Dr Narudh receives an air transport doctorate from Loughborough University, UK specialising in aviation economics. He has been a life-long aviation enthusiast with extensive experience in the field of aviation. As the head of Nok Air's market development department, he is responsible for overseeing research, strategic planning and route network development. He is also a non-executive director at a digital media venture capitalist firm, Topten Capital. In academia, Narudh has been publishing researches in the areas of airport competition, environmental impact of aviation and valuation of aviation externalities. He also appears in a number of printed media and radio giving expert-opinion on the state of the aviation industry. As an aviation enthusiast, he enjoys flying around the world. He has flown on 802 flights on 157 airlines to 235 airports in 89 countries.

Momchil Kyurkchiev is the CEO and co-founder of Leanplum, the most complete mobile marketing platform, designed for intelligent action. He started the company in 2012 after graduating from Techstars Seattle.

Before Leanplum, Momchil spent five years as a lead engineer at Google optimizing video ads. There, he realized the opportunity to reinvent marketing for the mobile world.

Jayesh Easwaramony is leading the InMobi business in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. Prior to his current position, he has led business development for the Asia Pacific region for three years.

Before InMobi, Jayesh worked with Frost and Sullivan as the leader of its TMT practice. He has advised several large companies in the mobile and media space including Samsung, SKT, Axiata and Telkom. He was widely respected for his views on the ICT industry having provided several interviews to CNBC, BBC, Channel News Asia and leading publications. He has spoken at several conferences including GMIC, LTE Asia and Carrier Ethernet World. Prior to Frost and Sullivan, Jayesh has worked with Newscorp in India to set-up their pay TV business and other media investments and with the prestigious Tata Group to enter the telecom business.

Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo is leading the business expansion of Travelstart in the Middle East. Previously Remo was part of the team that founded Africa Internet Accelerator (one of Naspers' investments), which launched three of the fastest growing e-commerce businesses in South Africa. Prior to this, Remo was part of Rocket Internet Australia & South East Asia where he was a member of the founding team that launched leading e-commerce companies such as TheIconic.com.au, Zalora.com and Lazada.com.

A strong advocate in the field of B2C marketing automation, personalization and retargeting. Ben has 10 years’ experience working for various organisations, developing solutions across categories from Mobile Payments to Marketing Automation. He is now responsible for overseeing the growth of EMARSYS throughout SEA as well as the daily operations of the business in Singapore. With both a passion for technology and data driven marketing, Ben has successfully assisted many blue chip organisations in implementing successful customer engagement strategies, receiving global acclaim for solutions that he has designed.

Leanne is a global sales and marketing leader supported by 15 years’ experience in the luxury hotel and tourism sector.  Working across Australia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Thailand with leading brands that include Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Jumeirah Group, Trisara Phuket and Emirates Airlines. A dynamic globetrotter having travelled to over 88 countries, a MBA graduate and is currently the Director of Sales & Marketing for The Siam in Bangkok.

Andy Khen currently serves as the Executive Director with L Hotels & Resorts and Shanti Collection. Previously, he was the Group Director of E-Commerce and Distribution with Swiss-Belhotel International responsible for the online revenue of the group. Prior to his assignment with Swiss-Belhotel International, Andy was the Corporate Director of Global Revenue Management and Distribution with Santika Indonesia Hotels and Resorts. Andy's expertise includes hotel e-commerce & distribution, revenue management, loyalty program, digital marketing & social media, and Website & booking engine development. 

Michel Léger has over 25 years of international experience in electronic payments. He was appointed EVP Innovation in January 2015. He joined the Group in 2010 to take over management of the company’s EMEA segment and became EVP Marketing & Global Sales in 2013. He began his career with Schlumberger in 1985 where he was in charge of sales and marketing for the North American market. In 2003 he was named General Manager of the Payment Terminal Division for Axalto (ex Schlumberger) and held a similar position at Gemalto until 2009. He also helped develop Gemalto’s e-payment market on a global scale

Dan has spent most of his career building online travel businesses.  He is currently the co-founder of ZUZUHOTELS.  ZUZUHOTELS is a soft-chain budget hotel company in the Asia Pacific region, that offers budget hoteliers high-value services to boost their RevPar, and offers travellers certainty of a great value budget hotel stay at a high quality.  Prior to ZUZUHOTELS, Dan built the HomeAway APAC business, turning around an acquired Stayz.com.au in Australia, and bringing Bookabach in New Zealand, and HomeAway Asia into the family of sites to grow the business across the region.

