    CEO,     Amadeus
  • Tony Grubb
    Founder & CEO,     Steely Eye
  • John Lambe
    CTO, OpenJaw Technologies
  • Bobby Healy
    CTO, CarTrawler
  • Ole Bo Larsen
    Customer Value Designer, conTgo
Agenda

16:00 - 16:30   Registration and Networking
16:30 - 17:30   Panel Discussion and Q&A
17:30 - 18:30   Networking

 

The previous session, held on February 24th, discussed the fate of the traditional travel agent in the face of emerging technologies.

The panel, organized in concert with TravelMole, The Online Community for the Travel and Tourism Industry, discussed what traditional travel agents needed to achieve to stay competitive in the face of new technologies. Graham McKenzie, Managing Director of TravelMole, lead the discussion on how online booking capabilities have allowed travelers to select, book and pay for the most complex itineraries without ever referring to an agent, causing a paradigm shift in the industry.

Previous panels featured candid discussion between leading travel and mobile industry leaders, including:
Jerome Touze Co-Founder and Co-CEO, WAYN - Where Are You Now?, Ltd - a lifestyle and travel social network; Lynda Bott Director, Hyatt.com; Paul Richer Senior Partner, Genesys, The Travel Technology Consultancy; Peter Atalla Founder, Navmii; Roy Graff Director - New Business Development, Expedia; Bobby Healy; CTO, CarTrawler; Greg Abbott SVP, DataArt; Stuart Ellis Director of FIT Sales, GTA Travel; David Speakman Founder, Travel Counsellors; John McEwan Chairman, ABTA; CEO, Advantage Travel Agents.

To access the video and photos from the event, click here.