2008 Report
China Travel Distribution Summit hosted by TravelDaily is now regarded as the most prestigious event for China’s travel industry. This event is set to be the impeccable opportunity to develop your China entry strategy. 350 senior travel executives from Ctrip, eLong, Mangocity, Expedia, Google, PayPal, Rakuten.[More]
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Innovation to combat challenging times is the underlying theme to the 2009 China Travel Innovation Summit. TravelDaily was taking a refreshing look at travel distribution business from the perspective of distribution leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.[More]
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See our delegates list for 2008 China Travel Distribution Summit
Quite simply China’s top global travel distribution executives from the following key sectors:
Tour Operators
Airlines (low cost and major)
Hotels
Travel Agencies
Social Media Companies
Search Engines
Online Agencies
GDSs
They are responsible for:
Marketing
Sales
Technology
Revenue Management
Pricing
Distribution
Attendee Demographics:
Number of attendees expected: 400.
We anticipate that 70% of delegates will be from mainland China and 30% from overseas(Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, US, UK, and other European countries)who are looking to do business or invest in China.
Roles and companies:
Attendees and speakers will be senior sales, marketing, distribution, pricing , revenue management, IT and e-commerce executives from all sectors of the industry including hotels, airlines, tour operators, social media companies, search engines, car hire companies, tourist boards, online agencies, consolidators and attractions. Most of them will be senior executive level, like CEO, COO, CTO, Marketing or Distribution director or business owner.
1. Before the event.Europ Assistance is a leading French assistance company in the world. Europ Assistance China provides clients with an all-round European standard assistance service, including travel, automotive, health, and home & family assistance.
Via is the largest technology based travel services company in India and was established in 2006. In a single year of its existence, Via has silently revolutionized the travel domain in India and brought in value added changes that benefit the customer and the business channels. Via is today the topmost travel company in India with a turnover of US$400- Million plus and a growing network of 20000+ agents spread across India. Via is committed to consistently innovate, improve and deliver the highest possible standard of Business Partnership so as to provide a profitable return on investment and growth in market share.
AAmadeus is the chosen technology partner for providers, sellers, and buyers of travel. The company provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers, travel sellers and travel buyers. Solutions are grouped in four solution categories – Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consulting.
The company is majority owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. More information about Amadeus is available at:http://www.amadeus.com
International Payment Solutions Limited (iPS), was founded in 2000. As one of the pioneers in the third-party payment industry in China, iPS has continuously honed its knowledge of and conducted in-depth research into controlling risks, delivering effective and efficient products and services and extending its business to offline payments.
iPS is headquartered in Shanghai. The company has several other office locations, including Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen.
As one of the top 20 hospitality groups and the largest private-owned hospitality group in China, New Century Hotels & Resorts manages five-star hotel brand “New Century Grand” and four-star “New Century hotel” .We have nearly 30 hotels in operation, which are located in key commercial and tourist cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Qiandao Lake, Lishui, Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Chengdu etc. with more than 9,000 rooms. Our goal is to provide guests with the service in a perfect combination of oriental culture and international standard, which is reflected in the individualized service, most-advanced facilities and traditional-featured environment.
Shenzhen JL-Tour, the largest hotel wholesaler in Southern China, specializes in providing hotel consultation and reservation for tourism-related businesses in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macau. The Company has a subsidiary, BESTMEETING which provides planning and reception for multinational corporations and exhibitors.
Kuxun (www.kuxun.cn) is China’s leading travel search engine. The company was founded in 2006 by starting the train tickets search service. Now Kuxun’s services allow users to compare flight, hotel, train ticket and vacation price and it also operates the SNS community titled “Travel Together”. Kuxun is headquartered in Beijing and now is a subsidiary of the world’s largest online travel service and travel community group –Expedia/TripAdvisor.
As the first company to issue the e-ticket in China, Yiqifei.com has dedicated to developing electronic business travel for Chinese consumers. Yiqifei.com won the best award for the “Simplifying the Business” accredited by International Air Transport Association (IATA). We were also accredited as a “famous brand” by the region and won the title of Annual Electronic Business Specialist in 2008. We provide the discounted fare departing from more than 100 cities in China to nearly 2000 destinations in 168 countries worldwide. We stick to the concept of “making a good memory for customers by providing a happy journey to them”. We believe that you can fly so long as you have a dream!