Paul has worked in the digital tech space for 15 years. He has previously worked for Google, LinkedIn, and PlayLab Games. At PlayLab, the creators of Juice Cubes, he was Head of Global User Acquisition, managing UA and Ad Monetization for 6 games. Nicknamed “speed racer,” he loves startups and mobile, making him a great fit for the fast past paced Asia mobile app ecosystem.

Michael joined Infinite Luxury in 2016 as Director of Marketing. Infinite Luxury is the development firm behind the ultra-luxury Kata Rocks Resort (Phuket) and the award winning Infinite Luxury Spa. Prior to that, Michael has worked with numerous luxury hotels including Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, where he was the Director of eCommerce & Digital Marketing (2012-2016); InterContinental Resorts and Indigo Pearl, a leading design resort based in Phuket, Thailand.

Chetan has in-depth experience across a broad spectrum of online marketing and communications platforms. During a career of more than 15 years, he has garnered an excellent understanding of the ever changing Internet travel landscape and is able to skilfully incorporate the latest developments into current business practices at ONYX Hospitality Group. Chetan currently heads the E-Commerce department at ONYX managing all aspects of the organisation's online initiatives from SEO to digital marketing, web development, OTA relationship management, social media, loyalty CRM and partnership marketing. His many accomplishments at ONYX includes winning Google Southeast Asia's 2009 Advertising Campaign of the Year as well as number of successful case studies regarding successful use of Google advertising and analytics platforms.

Starting his career at Air Mauritius in the IT Department on 2^nd March 1998, Youvraj made his first steps into the aviation industry. During his 18 years+ of service, I have acquired considerable know-how and work experience in different areas of the business, from IT Training & user empowerment, Managing IT projects, Marketing, Airline Loyalty Marketing, Frequent Flyer Programme partnership, Customer Relationship Management, to highly specialist functions like Airline E-Commerce, Digital Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), , Online Sales Strategy, E-Products, Internet Booking Engine, Web & Business Analytics, Attribution Modeling, Domain Management & Registration, Content Marketing, Marketing Automation, Airline Mobile Strategy, Airline Distribution, Airline & non-Airline Ancillary Sales, Airline Social Media Strategy.

Dilpreet is a senior professional with 10 plus years of experience in the field of CRM, Marketing analytics and Customer Insights across varied industries. Currently he is heading the CRM and analytics vertical for The Oberoi Group managing both the brands Oberoi and Trident. Dilpreet’ s area of expertise lies in using data and insights to drive Customer engagement and retention by mapping customer journey and lifecycle.

Pallav has spent many years travelling and living across Asia. For now he is settled in India. He heads digital marketing at Cleartrip, one of the largest OTAs in India, where he is driving strategic thinking in digital and mobile marketing. In the past Pallav has worked with companies such as Oracle and Infosys.

John Sinke is an experienced (Digital) Marketing Professional having worked with various businesses in Travel, Telecommunications, Finance, Recruitment and Automotive over the past twenty years in Asia and Europe. He is currently the AVP Digital Marketing & e-Commerce for Resorts World Sentosa (rwsentosa.com) in Singapore.  At Resorts World Sentosa, John’s role is to provide strategic leadership and guidance for the development and execution of Digital Marketing Campaigns and e-Commerce Projects. In this capacity he is also responsible for managing Resorts World Sentosa’s Websites, Mobile Apps and e-Commerce Platforms. Before Resorts World Sentosa, John worked for several international blue-chip companies, including CMC Markets, lastminute.com, easyCar.com, Renault, Wanadoo (France Telecom), Manpower Group and KPMG. 

