The Travel Industry Event of the Year
2009 Center Stage Speakers
2009 Travel Innovation Summit Demonstrators
2009 CENTER STAGE SPEAKERS
John Boris
Managing Director, Lonely Planet Americas and Executive Vice President, Lonely Planet
Jeffery H. Boyd
President and CEO, Priceline.com Inc.
Gregg Brockway
Co-Founder and President, TripIt
Kerry J. Cannon
Founder and CEO, interactive MOBILE @dvertising LLC
Brian Clark
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Fly.com (a Travelzoo company)
Chris Cuddy
CEO, Cheapflights Ltd.
Vispi Daver
Partner, Sierra Ventures
James K. Davidson
President and CEO, Farelogix Inc.
Robert B. Diener
President, Getaroom
Robert Flynn
Global Travel Publisher and Vice President, Frommer's
Mike Fridgen
Director, Product Management, Bing Travel (a Microsoft company)
Brad Gerstner
Founder and CEO, Altimeter Capital
Steve Hafner
Co-Founder and CEO, Kayak.com
Barney Harford
President and CEO, Orbitz Worldwide Inc.
Jim Hornthal
Chairman, Triporati Inc.
David V. Jones
President and CEO, Amadeus IT Group S.A.
Hugh Jones
President and CEO, Travelocity Global
Stephen Kaufer
President and CEO, TripAdvisor
Dara Khosrowshahi
President and CEO, Expedia Inc.
Gary Loveman
Chairman, President and CEO, Harrah's Entertainment Inc.
Mark S. Mahaney
Director, Internet Research, Citigroup Investment Research
Matthew McIlwain
Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group LLC
Robert E. Michalik
Managing Director, Kinderhook Industries LLC
Pablo O'Brien
General Manager, Yahoo! Travel
Suzie Reider
Head of Advertising, YouTube LLC
Tom Romary
Co-Founder and CEO, Yapta Inc.
Marc Ruff
Co-Founder and CEO, TVtrip Inc.
Mark Schroeder
CEO, Home&Abroad
Steve Singh
Chairman and CEO, Concur Technologies Inc.
Rob Torres
Managing Director, Travel, Google Inc.
Patrick Younge
President and General Manager, Travel Channel Media
2009 TALKBACKERS
Tom P. Botts
Managing Partner, Hudson Crossing LLC
Christine Brosnahan
Vice President, Distribution and Reservation Services, Carlson Hotels Worldwide
Rod Cuthbert
Founder and Chairman, Viator Inc.
Tony D'Astolfo
Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Rearden Commerce Inc.
Trip Davis
Co-Founder and Chairman, TRX Inc.
Adam Healey
Co-Founder and CEO, hotelicopter
Christopher Lopinto
Co-Founder and President, ExpertFlyer.com
Flo M. Lugli
Executive Vice President, Marketing, Wyndham Hotel Group
Armin Meier
Chief Commercial Officer, Travelport Inc.
Feargal Mooney
CEO, Web Reservations International
Brian Silver
President and CEO, Travel Ad Network
Béatrice Tarka
Co-Founder and CEO, Mobissimo Inc.
2009 TRAVEL INNOVATION SUMMIT DEMONSTRATORS