TravelDaily will partner with PhoCusWright to host the 2009 China Travel Distribution Summit in Shenzhen from December 2 to 3, 2009.

"Despite a global downturn that has been impacting the world economy since late 2008,China remains the hotspot of world's travel market by achieving 12% growth rate for the first half of 2009, measured by number of domestic travelers.

China's domestic air traffic also achieved over 20% of growth rate on a year-to-year basis," said Eva He, event director of TravelDaily, "The China Travel Distribution Summit 2009 will be a gathering of some of the world's and China's leading travel industry leaders and executives to discuss core issues affecting the travel industry and how the travel organizations can partner together to improve market share, to collaborate in revitalizing the travel and tourism sectors as well as to seek out implementable solutions that can help transform, drive efficiency and improve bottom-line performance for the travel industry. By working together with PhoCusWright, the world's leading research authority for the travel industry, we are confident we can create a truly interactive and inspiring event for the travel decision-makers."

China-The Future Beckons is the theme of the 2009 China Travel Distribution Summit. TravelDaily conferences are now regarded as the most prestigious industry events by Chinese travel professionals and global travel companies who are interested to invest in China.

Distinguished speakers for this conference include:

• Min Fan, CEO, Ctrip
• Guangfu Cui, CEO, eLong
• Robert Bailey, CEO, Abacus International
• Glenn D. Fogel, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Priceline
• Cyril Ranque, Vice President of Partner Service Group, Expedia Asia Pacific
• Philippe Garnier, Vice President Sales--Asia Pacific, Hilton Worldwide
• Maria Taylor, Vice President Distribution, Asia Pacific, Accor Hospitality
• Sandeep Bahl, General Manager of China, Delta-Northwest Airlines
• Mark Arxhoek, Regional Sales Director-Greater China, Air France KLM Group
• Christina Siaw, CEO, Macau.com
• Ram Badrinathan, General Manager of PhoCusWright, Asia Pacific
• Michael Ruan, COO, iResearch Consulting Group
• Hongfe Li i, Duputy General Manager, AMEX Business Travel China
• Fajin Hu, Senior E-commerce Manager, Air China
• Yu Gong, President & COO, Beijing U-Message Co. Ltd (China Mobile 12580)
• Dongming Xiao, General Manager of e-commerce, Best Tone Information Service
• Yuchuan Zhang, Deputy General Manager of Telbanking Service, China Merchant Bank
• Hao Wu, General Manager, Daodao (TripAdvisor China)
• Fritz Demopoulos, CEO & Co-Founder, Qunar.com
• Phanindra Sama, CEO, Redbus.in
• Yuezhou Lin, CIO, 7daysinn Group
• Zhiwen Huang, Vice President, Mangocity
• Zinan Liu, Managing Director of China, Royal Caribbean Cruise
• Senior executive from Star Cruise
• Weijun He, CEO, Topone Car Rental
• Stefan Steinhauer, General Manager of Greater China, Sinorent
• Ji Sun, General Manager, China Air Service

The 2009 China Travel Distribution Summit will be held at the Interlaken OCT Hotel Shenzhen from Dec. 2-3, 2009. The conference is now open for registration and the super early bird rate will be valid through Oct.25. For more information, please visit the event website: http://www.traveldaily.cn/aclick/186.html

About TravelDaily
TravelDaily ( www.traveldaily.cn ) is China's leading online publisher and event organizer focusing on distribution, marketing and technology developments in the travel and tourism industries.
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About PhoCusWright
PhoCusWright ( www.phocuswright.com ) is the travel industry's research authority on how travelers, suppliers and intermediaries connect. Independent, rigorous and unbiased, PhoCusWright fosters smart strategic planning and tactical decision-making.