First Asia Travel Partnership event attracts firm support

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The unique speaker line-up of decision-makers from the travel-retail and travel and tourism industries in Asia/Pacific is attracting firm support for the first Asia Pacific Travel Partnership Symposium

The event will be held in partnership with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) on January 24–26 in Macau at the new signature resort by Steve Wynn.

Hugo Boss joins Diageo as a gold sponsor and will host the gala evening grand prix-style karting event, at which delegates will get the chance to test their driving skills. Those who get through the heats will be able to compete in the final for the champion's trophy and prize.

Raven Fox is also proud to announce two new co-sponsors—Swiss Travel Products and Pilgrim. Executives from premier sponsor DFS Group will welcome delegates throughout the event.

The Symposium will focus on how travel retailers and related travel service providers can increase sales by sharing information and working together. This unique event is the first to unite senior executives from the travel-retail and wider travel and tourism industries.

Delegates will gain an enhanced understanding of how travel service providers—including hotels, travel retailers, airports, airlines, tour operators, tourism bureaus and travel agents—can drive profits through partnership. A series of entertaining social events will offer delegates the opportunity to foster profitable alliances and network with other senior decision-makers.

Over the past four years Raven Fox, in collaboration with Horizon Research Corp, has interviewed more than 30,000 travellers at airports across the world, gaining a strong insight into what consumers are seeking, what they buy and why. The Asia Pacific Travel Partnership Symposium brings together speakers and panellists that have worked with Raven Fox and used this data, and other organisations that share a common goal of creating opportunity through partnership.

Panellists and speakers confirmed to date include:

• Asia/Pacific's number one online travel company, Travelocity-owned Zuji, CEO Scott Blume;

• China Duty Free Group director travel-retail/assistant general manager Charles Chen;

• Accor Hotels Group CEO Greater China and senior vice-president Asia/Pacific Brian Deeson;

• Macau Government Tourist Office director Joao Manuel Costa Autunes;

• Alpha Asia managing director Paul Topping;

• King Power Group (Hong Kong) managing director travel-retail and duty-free Sunil Tuli;

• Macy's West director visitor services Rosemary Nightingale;

• Asian Trails managing director Luzi Matzig;

• Diageo managing director global duty-free Ron Anderson;

• PATA president and CEO Peter de Jong;

• PATA strategic intelligence director John Koldowski;

• Asiawide Hospitality Solutions managing partner Kevin Murphy;

• The Travel Business Partnership director Nancy Cockerell;

• URS Corp senior principal airports & infrastructure finance & economics Ivo Favotto;

• Horizon Research Corp president and CEO Dr Ian Cesa.

The Asia/Pacific event is the first in a series of Travel Partnership events planned by Raven Fox. Watch out for details of the European Travel Partnership Symposium, to be held on June 27–29 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.

For information and to book your place contact Gerrard Kennedy on tel: +44 (0) 20 7779 8222 or email at: mailto:gkennedy@ravenfox.com