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Travel Tech
It is a conference focused on technologies applied in hospitality, travel and tourism, bringing together top global professionals and companies.
Annual Sponsors
Vinicius Geraldo – Vice President Bookonlinenow
Results oriented, high performance-driven, and business development executive with deep knowledge of e-commerce, specially the travel industry, international strategy and operations. +Ver mais
World-class ability to start up new business and develop relationships. Strong entrepreneurial spirit, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.
Online marketing, sales, business development, international, multilingual and operations.
Carrie Wilder – Director South America – Expedia Group
Experienced regional director for South America with a demonstrated history of results, growing businesses in different industries. +Ver mais
Antonio Omañas – Head of Global Sales Roiback
Experienced Head Of Market Development with a demonstrated history of working in the leisure, travel & tourism industry. Skilled in Negotiation, E-commerce, Hotel Management +View more
Gregorio Núñez – Director of Business Development, Spain & LATAM at Profitroom
Being a dedicated person with a long experience in tourism and travel tech trade, I am running my own company ESPOL Consulting what allows me among others +View more
Within ESPOL Consulting professional activity, we have acted as regional business development partner for many international companies such as Bedbanks, DMCs companies, Airlines (charter), Hotels, TTOOs and Gastro business.
Thanks to many years’ experience on the international markets I count with worldwide contacts network and know-how necessary to develop and grow your business in Europe and LATAM.
My area of specialisation are:
• Travel Tech
• Ecommerce and hotel distribution B2B, B2C, B2B2C, C2C
• Sales mission and business development, G.S.A.
• Hotel Contracting
• Legal consultancy (accounting, tax, hiring)
• Market’s introduction and prospection
• Rental Homes Property Management in Spain and Poland
Carlos Rentero – Director Spain & Latam en Bookassist
Result–focused Business Executive with 20+ years of success in the hospitality industry with international experience. Proven ability to create and lead effective teams +Ver mais
Strategic thinker, with strong background in financials and business analysis, ready to think out of the box to resolve challenges in a competitive environment. Experience in due dilligence hotels acquisition and negotiation. Customer-centric approach.
Strong technical skills on E-commerce, data analysis, analytics, B2B and B2C platforms, CRM, revenue management & pricing. Deep knowledge of the distribution in the hospitality & travel industry.
Currently collaborating as Revenue Management & Distribution Professor at Universidad Antonio Nebrija (CEURA program), Ostelea school of Tourism (Master in Hotel management), and University Rey Juan Carlos (Master in Revenue Management).
Salim Arkuch – Vicepresidente Regional para America Latina y el Caribe
Experienced multicultural executive with a successful history of working in the Travel, Tourism and Technology industries. Highly skilled in Management, Negotiation, Sales, Marketing +View more
Patricia Diana – Sales manager iDeaS
Area Manager, New Business EMEA at IDeaS Revenue Solutions, with more than 20 years’ experience in Revenue Management implementation in hospitality: team training +Ver mais
Lecturer in different university programs and speaker in different Revenue Management events. In-company training for hospitality companies.
IDeaS Revenue Solutions, market leader in Revenue Management Solutions, provides software, client services and a team of revenue management experts to the hospitality sector with a main objective: work close together with the client to create a revenue management culture at the properties and get the maximum return in processes, teams and technology solutions.
Contact:
patricia.diana@ideas.com
Tlf. +34 619 137 180
www.ideas.com
Revenue Management / Yield Management / Optimization / Technology / Hospitality / Hotel / Pricing / Team management / Forecasting / Hotel Distribution
Mauricio Sana – CEO en Flybondi
Strategic, data driven and result oriented manager. Entrepreneur.
Experienced in revenue management, business intelligence, business process management, product design, team leadership, distribution and commercial areas. +View more
Experienced in revenue management, business intelligence, business process management, product design, team leadership, distribution and commercial areas.
Obsessed with data analysis, strategies design, process optimization, customer behaviour, and team development.
