Digital Travel Summit APAC 2017 (past event)

25 - 27 April, 2017

Resorts World Sentosa

Contact Us: 65 6722 9455

DIGITAL TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES TOMORROW Thursday April 27th 2017

8:30 am - 9:00 am Conference Registration & Networking

9:00 am - 9:10 am Chairperson Opening Remarks

Anil Pereira, Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Growth Start-Ups at Industry Expert

Anil Pereira

Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Growth Start-Ups
Industry Expert

9:10 am - 9:30 am Opening Keynote: Harnessing Today's Digital Traveller - How to thrive with the new, connected generation

9:30 am - 10:10 am Keynote Panel: From Pokémon GO to artificial intelligence and virtual reality - How will the rapid evolution of technology change the way businesses and marketers gain insight?

  • How can technology enable automation and make user experience better, faster, nimble and personal?
  • Where physical meets digital – What opportunities does Pokemon Go present for the travel industry?
  • Unlocking the potential of AI - How can you create greater accuracy and continually improve performance of analytics?
  • How to use the latest advances in artificial intelligence to optimize and automate human intensive business processes and operations
  • How can you leverage virtual reality technology and wearables to create better connected experiences?
Youvraj Seeam, ESales and Product Manager at Air Mauritius

Youvraj Seeam

ESales and Product Manager
Air Mauritius

Anil Pereira, Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Growth Start-Ups at Industry Expert

Anil Pereira

Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Growth Start-Ups
Industry Expert

Jonathan Hardy

VP Sales, APAC
ADARA

Patrick Steinbrenner, Managing Director, APAC at Insider

Patrick Steinbrenner

Managing Director, APAC
Insider

Pushpendra Sharma, Founder & CEO at SpacesGenie.com

Pushpendra Sharma

Founder & CEO
SpacesGenie.com

10:10 am - 10:30 am Keynote 1: Mastering Mobile Moments Throughout Your Travelers' Customer Journey

10:30 am - 10:50 am Keynote 2: Travel Japan Wi-Fi - How can you turn insights into actions and actions into tangible results for the digital customer and enterprise?

Takuya Kudo, Managing Director, Global Lead of Data Science Center of Excellence at Accenture USA

Takuya Kudo

Managing Director, Global Lead of Data Science Center of Excellence
Accenture USA

Jun Hirabayashi

Digital Consulting Group
Accenture Japan

10:50 am - 11:30 am Morning Networking Break

RE-IMAGINING DIGITAL TRAVEL

11:30 am - 11:50 am Case Study: How to create a practical and profitable real-time personalization strategy
  • Where does personalization fit into an overall customer experience optimization strategy?
  • What are the keys to making real time personalization profitable and what are the actionable steps to get there?
  • How can you test, measure and iterate the personalization performance?
  • How can you use the most recent customer and context-aware data to choose the most relevant offers and extend it to the customer in real time?

Justin Tan

Co-Founder and Business Development Director
Knorex

RE-IMAGINING DIGITAL TRAVEL

11:30 am - 11:50 am Case Study: Mobile Measurement At Cruising Altitude: How can you make the most of attribution and marketing analytics?
  • Shift from last-click model to attribution modelling: How has the industry adapted to this change?
  • How will attribution modelling guide you to redistribute and optimise your marketing spend?
  • What are the different kinds of attribution models and which is best suited to your business at this point?
  • What are the limitations of attribution modelling? How can you find solutions to these limits?
Paul Michio McCarthy, Senior Customer Success Manager – APAC at Appsflyer

Paul Michio McCarthy

Senior Customer Success Manager – APAC
Appsflyer

RE-IMAGINING DIGITAL TRAVEL

11:30 am - 11:50 am Japan's changing tourism market: how to cater to a new breed of customers

RE-IMAGINING DIGITAL TRAVEL

11:30 am - 11:50 am Criteo Exec Connect: Travel Masterclass

STREAM A: PERSONALISING THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE

11:50 am - 12:20 pm Case Study Revolution: How to exploit data analytics and personalisation on an enterprise wide level to gain an information edge over your competitors
  • How can you use data solutions to gain insight into your competitive landscape and maximize revenues?
  • How can you gather and utilize competitive market intelligence to gain future visibility into your market?
  • How can you adapt to the changing needs of your customers with accurate, instant and personalised, relevant information to service them better?
  • How can you build ultra-personalised bundles for your customers y capitalizing on this data heavy industry to boost customer engagement?
Dilpreet Singh, Head of CRM and Business Analytics at The Oberoi Group

Dilpreet Singh

Head of CRM and Business Analytics
The Oberoi Group

  • The travel purchase process – what inspires travellers to think about trips and how frequently to they actively plan trips?
  • Mobile travel planning – What motivates travellers to browse or book trips on their smartphones? How can you capitalize of these behaviours?
  • When do travellers feel the need to switch devices and what is this based on?
  • What are the biggest shortcomings for smartphones and what is next in the mobile front?
Chetan Patel, Vice-President, E-Commerce at ONYX Hospitality Group

Chetan Patel

Vice-President, E-Commerce
ONYX Hospitality Group

Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo, General Manager, Middle East at Travelstart

Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo

General Manager, Middle East
Travelstart

David Zhao, Senior Growth Marketing Manager at Uber

David Zhao

Senior Growth Marketing Manager
Uber

Nadine Malik

Managing Director
Jovago Asia

Rajat Suri

Head of Business Growth
Musafir.com

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

11:50 am - 12:20 pm Stream C Continued

STREAM D: CREATIVE BOARDROOMS

11:50 am - 12:20 pm Stream D Continued

STREAM A: PERSONALISING THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Stream A Continued

STREAM B: MOBILE 2.0

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Stream B Continued

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm A golden opportunity for the smart and fast – How to leverage technology to succeed in the most dynamic of markets
  • What are the big trends driving travel distribution in Korea?
  • What strategies can you use to differentiate, survive and grow your business in the fast changing hyper competitive Korean market?
  • How to leverage seasonality and optimize your marketing campaigns throughout the year?
  • How can collaborative local partnerships drive productivity of your business in Korea?

