Programme
Dear Participants of Hospitalogy 2009,
Here is preliminary programme of the conference, that will be specified and supplemented. The final agend you can find here between 15-th and 17-th of September.
09.30 - 10.00
Registration
10.00 – 10.15
Official opening. Greetings.
Panel I:Successful strategies for hotel management during a crisis.
10.15 - 12.30
Travel & hospitality industry in economic crisis. Reductions or Promotions. Successful strategies for profit management in a crisis.
Prof.Macy Marvel, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
Hotel Pricing in Uncertain Times. What is the hotels policy in USA and Bulgaria - Cornell Hospitality and Travel Consulting Researches
Ekaterina Gelovska, Editor-in-Chief Hotels&Restaurants magazine.
Discussion
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch
Panel II:Optimization of sales. Innovations that can help tour operators and hotel keepers.
13.30 - 15.00
How an Automated Revenue Management System can assist Pricing and Distribution in both Prosperous and Difficult Times.
Clive Taylor, Vice-President for Operations at the British company EasyRMS
Increasing profit under crisis circumstances
André Gribi, Kohl&Partners
Discussion
15.00 - 15.30
Coffee break
Panel III:Online distribution channels. How to use them efficiently?
15.30 - 17.00
Generating Revenue Through On-Line Channels
Gerd Tritschler is Regional Vice-President FOR Continental Europe at Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Discussion
17.00
