The Fab Four at Travel Technology Show


Four reasons to roll up in London this week

Travolution is heading to London's Earl's Court 2 for the next two days to rub shoulders with the great and the good of the travel technology community.

As always we are hosting four fantastic seminars over the course of the event.

We have followed a similar formula we used so successfully at the ABTA Travel Convention last year with our seminars - preferring to produce handy advice attendees can take away with them and implement rather than the traditional lecture/debate format.

Our Top Tips will cover the following areas:

* Website Performance
* User Experience
* Social Media
* Start-Ups

Those who come along also get a free handout detailing each Top Tip from the presenters.

Timetable:

Efficient Engine Room - Top tips to improve website performance
Tuesday 12.15-13.15 - Room A2 (£45)

Discover from one of the foremost authorities in the area what you need to do to ensure your travel website can cope with high traffic and unforeseen problems as well as understanding the critical hosting and optimising issues.

* Top Tips handout available for all who attend.

Speakers:

* David Flower, Gomez
* Moderator: Kevin May, Editor, Travolution


Better browsing - top tips to improve website user experience (£45)
Tuesday 14:45-15:45 - Room A4 (£45)

Understand the basic principles of implementing high quality user experience in travel as websites become more technologically advanced and interactive, but without losing the edge over competitors and disappointing savvy customers.

* Top Tips handout available for all who attend.

Speakers:
* Peter Ballard, Foolproof
* Moderator: Kevin May, Editor, Travolution


Start-up to grown-up- Top tips to build a web-based travel business
Wednesday 12:15-13:15 - Room B2 (£45)
Learn from someone who has been there and done it. How do you nurture a fledgling online travel idea into a viable and profitable business? What are the pitfalls of funding, how do you approach investors? And lots more...

* Top Tips handout available for all who attend.

Speakers:

* Hugo Burge, Co-Founder, Howzat Media and Jerome Touze (WAYN.com)
* Moderator: Kevin May, Editor, Travolution


Two-way conversation - Top tips to teach consumers in social networks and blogs
Wednesday 14:45-15:45 - Room B4 (£45)

2008 is so last year - and social media is evolving quicker than ever before. So what should travel businesses do to reach consumers in an engaging yet valuable way for all parties? Will Twitter and Friendfeed be your best outlet in 2009, or are stalwarts such as blogs and forums still the best method?

* Top Tips handout available for all who attend.

Speakers:

* Neil Maclean, Director, SmallMediaLarge
* Moderator: Kevin May, Editor, Travolution


If you need four reasons to attend Travel Technology Show, these will do...

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