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September 16-17, The Westin, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Register
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July 3
Through Mobile
Understand how mobile will impact how your Over 20 Top Industry Speakers
customers research, buy and experience their travel from Leading Travel Brands
• FIND MORE CUSTOMERS: US mobile internet users are increasing
rapidly. Latest data shows a growth rates of 61.5%. Make sure you
can communicate and sell via mobile and you will gain market share.
Gareth Morgan,
• STAY AHEAD OF YOUR COMPETITION: The travel industry is at last Director of Product Management, Chris La Rose, Director Website Strategy
InterContinental Hotels Group & Testing, Hilton Hotels Corporation
seeing ROI on mobile initiatives. Every major travel organization from
airlines to hotels to intermediaries are experimenting. Start making
plans or you will be left behind.
SPONSORS
Sameer Poonja, Vice President, Online Ken Bostock, MD Airport Strategy and
Distribution & E-Commerce, Continuous Improvement,
Kiwi Collection Inc. United Airlines
DAY 1 DAY 2
Networking Cocktail Party 5-7pm at the close of day one
Keeping Your
MORNING
Social Media Mobile for Search, A Holistic Approach to Where does Mobile Fit
Marketing and Independant Hotels
Marketing and into Distribution
Pricing Distribution
AFTERNOON
AFTERNOON
Analysis
Trip Planning Tools Merchandising
Alternative Lodging Find, Train and Retain Through
Mobile Content Options Revenue Managers
Forecasting that Sells the Mobile Channel
Airlines: GDSs and
Ancillary Revenue Travel Products that New Technology for
Sell via Mobile Travel Distribution
The Case Studies Bill Bernahl, VP ecommerce, Hyatt Deanne Dale, VP, Sales and Account
Management, Travelocity Business
Gareth Morgan, Director of Product
Mobile Travel Distribution in Hilton
Management, Intercontinental Hotels Group Mike Daly, Vice President, Travel Services,
“Hilton would like to make mobile into a fully
Rearden Commerce
fledged distribution channel similar to GDS, Sameer Poonja, Vice President Online
web or hotel direct with the ability to engage Distribution & E-Commerce, Kiwi
in all property experiences both in service and Collection Inc. Networking Drinks Reception
commerce…”. How far have Hilton come and Chris La Rose, Director Website Strategy
what have been their biggest challenges and & Testing, Hilton Hotels Corporation
successes?
How is Kiwi Collection Inc. using mobile
technology? Lunch Find out more about
• Why do we need to develop our mobile mobile in travel
service? US$60,000 of original research
How Can You Use Mobile Across The
• What are the key indicators that now is the available to you for free!
time to invest? Travel Buying Process?
• How shall we measure ROI? Mobile for Search, Marketing and Analysis The initial research for this event has been
• Mobile SEO - How do you ensure your compiled into a series of reports looking
• Why will investing in mobile make us richer? at how the travel industry, the mobile
products are found on mobile devices?
Sameer Poonja, Vice President, industry, and the mobile travel consumer is
• Mobile analytics- what tools do you need
Online Distribution & E-Commerce, developing.
to make sure your mobile page is found?
Kiwi Collection Inc.
• Where do you advertise? The first 2 reports are available for free
Mobile Applications For Trip Planning • How important are portals for travel from the Eyefor Travel Research website.
marketing? You need to become an advanced
And How Can The Industry Make
member (which is free till October) to
Money From This? Tom O’Neil, Account Executive, Google access the reports. Go to
• How can mobile let you sell and interact with www.eyefortravelresearch.com
your customer throughout the trip? Jeff Plaisted, National Sales Manager,
for more information.
Microsoft Mobile Advertising,
• What type of customer spend can a mobile Microsoft Corporation
application produce? More mobile reports in mobile in travel are
being produced right now. Check out the
• Is mobile always going to be application advanced members zone for details.
based?
Greg Brockway, CEO, Tripit
For More Information Call Sinead on +44 (0) 207 375 7228 (UK)
How Can You Sell Through This Channel?
Day Two: At time of printing the Speaker for this How to Grow and Maintain Your
session still needed to be confirmed. Ancillary and Merchandising Revenue
September 17, 9.30am – 5pm Please check the website agenda.