Alex Gomez – Head of Data Solutions – AIRDNA
Travel & Hospitality were built into my DNA, coming from a hospitality family. I started with the dream of doing this grandiose corporate career, but somewhere along the way I felt lost. +View more
Key decisions, exposure to some of the best professionals and mentors out there and a ton of luck have gotten me to where I am today – building world class SaaS-PaaS client organizations (teams) for global start-ups / growing companies.
Some of the things I’ve learnt about myself along the way (professional and personal):
1- Continuous and fast learner, always hungry for more. Also part-time teacher when time allows.
2- I act as a bridge between product and client (internal – external), being a tech junkie but not a techie.
3- I can create, lead, scale and align great client organizations (teams globally). More importantly, they scale and align me in return.
4- Always looking for the challenge around the curve, be that in travel or any other vertical. Even in my personal life!
5- I love data-supported gut feelings :)
6- I never give up
In the end, I’m just a big dreamer with big dreams and a big heart that truly believes that if you do right by people, they’ll do right by you. And business success will ALWAYS follow.
Reach out in case you want to discuss ideas, innovation, tech, travel, diving, patisserie or fatherhood.
Rudi Azevedo – CEO & Founder RM Hub
Knowledge of Rooms & Marketing budget, marketing&business plans, Rate parity, forecast reports, SEO, SEM, OTA’S, Channel Management, Price Optimization +View more
– Management of the Sales, Revenue , Marketing and Reservations Departments
– Manage PR accounts (Europe and US)
– Contracting with suppliers (TO’s, OTA’s, corporate and MI accounts)
– Represent the hotel in international fairs and road shows, sales calls in European countries but mainly in the America’s.
– Responsible for recruiting, training and managing the team
– In charge of creating the promotional packages and hotel marketing projects such as direct marketing, production of sales collateral and advertising campaigns
– In charge of creating and monitoring sales targets for the team on a regularly basis – weekly appointments, cold calling, familiarization trips, revenue per account
– In charge of preparing presentations and reports to the administration team on a monthly basis
– Responsible for the development and implementation of the hotel database
Specialties: Sales&Revenue Management, negotiation and foreign languages, Chanel Managers (Rategain, Ratetiger, Holidex, Availpro)
Rossanna Alterio – Global Customer Success Manager Lybra
Lybra Assistant RMS helps hotels to identify and capture potential revenue opportunities plus automate time-consuming revenue management processes, using machine +Ver mais
Xavier Cardenas Becerra – CEO – My Revenue
I am passionate and dedicated to helping companies in their digital transformation journey with my international experience as a DBA(c) Doctor in Business +Ver mais
Francisco Nogueira – Country Manager
Increase your direct bookings and your customer satisfaction with our cutting edge AI-powered Chat Booking Assistant and a one-stop platform for all your communication channels. +Ver mais
Cristina López – Sales Director Spain & Latino América en ReviewPro
Experienced Sales Director with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Skilled in Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Management, Negotiation, Sales, and E-commerce. +View more
Federico Elmer – CEO HS LATAM
Profesional con más de 20 de experiencia en hotelería. Emprendedor, enérgico, proactivo, con fuerte orientación a resultados. +View more
Habilidad para la toma de decisiones y coordinación de proyectos, desarrollando relaciones interpersonales.
Visión orientada al cliente, con criterio de fidelización y rentabilidad para la compañía. Ejerció en diferentes áreas pero desarrollo su potencial en el sector comercial donde ocupo la gerencia comercial durante 15 años. Contribuyo en la difusión y comrecialización de 5 propiedades en la Argentina y 1 en Brasil. Participo de forma activa en las aperturas de los 3 principales hoteles de la cadena Loi Suites, Recoleta, Chapeclo e Iguazu.
Jaimes Patrick – CEO da Tag
Cofundador y director de operaciones de Tag, una startup de innovación hotelera. Empresa líder en el segmento con uno de nuestros productos en Brasil. Presente en grandes +Ver mais
Fundador y CEO de Boxes, una startup que promete revolucionar la forma en que mantiene su vehículo.
Creer siempre en las personas, la innovación a través de procesos y tecnología, la ética y el respeto, además de las actitudes emprendedoras, son algunos de los conceptos que siempre he adoptado y alentado en mis equipos.
