Mr. James Liang is the Co-founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Ctrip.com International, Ltd., the largest online travel company in China with approximately half of China’s online travel market. Mr. Liang co-founded Ctrip in 1999 with three partners. He has served as a member of the board of directors since the inception of Ctrip and served as the chairman of the board since August 2003. Mr. Liang also served as chief executive officer from 2000 to January 2006 and resumed the role of chief executive officer since March 2013.

Prior to Ctrip, Mr. Liang held a number of technical and managerial positions with Oracle Corporation from 1991 to 1999 in the United States and China, including the head of the ERP consulting division of Oracle China from 1997 to 1999.

Mr. Liang is also a research professor in Economics at Peking University. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 2011 and received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. He also attended undergraduate program of Fudan University.

James Liang will attend:

Sep 16  09:20 - 09:50 Keynote: The Correlationship between Tourism and Economy

Mr. James Liang will share his insights on the correlationship between tourism and overall economy, including market forecast, opportunties and pitfalls.

Mr. Adrian Currie is SVP Corporate Development, Chairman Agoda and Chairman Rocketmiles (all part of Priceline Group - Nasdaq: PCLN – a global leader in online travel and related services). He has held senior management roles within Priceline companies since 2002 including CFO at Booking.com, Director at Rentalcars.com, MD APAC at Booking.com and a member of the Priceline Group Management Board. Mr. Currie, a Chartered Accountant and MBA, previously worked for Ernst & Young for 13 years in international corporate finance and audit roles.

Adrian Currie will attend:

Sep 16  09:50 - 10:15 Keynote: Trends Driving Digital Travelers to Experience the World

The global travel market continues to grow strongly with travelers from developing economies leading that growth. This growth is being driven by consumers desire to experience all aspects of the world and increasing availability and choice of experiences on offer from airline, accommodation and others travel suppliers.

Mr. Simon Hauswirth is SVP Strategic Development & Partnerships for Kuoni Group, responsible to drive strategic growth activities with focus on Asia and in particular China. This follows a role as interim CFO of Kuoni's Global Travel Services (GTS) Division. Mr. Hauswirth has been a member of the Division Leadership Team since 2011, when he was responsible to manage the integration between GTA and Kuoni after the acquisition of GTA.

Before joining Kuoni in 2009, Mr. Hauswirth worked for seven years at the Boston Consulting Group and at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, advising multinationals in Europe, the USA and Asia on strategic topics.

Mr. Hauswirth holds a PhD in Physics and an MSc in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Simon Hauswirth will attend:

Sep 16  15:10 - 15:55 Executive Roundtable: How Traditional Travel Agencies Rejuvenate Themselves and Compete Efficiently in the Online Marketplace?

Ms. Mieke De Schepper is the Vice President of Asia Pacific for the Expedia group’s Lodging Partner Services, responsible for managing relationships with Expedia’s growing and vibrant hotel portfolio in Asia. Ms. Mieke De Schepper leads an experienced team based in more than 15 countries across the continent, focused on maximising hotel partners’ exposure on more than 150 global travel booking sites.

Most recently Ms. Mieke De Schepper was Managing Director of Philips Lighting Singapore, Myanmar, Brunei and other frontier markets. She started her career at Philips in the Video & Multimedia Applications business group in 2005 to develop the global marketing strategy for the home theatre, DVD and Blu-ray categories, where she developed the successful Ambisound SoundBar. In 2009, Ms. Mieke De Schepper was appointed Senior Director of Consumer Lighting Marketing and Sales in Philips Lighting, Asia Pacific region, where she created a Philips-branded retail network in Asia Pacific.

Before joining Philips, Ms. Mieke De Schepper was a consultant in McKinsey & Company, based in Europe.

Ms. Mieke De Schepper is the President of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.

A Dutch national, Ms. Mieke De Schepper moved to Singapore in 2004, her home ever since. Ms. Mieke De Schepper holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology.

Mieke De Schepper will attend:

Sep 16  11:10 - 12:05 Executive Roundtable: How the World’s Travel and Tourism Industry Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel?

Mr. Justin Luo is the co-founder and CEO of Tujia, which is known as China’s leading online marketplace for vacation rentals. Prior to co-founding Tujia, Mr. Luo was the co-president of CRIC and general manager of Sina Leju, the largest online portal of real estate media and information in China. Sina Leju successfully listed on the NASDAQ in 2009. Prior to Leju, Mr. Luo also served on senior management roles for several well-known companies, including Cisco, Oracle and Avaya.

Justin Luo will attend:

Sep 16  14:45 - 15:10 Keynote: Social Value Drives Advancements in China “Sharing+”

Our society is transforming from a “possession” one to a “sharing” one. Just as “Internet +” has linked the virtual and real economy, “sharing+” has reallocated unused resources and created new value.

Mr. Rodney Bao has more than 20 years of experience in hotel management, tourism and E-commerce. He has served on Deputy General Manager of Jin Jiang Tower and the Senior Vice President of Shanghai Jin Jiang Thayer Interactive Co.,Ltd..

In July 2010, Mr. Bao was commissioned by Jin Jiang International Group to found Jinjiang International E-Commerce Center with the mission to improve the resources integration of tourism and O2O marketing in the group.

In Jan 2014, Mr. Bao has been appointed as the CEO of Shanghai Jinjiang International Travel Co.,Ltd..

Mr. Bao holds a Bachelor Degree on Hotel Management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also an adjunct professor and the mentor of graduate students for MTA at Fudan University.

Rodney Bao will attend:

Sep 16  15:10 - 15:55 Executive Roundtable: How Traditional Travel Agencies Rejuvenate Themselves and Compete Efficiently in the Online Marketplace?

Mr. Shaohua Li joined Alibaba Group in 2011 as the General Manager of Travel BU in Alipay.

Prior to joining Alibaba, Mr. Li had been working in airline for several years. He has extensive experience in E-commerce sector of travel industry. Mr. Li has a profound understanding of how to bring new technology and new idea to market with a technical background.

At Alipay, Mr. Li and his team built a revamped total payment solution system specialized in travel business, expanded Alipay's business scope in travel industry to include off-line payment, and championed several innovative mobile internet projects. He and his team's work helped Alipay transform its business into a B2C based model in travel industry.