Patrick Steinbrenner is the Managing Director for APAC at Insider, a marketing technology company that focuses on enabling its clients to deliver cross-platform, 1:1 experiences to drive engagement and performance.

Before Insider, Patrick worked at ZALORA for over 4 years as Regional Director and he was responsible for Product Innovation, Branding, Content Strategy, and User Experience across ZALORA's eight countries of operation. His work has been awarded the "Best Use of Consumer Insights" at the Loyalty and Engagement Awards

Kiren is the co-founder and MD of ZENRooms.com, Asia's largest budget hotel network operating in 6 countries and over 700 properties. Started in 2015, ZEN Rooms enables the fast growing segment of cost conscious budget traveler, to discover, book and enjoy quality budget accommodation across the region. Every room and property on the platform has been thoroughly audited to guarantee quality stay experience.

A veteran of the Internet startup space in South East Asia since 2007, before ZEN Rooms,  Kiren was founder & CEO of Rocket Internet portfolio company FoodPanda.com (exited to DeliveryHero in 2016) starting the company from scratch in 2012 and growing it to the biggest food delivery company in Asia and the most recognizable brand in the space. After FoodPanda, Kiren was the CEO of Rocket Internet in South East Asia through APACIG, their investment joint venture with Indosat-Ooredoo. Kiren is also active on the startup scene in South East Asia as mentor and investor.

Before entering the startup world as Managing Director, Kiren worked as a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in Singapore serving clients across Asia in banking, telecommunications and logistics on a range of corporate finance and strategy issues. Kiren grew up in India, where he graduated top of his Engineering Class from Mumbai University and top of his MBA class from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Wisnu is a former radio broadcaster and a contributor for Rolling Stones Indonesia magazine. Having interest in new media communication, he then pursued his career in digital media and PR industry handling companies listed in Fortune 100. Not until 2012 he then shifted to the hospitality industry and currently working for the largest hotel company in the world taking care: SEM, SEO,Social Media Advertising, PR, content management, media and digital influencer relation.

Russell has worked in the online travel and tourism industry for over fourteen years. As APAC managing director, he leads Sojern’s APAC sales and account teams, expanding Sojern’s footprint in the Asian-Pacific market and developing global travel partnerships. With experience in a variety of progressive leadership roles, Russell has a proven track record of building deep sales and account competency and increasing revenues and profitability across a matrix environment. Prior to joining Sojern, Russell was the media director for lastminute.com, where he was responsible for strategy development, agency sales, and media in the UK, Ireland, Germany and the Nordics.

Dyson is a long-time digital veteran and pioneer with more than 20 years of digital experience, including extensive experience working with multinationals in the travel industry. At Dream Cruises/Star Cruises, he leads the overall development, execution and performance of a holistic global digital strategy. At Marriott International, he was responsible for formulating and executing online distribution strategies in the APAC region. Prior to Marriott, he spent 10 years with The Walt Disney Company in various managerial positions in APAC across functions such as e-commerce, theme parks and resorts, television and technology. He is a frequent speaker on e-commerce and digital marketing. His community work included being a Founding Member of the China Organizational Group at Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA), Vice Chairman of Policy Committee at Internet Professional Association, as well as an advisor to the IT legislator in Hong Kong.

As a passionate digital marketer, David always enjoys connecting digital innovations with travel industry. With his experience with Starwood and Travelocity, he was the mobile & social marketing lead for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) in Greater China before he started his adventures with online giants like Amazon and Uber.

A strong and ambitious digital advertising profile supported by more than five years’ experience in the digital marketing field working as a specialist on paid search, display and programmatic. Before heading up the Global Display Team at momondo, Karina worked with a various of global clients in the digital agency, Resolution, a part of Omnicom Media Group, focusing on user acquisition, conversion and retention.

