Where airline executives meet with their industry peers

The Phocuswright Conference annually attracts innovators, decision makers and C-level executives, representing dozens of countries from every travel, tourism and hospitality sector. No other conference provides access to such an elite and motivated group of prospective clients and industry associates and peers.

This event is ideal for leaders from airlines and transportation companies who want to discover the latest innovations, find lucrative partnerships and investments and meet with the top C-level executives in the global hospitality industry.

The following sessions are specifically geared toward the air and transportation sectors: 

Industry Roundtables

• Intermediaries Redefined
• The Digital Future
• Changing Behavior and Sentiments
• Trailblazing Innovation in Travel
• Travel Payments
• Corporate Travel in Today’s Environment

Center Stage

• Executive Interview: Ready, Set, Go
  Ariane Gorin, Chief Executive Officer, Expedia Group
• Executive Panel: Grounded - Traveling Beyond Air
  Speakers: Gwendoline Cazenave, CEO, Eurostar
  Veronica Diquattro, President of B2C Europe, Omio (GoEuro)
  Jen Shepherd, Global Head of Uber Transit, Uber
• Executive Interview: Investing in the Future of Travel, Tourism and Tech
  Greg O'Hara, Founder and Senior Managing Director, Certares Management
• Executive Panel: The Investor View
  Gilad Berenstein, Founder, Brook Bay Capital
  Chris Hemmeter, Managing Partner, Thayer Ventures
  Mia Morisset, Principal, Inovia Capital
• Phocuswright Research: Travelers vs. Technology - Who's Winning?
  Alicia Schmid, Director of Research, Phocuswright
• Executive Panel: Points, Experiences, Service: The New Customer Loyalty?
  Oral Muir, VP, Partnerships, Experiences, & Distribution, Hilton
  Nadia Omer, CEO, AirAsia MOVE
  Jenn Scheurich, Managing Vice President, Capital One Travel & Retail Experience, Capital One
• Executive Interview: The New Age of Search
  Julie Farago, Senior Director of Software Engineering, Google
• Executive Interview: Fast Forward
  Kurt Ekert, CEO & President, Sabre
• A Glimpse of the New Age(nts)
  Div Garg, Co-Founder and CEO, MultiOn
  Humayun Sheikh, CEO, Fetch.ai
• Executive Panel: A New Identity - SSI Comes of Age
  Vikas Bhola, CEO, Neoke
  Gillian Jones, Identity and Access Management Lead, Condatis
  Shane OFlaherty, Global Director, Travel & Hospitality, Microsoft Corporation
• Executive Interview: The Golden Touch - Taking Low-Cost to New Heights, Again
  David Neeleman, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Breeze Airways
• Executive Interview: Keeping (some of) the Guesswork in Travel
  Brett Keller, CEO, Priceline
• Executive Panel: From Vision to Reality - Technologists' Take
  Ankit Khanna, Chief Product Officer, MakeMyTrip
  Marilyn Markham, Vice President AI & Automation Strategy, American Express Global Business Travel
  Geoffrey Renaldo, Vice President, Web and Mobile Products, Marriott International
• Phocuswright Research: Scroll, Heart, Fly - Social Media’s Impact on Travel 2024
  Madeline List, Manager, Research and Special Projects, Phocuswright
• Executive Interview: Tropical beginnings, Asia Growth and Global Tales
  Speaker: Robert Rosenstein, Co-Founder & Chairman, Agoda.com
• Executive Panel: Travel's Tech-Driven Retail Revolution
  Kristen Dalton, President, Tripadvisor
  Pablo Delgado, CEO, Mirai
  Noreen Henry, Chief Revenue Officer, Sojern
• Executive Interview: Meta Maverick Goes Big on Business
  Steve Hafner, CEO & Cofounder, KAYAK

Breakouts

• Beyond the Prompt: The All-Inclusive Generative AI Accelerator - Sponsored by: Amazon Web Services
• Travel Transformed: Driving Partnership Growth with Buy-Now-Pay-Later Partners - Sponsored by: Partnerize
• Unlock NDC Success: Elevate Your New Age(nts) Experience to Excel in Modern Retailing - Sponsored by: Travelport
• Balancing Airline Relationships and Revenue in the Intermediary Space - Sponsored by: UATP
• Reimagining the Travel Experience with Allianz: A CX Transformation Journey - Sponsored by: Sutherland
• Unpack ’25: Insight Into the Latest Travel Trends - Sponsored by: Expedia Group
• How Payments Create Customer Loyalty by Serving the Demands of Today's Modern Traveler - Sponsored by: Adyen
• Maximize Loyalty with AI: Secrets from Royal Caribbean & Hertz You Can't Miss - Sponsored by: Capillary Technologies

Plus, executives from the biggest companies in travel like Google, Expedia, Tripadvisor, Hopper, Despegar, MakeMyTrip, Amadeus, GetYourGuide and much more. There are numerous companies and attendees presenting the latest tech innovations and more that the finance sector must keep top of mind.

See the full program here

In addition to the unprecedented networking opportunities, airline executives should expect:

• Executives from leading transportation companies and intermediaries
• Potential investors and partners 
• The latest innovations impacting the traveler lifecycle and air purchasing
• Research presentations and sessions geared towards the evolving travel and distribution market, regions like India and Europe, plus the state of digital travel
• The leading intermediaries and business partners distributing travel products
• Valuable sessions on how the broader digital travel market impacts the traveler lifecycle

Airline sector-related attending companies:

In addition to your industry peers, the most influential suppliers, innovators and technology solution providers are fully engaged at the Phocuswright Conference.

Research related to airlines:

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