In April 2013, Mr. Li was appointed as the General Manager of Travel BU in Alibaba Group. The Travel BU has been upgraded into Travel Business Group with Alitrip as its new brand.

Shaohua Li will attend:

Sep 16  14:00 - 14:45 Executive Roundtable: Reshaping the Online Travel Landscape

Mr. David Cai is the Vice President of Alitrip.

He used to served as the General Manager of Shiji Information Tehnology(Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and the Senior Sales Manager-China of MICROS Fidelio. With 28 years of management background in the hotel and other related industries, Mr. Cai has rich experience in integrated marketing, team building, customer management and consulting.

David Cai will attend:

Sep 17  09:40 - 10:20 Keynote: The Future Has Come

How online tourism platform enables to refresh the traditional hotel business by introducing the power of Internet and to help enterprises improve the quality of service for their customers’ experiences? How can we facilitate customers to choose their favorite destination? How to establish the services of standard for online air tickets platform in order to eliminate the grey zone of the sector? How to upgrade the sector by introducing creative measures?

Ms. Jane Wu is Co-President and co-founder of Tongcheng Tourism. She has more than 15 years of experience in tourism media and online travel industry. She went to Canada for further study in 2003, and co-founded Tongcheng with her former college alumni and teacher in 2004. Under her leadership, Tongcheng Tourism has achieved the leading position in attractions ticket booking and city break market.

Jane Wu will attend:

Sep 16  14:00 - 14:45 Executive Roundtable: Reshaping the Online Travel Landscape

Mr. Richard Bai is the Vice President of eLong, responsible for business development and mobile marketing. Mr. Bai joined elong in 2008 as Senior Sales Director and then he was promoted to Vice President. Prior to joining eLong, Mr. Bai has worked for China CITIC Bank, VISA International and China UnionPay. Mr. Bai holds a bachelor degree from Peking University in computer science and a MBA degree from Tsinghua University.

Richard Bai will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How to Use Big Data to Turn Travelers into Loyalists?

Ms. Kathy Xu has twenty years of experience in venture capital and growth capital investments in China. She has led several successful investments in China including JD.com, Tudou.com, Dianping.com, Ganji.com, Netease.com, Yifeng Pharmacy Chain, Cosmo Lady Underwear Chain, Inoherb Skincare, etc. Four of the entrepreneurs she backed have become China's "Top 100 Richest Men" ranked by Forbes.

Ms. Xu founded Capital Today in 2005 with a vision to help Chinese entrepreneurs build No.1 brands in China and a focus in the consumer, retail and Internet sectors. Ms. Xu was selected as one of the “China Top Venture Capitalists” by Forbes from 2008 to 2014, and as one of the 25 most influential people in Asia ("2004 Stars of Asia") by Business Week. Prior to founding Capital Today in 2005, Ms. Xu was a partner and China head at Baring Private Equity Partners Asia. Prior to that, she was an Investment Manager at Peregrine Direct Investments and an accountant at Price Waterhouse. Ms. Xu currently serves as a governor of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. She is an honorary trustee of Nanjing University. Ms. Xu received a bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University.

Kathy Xu will attend:

Sep 17  14:20 - 15:05 Executive Roundtable: Investment Opportunities in China’s Travel Industry

Joining the seasoned investors from China’s leading venture capitals and travel companies and understand how to improve your investment ROI and avoid making mistakes in investing China’s travel business. 

Mr. Jim Qian is Vice President of Fosun Group, President of Fosun Tourism & Commercial Group, Co-President of China Momentum Fund. Mr. Qian once studied in Germany and held position in senior management in two German companies. He then joined China Nepstar (listed in U.S) as CEO in 2006 and led this company’s IPO successfully in NYSE in 2007. In 2010, Mr. Qian started to manage commercial investments for Fosun and accomplished a few famous investment cases. He successfully completed the investments of ClubMed, Folli Follie, Vigor, Atlantis, Secret Recipe, Osborne, China CITIS, Thomas Cook, etc. Recently Fosun completed the privatization of Club Med and investment of Thomas Cook under Mr. Qian’s leadership which attracted worldwide attention. He is the first practitioner of Fosun’s philosophy “Combining China’s Growth Momentum with Global Resources”.

Mr. Qian used to be the board director of China Nepstar and Yuyuan Tourist Mart. He is now the board director of Club Med (France) , Folli Follie (Greece) and Osborne (Spain).

Jim Qian will attend:

Sep 16  14:00 - 14:45 Executive Roundtable: Reshaping the Online Travel Landscape

Mr. Jian Cao is the Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Beijing Utour International Travel Service Co.,Ltd. Mr. Cao has over 20 years of experience in China′s travel industry. As the secretary of the board of Utour, he is responsible for the implementation of Utour’s IPO. Utour now is the first private-owned travel agency listed on A stock market in China.

Under Mr. Cao’s leadership, Utour and Vista has completed the asset restructuring and set up the currency exchange company “U Currency”.

Jian Cao will attend:

Sep 16  14:00 - 14:45 Executive Roundtable: Reshaping the Online Travel Landscape

Mr. Tony Chen is the Chief Digital Evangelist of Google. Mr. Chen leads, develops and maintains Google's relationships with domestic clients. His core responsibility is to elevate digital transformation for domestic advertisers through the application of the latest data/technology driven Google solutions.

Mr. Chen has extensive experience, knowledge and market insights gained from his 20­year career in digital media. He currently serves as co­Chairman of MMA China, where he dedicates himself to the development of industry standards and best practice in mobile. Prior to joining Google, he was Chief Digital Officer, GroupM China and Taiwan, General Manager for Dell consumer direct business in Greater China. Before that, Mr. Chen was the COO for RealNetworks China, Marketing VP for eBay China, and VP of Operations for Yahoo! China.

Mr. Chen has a master’s degree in Communications from New York University and an EMBA degree from Fudan University.

Tony Chen will attend:

Sep 17  14:00 - 14:20 Keynote: Data drives Innovation - Google Destination Travel White Paper

Mr. Michael Simon re-joined Marriott end of 2014 in his current capacity. He started his career in mid-80s with Walt Disney in the US and later held various management positions within airline sector before joining Marriott in 1998.

As of 2002 he was in charge of Marriott’s Global Sales in Austria, Germany & Switzerland and later was in charge of Sales & Marketing in Eastern Europe. Prior to his current position Mr. Simon served as Managing Director on the board of the HRS Group first in charge of Hotel Procurement & Supplier Relations and later Corporate Solutions and was a board member of a European Hotel Group called “Romantik Hotels”.

