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
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.
The six Five Minutes of Fame slots will be filled by the audience-judged winners of Monday's Travel Innovation Summit event.
CONFIRMED CENTER STAGE SPEAKERS
Jean-Claude Baumgarten
President and CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council
Jeffery H. Boyd
President and CEO, Priceline.com Inc.
William J. Carroll
Senior Lecturer, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University
Jeff Clarke
President and CEO, Travelport Inc.
Rod Cuthbert
Founder and Executive Chairman, Viator Inc.
Tina Fitch
CEO, EzRez Software Inc.
Sophie Forest
Managing Partner, Brightspark Ventures
Jake Fuller
Managing Director, Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
Sam Gilliland
Chairman and CEO, Sabre Holdings Corporation
Bret Gordon
President and CEO, Wandrian Inc.
Steve Hafner
Co-Founder and CEO, Kayak.com
Ricky Heath
Travel and Transportation Industry Head, AT&T
Stephen P. Holmes
Chairman and CEO, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
Scott Howe
Vice President and General Manager, Microsoft Advertiser and Publisher Solutions, Microsoft Corporation
Deep Kalra
Founder and CEO, MakeMyTrip.com Pvt. Ltd. (makemytrip.com)
Stephen Kaufer
President and CEO, TripAdvisor
Dara Khosrowshahi
President and CEO, Expedia Inc.
Mark S. Mahaney
Director, Citigroup Investment Research
Amy McPherson
Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, Marriott International Inc.
Charles J. Petruccelli
President, Global Travel Services, American Express Company
Kenneth Purcell
CEO, iSeatz.com
Pedro Santos
Chief Strategy Officer, E-Commerce, Akamai Technologies Inc.
Dhruv Shringi
Co-Founder and CEO, Yatra Online Pvt. Ltd. (yatra.com)
Tim W. Simonds
Managing Director, Customer Strategy and Metrics, United Air Lines Inc.
Ranjan Singh
Co-Founder and CEO, isango.com
Rob Torres
Managing Director, Travel, Google Inc.
Philip C. Wolf
President and CEO, PhoCusWright Inc.
Patrick Younge
President and General Manager, Travel Channel
CONFIRMED TALKBACKERS
John Arenas
Founder and CEO, Worktopia Inc.
Christine Brosnahan
Vice President, Distribution and Reservation Services, Carlson Hotels Worldwide
Aaron Cooper
Group Vice President, Online Marketing, Orbitz Worldwide Inc.
Chris Cuddy
CEO, Cheapflights
Tony D'Astolfo
Vice President, Travel Services, Rearden Commerce Inc.
James K. Davidson
President and CEO, Farelogix Inc.
Robert Flynn
Global Travel Publisher and Vice President, Frommer's
Gillian Gibson
Group Vice President, Multinational Customer Group, Amadeus IT Group S.A.
Bret Gordon
President and CEO, Wandrian Inc.
Timothy Jarrell
Vice President and Publisher, Fodor's Travel Publications
Cree Lawson
CEO, Travel Ad Network
Michael W. McCormick
Managing Partner, Hudson Crossing LLC
Pablo O'Brien
Director, Product Management, Yahoo! Travel
Del Ross
Vice President, Distribution Marketing, InterContinental Hotels Group Plc
Brian Sharples
Co-Founder and CEO, HomeAway Inc.
Joshua Weiss
Managing Director, delta.com and Self-Service, Delta Air Lines Inc.
Henry Woodman
President, ICE Portal Inc.
Jim Young
Vice President, Marketing, Sales and Distribution, Frontier Airlines Inc.
View the list of innovative companies demonstrating at The Travel Innovation Summit here.
