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Registration
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Official Open
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Introduction and opening of Travolution Asia Forum


Speaker
Editor
Travolution
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KEYNOTE Interview – Deep Kalra, Make My Trip

Opening Keynote to provide overview of Indian market growth and opportunity.

Speaker
Chairman and Group CEO
Make My Trip
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Session 1: Market Insights Through Data and Analytics

It’s often said that data is the new oil, so rich it is in vital customer insights in a digital landscape in which customer-centricity is becoming increasingly vital.

In this session experts will discuss how firms with established and maybe legacy tech stacks can make better use of their most valuable asset and work with partners to ensure they understand what the customer wants and when.

What can insights can data analytics provide? What role will AI and machine learning play? And what is the impact for firms that embrace a scientific approach to data.


Speakers
South Asia Division Lead
Mastercard Advisors
Managing Director
Jet Privilege
Country Manager India
TripAdvisor
Editor
Travolution
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Coffee break
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Session 2: Aviation and Technology

The digital revolution in travel in the UK and other western markets was fuelled by the rise of the low cost airlines, the impact of which is still being felt today through the sector.

With travel booming in fast-developing countries like India and new carriers being established all the time, how does the wider travel sector ensure the astonishing growth this is driving is translated into profitable growth for all in the travel ecosystem.

Speakers
CEO
Travatar
Editor
Travolution
Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer
Vermost
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Session 3: Tour Operators and Suppliers

For over 20 years the internet has challenged the role of the intermediary in travel and yet the travel agent and the tour operator is still with us, and many are flourishing, despite countless predictions of their imminent demise.

How is the modern-day intermediary grasping the opportunities that the internet age offers and delivering added value both to the consumer and their suppliers. Are we on the cusp of a new age of the intermediary as these specialists embrace new technologies to get closer to the consumer in a way brands will never be able to direct? 


Speakers
Editor
Travolution
Chief Executive Officer
Goomo
Managing Director
The Travel Corporation
Head of Sales
Holiday Taxis Group
Chief Operating Officer
Ezeego
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Lunch
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Executive Interview
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Co-founder & CEO
Venture Republic - LINE TRAVEL jp & Trip101
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Session 4: Technology Panel

In this session we take a closer look at the advanced technologies that are powering the travel industry today.

Global experts from technology developers will explain what travel firms can do today to exploit the latest powerful technologies to help them compete and engage more successfully with their customers.

This is not science fiction this is science today. Our speakers will focus on the realm of what is possible now, not what’s promised in the future.


Speakers
VP Sales Middle East, Africa and Indian Sub-Continent
Hotelbeds
COO
Traveltek
CEO
Zumata
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Session 5: Mobile Technology & Payments

Developing markets like India have skipped the desktop and laptop age and gone straight to mobile as international connectivity and access to smartphones proliferates.

What does this mean for the travel sector and the various players in it? Does this phenomenon mean the approach to mobile in this part of the world is more sophisticated and more advanced than in the west? 

What challenges are there in operating in such a market? Our expert speakers will provide answers to these questions and more.


Speakers
CFO Paytm & eCommerce and SVP Strategy
Paytm
Associate Director - Business Development and Communications
IFree Group
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KEYNOTE Speech
Speaker
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Yatra
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Closing Remark