Online Travel and Distribution Summit
Original Date February 17, 2021
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Our Summit
The highly-competitive online travel market and its brands have been one of the most disruptive forces in travel, sparking digital transformation, spurring consumer demand, and impacting all sectors of the industry.
As emerging consumers, emerging products and consumer trust becomes more important than ever, online travel has the opportunity to reinvent and rebuild in a far stronger way. With Airbnb as a newly-minted public company, metasearch companies acting like online travel agencies, airlines launching lifestyle booking platforms, and online travel agencies using consumer data to stay ahead of the pack, 2021 will see no shortage of headlines and rapid changes in this sector.
This summit is not-to-be-missed for professionals across the industry as Skift editors and research analysts dive into the most consequential companies, leaders, and game-changers across the online travel landscape as leaders from across this sector reveal how they are Creating Travel’s New Economy in 2021 and beyond by answering the big questions facing online travel:
- How will online travel agencies bounce back?
- Who will likely IPO, be acquired, or seek investment to emerge stronger in 2021?
- What is the role of metasearch and does it still have the clout it once did?
- Who are the tech disruptors that might dethrone the giants?
- How can we learn from Asia’s growth and innovations in distribution?
- What’s the outlook and strategy now for big GDS companies?
- What are the marketing challenges facing online travel agencies and how are they engaging consumers as demand returns?
- Has the pandemic led to a deeper de-commoditization of supply?
- Has airline distribution entered a new era?
- Does the pandemic bring us back towards distribution, or have suppliers mastered direct?
Speakers
Sponsors
Agenda
Wednesday, February 17th
Introduction
Skift Research’s View On Travel Recovery
Does Metasearch Still Have the Clout it Once Did?
Steve Hafner
Kayak
CEO
Moderator
Dennis Schaal – Founding Editor, Executive Editor
Acquisitions and Investments: Predictions for 2021
Greg O’Hara
Certares
Founder and Senior Managing Director
Moderator
Rafat Ali – Founder & CEO
Short-Term Rentals and The New Era of Online Distribution
Julie Brinkman
Beyond
CEO
Moderator
Jeremy Kressmann – Research Editor, SkiftX
Adapting to Longer Stays and Work-Friendly Bookings
Eric Bergaglia
Booking.com
Senior Director – Global Head of Homes & Apartments
Moderator
Wouter Geerts – Senior Research Analyst
Reimagining Products, Experience, and Consumer Trust
Lindsay Nelson
Tripadvisor
Chief Experience Officer & Chief Brand Officer
Moderator
Seth Borko – Senior Research Analyst
Navigating What’s Next for OTA Marketing
Ashley Robinson
Rokt
SVP Customer Success
Moderator
Jeremy Kressmann – Research Editor, SkiftX
Skift Research Presentation: Distribution at an Inflection Point
What is Distribution’s New Outlook and Strategy?
Decius Valmorbida
Amadeus IT Group
President, Travel Unit
Moderator
Sean O’Neill – Senior Travel Tech Editor
Has Airline Distribution Entered a New Era?
Sam Jain
Fareportal
Founder and CEO
Tamur Goudarzi Pour
Lufthansa Group Airlines and SWISS Air Lines
SVP Channel Management, and Chief Commercial Officer
Moderator
Sean O’Neill – Senior Travel Tech Editor
How Will Online Travel Agencies Bounce Back?
Peter Kern
Expedia Group
Vice Chairman and CEO
Moderator
Dennis Schaal – Founding Editor, Executive Editor
Finding Growth Amid Asia’s Rapid Mobile Change and Shift to Local
Christian Suwarna
Traveloka
CEO, Traveloka Experience and CMO
Alfan Hendro
Traveloka
Chief Operating Officer
Moderator
Raini Hamdi – Editor-at-Large, Skift
Event Ends
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