Michael Simon will attend:

Sep 16  11:10 - 12:05 Executive Roundtable: How the World’s Travel and Tourism Industry Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel?

Ms. Jenny Wu is the Chief Strategy Officer of Ctrip.com. Ms. Wu joined Ctrip.com as Deputy CFO in December 2011, then promoted to CFO in May 2012 and promoted to CSO in November 2013. Prior to joining Ctrip.com, Ms. Wu was an equity research analyst covering China Internet and Media industries in Morgan Stanley Asia Limited from 2005 to 2011. Prior to that, Ms. Wu worked for China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited (Stock Code: 0144) for three years.

Ms. Wu has a Ph.D. degree in finance from the University of Hong Kong, a Master’s degree in philosophy in finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and both a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Nan Kai University, China. Ms. Wu has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2004.

Jenny Wu will attend:

Sep 17  14:20 - 15:05 Executive Roundtable: Investment Opportunities in China’s Travel Industry

Joining the seasoned investors from China’s leading venture capitals and travel companies and understand how to improve your investment ROI and avoid making mistakes in investing China’s travel business. 

Sep 17  15:05 - 17:05 Special Session: TravelDaily Lab

Selected entrepreneurs from the startup companies who are less than 12 months in existence or companies leaving stealth mode (or are a little beyond startup) will have the chance to demonstrate their innovative solutions or products that will significantly impact travel planning, purchasing and trending. The winner will be rewarded the TravelDaily Innovator Award.

Mr. Ian Brown serves as the Chief Executive Officer for rentalcars.com, the world's largest car hire price comparison and booking platform. With customers in over 180 countries, rentalcars.com's global customer base is supported in over 40 languages online and in 24/7 contact centres. rentalcars.com is in turn part of Priceline Group, the world’s leading travel company, alongside Booking.com, priceline.com, Kayak, Agoda and OpenTable.

Mr. Brown joined rentalcars.com in 2014. Previously he spent 16 years at Oliver Wyman where he led the Travel & Leisure and Commercial Effectiveness practices globally.

Mr. Brown holds an M.Eng. in Engineering, Economics & Management from The Queen's College, Oxford.

Ian Brown will attend:

Sep 16  11:10 - 12:05 Executive Roundtable: How the World’s Travel and Tourism Industry Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel?

Mr. Remco Althuis, a native of the Netherlands, was appointed as the General Manager for China for Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, in December of 2011. He is responsible for marketing, sales, operations and development of the airline’s three services to mainland China, Beijing, Shanghai, and Chengdu. He is also responsible for sales and operations of Etihad’s services to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Mr. Remco Althuis has extensive experience in sales, marketing, e-commerce, revenue management, and ground operations. Prior to joining Etihad Airways, he served for nearly 20 years at Air France-KLM in various positions including Project Manager for Baggage & Passenger Handling; Product Manager for Brand Management; Marketing Manager for Systems Services; Development Manager for E-commerce; Market Coordinator for Europe Sales Area; Business Development CTU Manager for Asia Pacific Sales Area; CZ–KL JV Pricing Manager for Asia; and Regional Manager Eastern China/Asia Pacific Sales Area. When he worked at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Mr. Remco Althuis was closely involved in opening of its services to Chengdu, Hangzhou and Xiamen, as well as setting up of offices and organizations and leading teams in these cities.

Mr. Remco Althuis holds a Master of Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management, a NIMA certificate from Netherlands Institute of Chartered Marketing, as well as a Master of Liberal Arts and a Bachelor of Law from Leiden University. In addition to his native language – Dutch, he is also proficient in English, Chinese, French and German. Currently Mr. Remco Althuis lives in Beijing with his wife and four sons.

Remco Althuis will attend:

Sep 16  11:10 - 12:05 Executive Roundtable: How the World’s Travel and Tourism Industry Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel?

Ms. Helen Huang joined Costa Crociere S.p.A. in July 2013 as General Manager, China. Before she joined Costa, Ms. Huang has been acting as General Manager of Mediterranean Cruise Travel Agency (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd., which is a JV between MSC Crociere and Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.,Ltd. from December 2009 to July 2013, taking charge of the business for MSC Cruises in mainland China, HK and Taiwan. Prior to that, she gained 15 years’ experience working for both the head office of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.,Ltd. and its subsidiary where she developed her international communications, project negotiation, human resources and international marketing skills.

She obtained an MBA degree in Logistics and International Marketing from Fudan University and a Bachelor degree in English Language and Literature from Shanghai International Studies University.

Helen Huang will attend:

Sep 16  11:10 - 12:05 Executive Roundtable: How the World’s Travel and Tourism Industry Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel?

Mr. Martin Herbert, General Manager – Asia for Travelport is responsible for expanding Travelport’s commercial presence in key strategic regions of North and Southeast Asia, and providing expertise and support to Travelport’s travel agency subscribers and distribution partners.

Mr. Herbert joined Travelport in 2009 to develop key relationships with airlines in Africa, based in Dubai. He then relocated to Nairobi, Kenya as Regional Director and established successful Travelport operations in important countries in the region.

A seasoned travel technology expert, Mr. Herbert has worked on projects for Thomas Cook and Lastminute.com. He has also worked for Worldspan, Galileo, and Expedia in various roles within distribution, technical sales and business development.

Martin Herbert will attend:

Sep 16  15:10 - 15:55 Executive Roundtable: How Traditional Travel Agencies Rejuvenate Themselves and Compete Efficiently in the Online Marketplace?

Mr. Brian Chien joined Amadeus more than 9 years ago as Regional Director of Business Development for Amadeus Asia, responsible for executing regional partner strategies, China market entry and development strategies to further expand Amadeus’ customer portfolio and scope and joint venture and partner discussions in China and Asia Pacific region.

Currently, Mr. Chien is responsible for expanding Amadeus’ distribution activities in China. Prior to joining Amadeus, Mr. Chien was the Head of Distribution, E-Commerce for Air Macau and also held various management roles in passenger sales, revenue management and business development at American Airlines in the US.

Mr. Chien holds an MBA in Marketing and speaks fluent English and Chinese and currently resides in Beijing.

Brian Chien will attend:

Sep 16  11:10 - 12:05 Executive Roundtable: How the World’s Travel and Tourism Industry Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel?