Emprendedor nato, apasionado por la innovación y las startups.
Cinta Massó Díaz – Sales Director Spain & Latam in The Hotels Network
Professional with over 10 years experience in tourism. With extensive experience in strategic sales management, in on-line hotel distribution, e-commerce +Ver mais
Franco Roberto – CTO at HSystem
Software architect, .NET platform specialist, with over 10 years of experience in software development for the most varied segments. Excellent communication. +Ver mais
Patrick Phelps – Senior Account Manager
Infor is a world class provider of cloud based ERP solutions to the hospitality industry. +Learn more
As Senior Account Manager Iberia, I am responsible for extending the Infor brand in Spain, Portugal and Latam. Though the various projects and events that have been undertaken, Infor Hospitality is now a recognized player in the markets that I oversee.
Whatever the hospitality solution that you require PMS, Revenue Management, Financial, Sales & Catering,etc, Infor can provide you with modern, cloud solutions that adapt to your operation.
https://www.infor.com/industries/hotels-resorts
Andrés Benito Medina – Sales Account Manager
yieldPlanet is providing innovative revenue management solutions and global distribution connectivity for the hospitality industry with the aim of solving hotels’ online distribution and pricing problems. +Learn more
The software automates the interactions between hotels and Online Travel Agents (OTAs) and hotels’ own web pages, while providing hotels with data, which can be used to optimize revenue & pricing, select & manage pricing strategies, and manage room inventory. At the same time the OTAs benefit from receiving real-time information on hotels’ inventory and pricing.
João Freitas – Director of Growth & Partnerships
Being an entrepreneur since forever, I’ve had the chance to learn, practice and share a lot of different business, growth and marketing strategies, in both B2B/B2C industries. +Learn more
I’ve been working on strategy, operations, sales, and marketing for projects such as HiJiffy, Huubster, Breadfast, A Tigela Nova, Sonae, and U.DREAM.
When I’m not working, I’m probably learning about strategy, marketing, operations or sales.
Julian Lindt – Director de ventas para Latam- eRevMax
eRevMax is a global travel technology company that helps hotels to maximise online revenue opportunities through real-time ARI distribution, market intelligence and connectivity solutions. +Learn more
Joan León – COO & Founder at Hub OS
HUB was born to fill an existing gap in hotels regarding operational management. +Learn more
Fernando Macedo – CEO – Grupo Zavia
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the cloud tourism industry. +Learn more
Pablo Montero – Univ. Nacional de La Plata
Bachelor in Tourism & Master in Tourism Management, Professor & Researcher, Tourism Marketing Consultant, Sales & Revenue Consultant for Hotels, IT for Tourism Trainer & Implementer, Tourism & Hospitality Education Manager. +Learn More
Licenciado en Turismo y Magister en Gestión Turística, Profesor e investigador. Consultor en Marketing Turístico y Comercialización Hotelera, Implementador y capacitador en Tecnologías para el Turismo, Gestor de Programas Educativos en Turismo y Hospitalidad.
Ezequiel Piccolomini – Univ. Argentina De la Empresa
Educational Institution, providing educations services for people of all over Latin America. The university has several courses, related to public relations, econocmics and social sciences. +Learn more
Pablo Kohen – Univ. Nacional de Quilmes
Licenciado en Sociología (UBA), es consultor internacional en tecnologías aplicadas a organismos y empresas turísticas. Se ha desempeñado en proyectos de evaluación, implementación +Learn more
Luciana Prado – Univ de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales
La excelencia, un compromiso. El marco global para los futuros profesionales se encuentra caracterizado +Ver mais
El marco global para los futuros profesionales se encuentra caracterizado por veloces y profundos cambios sociales, y por una alta exigencia en cuanto a conocimientos y habilidades adquiridas.
Es por ello, que la principal tarea de la Universidad es mantener una performance de excelencia, formando continuamente egresados altamente calificados y dotándolos de herramientas necesarias para que puedan interpretar eficazmente los datos de nuestra cotidiana y vertiginosa realidad.
