Featured Speakers

michael_peschardt_small.jpg MICHAEL PESCHARDT, TV Presenter and Host, BBC World
Michael Peschardt is now the BBC's leading international interviewer. His programme, Peschardt's People' is broadcast to more than two hundred countries and has become a centrepiece of the BBC World News Television schedule. (More)
darrenwright_small.jpg DARREN WRIGHT, General Manager Australia, AirAsia X
Darrren Wright joined the airline back in 2007 when it started its first flight into the Gold Coast. Darren was previously the Marketing Manager of Virgin Blue for four years and before that, was six years in the marketing team at Flight Centre. (Podcast) (More)
romain_roulleau_small.jpg ROMAIN ROULLEAU, Senior VP E-commerce, Accor Worldwide
Romain Roulleau has  joined the Hotel Distribution Division as Senior VP e-Commerce in charge of the development of Accor hotels direct sales on the web. Romain is responsible for the development of the accorhotels.com portal and with his team will continue to bring the necessary support to the Marketing teams to develop the various brand sites. (More)
roshan_mendis_small.jpg ROSHAN MENDIS, 
President of Zuji and Regional Vice President of Travelocity Asia Pacific
Based in Singapore, Roshan Mendis leads Travelocity in Asia Pacific, and is responsible for leading the business focus, development and future growth strategies for all Travelocity brands in Asia Pacific including Travelocity, ZUJI and Nextour. Roshan has more than 10 years experience with Sabre and Travelocity. Prior to joining the Executive Team at ZUJI in 2006, in the role of Director, Supplier Relationships and Partnerships, Roshan worked for ZUJI's parent company Travelocity.(More)

"I am definitely up for creating a presentation that inspire people and get them thinking. I may do the Matrix Revisted or think of something totally new and work it into a compelling story that everyone can relate to."

Jim Donnelly
DON BIRCH, Travel Industry Leader

After almost four decades in Asia travel and four global recessions, not to mention terrorism, Don Birch thought he had seen it all, but this mother of all economic events seems set to try our resolve. This said, travel, especially in Asia is incredibly resilient and it is going to surprise us yet.

Don's experience includes airlines, hotels, telecommunications, travel agents and most recently GDS distribution as CEO of Abacus International. But he still has problems delivering a decent second tennis serve. Can anybody help?
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