Mr. Alan Chang is the Managing Director for Airbnb Northeast Asia. He uses his experience and passion for building companies to help grow the Airbnb community in Asia.

Prior to joining Airbnb, Mr. Chang was based in Las Vegas, USA where he co-founded a quick service restaurant called Chickenow. Within 4 years, Mr. Chang and his partners opened 50 locations across the United States. He decdied to start his own business after spending two years in the finance industry where he worked in the FX Options group at Lehman Brothers in New York.

Mr. Chang holds a degree in Finance from the University of Miami. His passion for entreprenurship was developed while studying International Finance at the London School of Ecnomics where he met and learned from various successful entreprenures with backgrounds ranging in finance, f&b, and online business.

Alan Chang will attend:

Sep 16  10:45 - 11:10 Keynote:  Travel to Grow: How Chinese Millennials Will Transform the Travel Industry

There is a paradigm shift in the behavior of Chinese tourists, and millennial travelers are leading the change in how China integrates with the rest of the world.

Mr. Haijun Wang is the founder and CEO of Atour Hotel. As the pioneer in China midrange hotel market, he founded Atour hotel brand in 2013.

Mr. Wang has nearly 15 years’ experience in the areas of corporate strategy, branding, business development, operations, marketing and sales in hospitality. Prior to Atour Hotel, Mr. Wang co-founded China Lodging Group (Hanting Hotels group, NASDAQ:HTHT), and served as Executive Vice President. He was also a member of the founding team of Homeinns Group (NASDAQ:HMIN).

Mr. Wang holds a Bachelor degree from Yanshan University and EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School. He is one of the first term students from Lakefront University.

Haijun Wang will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: Social Media Marketing in Travel Sector

Mr. Morton Huang founded Guangzhou China Air Service Ltd in 2003. The company has taken Yiqifei as its flagship brand, and developed international air ticket online booking business on their website (www.Yiqifei.com). After that, Yiqifei successively set up branch offices in gateway cities like Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Hongkong, Xiamen, Urumqi, Beijing, Shanghai.

Under the strong leadership of Mr. Morton Huang, Yiqifei is now one of the leading firms of International Travel Service in China, with more than 1,000,000 members. Yiqifei provides air ticket booking service of over 300 airlines around 4088 cities in 192 countries. Besides, Yiqifei keeps extending its booking business, including Global hotels, overseas vacations, Eurail pass, Travel visa, Travel insurance and Global WiFi, etc.

Aiming to become The World’s Trustworthy International Travel Service Platform, all the 600 travel consultants in Yiqifei commit themselves to offer personalized travel plan for clients, perfectly combining their professional service with the advanced system data.

Morton Huang will attend:

Sep 16  16:45 - 17:30 Executive Roundtable: How the Travel Industry Could Benefit from the Growth on Local Tours & Activities Sector?

Mr. Joe Xu joined Super 8 (China) in July 2010 as Senior Vice President of Distribution. He is responsible for Hotel Property Management System, EC Channel, IT Technology R&D and Reservation functions.

Prior to joining Super 8, Mr. Xu was the Vice President of Beijing Golden Century (GC) Networks and he was in charge of sales and service call center operations, E-commerce, R&D for new products and technology. Before joining GC, Mr. Xu worked for Dell Inc. for more than 13 years, including 5 years of work in DellUS. He was instrumental in setting up Dell East Asia Direct Sell Manufacturing & Distribution, Dell R&D Center in Shanghai, and improving Tech Support Service in Dell Great China region.

Mr. Xu holds an EMBA Degree from Guanghua Management School at Peking University, a MSIE degree from University of Texas in U.S and a BEng degree from Jiangsu University, China.

Joe Xu will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How to Use Big Data to Turn Travelers into Loyalists?

Mr. David Craig started his role as Tourism New Zealand's General Manager Asia in February 2014.

He brings more than 20 years’ international experience and has a successful track record of consumer brand-building in New Zealand, the UK, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Mr. Craig’s previous roles include GM Sales and Marketing for the New Zealand Racing Board, GM Consumer Marketing for Telecom New Zealand and Managing Director of Asia Venture Markets for Diageo (the world’s leading premium drinks’ business with a portfolio of brands including Smirnoff, Baileys, Johnnie Walker and Guinness). In this role Mr. Craig led businesses in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

David Craig will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How Tourism Board and Destinations Leverage Technology Innovations to Better Engage with Travelers and Build the Brand Loyalty?

Mr. David Chen has over 10 years’ experience in digital marketing & advertising industry. As a Client Partners in charge of travel industry at Facebook Greater China, he dedicated himself to provide digital marketing strategies to travel clients, especially the ones that can bring real business results. Mr. Chen began his career at digital creative agencies. Prior to Facebook, he was working in Google travel team.

David Chen will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How to Use Big Data to Turn Travelers into Loyalists?

Mr. James Li is the CEO of Mangocity.com.

Prior to his role leading Mangocity.com, Mr. Li used to serve for eLong as the Vice President of Sales and the Vice President of Product. He also worked for several leading international companies including P&G and Pepsi-Cola, where he has accumulated rich experience in traditional marketing areas and online travel industry.

Mr. Li holds a BA Degree in Marketing from Harbin Institute of Technology and an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School.

James Li will attend:

Sep 16  15:10 - 15:55 Executive Roundtable: How Traditional Travel Agencies Rejuvenate Themselves and Compete Efficiently in the Online Marketplace?

Mr. Joseph Xia joined Shanghai Jin Jiang International E-Commerce Co.,Ltd. as Vice President of Sales & Marketing and Product in Nov, 2010. Mr. Xia has extensive experience in the hospitality and airline industry. In 2000, he joined Air China and accumulated his experience in the areas of ground operation, sales, revenue management, etc. In 2006, Mr. Xia joined Jin Jiang Inns as Revenue Management Manager and Deputy Director of Sales & Marketing, taking charge of revenue management, call center, frequent flyer program and sales, etc.

Mr. Xia holds a Bachelor’s degree from Civil Aviation University of China and MBA degree from Fudan University School of Management.

Joseph Xia will attend:

Sep 16  16:45 - 17:30 Executive Roundtable: How the Travel Industry Could Benefit from the Growth on Local Tours & Activities Sector? Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How Tourism Board and Destinations Leverage Technology Innovations to Better Engage with Travelers and Build the Brand Loyalty?

