RICHARD NOON, Chief Executive Officer, Webjet
Richard Noon has worked in many areas of the travel industry, from hotels, airlines, retail and tour wholesaling to airfare consolidation. He has 25 years travel and 10 years internet marketing experience. (More)		 ADRIAN CURRIE, Chief Executive Officer, Agoda
Adrian Currie is the Chairman of Agoda.com, the Asian hotel reservation service acquired by priceline.com in November 2007, and leads the expansion of Booking.com's operations in Australia and New Zealand. (More)
HENRIK KJELLBERG, President Asia Pacific,
Expedia Inc
Henrik Kjellberg leads Expedia Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, Kjellberg is responsible for the Expedia points of sale in the Asia Pacific region, including Expedia.com.au, Expedia.com.jp, hotels.com, Worldwide Travel Exchange (WWTE®) – Expedia’s private label business – and eLong.com, of which Expedia owns 52 percent. (More)		 ROBBIE COOKE, CEO/MD, wotif.com
Robbie Cooke joined Wotif.com in January 2006, initially as the Chief Operating Officer, before taking the reigns as CEO and Managing Director in October 2007 following the retirement of Wotif.com’s Founder, Graeme Wood. Having been instrumental throughout the company’s listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2006 (More)

Customer Reviews : WIT 2007

“The difference between WIT and the rest of the conferences in the industry is that it is evident that the conference organiser has a strong hand in ensuring that the content match between presentation and conference is there. That's good.”

Rita Goh, Wotif
 
 
   
JENS THRAENHART, President, August Hotels

Jens Thraenhart has over 15 years of international hospitality experience which includes hotel and restaurant operations, revenue management, sales & marketing, e-business, strategic planning, and hospitality consulting. He has worked with such companies as Fairmont, Four Seasons, Ian Schrager Hotels, Kempinski and Marriott.

Jens has been instrumental in directing e-marketing and marketing automation programs in the hospitality and tourism industries, most recently with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in heading up E-Commerce as well as Marketing and CRM for Fairmont’s Vacation Ownership and Residences division. Jens is today regarded as a thought-leader by his peers, as he is the founding chair of the HSMAI Travel Internet Marketing Organization and the HSMAI Hotel Internet Marketing Committee.

Thraenhart holds an MBA-accredited Masters of Management in Hospitality from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, and a joint Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the University Center ‘Cesar Ritz’ at Brig, Switzerland. He was recognized as one of the ‘travel industry’s top 100 rising stars’ by Travel Agent Magazine in 2003, and was listed as one of the ‘25 Most Extraordinary Sales and Marketing Minds in Hospitality and Travel’ in 2004 and 2005.