As a advanced travel search engine in China, oyesgo.com is focusing on integrating information from travel supply chain to build up an information sharing platform. Oyesgo.com is dedicated to provide price and service comparison information, which gives users the shortest searching time, the lowest desired product price, and the best travel experience.
Expedia, Inc. is parent company to some of the world’s leading travel companies, providing travel products and services to leisure and corporate travelers around the world. We own and operate a diversified portfolio of well-recognized brands — including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, TripAdvisor, Egencia, Classic Vacations®. Together, these popular brands and innovative businesses make Expedia, Inc. the largest online travel agency in the world. We are on a mission to become the largest and most profitable seller of travel in the world, by helping everyone everywhere plan and purchase everything in travel.
AsiaPay, a leading epayment service, solution and technology house in Asia, provides a comprehensive suite of latest secure, scalable, function-rich real-time payment processing capabilities of worldwide credit card/debit cards for banks, corporates, SMEs, and charity organizations.
Netconcepts is an SEO consulting and technology company specializing in helping our clients have search engine optimal web sites and applications. We provide expert advice and services in all aspects of natural search marketing and ebusiness. We’ve been helping companies and organizations exploit communication and business opportunities online since 1995. The company’s expertise has been driven by website development services, with particular strengths in search engine optimized ecommerce websites. Our commitment has always been to offering our clients innovative solutions and informed advice about making the most of current best practices for natural search.
ChinaPnR was established in July 2006, with headquarter in Shanghai and branch offices in Beijing and Shenzhen. With the mission to be the financial level E-payment expert, ChinaPnR provides fast and precisely customized payment solutions to clients in the airline, digital entertainment, fund trading industry, etc. ChinaPnR was awarded the “Best E-payment platform” in 2007 and 2008 respectively. ChinaPnR is now the largest E-payment company serving the airline industry.
Interested to sponsor?
Who have attended in 2008?
2008 sponsors list
See our delegates list for 2008 China Travel Distribution Summit
Quite simply China’s top global travel distribution executives from the following key sectors:
Tour Operators
Airlines (low cost and major)
Hotels
Travel Agencies
Social Media Companies
Search Engines
Online Agencies
GDSs
They are responsible for:
Marketing
Sales
Technology
Revenue Management
Pricing
Distribution
Attendee Demographics:
Number of attendees expected: 400.
We anticipate that 70% of delegates will be from mainland China and 30% from overseas(Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, US, UK, and other European countries)who are looking to do business or invest in China.
Roles and companies:
Attendees and speakers will be senior sales, marketing, distribution, pricing , revenue management, IT and e-commerce executives from all sectors of the industry including hotels, airlines, tour operators, social media companies, search engines, car hire companies, tourist boards, online agencies, consolidators and attractions. Most of them will be senior executive level, like CEO, COO, CTO, Marketing or Distribution director or business owner.
1. Before the event.
- Sign up in time and your company will be branded on all event marketing material – event homepage, promotional brochure, newsletter/email marketing.
- The senior executives from the major sponsors will be interviewed by TravelDaily and the feature will be published through TravelDaily and media partners.
- Major sponsors will be given access to the attendee list 2 weeks before the event.
- Speaking - The only people speaking at this event will be senior travel executives and the major sponsors. You will be speaking directly to your potential leads. As a gold level sponsor you will be able to give a standalone presentation or as a silver sponsor you will be able to be involved in a panel session.
- Exhibiting - This is not the place for a huge booth and plenty of people. Only a very limited number of booths will be allowed where the coffee and networking parties will take place.
- Branding - You will be branded on all signage and promotional material for the event as a sponsor.
- The database – In the process of putting this event together we have created a substantial database of people that not only attended the event but were also interested in attending. They could all be good leads for you. Major sponsors will have access to this contact database for 3 contacts – mailing address, email address and phone numbers (where data is available.) This data will be seeded and may not be sold or passed onto a 3rd party.