Mr. Xiaoke Li is Managing Director of Criteo, China. Criteo, a world leading digital performance marketing technology company, was founded in 2005 and went on public in Nasdaq in 2013. Before joining Criteo, Mr. Li has been account director in Google for more than 7 years, commercializing products like AdSense, DoubleClick in China. He worked in Microsoft between 2003 and 2007 as Solution Engineer and Consultant.

Mr. Li holds a bachelor degree on Computer Science from Wuhan University and a master degree from University of London, Queen Mary College.

Xiaoke Li will attend:

Sep 17  09:40 - 10:20 Keynote: Where are your potential customers? - The New Rules of Online Customer Engagement

Consumers’ purchasing habits are rapidly evolving and the latest data from Phocuswright shows that 25% of users booked their last trip via smartphone. This proves Mobile is changing everything…including travel. This presentation, will demonstrate the 4 New Rules of Online Customer Engagement with you. Along with sharing the latest industry data the presentation will introduce concepts and strategies for creating a seamless, performance-driven online marketing strategy.

Mr. Keven Tang is the CEO of Zamplus. He was responsible for business development and operation in Google Greater China before. Mr. Tang has comprehensive analysis capability and unique insights into the present situation of large data marketing, China’s Internet Industry and its prospect.

Keven Tang will attend:

Sep 17  10:50 - 11:30 Keynote: Intelligent Audience Analysis - the Revolution to Travel Industry

1. How to manage your audience data?
2. How to utilize on audience data to deliver intelligent marketing strategy? 
3. To revolutionize travel industry through intelligent audience analysis.

Mr. Xiaojun Lin holds a PhD in Natural Language Processing from Peking University.

As the first full data platform for hospitality industry, Joint Wisdom consolidates the three business areas of basic software, information communications and data intelligence, integrating property management system (PMS) software products. Through Joint Wisdom’s three business sectors, hotels could better leverage information in management and data for operations. This in turn improves the working relationship between hotels and OTAs and promotes harmony in the whole industry.

Xiaojun Lin will attend:

Sep 17  10:50 - 11:30 Keynote: Forecasting and Revenue Management with Big Data

Mr. Jeak Li is CEO of innmall and Inn housekeeper. In December 2011, Mr. Li joined Inn Housekeeper team. He leaded a team of 10 members and successfully raised $6 million from Ctrip in 18 months.

By the end of 2014, Inn Housekeeper was making a strategic shift and created a new product so-called innmall. On January 26, 2015, innmall was formally launched as the world's first integrated hotel member booking platform.

Jeak Li will attend:

Sep 17  09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: Traditional Hotel Chains VS Adaptive Booking Website with Mobile Internet

innmall will share their insights on how hotel brands utilize on advanced technology to enhance booking experience and to deliver efficient marketing campaign.

Mr. Richard Chen, CEO and Co-founder of Toursforfun.com, is a successful entrepreneur in online travel business. With more than 10 years of professional experience and comprehensive perceptive in online travel business, he has successfully integrated the powerful Internet tech with traditional travel service.

Richard Chen will attend:

Sep 16  16:45 - 17:30 Executive Roundtable: How the Travel Industry Could Benefit from the Growth on Local Tours & Activities Sector?

Mr. Alan Hicks is an experienced software engineer specialising in distributed systems and Internet technologies. He joined CarTrawler in 2007.

Prior to joining CarTrawler, Mr. Hicks began his career co-founding a technology start-up, which created online systems for educational institutions. Mr. Hicks leads the CarTrawler R&D team developing cutting edge systems for the travel industry. These solutions are in use by many of the world’s leading airlines and OTAs.

Mr. Hicks holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MSc in Advanced Software Engineering.

Alan Hicks will attend:

Sep 17  09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: A Scientific Approach to Retailing

Harnessing Data Science to deliver actionable, predictive intelligence about customer behavior to improve profitability and customer experience and ultimately gain market and competitive advantage.

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How to Use Big Data to Turn Travelers into Loyalists?

Ms. Queenie Wu, a post-80 Internet marketing entrepreneur, is one of the leading figures in China’s new-generation digital marketing industry. She had worked for AC Nielsen, Ogilvy & Mather, and OgilvyOne. In addition, she is among the first members of Ogilvy who have engaged in SNS research and social network marketing. In 2008, Ms. Wu got into the business of the Internet and accumulated rich experience in brand community, brand word-of-mouth stimulation, and social business field. She became a co-founder of Social Touch in 2010 and launched China’s first social network management marketing solution in 2011 and outrun her industry peers within one year to become a leading provider of comprehensive solutions in China’s social network marketing industry.

In 2013, led by Ms. Wu, Social Touch realized leapfrog development while serving 400 Fortune 500 companies or China’s Top 500 companies such as P&G, Lining, Tencent, Novartis, and Wal-Mart. Among less than 30 brands under P&G in China, Social Touch serves nearly 20, playing a critical role in helping P&G win the favor of young consumers, developing its digital marketing capability and realizing the reform of the Internet. For this reason, P&G Greater China has conferred the title of Best Digital Innovation Partner 2013 on Social Touch. Meanwhile, Ms. Wu has led her team in developing technically and innovatively integrated solutions, helping Novartis, Wal-Mart and Mengniu to establish the new consumer management system taking social media as the port for interaction, realize the digital business strategy featuring full-platform contact among consumers and full-life-cycle management. In addition, she has been interviewed by marketing magazines such as The World of IT Managers, Finance, and CEIBS Business Review, and written into their special columns.

At the same time, Ms. Wu is also committed to the educational and training work in China’s social marketing field. She has successively

Queenie Wu will attend:

Sep 17  09:40 - 10:20 Keynote: How Could Travel Brands Utilizes on Social Media Platforms to Raise Brand Awareness and Attract New Customers?

With competition becoming increasingly intense in the travel sector, campaigns with tag of “low price” can no longer attract consumers. Social Touch’s solution offers personalized marketing and instant brand interaction strategy based on leading expertise and abundant data, which can help travel brands deliver effective marketing campaign.

