Featured Speakers

michael_peschardt_small.jpg MICHAEL PESCHARDT, TV Presenter and Host, BBC World
Michael Peschardt is now the BBC's leading international interviewer. His programme, Peschardt's People' is broadcast to more than two hundred countries and has become a centrepiece of the BBC World News Television schedule. (More)
darrenwright_small.jpg DARREN WRIGHT, General Manager Australia, AirAsia X
Darrren Wright joined the airline back in 2007 when it started its first flight into the Gold Coast. Darren was previously the Marketing Manager of Virgin Blue for four years and before that, was six years in the marketing team at Flight Centre. (Podcast) (More)
romain_roulleau_small.jpg ROMAIN ROULLEAU, Senior VP E-commerce, Accor Worldwide
Romain Roulleau has  joined the Hotel Distribution Division as Senior VP e-Commerce in charge of the development of Accor hotels direct sales on the web. Romain is responsible for the development of the accorhotels.com portal and with his team will continue to bring the necessary support to the Marketing teams to develop the various brand sites. (More)
roshan_mendis_small.jpg ROSHAN MENDIS, 
President of Zuji and Regional Vice President of Travelocity Asia Pacific
Based in Singapore, Roshan Mendis leads Travelocity in Asia Pacific, and is responsible for leading the business focus, development and future growth strategies for all Travelocity brands in Asia Pacific including Travelocity, ZUJI and Nextour. Roshan has more than 10 years experience with Sabre and Travelocity. Prior to joining the Executive Team at ZUJI in 2006, in the role of Director, Supplier Relationships and Partnerships, Roshan worked for ZUJI's parent company Travelocity.(More)
Customer Reviews : WIT 2009

“Having been involved with WIT since the beginning – I can think of no better tribute than the fact that it is still going and still doing the “right” thing – challenging the challenged. Well done, WIT. Here’s to another 5.”

Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, Managing Partner, T2 Impact
ADRIAN CURRIE, Chairman, Agoda

Adrian Currie is Chairman of Agoda, the Asian hotel reservation service acquired by priceline.com in 2007. Agoda generated bookings of over $100 million for APAC hotels in 2008, more than 100% up on 2007, and provides a multi-lingual website and 24/7 customer support in all major Asian and European languages.
 
Adrian is also Managing Director of Booking.com in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this role, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Booking.com where he was part of the international team that successfully integrated priceline.com's acquisitions of Active Hotels Ltd and Bookings BV into Europe's largest online hotel reservation service.
 
In 2008, the priceline.com group of companies sold 40.8 million room nights. 

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