Videos & Presentations

Videos & Presentations for WIT 2008

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
8.45-9.10	Setting The Stage for Transformation
9.10-9.30	Transformation, The Asian Story • Karthik Siva, Chairman, Global Brand Forum Asia is at a critical point of its evolution. Fuelled by the twin markets of China and India, and supported by a robust intra-regional economy, the region is rising to take its place on the world stage. But serious challenges exist even as its businesses and societies adapt to the global marketplace. What are the pitfalls and opportunities ahead as Asia transforms economically, socially and culturally, and how can each of us play our part in this journey? Creator of the Global Brand Forum, Karthik Siva, will bring his unique brand of inspiration to WIT and share his personal perspectives of the Asian story.
9.30-9.50	The Travel Matrix, Revisited Jim Donnelly, Pursuit Group Charlotte, US Two years ago, he spoke at WIT about The Travel Matrix, one in which social networking and communities were disrupting the status quo. This time round, Jim Donnelly, founder of igougo, will share his insights about where the Internet is headed and what are the big ideas out there that could transform the online travel landscape.
9.50-10.00	Meet The Mavericks Question time with Karthik Siva and Jim Donnelly
10.00-10.40	The Asian Consumer: Constant Transformation Moderator: Glenn van Zutphen, founder, VanMedia Get the latest insights into the Asian consumer travelling habits and spending from Visa, which will present the latest findings of a consumer survey specially timed to be revealed at WIT. Also, get some ideas about the business opportunities and how to increase them in the online world. Meranda Chan, Country Manager - Singapore & Brunei, Visa Online Asia: How is the South-east Asian online landscape transforming? How are its online consumers changing? What makes them tick? And what are the peculiarities and idiosyncracies of this online community? No one knows better than one of the major online players in the region. Ken Mandel, Vice President & Managing Director, Yahoo! SEA
10.40-11.10	Break, brought to you by SynXis
11.10-12.00	The Web Landscape, Transformed Introduction: From The Eyes of Wolf – Philip Wolf, President & CEO, PhoCusWright Inc He's kept his sharp, analytical eye over the travel distribution landscape since 1994 when he founded PhoCusWright. Safe to say, no one's more of an authority on the subject than this man. Listen to his story, hear the lessons he's learned and his pick of the best ideas and those yet to come. Philip Wolf will also act as moderator for this session. Online Travel: Mature and transforming all at the same time – an examination of the forces at work in the online travel market and the constant growth of the mature players and the insatiable innovative spirit of the start-ups by one of the industry’s most respected bloggers. Timothy Hughes, Vice President-Commercial, Hotelclub,com; BOOT - The Business Of Online Travel No one knows the Asia Pacific online travel landscape like this man. He’s watched it grow, he’s tracked the trends and he’s analysed the stories behind the trends. In this session, Ram Badrinathan will do a review of the market and share his insights as to why some companies have succeeded while others have failed, and what are the lessons for all of us? Ram Badrinathan, Senior Director, Research, PhoCusWright Inc
12.00-12.30	The WIT Challenge No presentations, no speeches, just challenges and questions. Two moderators will fire a volley of challenges and questions at a panel of experts. Audience interaction encouraged. 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 Ken Mandel, Vice President & Managing Director, Yahoo! SEA Raphael Saw, Head of Commercial, Jetstar Asia Co-challengers: Timothy Hughes, BOOT-The Business Of Online Travel Yeoh Siew Hoon
12.30-14.00	Lunch, brought to you by CNN.com
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 If you could say someone’s been there, seen it and done it, it’s Michael Buckman. Now based in Singapore and overseeing BCD Travel’s expansion in the region, the Texan has worked with American Airlines, Sabre and American Express Travel Related Services. He was also chairman of TRX and CEO of Worldspan before he joined WorldTravel BTI. In this presentation, Buckman will share his story of personal transformation – what has changed, what is the same, the most difficult decisions he’s had to make, the biggest mistakes he’s made and what would be the priorities for starting a 40-year career today. Panel: A panel featuring companies that have transformed and driven change in the sector they’re represented in. What’s ahead in the area of airline marketing as a new airline model emerges, destination marketing and corporate travel management? 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
15.00-15.40	Coming To Grips With Digital Marketing Get insights into search engine marketing from a piece of new, independent research, and walk away with ideas on what are the biggest challenges facing marketers in this new and growing area and how to execute. 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
15.40-16.10	Break
16.10-16.30	Loyalty: The Elusive Dream Endless choices, product commoditization, branding diffusion, price domination, fickle customers - how do you keep your customers loyal and retain them in this challenging landscape? An expert will look at the redefining of customer loyalty and share some ideas on how you can hit that sweet spot. – Stephen Hay, General Manager, ICLP, Hong Kong
16.30-17.10	Turning the Wow into How A panel exploring the new tools for transformation – the use of rich media and mobile technology for brand differentiation and creating different user experiences. 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
17.10-17.25	Pillows & Profits: Transformation in hotel distribution Mike Montemurro, Senior VP - Reservation Services Product Mgt, TravelCLICK
17.25-18.00	The WIT Hospitality Challenge No speeches, no presentations. Just challenges and questions. Two challengers will fire a volley of challenges and questions at this panel of hospitality experts. 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
18.00	Close
18.30	WORLDHOTELS' Abba Mania party The Helipad, #05-22, The Central, Eu Tong Sen Street

Note: Programme correct at time of publication and is subject to change.