- The website – Traveldaily.cn attracts over 300,000 unique visitors per month. This is a great way to find more customers. Major sponsors will have 2 weeks of free banner adverts (to be taken in one year), as well as 1 advertorial – when it is time for you to make a release let us know and we will use the site to get the story read. A normal news story on Traveldaily.cn is downloaded and read between 500 and800 times. An advertorial story will be read between 500 and 700 times.
Europ Assistance is a leading French assistance company in the world. Europ Assistance China provides clients with an all-round European standard assistance service, including travel, automotive, health, and home & family assistance.Via is the largest technology based travel services company in India and was established in 2006. In a single year of its existence, Via has silently revolutionized the travel domain in India and brought in value added changes that benefit the customer and the business channels. Via is today the topmost travel company in India with a turnover of US$400- Million plus and a growing network of 20000+ agents spread across India. Via is committed to consistently innovate, improve and deliver the highest possible standard of Business Partnership so as to provide a profitable return on investment and growth in market share.AAmadeus is the chosen technology partner for providers, sellers, and buyers of travel. The company provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers, travel sellers and travel buyers. Solutions are grouped in four solution categories – Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consulting.The company is majority owned by WAM Acquisition, whose shareholders are BC Partners, Cinven, Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa. More information about Amadeus is available at:http://www.amadeus.com
International Payment Solutions Limited (iPS), was founded in 2000. As one of the pioneers in the third-party payment industry in China, iPS has continuously honed its knowledge of and conducted in-depth research into controlling risks, delivering effective and efficient products and services and extending its business to offline payments.iPS is headquartered in Shanghai. The company has several other office locations, including Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen.
As one of the top 20 hospitality groups and the largest private-owned hospitality group in China, New Century Hotels & Resorts manages five-star hotel brand “New Century Grand” and four-star “New Century hotel” .We have nearly 30 hotels in operation, which are located in key commercial and tourist cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Qiandao Lake, Lishui, Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Chengdu etc. with more than 9,000 rooms. Our goal is to provide guests with the service in a perfect combination of oriental culture and international standard, which is reflected in the individualized service, most-advanced facilities and traditional-featured environment.Shenzhen JL-Tour, the largest hotel wholesaler in Southern China, specializes in providing hotel consultation and reservation for tourism-related businesses in the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong and Macau. The Company has a subsidiary, BESTMEETING which provides planning and reception for multinational corporations and exhibitors.Kuxun (www.kuxun.cn) is China’s leading travel search engine. The company was founded in 2006 by starting the train tickets search service. Now Kuxun’s services allow users to compare flight, hotel, train ticket and vacation price and it also operates the SNS community titled “Travel Together”. Kuxun is headquartered in Beijing and now is a subsidiary of the world’s largest online travel service and travel community group –Expedia/TripAdvisor.As the first company to issue the e-ticket in China, Yiqifei.com has dedicated to developing electronic business travel for Chinese consumers. Yiqifei.com won the best award for the “Simplifying the Business” accredited by International Air Transport Association (IATA). We were also accredited as a “famous brand” by the region and won the title of Annual Electronic Business Specialist in 2008. We provide the discounted fare departing from more than 100 cities in China to nearly 2000 destinations in 168 countries worldwide. We stick to the concept of “making a good memory for customers by providing a happy journey to them”. We believe that you can fly so long as you have a dream!As a advanced travel search engine in China, oyesgo.com is focusing on integrating information from travel supply chain to build up an information sharing platform. Oyesgo.com is dedicated to provide price and service comparison information, which gives users the shortest searching time, the lowest desired product price, and the best travel experience.Expedia, Inc. is parent company to some of the world’s leading travel companies, providing travel products and services to leisure and corporate travelers around the world. We own and operate a diversified portfolio of well-recognized brands — including Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, TripAdvisor, Egencia, Classic Vacations®. Together, these popular brands and innovative businesses make Expedia, Inc. the largest online travel agency in the world. We are on a mission to become the largest and most profitable seller of travel in the world, by helping everyone everywhere plan and purchase everything in travel.AsiaPay, a leading epayment service, solution and technology house in Asia, provides a comprehensive suite of latest secure, scalable, function-rich real-time payment processing capabilities of worldwide credit card/debit cards for banks, corporates, SMEs, and charity organizations.Netconcepts is an SEO consulting and technology company specializing in helping our clients have search engine optimal web sites and applications. We provide expert advice and services in all aspects of natural search marketing and ebusiness. We’ve been helping companies and organizations exploit communication and business opportunities online since 1995. The company’s expertise has been driven by website development services, with particular strengths in search engine optimized ecommerce websites. Our commitment has always been to offering our clients innovative solutions and informed advice about making the most of current best practices for natural search.ChinaPnR was established in July 2006, with headquarter in Shanghai and branch offices in Beijing and Shenzhen. With the mission to be the financial level E-payment expert, ChinaPnR provides fast and precisely customized payment solutions to clients in the airline, digital entertainment, fund trading industry, etc. ChinaPnR was awarded the “Best E-payment platform” in 2007 and 2008 respectively. ChinaPnR is now the largest E-payment company serving the airline industry.Who have attended in 2008?
