| 30 June 2011 |
| 09:30:10:00 hrs |
Registration |
| 10:00-10:20 hrs |
Welcome Address by Conference Chairman
Himanshu Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Travelocity India ©
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| 10:40-10:55 hrs |
Presentation
Hanneli Slabber, Country Head- India South African Tourism ©
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| 10:55-11:10 hrs |
Presentation – Online Travel Landscape in India
TNS Global |
| 11:10-11:15 hrs |
Vote of Thanks |
| 11:15- 11:45 hrs |
Tea/ Coffee Break |
| 11:45-12:30 hrs |
Panel Discussion 1: Taking Online Travel to the next level - Challenges & opportunities
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Online travel although experiencing stupendous growth, has also been bogged down by various challenges, challenges that have to be addressed to sustain the high growth rate. OTP for telephonic credit card transactions, internet penetration, high taxation, lack of enough inventory, etc are some factors plaguing the sector. In this session panelist shall brainstorm to identify top 5 challenges faced by the online travel industry and how we can address the same. |
| 11:45-11:50 hrs |
Session Moderator:
Nalin Shinghal, Director, IRCTC – ©
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| 11:50-12:15 hrs |
Panel Discussion:
Neeraj Dotel,Managing Director, Compuware – ©
Amitabh Pandey, President e-Business, Thomas Cook India - ©
Devdutta Banerjee, Regional Director- Revenue Management, India, Bangladesh and Nepal, Starwood Hotels & Resorts - ©
Urrshila Kerkar, Chief Executive Officer, Cox & Kings India - ©
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| 12:15-12:25 hrs |
Q&A Session conducted by Session Moderator |
| 12:25-12:30 hrs |
Summing up by Session Moderator |
| 12:30-12:35 hrs |
Change Over |
| 12:35-13:20 hrs |
Panel Discussion 2: Flying together – Reshaping the integration between suppliers and Intermediaries |
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Disputes among Airlines, GDSs and OTAs are now things of past. With hotels, packages and other travel extras like cars emerging hot online properties, integration of these services with the intermediaries is more critical than ever. In this session panelist shall discuss on how to reshape the integration model between all these parties i.e. travel suppliers and intermediaries. |
| 12:35-12:40 hrs |
Session Moderator
Himanshu Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Travelocity India ©
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| 12:40-13:05 hrs |
Panel Discussion:
Samil Malhotra, Vice President – Sales & Marketing, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group ©
Neelu Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Ezeego1 ©
Sanjay Bhasin, President, Goibibo.com ©
Avinash Shroff, Vice President e-Commerce, Kingfisher Airlines ©
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| 13:05-13:15 hrs |
Q&A Session conducted by Session Moderator |
| 13:15-13:20 hrs |
Summing up by Session Moderator |
| 13:20-14:05 hrs |
Lunch |
| 14:05-14:45 hrs |
Panel Discussion 3: Leveraging online marketing and digital distribution for Travel in India |
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With growing internet penetration, digital media has become the most effective way to connect with and sell to an online customer. How can travel companies use digital media to effectively market their services? What value proposition does a digital medium offer over other marketing channels? |
| 14:05-14:10 hrs |
Session Moderator
Harish Bahl, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Smile Interactive ©
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| 14:10-14:35 hrs |
Panel Discussion
Gaurav Chiripal, Chief Executive Officer, Quadlabs – ©
Niraj Seth,Chief Marketing Officer, Cleartrip ©
Tushar Vyas, National Director, Group M- ©
Sunita Rajan, Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales- Asia BBC Worldwide Channels – ©
Siddharth Dabhade, Industry Manager- Travel, Google India ©
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| 14:35-14:40 hrs |
Q&A Session conducted by Session Moderator |
| 14:40-14:45 hrs |
Summing up by Session Moderator |
| 14:45-14:50 hrs |
Change Over |
| 14:50-15:35 hrs |
Panel Discussion 4: Social Media and Mobile Technology= Inspirer to Online Travelers |
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What is the future of tourism industry with the increasing incline towards social media and mobile applications? Increase in the number of interactive bookings tips on social network and with travel tours on mobile will travel industry grow more? |
| 14:50-14:55 hrs |
Session Moderator
Manish Amin, Co-Founder & CEO, Yatra ©
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| 14:55-15:20 hrs |
Panel Discussion:
Sidhant Sachdev, Associate Director-APAC, Air2Web ©
Arnav Ghosh, Head- South Asia, Havas Media ©
Srinivas Mothey, Associate Vice President- Sales, One97 – ©
Sandeep Singh, Business Head, Quasar – ©
Rohan Verma, Head Marketing, Mapmyindia ©
Aloke Bajpai, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, iXiGO.com– ©
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| 15:20- 15:30 hrs |
Q&A Session conducted by Session Moderator |
| 15:30- 15:35 hrs |
Summing up by Session Moderator |
| 15:35-15:40 hrs |
Change Over |
| 15:40-16:35hrs |
Panel Discussion 5: Increasing Penetration – Hotels & Packages Online |
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Flights & ground transportation dominate the online travelspace in India. With increased competition and in their quest to provide complete travel solutions to shoppers, online travel retailers are increasingly looking at H & P segment to differentiate themselves from the crowd and boost their margins. However, H & P as a category still commands dismal penetration online. How do we increase online penetration for a category where 'see, touch & feel' before buying rules the roost? |
| 15:40-15:55 hrs |
Session Moderator
Manoj Gurshani, Chief Executive Officer, TravelMart ©
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| 15:55-16:20 hrs |
Panel Discussion:
Shaun Dubash, Vice President – Business Development, Travelguru ©
Amit Somani, Chief Products Officer, MakeMyTrip -©
P.K. Sinha, Regional Vice President- SAARC, Jet Airways-©
Rahul Pandit, President & Chief Operating Officer, Lemon Tree Hotel ©
Jasdev Singh, Director Market Management Indian Subcontinent, Expedia ©
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| 16:20-16:30 hrs |
Q&A Session conducted by Session Moderator |
| 16:30-16:35 hrs |
Summing up by Session Moderator |
| 16:35-16:40 hrs |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 16:40-17:50 hrs |
SPEED DATING |
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Networking is the soul of a business conference. At IAMAI, we take it a step further.
Groups of 50 will be formed. Each group will be divided into groups of 25 who would occupy 2 rows of chairs facing each other. Clock ticks every 1 minute; exchange pleasantries, business cards, get set to know the person sitting opposite to you. |
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Conference Concludes |
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©-Confirmed |