Mr. Steven Luan, Regional Commercial Director of UATP for China and North Asia Region, has been working in Aviation Industry for almost 20 years. Since joining UATP in 2007, Mr. Luan helped build up a robust merchant network in China and recruited 2 local Chinese carriers as new issuers for the network. Meanwhile, he also developed the partnership with local payment companies, such as Alipay, Yeepay and 99 Bill for payment projects in and outside China. In his previous jobs, he took roles as business consultant, and business development managers, helping multi-national corporations enter into China and partner with Chinese aviation organizations for China-related commercial projects.

Mr. Luan holds a Bachelor’s degree on Marketing from Beijing Institute of Business and a MBA degree from University of Queensland in Australia.

Steven Luan will attend:

Sep 17  09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: Business Travel Management and Payment Channel Management

UATP will share their insights on how payment channel management impacts on business travel management and innovation management from the aspect of TMC.

Mr. Zhiwen Huang founded Woqu.com in late 2013. He is an expert in the travel industry and Internet business with extensive experience in business operation and management of the online travel industry.

Prior to Woqu.com, Mr. Huang had served in China Travel Service Group (CTS) for over 10 years. He was the CEO of Mangocity, a fully owned subsidiary company of CTS. He was also the director of the board of Qmango.com.

Mr. Huang received M.E. from Xi’an Jiaotong University and an MBA from China Europe International Business School.

Zhiwen Huang will attend:

Sep 16  16:45 - 17:30 Executive Roundtable: How the Travel Industry Could Benefit from the Growth on Local Tours & Activities Sector?

Mr. Allen Qu established Netconcepts China in 2008 to provide analysis, consultation and implementation of natural and paid search strategies for leading global companies in Greater China, US, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Clients include DangDang.com, Amazon.cn, Vancl.com, Air China, Air France, Expedia, eLong.com, Hotels.com, Philips, TCL, LG, Huawei, Lightinthebox.com, Dianping.com, Taikang Life, Qunar.com, Zhaoping.com, New Oriental Group, eBay.cn, 4399.com, Net.cn and many more. Netconcepts China is consistently ranked as the No.1 SEO service provider and one of the top 10 e-commerce service providers in China.

Mr. Qu's expertise includes search engine optimization, paid search management, social media optimization, database marketing and integrated marketing strategies. The search marketing programs that he has managed have achieved remarkable success. Mr. Qu also has extensive experience in managing e-commerce operations. In addition, he's a frequent speaker at search and online marketing conferences, including SMX, ad:tech, SES and other internet related events, conferences and TV shows. Mr. Qu has also been providing SEO and online marketing training seminars for Google, Baidu, government agencies and various organizations.

Mr. Qu is the Special Professor of Online Marketing at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Beijing Open University. He is also the Special Adviser for Baidu College. Mr. Qu graduated from The University of Auckland with a marketing and IT degree. He is a Google AdWords Qualified Individual, Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador, Certified eMarketer and Certified Direct Marketer.

Allen Qu will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How to Use Big Data to Turn Travelers into Loyalists?

Mr. Vincent Gong is the Co-founder & COO of Haiwan.com, in charge of marketing.

Mr. Gong was the Vice President handling hotel and travel business and the Business Development Director at DaoDao.com (TripAdvisor China). Prior to that, he worked with Howard Johnson and Hyatt in senior management roles in their marketing teams.

Mr. Gong holds an MBA from Southern Cross University of Australia.

Vincent Gong will attend:

Sep 16  16:45 - 17:30 Executive Roundtable: How the Travel Industry Could Benefit from the Growth on Local Tours & Activities Sector?

Mr. Jack Fang is General Manager of Ticket Business Unit of Lvmama.com. Mr. Fang was the head of Sanya branch and Guangzhou branch before. Mr. Fang has more than 10 years of experience in the travel industry. Mr. Fang authorized the book of Encounter Sanya in 2012, which has become Sanya’s first guidebook. Mr. Fang holds a bachelor from Hainan University.

Jack Fang will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How Tourism Board and Destinations Leverage Technology Innovations to Better Engage with Travelers and Build the Brand Loyalty?

Mr. Yongjian Zhong joined Meituan, China's biggest life service e-commerce company, in 2010 when Meituan was founded. In July 2015, Mr. Zhong began to take in charge of branding and strategic cooperation work of the Hotel & Travel Business Group. Prior to joining Hotel & Travel Business Group, Mr. Zhong has accumulated extensive experience and gained a deep understanding of O2O in Meituan after working at various commercial departments, including Sales Support, the Key Client Management, and Content Editing department.

Yongjian Zhong will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How Tourism Board and Destinations Leverage Technology Innovations to Better Engage with Travelers and Build the Brand Loyalty?

Mr. Tony Shen is the founder and CEO of EverMotion. He founded EverMotion in 2007 and leaded his team to serve a host of clients, such as Canon, Gome, Unilever, Master Kong, Lee Kum Kee, Shangri La, StarWood, Air France KLM, Hainan Airlines, MediaTek, DS, Volkswagen.

Mr. Shen is also the founder of SoLoMo Club and also serves as guest lecture of Digital Marketing magazine, Brand Training Camp and Su Qin college and judge of ROI Festival, Effie Awards, Tigers Roar Award and Gold Mouse Award.

Tony Shen will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: Social Media Marketing in Travel Sector

Mr. Yu is managing director of Ping An Ventures, the venture capital arm under Ping An Group.

At Ping An Ventures, Mr. Yu is in charge of fund setup, investment and operation. Prior to Ping An, he was serving Ping An Group as a strategy consultant at Mckinsey. He started his investment career at KPCB China, and also bears years of experience in IT industry.

Mr. Yu holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in communication engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Le Yu will attend:

Sep 17  14:20 - 15:05 Executive Roundtable: Investment Opportunities in China’s Travel Industry

Joining the seasoned investors from China’s leading venture capitals and travel companies and understand how to improve your investment ROI and avoid making mistakes in investing China’s travel business. 

Sep 17  15:05 - 17:05 Special Session: TravelDaily Lab

Selected entrepreneurs from the startup companies who are less than 12 months in existence or companies leaving stealth mode (or are a little beyond startup) will have the chance to demonstrate their innovative solutions or products that will significantly impact travel planning, purchasing and trending. The winner will be rewarded the TravelDaily Innovator Award.

Mr. Wei Xia has over 20 years’ experience in IT industry. Mr. Xia currently serves as VP of New Product and Services at DerbySoft. Previously, Mr. Xia worked for Siebel System, Ernst & Young, and NEC. He has also started AllSphere, an IT consulting company in U.S. and China. Mr. Xia has an MBA from the University of Maryland and a Master of Computer Science degree from China's Fudan University.