Pushpendra Sharma (Push) is the CEO and founder of SpacesGenie.com, a short-term online listing marketplace that connects brands, concepts and ideas with spaces to open Pop-Up Stores. SpacesGenie has partnered with Pop-Up Market Indonesia, Singapore Fashion Runway, Asia Malls etc. to market, promote and curate exciting Pop-Up experiences in Asia. It provides customised solutions for brands that are looking to create an immersive experience using technology in their launch or event. It is the go-to marketplace for everything related to Pop-Ups, offering unique end-to-end solutions. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Push has worked in a leading Private equity firm and has also worked in real estate consulting roles across Asia and Europe. He is an alumni of Columbia University, New York and has lived and worked in 5 different cities in the course of his career. He is an avid traveller, plays league cricket for Singapore cricket club and enjoys writing about entrepreneurship, retail and real estate.

Catherine Ballantyne has spent 25 years in IT, marketing and digital development specifically working with the data that drives these tools. She is currently the Director of Solution Consulting for Tealium in APAC based in Sydney. Her role is to provide problem solving resource to organisations evolving into their omnichannel activation capabilities. She has special interest in the travel, retail and gaming industries. Previously Catherine has held a number of regional roles with multinationals such Oracle, IBM, Acxiom, Marketo and as an independent digital consultant.

Simone Lini is the CEO of Waynaut. Born in Italy, Simone holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University, Milan. After studying Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, he went on to work for Rocket Internet, the world biggest venture incubator, in its Sydney offices. After coming back to Italy, he started Waynaut, the first Seamless Multimodal Booking platform. Its proprietary technology allows it to gather every kind of transportation data, find the optimal combinations and distribute them through its web service. The company, based in Milan, employs 16 people and has raised €1.400.000 in venture capital funding.

In his fourth year at BeMyGuest, Andrew Tan leads the regional acquisition team for supplier partnerships at BeMyGuest. With a focus on direct relationships and support, he has spearheaded the content growth of BeMyGuest to be the largest in the region. To share his passion and journey, Andrew has spoken at events such as Web In Travel, ITB Asia, Echelon and for tourism boards in the region. What drives him in this industry is working on the ground to nurture a community, and channeling that into innovation at BeMyGuest in order to build a better platform for the attractions, tours and activities providers. Andrew takes great pride in being a tourism ambassador for the region and aspires to become a changemaker for the ASEAN community.

Kavi Chaurasia comes with over 14 years of rich corporate experience. He is currently associated with LEPL Projects Ltd. - Air Costa as Vice President - Marketing and  Brand Communication, also heads the Customer Care Management and Ancillary Business for the Airline. He has worked in domains ranging from FMCG, Media and Infotainment, IT & ITES, Business Consulting and Aviation. He has worked extensively in building and managing brands like MapmyIndia and has been associated with diversified business groups such as Times Group and IT services facing both B2C and B2B.He has been instrumental in positioning the brands where they should be for the organisations he worked with. 

LinkedIn profile - http://linkedin.com/in/kavi1180

Alwin has over 18 years of experience in the area of business intelligence, CRM, Innovation and Digital Marketing. During his career, Alwin has involved in strategic planning for direct marketing, e-commerce, CRM, loyalty and enterprise solutions for big organization from various industry. He was once work in several digital agencies, and banks in Malaysia, later AirAsia, and now Malaysia Airlines. Alwin also speaks at international conferences such as Business Intelligence & Analytics Forum, International Contact Centre Management & CRM Asia.

Alban Villani has been the Commercial Director for Criteo Southeast Asia since October 2013. Among the first three Criteo employees who launched Criteo’s Singapore office and operations in Southeast Asia, Alban has been instrumental in laying the company’s commercial foundations across nine countries – Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. This included negotiating strategic alliances with regional agencies, driving revenue growth from top advertisers in the retail, travel and classifieds sectors and establishing relationships with key customers. An entrepreneur at heart, Alban has more than 12 years of experience and a solid track record in the media and internet industries across Europe, the US and Asia. Alban was named ‘Digital Entrepreneur 2012’ by MillionaireAsia Magazine. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and events organised by Web in Travel, ad:tech, eCommerce Show, Casual Connect, The Asian Banker and Data World Group.

