THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL IS ONLINE
(Posted 29th October 2014)
Leading service providers in the travel industry are coming together on the 07th of November at the Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi for a full day seminar, covering the topic ‘The Future Is Online’.
Attendance is strictly by invitation from the three partners Travelstart, Amadeus and 3G Direct Pay and as outlined on the invitation card are participants required to bring with them one of their smart devices, phone, phablet or tablet, to be able to see and experience the full impact of online services when they are accessed on the web by handheld gadgets.
More and more tech savvy travelers are today only using their smart phones or other gadgets to research a destination, book flights, transportation and accommodation, purchase travel insurance or even book excursions in the destination or reserve tables in restaurants.
The programme of the day is outlined below, probably prompting a mad rush by many travel industry readers to secure an invitation:
| Agenda | Detail |
| Breakfast & Registration | |
| Introduction | Bryan Kariuki – Country Manager Travelstart Kenya |
| Panel | E-commerce players moderated by Mbwana Alliy (Founder and Managing Partner, Savannah Fund):
"The art and science of selling (anything!) online" |
| Speaker | Stephan Ekbergh – OTA pioneer; Travelstart founder/CEO: "Passion as a Compass" |
| Tea | |
| Keynote speaker | Anna Othoro – Nairobi City County Executive Committee Member in charge of GovernmentTrade, Industrialisation,
Cooperative Development, Tourism and Wildlife |
| Panel | Online Payment Platforms moderated by Eran Feinstein: “Is it easy, safe AND fashionable to pay for online purchases?” |
| Speaker | Eran Feinstein – Managing Director 3G Direct Pay "The Great East African Paradox" |
| Lunch | |
| Panel | Online marketing moderated by Bryan Kariuki: “How to acquire and convert customers through online channels” |
| Activity | Google partner: Bean Interactive |
| Activity | Speed networking session |
| Tea | |
| Panel | Airlines moderated by Moses Nyagah: “How to fix the online channel for air travel” |
| Speaker | Juan Torres – General Manager Amadeus East Africa |
| Closing remarks | Moses Nyagah – Regional Manager Sales & Marketing, Amadeus East Africa |
| Photos & End | Sponsor TBC |
This it the new age of wireless communications with the world at one’s fingertips, literally and proverbially speaking and the workshop participants will no doubt, enhanced by the superb meeting facilities at the Villa Rosa Kempinski, return home in the evening, knowing more and being better equipped to stay in business by embracing the latest technologies and use available applications to promote themselves.
The future of travel is clearly not only online, the future of travel has arrived.
