Revenue Management issues to be debated by Delta, Ritz Carlton, Dollar Thrifty, JetBlue, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, Hyatt International, Holland America Line and many more.

On October 4-5 at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago, EyeforTravel is holding its successful Revenue Management and Pricing in Travel 2006 conference. This event for RM executives in the North America region will tackle the most important issues facing Revenue Managers from across the travel industry.

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Building on the reputation of previous Revenue Management and Pricing in Travel events, this conference promises to be an ideal forum to network with the leading RM executives from all sectors of the travel industry.

In this fast-changing and fiercely competitive market it’s an invaluable opportunity to benchmark your Revenue Management strategy and hear expert predictions for the future. Learn from leading companies such as: WestJet, Omni Hotels, Outrigger Resorts & Hotels, Delta, Ritz Carlton, Princess Cruise Line, Mandarin Oriental Hotels and Dollar Thrifty Car Rental.

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This event will address the issues that are critical to every RM professional. Topics to be covered include understanding dynamic pricing, analyzing the price sensitivity of your customers, improving your performance measurement and getting the most out of your forecasting techniques. Some of the agenda highlights include:

•Delta Airlines will speak about the challenges that they have faced with a tripling in jet-fuel prices and how they have managed to combat this with intelligent RM strategy.
•Ritz Carlton will case-study CRM from a Revenue Management perspective and evaluate how best to integrate RM to form a coherent CRM strategy.
•Hotwire.com and Priceline.com will present on the impact of opaque channels and then be joined by Resort Quest Hawaii and Delta Airlines on a panel debate.
•Hyatt International, Princess Cruises, JetBlue, Spirit Airlines and Omni Hotels will give a cross-industry view of how to get the best out of your forecasting techniques.
•WestJet, Dollar Thrifty, Outrigger Resorts & Hotels and Spirit Airlines will present case studies and field questions on measuring and improving your RM performance.

If you want to save $US200 on the full price of a conference pass, book by 18 August 2006.

To register on the secure site, click here.
Or send an email to: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 207 375 7204

Steve Pinchuk, VP Revenue Management, Harrah’s Entertainment
Gail Grimmett, VP Revenue Management, Delta Airlines
Brad Anderson, Corporate Director RM, Omni Hotels & Resorts
Stewart Brown, VP Revenue Management, Dollar Thrifty Car Rental
Dean Apy, Director Yield Management, Princess Cruises
Elizabeth Cambra, Corp. Director RM, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
Baldwin Chua, Group Director RM, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Joe Slattery, VP Marketing Support & RM, Holland America Line
Rick Zeni, VP Revenue Management, JetBlue
Vikas Sabnani, Senior Manager Revenue Management, Hotwire.com
Barth Leins, VP RM & Distribution, Ritz Carlton Hotel Company
Hugh Dunleavy, VP Revenue, Westjet Airlines
Bill Carroll, Senior Lecturer, School of Hotel Admin, Cornell University
Graham Parker, VP Pricing and Revenue Management, Spirit Airlines
Larry Hall, President & CEO, Hotel Booking Solutions
Mark Koehler, Senior Vice President, Priceline.com
John McEwan, Director of Revenue Strategy, Vail Resorts & Hotels
Warren Lieberman, President, Veritec Solutions
Stowe Shoemaker, Assoc. Dean of Research, University of Houston
Rhett Hirko, Pricing & Distribution Manager, Hyatt International
Bernard Tan, Director of Decision Science & RM, Resort Quest Hawaii
Peter Ortman, Founder & CEO, TahitiPetey.com

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