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Conference:
Day 1
27 July 2010, 8:30am-5:30pm
Day 2
28 July 2010, 8:30am-5:30pm
Day 3
29 July 2010, 8:30am-5:30pm
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Mr Timothy Hughes,
Vice President Commercial, Hotel Services Asia Pacific HotelClub, Orbitz Worldwide Timothy Hughes is Vice President Commercial at Orbitz Worldwide and HotelClub - one of the worlds largest online travel companies. In this role he is responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars of online hotel sales in more than a dozen languages. He has led acquisitions in online travel that have exceeded purchase cases by 30% or more. He is also the editor and publisher of one of the top online travel industry blogs (the BOOT: the Business Of Online Travel), writer at the Travel Tech and Online Industry blog Tnooz and regular presenter on industry trends and analysis. Tim is a former lawyer and venture capitalist. As a venture capitalist and consultant he helped a number of start-ups (inside and outside travel) secure funding and held regular client briefing sessions for a brokerage house. When practising as a lawyer he represented technology, new media, Internet, telecommunications and broadcasting clients in Australia, Europe and Hong Kong. He first joined the online travel industry in 1999 and has worked for top tier online travel companies in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Tim has a Bachelor of Commerce and Hons Law Degree from the Australian National UniversityAppearing: Day Three Thursday July 29, 2010 - Travel Technology & Distribution 14.35 The role of airlines and distributors in the “inspiration funnel”
- What are the four phases of online travel?
- How consumers get from an idea to going away and making a booking
- The role of airlines, tourism authorities and OTAs in the inspiration funnel
Mr Timothy Hughes, Vice President Commercial, Hotel Services Asia Pacific,
HotelClub, Orbitz Worldwide 16.40 Panel discussion: Leveraging social media to create customer interaction and brand awareness
- Making better use of existing channels vs investing resources in newer distribution avenues
- How well do suppliers understand the value proposition of social media?
- Brand management through social media
- Integrating User Generated Content into the booking path
Moderator: Shashank Nigam, Chief Executive Officer, SimplyFlying
Timothy Hughes, Vice President Commercial, Hotel Services Asia Pacific, HotelClub, Orbitz Worldwide
Tom Kelshaw, Head of Digital Australia, Maxus
Steve Sherlock, Founder, Oodles.com Mr Timothy Hughes, Vice President Commercial, Hotel Services Asia Pacific,
HotelClub, Orbitz Worldwide Head of Digital Australia,
Maxus Founder & CEO,
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