Wei Xia will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How to Use Big Data to Turn Travelers into Loyalists?

Ms. Guonv Zhou is the Assistant Director of the Electronic Commerce Center of Hainan Airlines Co.,Ltd. With rich experience of traditional marketing and digital marketing, she is now overseeing the creation and digital solutions to drive the revenue and the brand loyalty based on the official online platforms for Hainan Airlines. Ms. Zhou used to work at Weber Shandwick, one of the world's leading global public relations firms.

Guonv Zhou will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: Social Media Marketing in Travel Sector

Mr. Stone Chen is the General Manager of Lion Travel Service Co.,LTD. and Executive Director of Shanghai Association of Taiwan. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Chen was the vice-president of Overseas Product Branch and Global E-commerce Branch of Lion Travel Service Co.,Ltd., as well as the general manager of American, California and Thailand Branch of Lion Travel Service Co.,Ltd. Since 2010, Mr. Chen has been the vice General Manager of Global Reservation Branch of Lion Travel Service Co.,Ltd.

Mr. Chen has been the visiting Professor of School of Tourism of Shanghai Institution of Foreign Trade and part-time Lecturer of Fudan University for several years. On invitation from Certified Travel Councilor Association R.O.C., Mr. Chen once was the lecturer of Comprehensive Solution for B2B E-commerce of Tourism. And Mr. Chen holds a BA degree from Taiwan University and MBA from both Taiwan University and Fudan University.

Stone Chen will attend:

Sep 16  15:10 - 15:55 Executive Roundtable: How Traditional Travel Agencies Rejuvenate Themselves and Compete Efficiently in the Online Marketplace?

Mr. Ming Zhao is the Founder of 86Research, a boutique research firm covering Chinese TMT companies listed in overseas exchanges. Mr. Zhao started 86Research in 2012. Prior to 86Research, Mr. Zhao worked as an analyst at SIG, China Eagle Securities and Huaan Fund Management. Mr. Zhao was ranked "Best Analysts on the Street" by Wall Street Journal and "World's Top Analyst" by Financial Times.

Ming Zhao will attend:

Sep 17  14:20 - 15:05 Executive Roundtable: Investment Opportunities in China’s Travel Industry

Joining the seasoned investors from China’s leading venture capitals and travel companies and understand how to improve your investment ROI and avoid making mistakes in investing China’s travel business. 

Sep 17  15:05 - 17:05 Special Session: TravelDaily Lab

Selected entrepreneurs from the startup companies who are less than 12 months in existence or companies leaving stealth mode (or are a little beyond startup) will have the chance to demonstrate their innovative solutions or products that will significantly impact travel planning, purchasing and trending. The winner will be rewarded the TravelDaily Innovator Award.

Ms. Kate Chang joined the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board (L.A. Tourism) in October 2013 to lead the destination’s sales and marketing activities in China. Based in Beijing, she is responsible for L.A. Tourism's interests in China through its Beijing and Shanghai offices　and helping to achieve its business objectives – to drive leisure and MICE visitation and revenue from China to Los Angeles. In 2012, China became L.A.’s #1 overseas market and in 2014, L.A. welcomed a record 686,000 Chinese visitors. L.A. welcomed 42.2 million visitors from around the world in 2014.

Ms. Chang’s responsibilities include developing and implementing strategic plans for the China market, running educational and training workshops, and executing industry marketing campaigns. She is also responsible for tracking, evaluating and reporting on the return on investment (ROI) of L.A. Tourism's programs and activities in China, and coordinating and facilitating trade missions from Los Angeles.

A graduate from the Tourism & Hospitality Management School, Beijing International Studies University, Ms. Chang is a veteran of the travel and tourism industry. She has held senior positions in the public and private sectors and has in-depth knowledge of China's inbound, domestic and outbound travel and tourism industry.

Ms. Chang was previously Regional Director, Greater China for the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). In addition to setting up the PATA China Office from scratch, she broadened the network of the Association in China and brought PATA's signature events to China. She developed the PATA membership network in China and reinforced the cooperation with all levels of Chinese tourism authorities, organizations and corporates.

Kate Chang will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How Tourism Board and Destinations Leverage Technology Innovations to Better Engage with Travelers and Build the Brand Loyalty?

Mr. Leo Lin joined TripAdvisor China in 2015 as Chief of Staff, leading TripAdvisor product and marketing operation in China.

Prior to joining TripAdvisor, Mr. Lin served at Mckinsey, focusing on Automobile and High Tech practice. In the early part of his career, he served at P&G marketing department, for brand management.

Apart from work, Mr. Lin enjoys out-door traveling. He used to hike in Mustang (Nepal), Ali (Tibet), and etc. In 2014, he took a cycling trip from Shanghai to Spain.

Mr. Lin holds a BA in Chinese Literature from Fudan University. He is currently located in Beijing.

Leo Lin will attend:

Sep 16  16:25 - 16:45 Keynote: Insights of Global Travelers and Hoteliers in the Mobile Wave

With the development of mobile technology, smart phones and mobile networks have become indispensible for travelers around the world when they research, plan and book their trips.  Leo will share the insignts of TripAdvisor 2015 Connected Traveler Report for the first time at TravelDaily Conference, unveil the mobile trends for Chinese travelers, and discuss how the global hospitality industry should adjust its product and service to better meet the needs of the increasing amount of mobile travelers.

Ms. Ping Li is the Vice Director of the Mogao Grottoes Open Administrative Committee, and the Director of the Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center. She was the former Director of the Reception Department in Dunhuang Academy. She has rich experience in destination management.

Ms. Li holds a bachelor degree from Beijing International Studies University. She also studied at Kobe University in Japan.

Ping Li will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: How Tourism Board and Destinations Leverage Technology Innovations to Better Engage with Travelers and Build the Brand Loyalty?

As a core member of Lightspeed Venture Partners’ China team since 2008, Mr. Herry Han focuses on the investment efforts in China across multiple sectors, including Internet, mobile, consumer service, enterprise software and services. His portfolio company includes Tujia, Meilele, MediaV, Fang Duo Duo, PPDai, Dianping, Lian Luo, etc.

