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November 16-19, 2020
Phoenix, AZ
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Phocuswright analysts are building another stellar speaker lineup for 2020.
View the 2019
Center Stage
speakers, Summit
Dragons
and Launch
PhocusGroup
participants below!
2019 Speakers:
Clara Liang
Vice President and General Manager, Professional Host and Luxury Businesses
Airbnb
Sam Shank
CEO, HotelTonight & Head of Hotels
Airbnb
Brad Gerstner
CEO
Altimeter Capital
Mieke De Schepper
Executive Vice President Online Travel & Managing Director APAC
Amadeus
Douglas Quinby
CEO
Arival
Glenn Fogel
CEO
Booking Holdings
Michael O'Hara
Executive Chairman, Amex GBT; Founder & Senior Managing Director
Certares
Seema Mody
Global Markets Reporter
CNBC
Kara Swisher
Editor at Large of Recode; Host, Recode Decode Podcast; Executive Producer
Code Conference
Jie Shen
VP of Trip.com Group and Head of Investment
Ctrip.com
Vince Chirico
SVP Global Supply Chain Partners
CWT
Damian Scokin
CEO
Despegar.com Inc.
Lloyd Walmsley
Director
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Guillaume Teissonniere
General Counsel
eDreams ODIGEO
Mark Okerstrom
President & CEO
Expedia Group, Inc.
Simon Whitcombe
Vice President, North America, Global Marketing Solutions
Facebook Inc.
Sam S. Jain
Founder & CEO
Fareportal & CheapOair
Edward Silver
Chief Technology Office, Corporate Brands
Flight Centre Travel Group Limited
Jeffrey Glueck
CEO
Foursquare
Johannes Reck
CEO & Co-Founder
GetYourGuide
Oliver Heckmann
Vice President, Engineering
Google
Amiad Soto
Co-Founder & CEO
Guesty
Jake Fuller
Senior Managing Director
Guggenheim Partners
Brad Handler
Founder & Chairman
Inspirato
Philippe Garnier
Vice President, Third Party Distribution
Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Kenneth Purcell
Founder/CEO
iSeatz Inc.
Steve Hafner
Co-Founder and CEO
KAYAK
Eric Gnock Fah
COO & Co-Founder
Klook
Arber Deva
Senior Director, Head of Distribution Solutions
Lufthansa Group
Alexander Pyhan
Vice President, Distribution
Marriott International
Siew Hoon Yeoh
Founder, WIT and Editorial Director
Northstar Travel Group Asia
Ritesh Agarwal
Founder & CEO
OYO Hotels & Homes
Kevin May
Editor in chief
PhocusWire
Mark Blutstein
Research Analyst
Phocuswright Inc.
Michael Coletta
Manager of Research and Innovation
Phocuswright Inc.
Alice Jong
Research Manager
Phocuswright Inc.
Chetan Kapoor
Research Analyst - Asia Pacific
Phocuswright Inc.
Maggie Rauch
Senior Director, Research and Head Analyst
Phocuswright Inc.
Norm Rose
Senior Technology and Corporate Market Analyst
Phocuswright Inc.
Carolina Sass de Haro
Market Specialist, Latin America
Phocuswright Inc.
Lorraine Sileo
Senior Analyst and Founder, Phocuswright Research
Phocuswright Inc.
Mark Mahaney
Managing Director
RBC Capital Markets
Roshan Mendis
Chief Commercial Officer
Sabre Travel Network
Bryan Dove
CEO
Skyscanner
Chamath Palihapitiya
Chairman, Virgin Galactic and Founder & CEO
Social Capital
Moshe Rafiah
CEO
TRAVELfusion Ltd.
Steve Kaufer
CEO
TripAdvisor
Tedd Evers
Founder & CEO
TripTuner
Eric Sheridan
Managing Director
UBS
Eric Breon
CEO
Vacasa
Kei Shibata
Co-founder & CEO
Venture Republic Group
Aldine Shamir
VP Loyalty and CRM
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Summit Dragons
Timothy Hughes
Vice President, Corporate Development
Agoda.com
Evan Konwiser
VP Product Strategy & Marketing
American Express Global Business Travel
Miriam Moscovici
Senior Director, Research & Innovation
BCD Travel
Todd Henrich
SVP, Corporate Development
Booking Holdings
Ellen Keszler
CEO
Clear Sky Associates
Eric Hart
Head of Corporate Development and Strategy
Expedia Group, Inc.
Dee Waddell
Global Managing Director
IBM
Traci Mercer
SVP - Global Lodging, Ground & Sea
Sabre Travel Network
Erik Blachford
Venture Partner
Technology Crossover Ventures
Chris Hemmeter
Managing Director
Thayer Ventures
Launch PhocusGroup
Charuta Fadnis
Senior Director, Product Strategy and Analytics
BCD Travel
Carroll Rheem
Vice President, Research & Analytics
Brand USA
Greg Abbott
SVP, Travel & Hospitality
DataArt Solutions, Inc.
Kurien Jacob
Principal
Highgate Ventures
Flo Lugli
Principal
Navesink Advisory Group, LLC
Vipul Nakum
Chief Product Officer
OAG
Terry Jones
Founder, Travelocity.com, Founding Chairman, Kayak.com and Managing Principal
ON Inc.
Philip Wolf
Serial Board Director & Founder
Phocuswright Inc.
Will Phillipson
Former Co-Founder and COO
SilverRail Technologies
Gayle Knolls
Head of Business Development
Travelport
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