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RALPH KAISER's remarks are a great place to
start if you are just learning about the AIRLINE DISTRIBUTION 2005
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RALPH KAISER
President and Chairman of
Universal Airline Travel Plan
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Ralph talks about the value of the conference.
Perhaps one of the least expected but one
of the most important in business was the
incredible networking opportunities
that unfolded over the three days of
living in paradise at the Bangkok
Thailand Marriott Resort & Spa
The other and most
obvious value of the
conference was allowing airline companies
a better look at the bottom line. All segments
of the airline industry came together to look
very closely at distribution costs from
managing GDS systems to fraud intervention
and risk management. Ralph also talked
about the role UATP plays in the industry.
Once airline companies understand the
role UATP plays in their overall cost savings
plan, it becomes an obvious solution.
Started in 1939, UATP is now a
$8 billion company with 38 employees.
Take some time and join
Ralph Kaiser, President and CEO of UATP.
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BANGKOK Thailand
MARRIOTT RESORT & SPA
Delegates enjoyed the backdrop of a
lovely 4 star Marriott property filled with
amenities, gentle breezes and a short taxi ride away
from the fun filled downtown market.
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ELLEN
KESZLER
CTC
President, Corporate
Solutions,
Sabre Holdings
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A true travel insider
(Ellen's a Certified Travel Consultant)
and has always been going places.
Named one of the 100 most powerful
women
in travel in 2000, 2001 2002
and 2003 by Travel Agent magazine,
Keszler has moved through the
ranks
of Sabre Holdings Corporation
to her current position of
president
of Corporate Solutions,
a post
to which she was
appointed in
May 2004.
Ellen talks about the future
of Business Travel.
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Wendy Ward, UATP, Ralph Kaiser, UATP,
Ellen Keszler, Sabre (Travelocity) and
Sandy Dhuyvetter, TravelTalkRADIO
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RICHARD CLARKE, META
GROUP,
Sandy Dhuyvetter, KEVIN O'TOOLE,
Editor Airline Business
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Both Richard Clarke and Kevin O'Toole
are remarkably bright and bring about fresh
professionalism to the distribution table.
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PASCAL BURG
Director of Edgar Dunn & Company
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Pascal is a Director
in EDC's
San Francisco office. He has over seven
years of consulting experience in
business strategy and marketing
and over four years of line
management experience within
the financial services industry.
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ROY VELLA
Director Business
Development,
Merchant Services
PAYPAL, Inc an Ebay Company
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Roy brings us up to
speed with the progress
of PayPal in the online payment community.
Now that PayPal is owned by Ebay, you
can see how relevant it could become.
Already out used by rival Mastercard,
Paypal is on it's way to becoming
a mainstream commerce solution.
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Peter Wiessner
TAI Airlines
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Peter has been in the
airline business
for a lot of years. Retirement didn't
come easy and soon Peter
found himself back in the saddle
at Tai Airlines. A really great guy who
loves this business.
You will enjoy this conversation.
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KEN MURPHY
from UTAP enjoying a
relaxing moment
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TONY DAVIS
President and CEO Tiger Airways
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The Low Cost Carrier
of the
Pacific Asia area,
Tiger Airways seems to be
purring with satisfaction as it finds
blue skies in the Pacific Asia Region
“The best routes are the shorter
routes where a low fare airline can
get
more flights within a day.
This criteria
best suits the
Malaysian and Indonesian
markets from Singapore
(in terms of
distance),” says Tony.
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WENDY WARD and SANDY
SCOTT
making it happen.
KEN MURPHY
VP of MARKETING UATP
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HORST FINDEISEN
Vice President Commercial
Star Alliance Services
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Horst is Vice
President Commercial
of STAR ALLIANCE,
the world's first and leading global
airline alliance. He took up the
position in 2000 and is currently
responsible for teh coordination of
all network, sales and fleet related
projects within Star Alliance.
With more than 25 years in the
aviation business, Horst teaches
us much about the industry
but mostly get you an understanding
of the depth of the airline industry.
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Sandy and Horst meet before
their panel
at the reception the first evening.
BERTHOLD TRENKEL
COO Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Asia Pacific |
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JEFF FOSTER
Executive Vice President
Retail Decisions, Inc.
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Jeff has a very
interesting interview.
He talks about fraud and the important
role a company like Retail Decision plays
in the airline community. You will be
amazed how smart the thieves are and
how on top Jeff and his industry is.
There is no slow down in this industry,
a real must hear topic
for all airline and commerce
based companies.
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