DESTINATIONS PREVIEW WTM 2015
Anyone with entrepreneurial ambitions should also make time for a discussion about The State of European Startups (Monday, 2-3pm, Global Stage AS850). Hosted by Phocuswright, along with the CEOs of
Homestay.com and Triptease, it will look at trends in mobile web activity and social networking and their impact on the travel industry.
LEARNING LESSONS Students
enrolled in any travel, tourism or hospitality course are
invited to the ITT Future You Conference
(Thursday, 11am- 1pm, Platinum Suite 3&4), for inspirational
career advice as well as realistic tips on how to get into the industry. Not only will
they hear from speakers such as Danny Waine, CEO of Perfect Weddings
Abroad, Hilton Hotels talent acquisition director Rob
Zajko, and Sam Wrigglesworth, Blue Chip
Holidays’ head of product
development, but there will also be the opportunity to network with potential employers such as STA Travel, Hilton Worldwide, Real Gap, Global Spirit and Heathrow Academy.
LEFT: Andy Harmer, Clia UK & Ireland
w SEA AND SKY The cruise and aviation sectors are central to the business of every travel agent, so all eyes should be on How the Cruise Industry is Innovating to Attract New Customers to Cruise (Tuesday, 12-1pm, South Gallery 15&16). Helmed by Clia UK & Ireland director Andy Harmer, plus senior figures from Celebrity Cruises, Voyages to Antiquity, Royal Caribbean International and Silversea Cruises, it will focus on the marketing and development strategies that cruise lines have followed to attract a new audience, and what other travel sectors can learn from their tactics. Up in the air, the Airline Industry Panel (Tuesday 10.30-11.30am,
Platinum Suite 1) looks at how airlines are competing for customers – using feedback from the Global Air Passengers Survey – and what challenges they will face over the coming year. No one can testify better to those challenges than the boss of Malaysia Airlines. He is the subject of the Keynote Interview: Christoph Mueller, CEO Malaysia Airlines (Wednesday,
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