Head of Worldwide Strategy and Planning; Executive Vice President – Corporate Development @ The Priceline Group Head of Worldwide Strategy and Planning, an office he has held since November 2010. He is also Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, a position he has held since March 1, 2009, and is responsible for worldwide mergers, acquisitions and…
Fondatore di PhoCusWright Philip Wolf su Wikipedia Anni fa, un imprenditore solitario abbracciò la controversa idea che la qualità delle informazioni potesse differenziare vincitori e vinti nella nascente era dell’informazione. L’anno era il 1994; questo imprenditore: Philip Wolf. La società da lui fondata, PhoCusWright Inc., è oggi la prima risorsa per viaggi, turismo e “hospitality…
Direttore Scientifico e Responsabile Concept Creativo BTO 2016General Manager TOFlorenceHotels Ha conseguito un Master in Revenue Management alla Cornell University. Giancarlovanta un’importante esperienza nel management in grandi catene alberghiere, Boscolo Group e Sonesta, per poi passare alla gestione diretta di una struttura ricettiva fiorentina. Oggi Giancarlo è General Manager di Villa Olmi Resort*****, Mulino di…
COO & Co-Founder – Musement Digital media and TV consultant with strong expertise in content management, distribution and exploitation of film and television rights. Co-founded a publishing house, a well known restaurants guide as “La Gola in Tasca” and Musement, a one-stop shop for travelers to discover and book in-destination activities, attractions, city passes and…
Reporter – Tnooz Martin Cowen is contributing editor for Tnooz and is based in the UK. Besides reporting and editing, he also oversees our sponsored content initiative and works directly with clients to produce articles and reports. For the past several years he has worked as a freelance writer, specialising in B2B distribution and technology.…
CEO UNA Hotels & Resorts Elena David was born in Prato, where she currently lives with her husband Maurizio Ucchino and two children, Lorenzo aged 18 and Virginia who is 12. She graduated from the Faculty of Business and Economics in Florence with a thesis on the development conditions of Florentine hotel management companies, which…
Head of Travel Vertical Search – Google Currently Head of Vertical Search for Southern Europe @ Google, Javier Javier leads the team that provides vertical specific solutions, ie hotel ads. His main focus in this position is maximizing yield from digital marketing & distribution investments for Google´s biggest & most sophisticated travel players in the…
Director of Industry Relations @ TripAdvisor Helena Egan è approdata in TripAdvisor nel dicembre 2008 in qualità di prima specialista dedicata esclusivamente agli uffici turistici in Europa, occupandosi di Europa, Medio Oriente, Africa e Asia, dopo il successo del programma per gli uffici turistici lanciato da TripAdvisor in U.S.A. Nel 2011 Helena ha portato all’ampliamento…
Giulia Eremita serves as the spokesperson for trivago in Italy, overseeing press and media relationship and communication strategy and translating the researches provided by trivago Observatory into accessible news and information. Giulia is an active speaker through continuing business tourism seminars and conventions both nationally and internationally, she works with BTO Educational Scientific Committee since…
Vice President of Corporate Solutions Western, Southern & Eastern Europe at HRS – The Hotel Portal Senior Executive with more than 20 years experience in Leisure & Tourism Management. 15 years of CEO/C-Level experience, global responsibility, leading up to 300 people. Hands-on direct experience with successful track record in business development.
