Events

Sydney, Tuesday, August 26
Year of Living Dangerously?

BOOKINGS open for TRAVELtech, Australia's leading online travel marketing, distribution and tech event, in the first week of June.

The theme for 2008 is - The Year of Living Dangerously?

Curious? More will be revealed soon.

As always, TRAVELtech will focus on the latest online travel marketing and web-based innovations.

There'll be presentations, panels, case studies, disagreements, large statements, small statements, debate and perhaps a little controversy.

More than anything, it will be a day when Australia's online travel industry can get together, compare notes, challenge new ideas and forge fresh alliances.

TRAVELtech was founded in 1999 and is Australia's benchmark online travel marketing and distribution conference - more than 300 delegates attended last year.

It has a well-established reputation for delivering relevant, high-quality content and excellent networking.

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.

And don't forget to mark 26 August, 2008, in your diary.

2007 Photo Wrap

Search Engine Room Australia - Sydney, October 7, 2008
Search Engine Room NZ - Auckland, November 11, 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 mark the following dates in your diary.

Search Engine Room Sydney, October 7, 2008
Search Engine Room New Zealand, November 11, 2008

A good way of keeping in touch is to 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

Hot Shots

RANDOM SHOTS FROM TRAVELtech

TRAVELtech will be returning to Sydney on Tuesday, 26 August, 2008.

As always, it will focus on the latest online travel marketing and web-based innovations.

There'll be presentations, panels, case studies, disagreements, large statements, small statements, debate and perhaps a litle controversy.

More than anything, it will be a day when Australia's online travel industry can get together, compare notes, challenge new ideas and forge fresh alliances

Meanwhile, here are some pix from TRAVELtech 2007. Hope to see you soon.