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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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| ROBERT BAILEY, President & CEO, Abacus International
Robert’s career in travel distribution includes a variety of roles with Galileo International; a Europe based Global Distribution System (GDS) now part of Travelport. Robert was responsible for developing Galileo’s network of National Distribution Companies with airlines worldwide and latterly as Director, Sales and Marketing, Europe. He also spent time in Switzerland as Managing Director of Traviswiss, the market leader in travel distribution owned by Swissair. In 2000, Robert joined SITA a leading global telecommunications and IT services organisation serving the airline, travel and transportation sectors. Whilst at SITA Robert’s roles encompassed Vice President Marketing and Market Development, Vice President Government Sector, Head of Business Planning and Strategy and Head of Sector Business Development. Prior to his appointment to Abacus, Robert was Senior Vice President and Managing Director at ITSMA, a professional services company specialising in technology and services marketing. Robert is a graduate from the University of Cambridge and holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. A British national, Robert has a long-term connection with the Asia Pacific region having spent his childhood in Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, as well as frequently working in Asia as part of his global responsibilities in earlier roles. |
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