Google and Yahoo heads to join the debate at WTM tech show
Head of Google Travel Anna Chomse and Yahoo’s head of search account management Andrew Jones will be sharing their expertise at the Travel Tech Show at World Travel Market this year.
They will take part in a session devoted to search on Tuesday 4 November from 12.30 to 13.30 in WTM Platinum Suite 3 and 4.
It is one of six seminars for The Travel Tech Show being organised by Paul Richer, founding partner at travel technology consultancy Genesys.
The first day at WTM (Monday 3 November), which is by exhibitor invitation only, will see John Straw, chairman of Thomas Cook’s Digital Advisory Board, join a panel with Fleur Hicks-Duarte, head of ecommerce at HolidayTaxis, and Alec Dent, partnership manager at BlaBlaCar.
The will talk on the topic of travel innovation at a sesssion sponsored by TTI.
The Travel Tech Show sales manager Jo Marshall said: "We’re delighted with this year’s line-up for The Travel Tech Show at WTM. Search Engine optimisation is central to the success of travel companies and Google and Yahoo! are best placed to inform delegates of the most effective strategies.
"Anna and Andrew are just two of many senior executives sharing their expertise at WTM – it is an indication of the high calibre of speakers that WTM and The Travel Tech Show at WTM can attract and demonstrates why our seminars are must-attend events."
WTM said this year’s Travel Tech Show will be 20% bigger than last year’s inaugural event.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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