Congress schedule
MORNING
08:00 - 08:45 | Registration & welcome coffee
08:45 - 09:00 | Congress introduction - Mario Clemente, Bookassist - Operations Manager DACH. (DE/EN)
09:00 - 09:40 | Keynote: Growing Direct Business - Des O'Mahony, Bookassist - Founder & CEO. (EN)
09:40 - 10:15 | Keynote: Digital Guest Experience - Björn Radde, T-Systems - Head of Online Sales - Digital Division. (DE)
10:15 - 10:45 | Keynote: Data Privacy in the hotel industry - Peter Hense, Spirit Legal LLP Rechtsanwälte - Head of Digital Business Law. (DE)
10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 | Keynote: Satyan Johsi, Google - Hotel Ads Business Leader. (EN)
11:30 - 12:00 | Keynote: Influencing the traveller path to purchase with Tripadvisor - Gianluca Laterza - Tripadvisor, Senior Territory Manager South Europe. (EN)
12:00 - 13:00 | Panel Discussion within the Hotel Branche:
Now, tomorrow and beyond in the hotel distribution
Satyan Joshi, Google - Guest speaker
Gianluca Laterza, Tripadvisor - Guest speaker
Des O'Mahony, Bookassist - Guest speaker
Andreas Purtscher, Hotel Zeitgeist Vienna - Guest speaker
moderated by Marco Riederer, Prodinger.
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break
AFTERNOON
14:00 - 14:30 | Morning Summary & Introduction to afternoon workshops: Yahya Fetchati. Bookassist - CCO
14:30 - 15:30 | Workshop - Session I
Ground Floor / Room: Don Giovanni | Pricing & Market Analysis: HQplus - Roland Hehn, CEO.
Ground Floor / Room: Figaro | Revenue Management: . EzRMS/Infor - Stephan Bezold, Executive Sales Director DACH.
1st. Floor / Room: Papageno | Conversion Optimization: Hotel Champ - André Bressel, COO.
1st. Floor / Room: Lohengrin | Reputation Management: Customer Alliance - Torsten Sabel, COO.
1st. Floor / Room: Genoveva | Guest Marketing: LiveRate - Martin Mohr, Chief Sales Officer.
1st. Floor / Room: Hamlet | Payment Service: SIX Group - Katharina Luschnik, Key Account Manager.
15:30 - 15:45 | Coffee break
15:45 - 16:45 | Workshop - Session II
Ground Floor / Room 1 | Pricing & Market Analysis: OTAinsight - Wiebke Siemering, Manager Business Development.
Ground Floor / Room 2 | Revenue Management: Yieldplanet - Claudio Limacher, CEO.
1st. Floor / Room: Papageno | Conversion Optimization: The Hotels Network - Christian Strupait, Sales Manager DACH.
1st. Floor / Room: Lohengrin | Reputation Management: Revinate - Patrick Oldenburg, Director of Sales Central Europe.
1st. Floor / Room: Genoveva | Guest Marketing: MyStay - Pavlína Zychová, CoFounder & CCO. Workshop in english
1st. Floor / Room: Hamlet | Metasearch: Bookassist & VIP Guests - Jacopo Rita, Product Manager Metasearch. Workshop in english
End of the congress
Drinks & Networking at Joe's Bar / ARCOTEL Wimberger
Bookassist Austria GmbH
1150 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 890 34 95
Email: austria@bookassist.com