Through the Mobile Channel
• How do you make sure switching to a
Mobile Transactions: The Travel Networking Lunch new channel does not erode your ancillary
Industry Invests When It Sees earnings?
Clear ROI The Holistic Approach • At last you can keep in touch with your
Nothing shows ROI better than payments customer for the whole of the travel
• Will the success and so too, the focus on How Do You Deliver a Consistent experience… now how are you going to
mobile micropayments slow down the rate Message Across all Your Channels, make money from this?
at which the industry adopts mobile? Maximize Sales and Cut Costs? • How should mobile be used to keep in
• What makes people buy through mobile • Practical advice on measuring your touch with your customer throughout the
–device product or payment partner? performance across all distribution channels travel experience?
• What are the risk implications for the and ensuring all parts of your marketing • Tours, translations, sim cards…what
merchant behind taking mobile payments? campaign are delivering a return on products can mobile help you sell?
investment • How big could this revenue stream be?
Fraser Campbell, CEO, Wcities
• How do you avoid commoditization,
Speaker to be confirmed
differentiate your products and brands,
identify your strengths and selling points, Ken Bostock, Managing Director, Airport
Mobile CRM – Until Now, SMS and Strategy and Continuous Improvement,
and then translate this uniqueness into all
Mobile Have Been Great Tools to Keep United Airlines
your marketing messages?
Customers Informed About Delays,
• How can travel content converge to provide
Changes and Problems…How Will a better service to consumers? Mobile Costs – the Internet Drove
Mobile CRM Develop?
• The demographic of online travellers is Down Distribution Costs and Changed
• How can mobile maintain your customers becoming increasingly diverse. How can the Role of the Agent Forever
and keep them happy? you ensure your web marketing engages all • Will mobile have a similar industry-evolving
• Can mobile help you make high profit potential customers? effect?
customers happier? • Get a complete view into self-service • Will investing in mobile now reduce your
• How do you balance annoying reminders to functionality and enhanced customer service distribution costs, or is it simply the case
your mobile to being incredible CRM and delivery across all self-service channels: that this is the best way to reach your
merchandizing tools Mobile, Kiosk & Web customer?
Jared Miller, Sr. Director, Customer Self- • How can individual technologies come • What are the best ways of integrating your
Service, Continental Airlines together to improve your business? mobile initiatives into your systems?
• Is online advertising failing? Does today’s • How fast will the mobile channel grow?
Koen Bavinck, Sales Manager, Sound of Data customer respond to advertising or will
social media replace traditional marketing? April Bridgeman, Senior Vice President,
Expert questions by: Kristen Manion,
BCD Travel
Director, Direct Marketing and CRM, • Standardization: Which tools will help you
Delta Airlines overcome obstacles currently inhibiting the End of Conference
aggregation of content, and streamline the
Coffee break transaction process?
Paula Twidale, EVP, Collette Vacations FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
MOBILE AND TRAVEL
What are the best ways to integrate Doug Miller, VP Global Media, Expedia
Eyefortravel are leading the way in
your mobile initiatives into your Jan Wood, Travel Industry Consultant researching the dynamic use of mobile in
existing marketing CRM and Business Consultant, Teradata Corporation travel marketing, transactions and CRM.
transaction systems? Throughout 2009 we will be investing over
Sharon McAuliffe, Sr. Director E-Commerce,
Fantastic mobile applications are being US$70,000 producing original reports and
Aston Hotels & Resorts insight. Most of the reports are free if you
invented all the time. As an industry, it’s
probable we don’t yet know which ones will (This session is being held as part of the are from the industry and they have already
be the killer app! However, we do know what Travel Distribution Summit) been read by thousands of Key decision
the killer expense is. It will be the integration makers in the world of online travel.
of this technology into our existing network To access the reports go to
infrastructure www.eyefortravelresearch.com/
• What IT issues must you consider in user/registration
terms of the technical delivery of mobile
applications?
• How easily can mobile work with your
existing device platforms?
• How do you ensure cost effective
deployment of innovative new applications?
• How much will effective mobile deployment
cost you?
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