WEB in Travel 2010 (Wit) – the conference element of ITB Asia – will attract the largest, most diverse and highest-level gathering of travel industry professionals in the Asian travel distribution, marketing and technology sector this year.
The conference has confirmed 75 speakers including travel industry CEOs, pioneers, investors and futurists. An intense two-day Wit conference, taking place on October 19 and 20, at Suntec Singapore, will be preceded by specialist Wit activities such as the Witovation Entrepreneur Bootcamp, on October 18, and followed by the Wit Ideas Lab and Wit clinics on October 21 and 22, which ITB Asia attendees can join at no extra charge.
The first clinic on October 21, is entitled, ‘How to make money from your website’. The second, on October 22, is ‘Making social media work for you’.
In the Wit Ideas Lab travel industry leaders will also give practical advice on subjects such as the mainland China market, luxury travel, the benefits of specialisation and optimising social media and search.
ITB Asia runs simultaneously at Suntec from October 20 to 22.
“There is huge practical synergy between Web In Travel and ITB Asia,” said Dr Martin Buck, vice president, Messe Berlin. “The value proposition for travel industry professionals who need to understand the present and future of travel is immense.”
Web In Travel 2010 concentrates on ‘The C-Spot’. The event will put the customer at the centre of its conversations, from how the customer is changing with new technology, to understanding specific customer segments within China, Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Organiser of Web In Travel, Yeoh Siew Hoon, said the interactive forum will help travel professionals understand the ongoing revolution in travel industry.
Wit speakers include investor Morten Lund, who has co-founded and invested in more than 50 high-tech start-ups including Skype and online stockbroker Zecco, Adrian Hamilton-Manns, CEO of Mandala Airlines in Indonesia, Cui Guang Fu, CEO, Elong, China and Gerry Samuels, CEO, Mobile Travel Technologies, UK.