SPECIAL REPORT — CONNECTIONS LUXURY
Connections Luxury participating companies
Falcon handling, shooting and Ferrari
driving were among the activities enjoyed by Connections guests
Autograph Collection Hotels • Avis Prestige & Select Services • Baglioni Hotels • Conrad & Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts • Conrad Algarve • Dorchester Collection • Elegant Hotels Group • Etihad Airways • Fairmont & Raffles Hotels & Resorts • Finca Cortesin Hotel, Golf & Spa • The Florida Keys & Key West • Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts • Gloria Hotels & Resorts • Hotel Le Cep • Intercontinental London Park Lane • Kempinski Hotels • L’ Hotel du Collectionneur • The Lanesborough • The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts • Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board • Lufthansa • Masai Mara Wilderness Lodge • Nassau Paradise Island • Nine Worlds • Ponant • The Ritz London • Rocco Forte Hotels • Rovos Rail • Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts • Silversea Cruises • Star Travel Russia • Sultans of the Seas • Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces • Tourism New Zealand Sponsors: Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority • Accord Group • Amadeus • Jeanrichard • Lingua Communications • Moove • Qatar Tourism Authority • Season Car Hire • The Telegraph Media Group Partners: Aspire Travel Club • African Travel & Tourism Association • Pacific Asia Travel Association • Spafinder Wellness 365 • Traveller Made
Ex-Apple director Segall gets to core of design
Rob Sinclair-Barnes, Amadeus, and Micaela Giacobbe, Connections
Travel websites are failing to offer users a fulfilling experience, according to former Apple creative director Ken Segall. Segall (pictured) was a colleague of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs for many years, having worked with him at Next Computer before his return to Apple. He explained how simplicity
was the key to Apple’s success and how it came to become the world’s most valuable company, having been just 90 days from bankruptcy in 1997. Asked for his thoughts about
travel websites, Segall said: “Basically, they are all the same. My travel often involves multiple cities, and it isn’t easy to do, so I have had to call a travel agent and say just do this for me and pay whatever the fee is.” Segall said website design in
travel was lacking: “Most of the sites have pretty bad design: they are not that pleasing to look at so [using them] feels like more work.”
Micaela Giacobbe, commercial
events director at Travel Weekly Group, said: “Connections Luxury gives senior executives the opportunity to build new relationships in a new and creative way. It is a unique approach and makes other industry trade shows look tired by comparison.” Quentin Desurmont, founder of
Traveller Made, said: “This event is clearly going to become one of the pillars that will support the future of real luxury travel.”
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