Before joining Lightspeed, Mr. Han was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he serviced clients in the high-tech, telecom, media, automotive and energy industries. Mr. Han has worked closely with the board members of many Fortune 500 and domestic giants. He has also established solid relationship with domestic government by deeply involved in many government and NGO projects.

Prior to that, Mr. Han worked as an engineer at Microsoft China. Mr. Han is the founder of McKinsey alumni investors’ group ExMcK@Investment which has more than 200 VC & PE members across China.

Mr. Han is named among “Top 40 Investors under 40 in China” in 2014.

Herry Han will attend:

Sep 17  14:20 - 15:05 Executive Roundtable: Investment Opportunities in China’s Travel Industry

Joining the seasoned investors from China’s leading venture capitals and travel companies and understand how to improve your investment ROI and avoid making mistakes in investing China’s travel business. 

Sep 17  15:05 - 17:05 Special Session: TravelDaily Lab

Selected entrepreneurs from the startup companies who are less than 12 months in existence or companies leaving stealth mode (or are a little beyond startup) will have the chance to demonstrate their innovative solutions or products that will significantly impact travel planning, purchasing and trending. The winner will be rewarded the TravelDaily Innovator Award.

Mr. Jonathan Kao is currently the General Manager - Greater China of HKFS-TSI, one of China’s fasting growing local TMC. Prior to this position, he was also the General Manager of FCm Travel Solutions in Hong Kong and Assistant General Manager of Farrington American Express Travel, altogether, he has over 15 years of corporate travel industry experience in this region.

Mr. Kao graduated from the University of Toronto and holds a master degree in e-Business from the City University of Hong Kong and also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Jonathan Kao will attend:

Sep 16  15:10 - 15:55 Executive Roundtable: How Traditional Travel Agencies Rejuvenate Themselves and Compete Efficiently in the Online Marketplace?

Mr. Fajin Hu joined Air China in 1997. He has 15 years airline experience in various commercial departments, including Reservation, Sales, Marketing Research, Network Planning, New Product Development and e-Commerce. In 2006, he was appointed as senior manager of e-Commerce under Sales Department and began to build Air China e-Commerce team. He is responsible for developing Air China e-Commerce platform including domestic and international websites, mobile application, dynamic packaging tools and self-service applications on website and smart phone. He is also in charge of e-marketing activities such as SEM/SEO, email and social media marketing related to e-Commerce. Mr. Hu holds a bachelor degree from the University of Science and Technology of China with a major in Physics. In 2005, he got a scholarship for one year training in University of Hawaii for Travel Industry Management.

Fajin Hu will attend:

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: Social Media Marketing in Travel Sector

Mr. Gene Quinn is the CEO and co-founder of Tnooz, the leading provider of news and analysis about travel technology and its impact on the global digital travel economy. Before Tnooz, he was chairman of PhoCusWright, the leading research authority on the intersection of travel, technology and distribution. He has a deep background in travel, technology, media and financial services with senior management, governance and investor roles at Viacom's MTV Networks, Tribune Company, Checkfree, America Online, MIT Media Lab and National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA, the birthplace of the Mosaic web browser).

Gene Quinn will attend:

Sep 16  11:10 - 12:05 Executive Roundtable: How the World’s Travel and Tourism Industry Capitalize on the Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel?

Ms. Roye Li started with UATP on 2013 as Regional Commercial Manager, based in Shanghai China. Her responsibility is to maintain business relationship with airline issuers in China and recruit new merchants. Before UATP, she was with CITS American Express for more than 8 years and has rich experience in business travel sector.

Ms. Li graduated from Business Administration, Salem State University.

Roye Li will attend:

Sep 17  09:00 - 09:40 Keynote: Business Travel Management and Payment Channel Management

UATP will share their insights on how payment channel management impacts on business travel management and innovation management from the aspect of TMC.

Hanson Wu will attend:

Sep 17  10:50 - 11:30 Keynote: Marketing Intelligence: The Reform for Tourism Industry

The booming of China’s tourism industry has struck the attention of the world. The skyrocket growth rate has also aroused a fierce competition among tourism enterprises. In the era of great changes, the traditional single type of marketing model is facing a "subversion" stage, thus only by self-revaluation and by taking the initiatives can ensure your enterprise not be eliminated and stay on top of the industry. 

Mr. Charlie Li is the founding investor of TravelDaily.cn, China′s leading online publisher and event organizer focusing on distribution, marketing and technology developments in the travel and tourism industry. Prior to his role leading TravelDaily.cn, Mr. Li was the General Manager of E-Commerce Co.,Ltd., China Southern Airlines for more than three years.

Mr. Li has over 20 years of experience in China′s airline and online travel industry. Prior to joining China Southern Airlines, he worked for eLong as the Senior Director of the Air Partner Service Group where he led product development and maintained key supplier relationship with major Chinese and international airlines. Mr. Li holds a BA degree from Shandong University, China and an Aviation MBA from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

Charlie Li will attend:

Sep 16  09:00 - 09:20 Chairman’s Address: Building Momentum Sep 16  14:00 - 14:45 Executive Roundtable: Reshaping the Online Travel Landscape

Mr. Joseph Wang joined Traveldaily.cn as the Chief Commercial Officer in Sept, 2014. Prior to that, he was the Senior Director of Hotel Business Unit Qunar.com from 2009, focusing on Hotel Direct Sales.

He used to work for China Mobile 12580 as the Director of Hotel Business, focusing on hotel supplier partnership management and customer service. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Wang worked at eLong.com, in charge of hotel market management.

Mr. Wang was invited by several universities as visiting professor and tutor, also invited by Chinese Tourism Hotel Association, China Meetings Industry Alliance and several other industry organizations as VIP speaker.

Joseph Wang will attend:

Sep 16  17:30 - 18:00 Special Session: THack China Winner Demonstration

Each of the three winning teams from Thack co-hosted by Tnooz and TravelDaily will present their products to the audience.

Sep 17  11:30 - 12:20 Executive Roundtable: Social Media Marketing in Travel Sector Sep 17  15:05 - 17:05 Special Session: TravelDaily Lab

Selected entrepreneurs from the startup companies who are less than 12 months in existence or companies leaving stealth mode (or are a little beyond startup) will have the chance to demonstrate their innovative solutions or products that will significantly impact travel planning, purchasing and trending. The winner will be rewarded the TravelDaily Innovator Award.