Juan Pablo Vázquez Loaiza – Univ Politecnica Salesiana del Ecuador
Maestria en administracion de empresas sede cuenca, master universitario en planificacion de proyectos de desarrollo rural y gestion sostenible +Ver mais
Sandra Patricia – Docente investigadora – Fundación Universidad Los Libertadores
La Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores es una Institución de Educación Superior creada mediante Resolución 7542 del 18 de mayo de 1982, expedida por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional. +Ver mais
Desde su fundación, en 1982, Los Libertadores ha impulsado la transformación social en el país a través de educación superior de alta calidad.
Son más de 38 años durante los cuales la Institución se ha destacado por estar a la vanguardia con estrategias pedagógicas innovadoras, ofrecer flexibilidad a sus estudiantes para trabajar y estudiar, utilizar la más moderna tecnología para sus contenidos y plataformas educativas, y por su aporte al desarrollo y la movilidad social.
Nuestra sede principal está en la ciudad de Bogotá y tenemos una moderna sede en la Cartagena, desde donde aportamos a la educación y el desarrollo de la región Caribe.
Ofrecemos una oferta académica de alta calidad a través de nuestras cinco facultades: Ciencias de la Comunicación; Ciencias Humanas y Sociales; Ciencias Económicas, Administrativas y Contables; Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales; Ingeniería y Ciencias Básicas. Contamos con programas en diferentes modalidades: virtual, presencial y a distancia.
Fernando Puente Zambrano – Presidente Ejecutivo- CIDTUR LATAM
Master in Tourism Management, Universitat d ‘Alacant, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. SPAIN IUP. With 20 years Experience +View more
João Marcelo – Founder at personal2travel
Entrepreneur and founder of personal2travel, he’s passionate about traveling, INNOVATION and the Startups environment. One of his main goals in life is to leave a legacy of helping +Ver mais
PERSONAL2TRAVEL
We help tourist destinations receive tourists with a greater degree of sanitary security, provide a better experience through a unique and personalized travel journey for tourists, and empower local SMEs through our hyper-personalization solutions. It’s also a powerful tool for strategic information and tourist behavior for smart destinations. We also help companies in the travel industry to get to know travelers, interacting with them better in a personalized way and selling more and better. We are building a personalized platform that covers all the steps of creating a trip and its traveler touch points (marketing, sales and interaction) which is the One Solution for travel personalization.
Carolina Tkchuk – Directora Operativa
Graduada en la Licenciatura en Comercio Internacional por la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes (UNQ). +Ver mais
Máster en Economía Urbana por la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) (2011/2012).
En la actualidad se desempeña en el ámbito académico como Asesora Académica del Departamento de Economía y Administración de la Universidad Virtual de Quilmes (UVQ) y como docente titular ordinaria de la cátedra de Economía y Administración en la Sociedad de la Información. Es miembro del Proyecto de Investigación “Estrategias de internacionalización, diplomacia urbana e imagen de ciudad. Experiencias comparadas de ciudades iberoamericanas” de la UNQ y del Proyecto PITEI-UNQ “La Universidad en la Era Digital. Aportes para la transformación de procesos educativos, de investigación y de gestión universitaria”.
En el ámbito público desempeñó funciones de asesoría de contenidos en el área de formación profesional del Ministerio de Turismo de la Nación durante 2015-2019 como docente de los cursos de “Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes” y “Marketing en Internet (II) Redes Sociales” ofrecidos desde la plataforma e-learning Campus Mintur.
En el ámbito privado, se desempeña como Directora Operativa en la Red de Ciudades Inteligentes de Argentina desde donde coordina diversos proyectos de soluciones de innovación y tecnología en municipios asociados, así como también actividades de capacitación, eventos y generación de contenidos en social media de la Red.
A su vez, es miembro del Instituto Ciudades del Futuro (ICF) y de la Red de Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes de Argentina desde donde brinda asesoría en torno al diseño, implementación y certificación de sistemas de gestión de DTI a nivel nacional.
