Tomorrow, Thursday 19 of February at 19:30 h. will take place the first Tourism Leaders Forum of the year.
The keynote speaker will be Gareth Gaston, Vice President & Managing Director of OctopusTravel by Travelport. Gareth will be introduced by Laura Egido, Brand & Communications Manager of OctupusTravel and Executive Master in Tourism Management 2008 for IE Business School.
Title & Description
The Return of the Octopi: The Re-birth of an online hotel retailer
One of the first on-line travel agents, Octopus has been in the market for 9 years now. Through a series of organisation changes and restructures, Octopus hasn’t had the TLC required to make it as successful as it could be. 2 years ago the parent company decided that it was worth investment and focus and the turnaround began. 2 years on, a new management team, millions of dollars in new technology the company is well on the way to re-birth. In this session hear the story of a global OTA including the real business challenges. Also a unique view of where the company is on its journey and the next exciting steps.
Bio
Gareth Gaston, appointed Managing Director of OctopusTravel in April 2008, is an expert in managing the online retailing of hotels and hotel brands.Before joining OctopusTravel, the online hotel retailer and subsidiary of Travelport, Gareth worked for Ramada Jarvis as Head of Distribution and eCommerce. His achievements included a 98% growth of brand website revenue in 2007.
Gareth began his career in 1996 with the Stakis Group developing the company’s first website. Gareth then joined Hilton International, where he was pivotal in the development and roll out of local brand web sites across 9 countries. In his final role at Hilton he was commercially accountable for the eight local market websites as well as Hilton.com.
Free entrance, but confirmation is required.
Greetings,
Antonio
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