Jim Chang

Regional Director
KKday

STREAM A: PERSONALISING THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE

12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Stream D continues

STREAM A: PERSONALISING THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE

12:30 pm - 1:10 pm Case Study Revolution: Superyachts and Luxury Hotels - The ultimate brand alignment
Michael Nurbatlian, Director of Marketing at Infinite Luxury

Michael Nurbatlian

Director of Marketing
Infinite Luxury

Chetan Patel, Vice-President, E-Commerce at ONYX Hospitality Group

Chetan Patel

Vice-President, E-Commerce
ONYX Hospitality Group

Hans Ebenhahn, CEO and Founder at NusaTrip

Hans Ebenhahn

CEO and Founder
NusaTrip

Jayesh Easwaramony, Senior Vice President and MD, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa at InMobi

Jayesh Easwaramony

Senior Vice President and MD, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
InMobi

Honey Mittal, SVP, Product  at Wego.com

Honey Mittal

SVP, Product
Wego.com

Karina Laerke Madsen, Head of Display & DMPs  at Momondo

Karina Laerke Madsen

Head of Display & DMPs
Momondo

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

12:30 pm - 1:10 pm Stream C Continued

STREAM D: CREATIVE BOARDROOMS

12:30 pm - 1:10 pm Stream D Continued

1:10 pm - 2:10 pm Networking Lunch Break

STREAM A: CONQUERING DIGITAL MARKETING

2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Case Study: Bots the next frontier – Will bots mark the beginning of another fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar software economy, and are bots the new apps?
Youvraj Seeam, ESales and Product Manager at Air Mauritius

Youvraj Seeam

ESales and Product Manager
Air Mauritius

STREAM B: MAXIMIZING PARTNERSHIPS

2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Case Study Revolution: How can you build a distribution base that reduces commission rates and maximizes revenues?

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Exponential growth in outbound and inbound travel in Philippines – What has caused this and how can you leverage on this?

Tina DiCicco

Chief Marketing Officer
Air Juan

STREAM D: CREATIVE BOARDROOMS

2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Creative Boardroom: Decoding Your Customers – How to build and scale your audience personas through targeted content marketing
Matt Kwa, CEO at Travelog

Matt Kwa

CEO
Travelog

STREAM A: CONQUERING DIGITAL MARKETING

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Case Study Revolution: Engaging across the customer journey of travel bookers – How can you own the customer lifecycle and drive both the front and back end of the customer relationship?

Prasanna Vee

Head of Products – Hotels
Cleartrip

STREAM B: MAXIMIZING PARTNERSHIPS

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Stream B continues

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Stream C continues

STREAM D: CREATIVE BOARDROOMS

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Stream D continues

STREAM A: CONQUERING DIGITAL MARKETING

2:50 pm - 3:00 pm Stream A continues
Stream A

STREAM B: MAXIMIZING PARTNERSHIPS

2:50 pm - 3:00 pm Case Study: Localization – How can you cater to your local customers to increase sales, reduce risk and build trust?
Stewart Hunter, Director Sales and Partnerships APAC at Sojern

Stewart Hunter

Director Sales and Partnerships APAC
Sojern

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

2:50 pm - 3:00 pm Stream C continues

STREAM D: CREATIVE BOARDROOMS

2:50 pm - 3:00 pm Stream D continues

STREAM A: PERSONALISING THE ONLINE EXPERIENCE

3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Stream A continues
A

STREAM B: MAXIMIZING PARTNERSHIPS

3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Stream B continues
BA

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Hyperconnectivity and Hyperpersonalization – How to put together a bespoke online strategy that will enable you to convert and retain the digital-savvy Middle Eastern consumer
Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo, General Manager, Middle East at Travelstart

Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo

General Manager, Middle East
Travelstart

STREAM D: CREATIVE BOARDROOMS

3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Creative Boardroom: Creation, Management and Distribution of Content - The real back-bone of digital travel
RP Singh, Digital and Content Marketing Evangelist at Industry Expert

RP Singh

Digital and Content Marketing Evangelist
Industry Expert

STREAM A: CONQUERING DIGITAL MARKETING

3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Case Study Revolution: How can you overcome cross-device complexity to enrich customer experience and reduce the friction of travel?

STREAM B: MAXIMIZING PARTNERSHIPS

3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Case Study Revolution: Re-Thinking your metasearch participation - More than just price comparison

STREAM C: DEEP-DIVE COUNTRY CLINICS

3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Stream C continues

STREAM D: CREATIVE BOARDROOMS

3:10 pm - 3:50 pm Stream D continues

3:50 pm - 4:30 pm Afternoon Networking Break

4:30 pm - 5:10 pm Dragons’ Den: Leveraging new and innovative solutions – Of the many new companies entering the digital travel ecosystem, which are best to invest in to achieve greater business impact?

Anil Pereira, Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Growth Start-Ups at Industry Expert

Anil Pereira

Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Growth Start-Ups
Industry Expert

Nadine Malik

Managing Director
Jovago Asia

Dan Lynn, Co-Founder at Zuzu Hotels

Dan Lynn

Co-Founder
Zuzu Hotels

Zelia Leong

Co-Founder
Anywhr

5:10 pm - 11:59 pm Chairman’s Closing Remarks and End of Digital Travel APAC 2017