Networking Opportunities
Our delegates are some of the most senior decision-makers in the travel industry; Click here to see last year's. PLUS - At the bottom of this page you will find a very small sample of who has already signed up to the summit.
Your networking opportunities are as follows:
Networking Centre
Your Summit Online Networking Centre is open to all Summit Delegates and is the perfect place to arrange meetings with other delegates in order to make best use of your busy day. The Online Networking Centre is open three weeks before the event and stays open for six months after the event in order to enable you to make use of this Summit-focused online community.
Scheduled Networking Opportunities
You will be able to network through-out the 2 day event and in addition there are specific networking opportunities such as:
- 3 coffee breaks per day
- 2 networking lunches
- Pre-registration drinks party (22nd May)
- Networking reception party (23rd May)
Social Events
Pre-Registration Drinks Party (22nd May)
Meet fellow delegates at the Pre-registration Drinks Party where you can arrange your Summit schedule or catch up with old friends. This will be held on Tuesday 22nd May from 5.30pm at the Hilton, next door to the Business Design Centre.
Networking Party (23rd May)
Following the success of last year's Networking Party, we know that you want to network in a social environment at the end of an informative, buzzing day at the world's biggest travel distribution summit.
This year, the networking drinks party will be bigger than ever and you will be able to network with your fellow delegates and forge lasting business relationships. See our list of last year's delegates to confirm that you can't afford to miss meeting them at the Summit.
Network with over 2000 attendees of the Travel Distribution Summit including:
Airline attendees
- Peter Pohlschmidt, Manager E-commerce, Qatar Airways
- Ásmundur Sævarsson, E-commerce Manager Icelandair
- Lawrence Hunt, CEO, Silverjet
- George Henderson, CTO, Silverjet
- Juan Ricardo Castillo, Ventas, Internacionales, Avianca
- Manoj Chacko, General Manager - Sales, Kingfisher Airlines
- Pillar Gonzalez, Senior Vice president for Network Develpoment, Iberia L.A.E
- Amit Agarwal, Managing Director for Network and Revenue Management Systems, Delta Airways
- Manish Dureja, General Manager, Yield and Revenue Management, Jet Airways
- Melissa Skluzacek, Director - Pricing & Revenue Management, Midwest Airlines
- Rick Zeni, Head of Revenue Management, Jet Blue
- Juan Ricardo Castillo, Ventas Internacionales, Avianca
- Chris Amenechi, Sr Director International Distribution Planning & E-Commerce, Continental
- Thomas Brandt, General Manager, Delta.com & Self-Service - International, Delta
- Mark Philipp, Senior Manager Online Sales & E-Commerce, Germanwings GmbH
- Mauro Beretta, Director of CRM and Web Projects, Alitalia
- Neil Simpkin, Digital Marketing Manger, Flybe
- Iain Webster, Senior Manager, Customer Loyalty, Qatar Airways
- Jim McMahon, former Head of Revenue Management, Ryanair
- Allison Wightman, Head of Marketing Systems, Marketing, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Hotel and accommodation provider attendees
- Freddy Bodin, Director Revenue Management Department, Accor Hotels Worldwide
- Steve Pinchuk, Corp. Director RM, Harrah's
- Nayan Peshkar, Regional Director Revenue Management Europe, Millenium & Copthorne Hotels
- Patrick Wimble, Revenue Development Director, IHG
- Duncan Bramwell, VP Sales & e-commerce, Dorchester Collection
- Juergen Fischer, President Commercial Operations Group, Hilton International
- David Boni, Director of E-commerce, Hilton International
- Miquel Moyà Porcel , Director, Loyalty Programs and Sales Planning, Barceló Hotels & Resorts
- Gavin Hawthorn, Director of Relationship & Multi Brand Marketing, InterContinental Hotels Group
- Sjoerd Unger, Commercial Director, Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts
- Teresa Comparato, Senior Manager Loyalty Marketing, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
- Martine de Geus, VP Marketing & Communications, Dorchester Collection
- Hedwig Wassing, CEO, Euro Relais
- Brian Curran, Director of Marketing, RCI Europe
Other suppliers of travel attendees
- Kara Livingston, Head of & E-Commerce & Customer Management, Eurostar
- John Waddington, Revenue Management Manager, Eurostar
- Daniele Mancini, E-Business Director, Costa Cruises
- David Stratton, Online Sales Manager, Holiday Extras
Tour operator attendees
- Dermot Blastland, MD Mainstream Business, First Choice
- Frank Tietjen, Head of Corporate Development, TUI AG
- Dimitris Hiotis, Senior OR Consultant, TUI UK
- Alan Potts, MD, Leisure Direction Ltd
- Marcel Ellis, Online Marketing Manager, Hoseasons Holidays Ltd.
- Victoria McQuillan, Affiltae Marketing manager, Mytravel
- David Ranby, Internet Marketing Manager, Superbreak Mini Holidays
- Jo Geary, Online Marketing Manager, First Choice Holidays Plc, UK Specialist Division
Online Distributors / Intermediaries / affiliates attendees
- Ian McCaig, CEO, Lastminute.com
- Gil Penchina, CEO, Wikia
- Steve Endacott, CEO, OnHoliday Group
- Mark McCulloch, Head of Brand Development, lastminute.com
- Richard Lewis, Managing Director EMEA, Preferred Hotels Group
- Pete Ward, Founder, WAYN
- Kevin Eyres, MD Europe, SideStep
- Adrian Currie, CFO, Bookings.com
- Isabelle Ratinaud, Head of Marketing, Opodo
- Max Yousaf, Head of Sales EMEA, Octopustravel.com
- Marc Charron, MD Europe, TripAdvisor
- James Keeler, Head of International Marketing, VisitBritain
- Rod Cuthbert, CEO, Viator
- Simon O'Flynn, Commercial Director, lowcosttravelgroup.com
- Hugo Burge, Vice Chairman and Head of International, Cheapflights.co.uk
- Sotiris Damianos, Sales & Marketing Director, Hotelopia
- James Avery, MD, Flightmapping.com
- Chris Brown, MD, Holiday Watchdog
- Michael Edwards, MD, Traffic Junction
- Ed Hall, Director, Clickangel
Technology/marketing/network attendees
- Rod Cuthbert, CEO, Viator
- DanO'Sullivan, Director of Sales EMEA, Translations.com
- David Turnbull, Director & Founder, Yeeld.com
- Wayne Miller, EMEA, Teradata
- Peter Wray, Chairman and Founder, loyaltymatters.com and CM4P
- Senier Executive, Affiliate Window
- Maz Darvish, CEO, Affiliate Futures
- Senior Executive, Prime Q
Independent Analysts and experts attendees
- Henry Harteveldt, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
- Ralph Anker, Lecturer, Researcher and Consultant, Cranfield University (formerly Head of network planning for GO)
- Kalyan Talluri, Professor, ICREA & UPS
- John Strickland, Director, JLS Consulting (formerly route planner for Buzz and KLM)
- Dorothee Vogel, Research Analyst, JupiterResearch
- Paul Richer, Senior Partner, Genesys -The Travel Technology Consultancy
- David Smith, Product Specialist Revenue Accounting, ATPCO