Senior Global Solutions Engineer Nathaniel spearheads Global Solution Engineering for Duetto: his work branches between sales, product development, marketing, and thought-leadership content-generation. He graduated in 2013 from Cornell University and holds a Bachelors of Science from The School of Hotel Administration. Nat’s work experience is spread between both hospitality and data management including time at…
Senior Director, Key Account Sales EMEA – Tripadvisor As Senior Director, CPC Sales EMEA, Adrian is responsible for all eCommerce revenues for TripAdvisor’s Metasearch and Instant Book products coming from Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) and Hotel Chains based on our largest geographical region by revenue. Adrian spent the first part of his career in media…
COO Accorhotels Italia Grecia Israele & Malta Renzo Iorio is the COO and Managing Director of Accor Hospitality in Italy, Greece, Israel and Malta part of Accorhotels Group, worldwide leader in Travel & Lifestyle. After a short experience in ‘Il Sole 24 ore’, he started his career in Accenture in 1982, then he joined Fiat…
General Manager – Emirates Italy Member of the Board of Directors – ENIT Italian Tourism Board A graduate of Bocconi University in Milan with a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in marketing, Fabio has worked for Digital Equipment Italia, Autodesk (as general director of Italy, Greece, Cypress), and for Neopost Italia as General…
Global Head of Employee Experience – Airbnb Strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team, inclusive and engaging HR functional leader, and developer of a high performance workforce steeped in the company’s vision, values and culture. Dedicated to delivering the company’s promise to its employees and customers. Supported large companies through growth and significant change,…
Sr. Director, Market Management Southern Europe & European Regional Territories Expedia Walter possiede una ventennale esperienza nel settore turistico. Nel suo attuale ruolo di Senior Director per il Sud Europa ad Expedia, è responsabile dei team che gestiscono Italia, Spagna e Portogallo e che lavorano con gli hotel partner, occupandosi della gestione delle strategie di…
Chief Executive Officer presso Best Western Italia Classe 1967, si laurea in Economia e commercio e da subito entra nel mondo dell’ospitalità nell’headquarter di Subway, una catena di fast food negli Stati Uniti. Prosegue in Best Western come responsabile marketing e braccio destro del ceo. Passa in Amadeus global distribution system, step importante nel curriculum…
Director of Sales – TrustYou Michael is holding a diploma engineer degree (Dipl.-Ing.) of the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe in the field of Cartography. Michael started his professional career as a Technical Project Manager with Bertelsmann (Random House) Cartography. He left Bertelsmann after 10 years as Deputy Head of Production Department. At Ganske…
CEO – JDB Fine Hotels & Resorts Brian graduated from Hotel school in London before moving to Scandinavia, The Middle East and then the USA as a sales leader in the Hotel Industry. In the USA Brian first worked with Brian Froelich changing the face of business travel and allowing customers to be able to…
Co-founder e Presidente eRevMax Andrew is an authority in the field of tourism, with more than twenty years of experience. He was the Director of Revenue Management for:– Starhotels International Florence;– Six Continent Hotels and Resorts (previously known as Bass Hotels and Resorts) for the northeast region of the United States, with headquarters in New…
Deputy CEO – Onefinestay Prior to joining onefinestay, Keyvan was Managing Partner at NextStage, a leading French venture and growth capital fund. During his nine years there, he led numerous investments and assisted portfolio companies on a large swath of issues such as operations, recruiting and finance, and his activity led to it being recognised…
Global Chairman – FutureBrand Chris has worked over the past 25 years across all sectors in the area of Brand Strategy and Marketing for Corporate, Consumer, Country and NGO Brands around the world. A passionate innovator, Chris believes in the power of creativity to define the future through branding. His specialist subjects include Travel &…
Brand Director & Corporate Strategy – Room Mate Hotels Roberto Sánchez Simón has been linked to the advertising sector in his entire career. After his work on the advertising agency FCB / TAPSA, where Roberto led the advertising strategy of clients such as CEPSA, IBERIA, AVE or McCain, among others, he joined GREY GROUP, one…
Founder and CEO – BigRock
Correspondent – La Repubblica Riccardo Staglianò was born in Viareggio in 1968 and is a foreign correspondent for La Repubblica. He began his career in New York, working for the monthly publication « Reset », before moving to « Corriere della Sera ». He won the Ischia prize for journalism (youth section). For ten years…
Destination Maker | Serendipity Seeker | Dreams Developer Imprenditrice appassionata di innovazione sociale, turismo e dinamiche territoriali, con esperienza decennale per le principali realtà del travel (TripAdvisor, World Travel Market, TUI Travel, TTG). Lascia la carriera per inseguire un sogno: convertire il proprio territorio, Brindisi, in una meta turistica sostenibile. Questo esperimento si tramuta presto…
Director – Advisory services at IDeaS Revenue Solutions As Director – Advisory Services for IDeaS Consulting, Paul van Meerendonk leads a global team of revenue management consultants who are focused on hotel revenue optimization projects. Mr. van Meerendonk is currently responsible for the global development, management and operations of the Consulting team and overseeing the…
Managing Director Europe, Middle East, Africa – Booking.com Peter Verhoeven is Managing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Booking.com, a role he has held since July of 2014. Peter came to Booking.com from AccorHotels, where he served in numerous positions over his seven-year tenure with the company. After joining Accor in 2007…
Partnerships – The Student Hotel Frank Uffen is Partnership Director and a partner in The Student Hotel. He works with universities, governments and organisations across the world to ensure that The Student Hotel adds value to the academic success, professional opportunities and personal well-being of international students and local talent.
Market Manager, Rome – Viator
