Speakers and sponsors have been announced for Wired 2005: Asia Travel Matrix, which is happening at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore on October 20 & 21.

It's set to be the best travel technology, marketing and distribution conference staged in the region.

Sponsors:
Singapore Tourism Board, Amadeus, Abacus International, Millennium and Copthorne International, TravelCLICK, Pegasus, WORLDHOTELS

Industry partners:
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association (HEDNA) and MarketShare.

Media:
Yahoo! South-East Asia is the online media partner, while e-Hotelier, 4Hoteliers and Travel Trade Report are also supporting.

A dedicated site will be launched in mid-July and tickets for the two-day conference will start at just US$395. Further details are available @ www.wiredasia.biz.

Contact organizers Yeoh Siew Hoon: yeoh.sh@pacific.net; Martin Kelly: mjk@iform.com.au or Vera Lye: vera@allrave.com.

Speakers are listed below.

SPEAKERS

·         Ram Badrinathan, Analyst, Asia-Pacific, PhoCusWright
·         Nicole Bernthaler, Chief Marketing Officer, World Hotels
·         Scott Blume, Chief Executive, Zuji
·         Oliver Bonke, Vice President - Marketing, Starwood Hotels and Resorts
·         Symon Bridle, Chief Operating Officer, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
·         Maria Cary, GM Pricing and Distribution, Accor Asia-Pacific
·         Rick Clements, Managing Director, Rick Clements and Associates
·         Tony Davis, Chief Executive, Tiger Airways
·         Bernadette Dennis, Vice President Asia-Pacific, Marriott International
·         Olivier Dombey, Vice President Sales - North Asia, Pegasus
·         Sue Graham, Regional Manager - Hotel Business Asia Pacific, Travelocity
·         Peter Harbison, Managing Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation
·         Deep Kalra, Founder, Makemytrip.com
·         Ken Low, Assistant Chief Executive - Branding and Communications, Singapore Tourism Board
·         Grant McCarthy, Head of Search, Yahoo! South-East Asia
·         Ken Mandel, Chief Executive/Regional Director, XM Asia Pacific
·         Toby March, Vice President - Hotels & Cars, Abacus
·         Gerry Oh, Senior Vice President - Marketing, Millennium and Copthorne Hotels International
·         Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Managing Partner, T2 Impact
·         Lucas Peng, Founder and Managing Director, MacroVision Network
·         Chananya Phataraprasit, Chairman, East West Siam
·         Mark Renshaw, Managing Director - Singapore, Arc
·         Mark Rizzuto, Managing Director - Asia, Cendant TDS
·         Karthik Siva, Founding Chairman of the Global Brand Forum; Group Strategy Director of Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore
·         Peter  Smith, Vice President - E-Commerce, Amadeus Asia-Pacific
·         Stuart Spiteri, Director Asia-Pacific, Akamai
·         Martin Symes, Executive Director - Commercial, Zuji
·         Aileen Tan, Vice President - Centres for Excellence, Abacus International
·         Jan Tissera, President - International, TravelCLICK
·         James Vaile, Chairman, Bezurk
·         Anthony Venus, Executive Director, MarketShare