Kyota Chikazawa is the marketing & sales supervisor for All Nippon Airways, the largest Japanese airline by revenue and passenger numbers. He is an expert in market communication such as digital marketing and advertising of airline industry. He now manages market communication for 13 online markets in Asia & Oceania (Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia).

Ricelle has two decades of extensive operational experience in the contact center industry. Notably, she was part of the pioneer team responsible for the migration of Citiphone services from Citibank Australia to CitiBPS Philippines in 2004. Since joining SPi CRM in 2006, she has managed US programs in one of the company's delivery sites in Manila, Philippines, and by December 2009, became Site Director. In January 2012, she transitioned to APAC accounts and currently oversees service delivery for key clients and major brands under the travel and financial services vertical as Vice President for Operations.

Lynn is a veteran of Philippine Airlines, beginning her career as a Reservations Agent and ascending the ranks to becoming Assistant Vice President for Reservations and CRS. She led the pioneer team in the migration of the 1-800 US Reservations in Los Angeles to Manila in the early 2000s. A chief proponent of the launch of PAL Telesales, parallel operations with SPi CRM in 2010, Lynn ensured a seamless transition until the completion of turnover in October 2011 by providing intensive training for the call center.

Honey is Senior Vice President - Product at Wego.com, a search-driven online travel marketplace operating across the Middle East & Asia-Pacific and backed by top-tier investors. He has been working with 'everything mobile' for the past 8 years. Combining his lifetime goal of traveling to all countries in the world and his passion for building top quality products, he joined Wego in 2014 to build Wego's hugely popular mobile apps. He is now responsible for all of Wego's products and has recently launched Wego's new mobile website, which is one of the fastest travel mobile sites out there right now. Honey is also active in the APAC startup community as an advisor.

Alban Villani has been the Commercial Director for Criteo Southeast Asia since October 2013. Among the first three Criteo employees who launched Criteo’s Singapore office and operations in Southeast Asia, Alban has been instrumental in laying the company’s commercial foundations across nine countries – Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. This included negotiating strategic alliances with regional agencies, driving revenue growth from top advertisers in the retail, travel and classifieds sectors and establishing relationships with key customers. An entrepreneur at heart, Alban has more than 12 years of experience and a solid track record in the media and internet industries across Europe, the US and Asia. Alban was named ‘Digital Entrepreneur 2012’ by MillionaireAsia Magazine. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and events organised by Web in Travel, ad:tech, eCommerce Show, Casual Connect, The Asian Banker and Data World Group.

Adi currently holds the position of Director Digital Marketing with The Bandha Hotel & Suites overseeing Digital Marketing, Social Media, and E-Commerce. Prior to this, he was the Corporate Digital Marketing & Social Media Manager at the L Hotel & Resorts and Shanti Collection. His expertise includes SEO & SEM, affiliate marketing, retargeting & remarketing, social media, and loyalty program development.

Imran Younis is an active public speaker with a career spanning over 15 years in the field of User Experience and Service Design. He has produced award winning user experience strategies for world-class brands and fortune 500 companies. He is currently shaping the next generation of innovation and modern product design within The LateRooms Group by challenging the status-quo with disruptive thinking and innovation. He’s focused on building evidence-based hypotheses and data-driven design, ultimately producing a truly continuous omni-channel customer experience.

Niklas Schlappkohl is the Senior Director, Travel Solutions in the Global Client Solutions team and in-house consultant for the Travel industry. His responsibilities include onboarding new Travel clients as well as strategic localization consulting for existing clients. Niklas joined Translations.com after 20 years in the global digital travel industry, having lead ecommerce and localization efforts at some of the leading hospitality brands including Starwood, Accor, NH Hotels and most recently Carlson Rezidor, where he was Senior Director, eCommerce. Since 2015, he has also been Chairman of the HSMAI Digital Marketing Advisory Board. A native from Germany, Niklas has a BA in Languages, and MA in International Relations and speaks 8 languages.