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The Travel Tech Show at WTM The UK’s largest travel technology show


The Travel Tech Show at WTM is the UK’s largest travel technology event, with more than 10,000 visitors attending. It is the fastest growing region at WTM having doubled in size since 2010 and now consists of four major digital strands: blogging, mobile, social media and technology.


There are many key speakers of note but here we have highlighted just a few for visitors to look out for...


Monday 3 November WTM Travel Innovation Summit


in association with TTI WTM GLOBAL STAGE AS850, FROM 14:30-17:00 WTM has teamed up with Travel Technology Initiative to bring


together top fl ight speakers who will give their take on the very latest developments in travel.


Speakers: John Straw, Chairman of Digital Advisory Board, Thomas Cook; Alec Dent, Partnership Manager, BlaBlaCar; Pru Ashby, Head of Technology, London & Partners; and Sharon Doyle, Vice President of Product Management, GTA.


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There will be continuous, back-to-back, 45-minute Travel Tech presentations taking place throughout WTM on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 November.


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TRAVEL TECH THEATRE TT390, 10:30-17:30


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WTM Travel Perspective Keynote: Mobile, Travel & Facebook SOUTH GALLERY 23-26, 10:00-10:30


Discussion on the importance of mobile for social networking, recent developments and their implications – travel brands may soon be able to sell their products from within Facebook ads.


Speaker: Lee McCabe, Global Head of Travel, Facebook


WTM Travel Perspective Keynote: 27 things you really


need to know about Buzzfeed and content marketing SOUTH GALLERY 23-26, 10:35-11:05


The session will look at the Buzzfeed phenomenon, how it makes its content go viral and how the company has worked with travel companies on successful campaigns.


Speaker: Will Hayward, VP Europe, Buzzfeed


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Social Media Events Programme Tuesday 4 November


Wednesday 5 November


WTM Travel Perspective Keynote: Travel 140 – The view from Twitter


WTM GLOBAL STAGE AS850, 12:30-13:00 Travel is a huge part of the Twitter conversation – how can travel companies best use the network?


Speaker: Aoife Desmond, Head of Travel Strategy, EMEA, Twitter


WTM Travel Perspective Keynote: Peer-to-Peer Travel WTM GLOBAL STAGE AS850, 13:15-13:45 Can revolutionary travel companies that remove the middleman succeed or are there too many vested interests to really disrupt the travel industry? Discussion will turn to Airbnb, Uber and more.


Speaker: Oliver Grémillon, Managing Director Europe, Airbnb


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