WIT 2008: IDEAS, EXECUTION, ACTION 


Day Two | Worldhotels Party |  Attendees

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DAY ONE, OCT 21, 2008
Auditorium, Level 2, Suntec Convention Centre
8.00-8.45 Signing In & Mix & Match, brought to you by Amadeus Asia

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8.45-9.10 Setting The Stage for Transformation

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9.10-9.30 Transformation, The Asian Story

• Karthik Siva, Chairman, Global Brand Forum


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9.30-9.50 The Travel Matrix, Revisited
  • Jim Donnelly, Pursuit Group Charlotte, US

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9.50-10.00 Meet The Mavericks

Question time with Karthik Siva and Jim Donnelly

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10.00-10.40 The Asian Consumer: Constant Transformation

Moderator: Glenn van Zutphen, founder, VanMedia
  • Meranda Chan, Country Manager - Singapore & Brunei, Visa
  • Bennett Porter, Head of Marketing, Yahoo! SEA

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10.40-11.10 Break, brought to you by SynXis
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11.10-12.00 The Web Landscape, Transformed

Introduction: From The Eyes of Wolf
– Philip Wolf, President & CEO, PhoCusWright Inc
  • Timothy Hughes, Vice President-Commercial, Hotelclub,com; BOOT - The Business Of Online Travel
  • Ram Badrinathan, Senior Director, Research, PhoCusWright Inc


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12.00-12.30
 The WIT Challenge

  • Ram Badrinathan, Senior Director, Research, PhoCusWright Inc
  • Brett Henry, Vice President, Agency Marketing, Abacus International
  • Martin Symes, CEO, Wego
  • Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Managing Partner, T2 Impact
  • Raphael Saw, Head of Commercial, Jetstar Asia
Co-challengers:
  • Timothy Hughes, BOOT-The Business Of Online Travel
  • Yeoh Siew Hoon
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12.30-14.00
 Lunch, brought to you by CNN.com
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14.00-15.00




 Businesses Transformed

Introduction/Moderator: Gordon Locke, VP, Airline Marketing and Strategy, Sabre Airline Solutions/Sabre Travel Network

Reflections/Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Hard Knocks In the Travel Business
– Michael Buckman, President, Asia Pacific Region, BCD Travel

Panel:
  • Azran Osman Rani, CEO, AirAsiaX
  • Kenny Boyle, Director-Commercial Operations, Visit Britain  “Commercialising the Destination Model: A case study of a national tourism organisation that has created commercial platforms to generate new and increased revenue streams to support more "traditional" NTO marketing models. How can key partners benefit and what are the gains for customers from this new Visit Britain initiative?”
  • Michael Buckman, President, Asia Pacific Region, BCD Travel, will join the panel


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15.00-15.40
 Coming To Grips With Digital Marketing
  • Robbie Hills, CEO, Asia Pacific, GroupM Search
  • Mark Newton, Vice President-Digital Media, Qais Consulting
  • Vivian Yeung, Managing Director, REAP Interactive
Moderator: David Soo, Managing Director, Spoon Creative

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15.40-16.10 Break
16.10-16.30




 Loyalty: The Elusive Dream

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16.30-17.10 Turning the Wow into How

Panel:
  • Crid Yu, Director of New Media Sales for Asia Pacific/ Latin America, Google
  • Mahmood Kalantar, Director, Mobile Software Sales & Marketing, Nokia
  • David Chambat, Managing Director, TVtrip
  • Charles Reed, CEO, DOCOMO interTouch
Moderator: Timothy O'Neil Dunne, Managing Partner, T2 Impact

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17.10-17.25
 Pillows & Profits: Transformation in hotel distribution
  • Mike Montemurro, Senior VP - Reservation Services Product Mgt, TravelCLICK
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17.25-18.00
 The WIT Hospitality Challenge

Panel:
  • Ian Wilson, General Manager/Regional Vice President Asia, The Fairmont Singapore/Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
  • Jens Thraenhart, President, August Hotels
  • Patrick Andres, Managing Director, SynXis Asia Pacific
  • Oliver Winzer, Regional Director IT Asia, Amadeus Hospitality Business Group
  • Dr Judy Siguaw, Dean, Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management, Singapore
  • Rob Hornman, Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa & Worldwide Sales and Distribution, WORLDHOTELS
  • Shalabh Kayastha, Executive Director, Marketing Services, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International
Co-challengers: Bernadette Dennis, Managing Director, BD Concepts & Yeoh Siew Hoon

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Exhibitors
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18.30
 WORLDHOTELS' Abba Mania party
The Helipad, #05-22, The Central, Eu Tong Sen Street

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