Agenda
09.00am Registration & refreshments
09.30am Welcome
Simon Ferguson, Chief Executive – TWgroup
Conference Moderator’s Outline
Lee Hayhurst, Editor - Travolution
09.40am Economic and political update
A review of the current economic and political state of the country, with
expert opinions on how these will develop in 2010 and how this might
impact on consumer markets, especially travel.
Rt Hon Michael Portillo
Jonathan Banks, European Business Insight Director - Nielsen
Dennis Turner, Chief Economist - HSBC
Session Chairman: Richard Carrick, Consultant – Wyndham Worldwide
10.30am Face to Face with Matt Brittin
Matt Brittin, Managing Director UK & Ireland Operations -Google will be
in conversation with Simon Ferguson, Chief Executive - TWgroup
11.00am Refreshments sponsored by puregenie
11.30am Innovations
“There’s nothing new about innovation”. Well, that’s true – our whole
industry has grown enormously on innovative ideas, products and markets
But what is “new” is that innovation is coming to us faster than ever. So,
what’s hot and what’s not – especially in most innovative sector,
technology. We look at this with a distinguished group of innovative
leaders.
Steve Ricketts, Head Of Third Party Services - Orange
Richard Titus, Chief Executive Officer - Associated Northcliffe Digital
Session Chairman: Tim Russell, Manging Director - Amadeus UK/Ireland
12.15pm Digital media & the travel industry’s viewpoint
Digital media now plays a very important part in a wide range of
businesses, especially the travel sector. Three key people in our industry
talk about what it means to them and how it is helping to drive their
communications with their customers, and how it is improving their
business as a whole.
Henrik Kjellberg, President – Expedia Affiliate Network
Simon Nixon, Founder, simonseeks.com and moneysupermarket.com
Katie Stitson, UK Marketing Manager - easyJet
Session Chairman: Giles Longhurst, Director – Frommer’s Unlimited
1.00pm Lunch
2.15pm Question Time @ The Summit
So what does our audience see as the key issues facing our business
today, and what are the views of our key guests on these issues? We
will talk not just to the Summit audience but also a virtual audience,
speaking to us via blogs, emails, tweets, and putting those views to our
guest speakers for their expert comment.
Francesca Ecsery, Global Sales Director - Cheapflights Media
John McEwan, Chief Executive – Advantage Travel Centres
Alun Williams, E-Commerce Director - TUI
Session Chairman: Lucy Huxley, Group Editor - TWgroup
2.45pm Investing in the future
We talk to major companies whose continuing investment in the
major products they offer may be significantly challenged in these
economic times. Can investment continue? What are the challenges
that it brings to their trading and on a short term basis what control do
they have on that trading.
Simon Vincent, President Europe – Hilton Worldwide
Hugh Wood, VP and MD - Disney Destinations International
Session Chairman: Lee Hayhurst, Editor - Travolution
3.15pm Refreshments & Smoothie Bar sponsored by iCrossing
3.45pm Winning and pushing forward
Despite the difficult economic climate, many companies are trading
successfully and are continuing to push through these difficult times. We
will hear from three eminent travel industry leaders about what steps they
have taken to ensure that their businesses and customers maintain this
level of success and succeed in the future.
Chris Loughlin, Executive Vice President, Europe – Travelzoo
Lawrence Hunt, Director - Lowcost Travel Group
Madeleine Wood, Chief Client Officer - iCrossing UK
Session Chairman: Lee Hayhurst, Editor - Travolution
4.30pm The non-travel viewpoint
In this final session the chief executives of two of the country's leading retail businesses
will be sharing their views on how the retail sector, in general, is performing at present
and on the key issues facing the broader consumer markets over the coming
12-18 months'
Michael Ward, Managing Director - Harrods
Tim Steiner, Chief Executive Officer - Ocado
Session Chairman: Simon Ferguson, Chief Executive - TWgroup
5.30pm Round up & Final thanks
Drinks Reception sponsored by Microsoft Advertising
The Agenda is subject to change. The organiser reserves the right for changes to the Agenda without notice
