21 Jul 2008
China Travel Distribution & Tech Summit Opens For Registration

Phocuswright Media

PhoCusWright is pleased to announce a marketing alliance with China's most important travel distribution conference.

Sherman, Conn. USATraveldaily�China's leading online publisher focusing on distribution, marketing and technology trends in the travel and tourism industries�is proud to host China's leading travel distribution conference, the 2008 China Travel Distribution & Technology Summit. The Summit will be held November 20 - 21, 2008 at the InterContinental Pudong Hotel, Shanghai. The China International Travel Mart (CITM), one of the largest travel trade shows in Southeast Asia, will also convene from November 20 - 23 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.

"The international travel industry now recognizes that China is the future of their business. It is anticipated that by 2015 China will become the largest domestic travel market, the number one travel destination and the number four source market in the world. To understand this market and how local consumers are buying travel is increasingly becoming important for multinational companies looking to invest in China or do business with Chinese companies," said Eva He, Traveldaily's marketing director. Ms. He added, "The feedback from the travel trade is very positive since we started to plan this conference, as evidenced by the list of confirmed speakers. By working together with them and our media partners, we are striving to make this conference a great success and create excellent networking opportunities for travel industry professionals."

Distinguished speakers from both Chinese and international travel companies will be featured.

Markus Keller, Greater China Sales & Distribution Director, Accor Adrian Currie, Chairman, Agoda Fajin Hu, Senior E-Commerce Manager, Air China Yang Lei, CEO, BilltoBill Sara Janine Thorley, General Manager, British Airways, China Billy Shen, COO, Byecity.com Ji Sun, CEO, China Air Service Ningjun Li, General Manager, IT Dept., China Spring Airlines Min Fan, CEO, Ctrip Guangfu Cui, CEO, Elong Cyrill Ranque, Vice President, Partner Service Group, Asia Pacific, Expedia Alex Xu, Chairman and CEO, GreenTree Inns Hotel Management Group Tim Gao, President, Hainan Airlines Hotel Group Baojian Zhang, Regional Vice President, North Asia, IATA Hua Chen, CEO, Kooxoo.com Weixiang Feng, CEO, Mangocity Sandeep Bahl, General Manager, China, Northwest Airlines, Inc. Zhou Xin, Business Development Director, PayPal Tommy Tian, China Analyst, PhoCusWright Fritz Demopoulos, CEO, Qunar Hans Belle, Vice President, Marketing, Sabre, Asia Pacific Yuezhou Lin, CIO, 7 Days Inn Janet Tang, CEO, Sinohotel Travel Network Xiaoming Lie, CEO, Tianker.com Moshe Rafiah, CEO, TravelFusion Ltd. George Harb, Commercial Director, Travelport, Asia Larry Liang, Deputy General Manager, GDS Dept., Travelsky Martin Symes, CEO, Wego (Bezurk) Scott Blume, CEO, Zuji

Registration for the 2008 China Travel Distribution & Technology Summit is now open. For more information and to register to attend, please visit the event Web site.

About PhoCusWright Inc. PhoCusWright is the travel industry research authority on how travelers, suppliers and intermediaries connect. Independent, rigorous and unbiased, PhoCusWright fosters smart strategic planning and tactical decision-making.

PhoCusWright delivers qualitative and quantitative research on the evolving dynamics that influence travel, tourism and hospitality distribution. Our marketplace intelligence is the industry standard for segmentation, sizing, forecasting, trends, analysis and consumer travel planning behavior. Every day around the world, senior executives, marketers, strategists and research professionals from all segments of the industry value chain use PhoCusWright research for competitive advantage.

To bring this intelligence to life, PhoCusWright produces several high-profile conferences in the U.S., Germany and India, and partners with conferences in the U.K., China and Singapore where industry leaders gather to debate issues, share ideas and define the ever-evolving reality of travel commerce.

The company is headquartered in the United States, with offices in Germany and India. www.phocuswright.com

About Traveldaily Traveldaily is China's leading online publisher with emphasis on distribution, marketing and technology trends in the travel and tourism industries.

With our China focus, our up-to-minute news and feature stories combined with the in-depth analysis by leading industry experts will keep you up-to-date with the latest trends in the industry. www.traveldaily.cn

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Media Contacts: Mr. Ram Badrinathan, PhoCusWright Inc. +91 989 269-2809 email rbadrinathan at phocuswright-dot-com Ms. Joyce He, Traveldaily +86 20 8769 3435 email hemingyu at traveldaily-dot-cn