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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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| RAM BADRINATHAN, Senior Director, Research, PhoCusWright
As senior director, research, Ram’s focus is on PhoCusWright’s custom research projects as well as being focused on the rapidly changing travel distribution markets across Asia Pacific in conjunction with the team of analysts based in India, China and Japan. Ram will also be developing regular market updates on key markets (e.g. New Zealand, China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore) in 2008 in addition to India. He has authored several PhoCusWright reports; has participated in strategic consulting engagements for global travel management companies, GDS market leaders and transaction services companies in Europe, North America and Asia; and has moderated the APAC panel at The PhoCusWright Conference for three years. Well-known publications often quote Ram (including The Wall Street Journal, Straits Times Singapore, and Time) and he is frequently invited to address audiences at travel industry conferences. Ram holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Surat, India and an MBA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. |
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