2008 sponsors list
2009 Speakers
James Tang
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Ctrip
Cyril Ranque
Vice President of Partner Service Group
Expedia Asia Pacific
Guangfu Cui
CEO
eLong
Glenn D. Fogel
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development
Priceline
Vinay Gupta
Founder
VIA India
Simon Akeroyd
Vice President, Business Development
Amadeus Asia
Brett Henry
Vice-President, Marketing
Abacus International
Kathleen Tan
Regional Head of Commercial
AirAsia Berhad
Matthew Ng
CEO
ET-China
Hideaki Yokomizo
Senior Executive Officer
Rakuten Travel
Ram Badrinathan
General Manager, Asia Pacific
PhoCusWright
Bob Cao
Chief Analyst
iResearch Group
Ricky Heath
Travel and Transportation Industry Head
AT&T
David Chai
General Manager
CHINAonline
Sandeep Bahl
General Manager of China
Delta-Northwest Airlines
Qiang Xue
VP Travel & Transportation Solutions
Travelsky Co. Ltd
Zhiwen Huang
Vice President
Mangocity
Maria Taylor
Vice President Distribution, Asia Pacific
Accor Hospitality
Philippe Garnier
Vice President – Sales Asia Pacific
Hilton Worldwide
Elliott Ng
Co-Founder & Advisor
UpTake
Christopher Charles Dennis
General Manager
Europ Assistance China
William Bao Bean
Partner
Softbank China & India Holdings
Hao Wu
General Manager
Daodao(TripAdvisor China)
Mark Arxhoek
Regional Sales Director, Greater China
Air France KLM
Yuchuan Zhang
Deputy General Manager of Telbanking Service
China Merchant Bank
Roy Graff
Director of New Business Development
Expedia Affiliate Network
Christina Siaw
CEO
Macau.com
Oliver Chen
Assistant General Manager
OCT International Hotel Management Co. Ltd
Yuezhou Lin
CIO
7daysinn Group
Fritz Demopoulos
CEO & Co-Founder
Qunar.com
Ivan Zhang
CEO
Kuxun
Matt Huang
Business Development Director
IPS
Vikas Gulati
Vice President of Marketing, Asia Pacific
Sprice.com
Nico S. Beilharz
General Manager, Southern China
Lufthansa German Airlines
Fajin Hu
Senior E-commerce Manager
Air China
Liangbing Yu
General Manager of Inbound E-travel Dept.
CYTS International Travel Co., Ltd.
Morton Huang
General Manager
Yiqifei.com
Joe Xu
Vice President
Golden Century
Zhongwei Li
CEO
ShopEx
Jens Thraenhart
Executive Partner
Dragon Trail
Weijun He
Founder & Chairman
Topone Car Rental
Michael Goh
Senior Vice President, Sales
Star Cruises
Zinan Liu
Managing Director of China
Royal Caribbean Cruise
Felicia Tang
General Manager, Southern China
Costa Crociere
Ji Sun
General Manager
China Air Service
Christine Liu
Country Manager, China
EasyRMS
Stefan Steinhauer
Executive Partner Greater China GSA
AutoEurope.cn
Uwe Peter
Asian Directory
Holiday autos
Joseph Wang
Chief Representative of Beijing Office
TravelDaily.cn
Richard Li
Vice President of Sales
OYESGO.com