Online and traditional businesses go head to head

Wednesday, 04 Mar, 2003 0

Speakers from amongst the largest online travel businesses and the top vertically integrated travel companies will be presenting their strategies and views on future travel distribution at The Travel Technology Initiative’s Spring conference.

The speakers will also take part in a panel debate on the future of travel distribution. Other questions to be addressed include:

  • How do the distribution strategies of the online travel companies differ from the traditional players?
  • Are online and traditional companies competing for the same customers or are they addressing disparate market segments?
  • Will the new online players go head to head with the old establishment?
  • Speakers presenting at the conference are:
     Mark Bradbury, Director & Principal Consultant, RWA Ltd
     Mark Jones, CEO, Online Travel Corporation
     John McEwan, Retail Director, TUI UK
     David Burdon, Sales & Marketing Director, Cosmosair plc
     Andrew Windsor, Global Head of Sales and Marketing, lastminute.com
     John Riley, General Manager — Unijet and Group Long Haul, First Choice
     David Scowsill, CEO, Opodo

    The conference is on Tuesday 8 April at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, central London (behind the Savoy Hotel). It is free to TTI members, £75 for ABTA/AITO/CIMTIG/ETOA members and £195 for others.

    To register, contact: [email protected]. Please mention you read this information on TravelMole.



     



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