Center Stage At The PhoCusWright Conference
THE PERFECT STORM: SEARCH, SHOP, BUY
Wednesday–Thursday, November 19–20, 2008
(Ticket includes Tuesday's Events)
Renaissance Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood, CA United States
PhoCusWright’s signature event will again attract the most qualified audience of high-
profile travel experts from all over the world, including decision-makers and C-level executives, under one roof. Like no other event in the travel industry, the Center Stage at The PhoCusWright Conference offers a highly interactive environment that facilitates networking and relationship building.
Visionary leaders form the centerpiece of this event. A premium is placed on honesty here. No spin. No faking it. Just honest answers to hard questions posed by PhoCusWright’s analysts, live and unscripted.
Attendees come from around the industry and around the world, comprising the most savvy, connected and demanding audience to be found at any travel industry event. They continuously praise the program content, speaker roster and professional organization of the event, convinced that The PhoCusWright Conference is a one-of-a-kind experience that is not to be missed.
PhoCusWright analysts run the show on the Center Stage like a live research project. They know the people and understand the issues like no one else. Our travel industry expertise and interviewing skills are leveraged to uncover truths, probe for clarity and reject sales pitches. We respect your time with superior production value, professional event operations, excellent meals, and above all, networking opportunities with unique access to travel, tourism and hospitality industry leaders. The audience is encouraged to question the speakers—challenging them and providing their own insights.
Industry leaders will discuss:
- Growth strategies in a dynamic distribution marketplace.
- Getting things right in the world's largest industry…an industry simultaneously laden with uncanny upside while fraught with historic hurdles, unconventional competition and new rules.
- Engaging tomorrow's customers while sustaining relationships with today's customers.
- Mastering the mix of the many things at play inside the executive suite—the things that keep you awake at 3:00 a.m.
THE PERFECT STORM: SEARCH, SHOP, BUY
The global travel marketplace is undergoing momentous change not seen since the first online travel wave. We’ve witnessed a series of technologies and trends that have created unprecedented opportunities even as they demand ingenuity, innovation and a willingness to question long-held business assumptions.
Enhanced consumer tools and an explosion of new types of travel sites have caused a parallel transformation. We now have new ways of searching, shopping and buying, and each of these processes has fueled new entrants and monetization strategies. The transaction itself is no longer the whole story, as innovation in search and shopping tools have made these once-minimized parts of the process much more influential.
Center Stage at this year’s PhoCusWright Conference will put the travel industry’s Perfect Storm on the radar, shining a Hollywood-sized spotlight on three dynamic forces—search, shop, buy— that are uniquely combining to impact our industry in unprecedented ways. From CPA fronts and the rising winds of metasearch to the ground-level impact being felt by travel players throughout the industry-wide warning area, attendees will come away with insight into how their business can weather—or fuel—The Perfect Storm.
Attendees rely on PhoCusWright to cut through the hype and help them to foresee those market forces that will be game changing.
Your registration includes Tuesday’s Workshops, Network Exchange (ability to participate) and gala reception, in addition to Wednesday and Thursday’s Center Stage program, events and exhibitor showcase. A four-day ticket which encompasses all events happening Monday through Thursday is also available for purchase (see the schedule below).
Register now for The Travel Industry Event of The Year.
The PhoCusWright Conference Schedule
The PhoCusWright Conference encompasses two events in four days. There are ticket packages available to attend either The Travel Innovation Summit, the Center Stage, or both.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
The Travel Innovation Summit at The PhoCusWright Conference
New Ideas. New Products. New Companies.
Interested in applying for a presenter slot? More information >>
The Travel Innovation Summit ticket package also includes Tuesday's Network Exchange and Workshops.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
Network Exchange
A big hit in 2007!
Participation in Tuesday's Network Exchange is included in all ticket packages.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
Workshops
Participation in Tuesday's Workshops is included in all ticket packages.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
The PhoCusWright Bloggers Summit
WEDNESDAY–THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19–20, 2008
Center Stage at The PhoCusWright Conference
The Perfect Storm: Search, Shop, Buy
The Center Stage ticket package also includes Tuesday's Network Exchange and Workshops.
Don’t miss out—our audience represents a dream demographic for your brand. Several sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are available for each event. Contact Cathy Plummer at +1 860 350-4084 x260 or via email.
