• Sydney, Tuesday, August 26
• Year of Living Dangerously
• Program and Bookings

Bookings are now open for TRAVELtech 2008 - Australia's leading online travel marketing, distribution and tech event. This year's theme is the open-ended Year of Living Dangerously?

It can be taken a couple of ways ... the obvious: oil, inflation, interest rates and marketing costs up - challenges ahead.

But it's also a question, and the good news is there's increasing evidence the online channel may be the place consumers turn at times like these.

Find out more at TRAVELtech 2008. 

Confirmed speakers are listed below, while the latest program has just been posted - it's packed with industry leaders and topical content. 

• Malcolm Auld, Principal, Malcolm Auld Direct
• Scott Blume, President Travelocity Asia Pacific
• James Cassidy, General Manager Travel, Fairfax Digital
• Clementina Clive-Ponsonby-Fane, Head of Travel, Health and Lifestyle, ninemsn
• Mark Frawley, Managing Director, Roamfree Group
• Brad Gurrie, General Manager, Travelzoo
• Claire Hatton, Head of Travel, Google
• Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist, Austrade
• Arthur Hoffman, Managing Director, Expedia - APAC
• Martin Kelly, Director, Travel Trends 
• Sue Klose, Director of Corporate Development, News Digital Media
• Gordon Locke, VP Airline Marketing & Strategy, Sabre Airline Solutions
• Simon Monk, Chief Executive Officer, World Nomads
• Richard Noon, Chief Executive Officer, Webjet
• Dan Russell, Director, Cleancruising.com
• Darin Walters, Managing Director, Jetabroad.com
• Michael Walmsley, General Manager - Competitive Intelligence and Search Marketing Services 

TRAVELtech, founded in 1999, focusses on the latest online travel marketing and web-based innovations.

It has a well-established reputation for delivering relevant, high-quality content and excellent networking - more than 300 delegates attended in 2007.

If you have any questions, suggestions or would like to sponsor, please call Martin Kelly on (612) 9882-1575.

Please visit the TRAVELtech photo gallery to see some photographs from the 2007 event.

Sponsors include:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program and Further Details...
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• Search Engine Room Australia - Sydney, October 7, 2008

INFORMATIVE, educational, provocative and sometimes controversial, Search Engine Room is the leading event for Australasia's rapidly-growing search industry.

Founded in 2004, Search Engine Room is locally owned and operated.

It's held annually in Australia and New Zealand, attracting widespread industry support, and has a reputation for quality content, excellent event management and staging.

The program focus is on respected, well-connected speakers delivering topical, relevant  information.

Search engine optimisation and marketing is well-covered, while broader industry issues are also addressed through interviews with leading search industry figures.

There are case studies and debates, plus panels led by informed journos.

Audience interaction is encouraged and Search Engine Room always makes an effort to be forward-looking,  tracking the latest search and digital trends.

Consumers are also given the once-over, enabling delegates to gain a better understanding of their customers.

This format has great appeal and delegates come from around the country.

Apart from search marketers, marketing managers, e-commerce managers, online business owners, senior management, digital media executives and agency types predominate.

Companies large and small from diverse industries are represented, including travel.

Some have been in the game for years, others are just starting out.

If all this sounds interesting, and may like to attend a Search Engine Room conference, please subscribe to Search Engine Room News, which is packed with original content and comes out every five or so weeks.

If you have any questions, please call Martin Kelly on 612-9882-1575.

www.searchengineroom.com.au

A RECORD crowd attended the second No Vacancy acommodation industry conference in Sydney recently.

It was a great day featuring industry leaders, panels, case studies, presentations and debate.

There was a touch of controversy with hard questions asked - and answered.

Program topics included online distribution, consumer trends, channel and yield management, carbon offsetting, star ratings, modern marketing tactics, pricing, social media strategies and plenty more.

No Vacancy will return in 2009 - please sign up for the TravelTrends.biz newsletter if you'd like further details.

No Vacancy 2008 Wrap

Mike Ford
Founder and Managing DIrector, SiteMinder

Mike Ford is the Founder and Managing Director of SiteMinder, one of Australia leading online distribution channel managers.  Having previously led the development of Australia's largest e-health transaction switch, Mike recognised a similar integration need within the hospitality industry. A huge technology void existed between the accommodation providers and the channels that sold their inventory - a void which surprisingly had not effectively been addressed by any organisation at the time .  At the time of starting SiteMinder, Mike was a shareholder in a large accommodation provider, and got tired of hearing from his manager how time consuming and costly the manual updating of internet booking sites was. In order to get some peace and quiet, Mike quit his job and started SiteMinder. His manager doesn't complain anymore, and she, along with hundreds of other accommodation providers across Australia and New Zealand are now happy and sleep well at night. Mikes formal qualifications include a Bachelor Of Commerce degree in business management and information systems, and an MBA.

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