WASHINGTON, DC - Asosiasi Plancongan AS ngumumake dina iki manawa pejabat kepala eksekutif sing anyar - Barney Harford saka Orbitz Worldwide lan Hugh Jones saka Travelocity - bakal dadi juru warta utama ing TravelCom'09 Asosiasi Perjalanan AS. Acara kasebut bakal dianakake tanggal 31 Maret - 2 April 2009 ing Atlanta, Georgia.
Harford lan Jones bakal katon bebarengan ing CEO Roundtable kanggo ngrembug pembangunan paling anyar ing industri, kalebu fokus global akeh agensi travel online (OTA) lan travel online. Penampilane ing TravelCom bakal dadi salah sawijining keterlibatan umum sing pertama kanggo wong lanang wiwit dijenengi peran kepemimpinan sing anyar.
Kanthi tema, "Transform Your Business: How to Adaptasi and Prosper in the Travel Ecosystem," TravelCom'09 bakal nampilake eksekutif senior saka band sing paling dikenal ing industri perjalanan sing ngrembug babagan cara eCommerce lan saluran distribusi digital nduwe peran sing luwih gedhe ing ekonomi mudhun. Antarane topik sing bakal dibahas yaiku praktik paling anyar babagan program kesetiaan, operasi bisnis lepas pantai, metasearch, kesempatan revenue tambahan, marketing seluler, lan nggayuh lelungan liwat teknologi anyar.
Ditampa kanggo memimpin Orbitz Worldwide tanggal 7 Januari, Harford uga direktur ing dewan Orbitz Worldwide. Sadurunge gabung karo Orbitz ing taun 2007, dheweke sadurunge dadi macem-macem peran karo Expedia, Inc. saka taun 1999-2006, kalebu mlebu perusahaan kasebut mlebu China, Jepang, lan Australia dadi presiden Expedia Asia Pasifik.
Jones, uga diangkat tanggal 7 Januari, ngawasi bisnis ing saindenging jagad, kalebu Travelocity, lastminute.com ing Eropa, lan ZUJI ing Asia Pasifik. Sadurunge, Hugh kerja ing macem-macem posisi ing perusahaan induk Travelocity Global, Saber Holdings, kalebu wakil presiden senior lan kepala pejabat operasi Saber Travel Network lan Solusi Saber Airline.
Speaker liyane sing kalebu:
- Angela Brav, Wakil Presiden Senior, Layanan & Operasi Waralaba
Dhukungan, Grup Hotel InterContinental
— Caroline Beteta, Presiden lan CEO, Perjalanan & Pariwisata California
Komisi lan Ketua Nasional Asosiasi Plancongan AS
— Greg Brockway, Chief Executive Officer, TripIt
- Hugh Crean, General Manager, Live Search Farecast, a Microsoft Company
- Kevin Fliess, CEO & Co-Founder, TravelMuse
- Steve Hafner, CEO lan Co-Founder, Kayak.com
- Henry Harteveldt, Wakil Presiden lan Principal Analyst-Airline/Travel
Riset Industri, Riset Forrester, lan Ketua Co-TravelCom'09
- Kevin Krone, Wakil Presiden Senior, Pemasaran lan Distribusi,
Southwest Airlines
- Cree Lawson, Presiden lan CEO, Travel Ad Network
- Krista Pappas, Kepala Pengembangan Bisnis, Live Search Farecast, a
Perusahaan Microsoft, lan Ketua Co-TravelCom'09
- Christine Petersen, Kepala Pemasaran, TripAdvisor
- Michael Thomas, Ketua, Jaringan Iklan Travel, BookingWiz.com lan Sprice
- Rob Torres, Managing Director, Travel, Google, Inc.
Kanggo informasi luwih lengkap lan kanggo ndhaptar acara kasebut, bukak www.ustravel.org/travelcom.
Asosiasi Plancongan AS minangka organisasi nirlaba nasional sing makili kabeh komponen industri plancongan US $ 740 milyar. Misi US Travel kanggo promosi lan nggampangake lelungan menyang Amerika Serikat. Kanggo informasi luwih lengkap, bukak www.ustravel.org.
APA sing kudu dijupuk saka ARTIKEL INI:
- Harford and Jones will appear together on a CEO Roundtable to discuss the industry’s latest developments, including the growing global focus of online travel agencies (OTA’s) and online travel.
- Prior to joining Orbitz in 2007, he previously served in a variety of roles with Expedia, Inc.
- The US Travel Association is the national, non-profit organization representing all components of the US$740 billion travel industry.