Complementariamente es speaker sobre Ciudades Inteligentes, Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes y Transformación Digital, brindando conferencias en Argentina y en el exterior.
David Giner Sánchez – Coordinador de Proyectos en Invat·tur
El Invat·tur es un centro especializado en la generación y transferencia de conocimiento turístico, mediante el desarrollo de actividades de investigación, desarrollo e innovación (I+D+i) +Ver mais
OBJETIVOS:
* Generar y transferir conocimiento en el ámbito del turismo.
* Desarrollar líneas de actuación en I+D+i adaptadas a las necesidades del sector turístico.
* Favorecer una cultura de innovación en la gestión turística.
* Favorecer la colaboración de instituciones públicas y privadas en el desarrollo de actuaciones de I+D+i.
* Desarrollar una inteligencia de mercados útil para la toma de decisiones en el ámbito de la gestión turística.
* Facilitar la anticipación/adaptación de la oferta turística valenciana a las tendencias del mercado turístico.
* Transferir conocimiento a las empresas y organizaciones turísticas, facilitando el acceso del sector turístico a los conocimientos, servicios y tecnologías más avanzados.
* Colaborar con organismos públicos y privados de investigación de diferentes ámbitos geográficos en actividades de I+D+i.
* Reforzar la presencia del turismo en los programas de investigación básica y aplicada.
Erick Navarro – Cluster Manager
Administrador de empresas de la Universidad Externado de Colombia, durante 7 años me he desempeñado como consultor en innovación, estrategia y desarrollo de negocios +Ver mais
Esteban Varela – IT Account Manager
Travel industry & Tech expert with a vast experience in consulting services and project implementations for Online Travel Agencies. +Ver mais
Specialties: e-Commerce, Presales, Consulting, Implementation, IT Account Management, Team Leader, Project Management, Process definition, Functional analysis, Product design, Content Integration and Certification
Cristóbal Forttes Vial – Subsecretario de turismo Chile
Viajero de corazón e Ingeniero Comercial (MBA) de profesión. Soy un convencido de que los viajeros pueden impactar positivamente al mundo y que Chile +Ver mais
Creo firmemente en el poder transformador social, económico y medioambiental del turismo, en la colaboración a todo nivel y en la importancia de darle un sentido a todo lo que hacemos.
Travel junkie and Bachelor of Business Administration (MBA). I am convinced that travelers can positively impact the world and that Chile has all the attributes to be the # 1 destination of nature and adventure tourism in the globe.
I firmly believe in the transformative social, economic and environmental power of tourism, in collaboration at all levels and in the importance of giving a significance to everything we do.
Rodrigo Vaz – Diretor Comercial
Experienced and self-motivated professional and MBA with background B2C and B2B international business.
20 years of solid experience in sales and digital sales +Ver mais
20 years of solid experience in sales and digital sales, ecommerce, product management, Sourcing, multicultural negotiations, new products and new business development; Proven track record of successfully positioning and commercializing products and services in global markets. Wide experience working with, and leading groups with more than 18 years in management positions, reaching great results in people commitment applying tools;
Structuring and Business Development, focusing on sales
Strategic product planning omnichannel (B2B, B2C, online e offline);
Deep proficiency on sales administration and sales management strongly results driven;
Development and leadership of implementing variable compensation for sales team
Solid experience on tourism trade market; Product P&L responsibility
Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
Functional team budget responsibility and a solid expertise on contracts management
Constanza de la Cruz – Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Toda mi vida trabajé en turismo. Me di el gusto de viajar y recorrer senderos para observar el mundo y la Naturaleza en su versión más prístina. +Ver mais
Toda mi vida trabajé en turismo. Me di el gusto de viajar y recorrer senderos para observar el mundo y la Naturaleza en su versión más prístina.Desde que creamos Avantrip.com descubrí otro mundo que me apasionó: el de la generación de impacto con esta industria a través de la innovación.
Me apasionan el turismo y como la tecnología junto con la información y la creatividad tienen la capacidad de rediseñar vidas y oportunidades. El turismo somos todos y es en todos lados.
