Inspiring Line-up Announced for Routes Asia Strategy Forum
Routes is pleased to announce the line-up for its Strategy Forum at the Routes Asia event being held in Adelaide, Australia from 18 -21 April.
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INSPIRING LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR ROUTES ASIA STRATEGY FORUM
Manchester, March 2010
Routes is pleased to announce the line-up for its Strategy Forum at the Routes Asia event being held in Adelaide, Australia from 18 -21 April.
The Strategy Forum will be held on the Sunday (18/04) of the three-day event, between 2pm and 6pm, and will be moderated by Gordon Bevan, Vice President Consultancy Services at ASM Limited, and Nigel Mayes, Managing Director of Routes.
It will be split into three sessions. A host of knowledgeable panellists have been brought together to ensure each session poses topical questions and provides a stimulating forum for developing knowledge across the field of aviation.
Gerard Brown, Routes Asia Event Leader, said: "We're very excited about the line-up for the Strategy Forum and believe delegates will find the schedule truly inspiring. We hope it will spark debate, generate ideas and provide the perfect environment for people to build relationships as they discuss what they've heard throughout the day."
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Notes to Editors:
The programme for the day and panellists for each session are as follows:
Moderators: Mr Gordon Bevan, Vice President Consultancy Services, Airport Strategy and Marketing Limited (ASM) and Mr Nigel Mayes, Managing Director, Routes.
Opening Remarks by PATA
Session 1 - The Asian Consolidation Model - Can the model work in Asia as it has in the US and Europe and who will be the major players
Mr Germal Singh Khera, General Manager Government & Intl. Relations, Malaysia Airlines
Mr Ole Wieth Christensen, Head of Route Development, Copenhagen Airports A/S (CPH)
Mr Peter Wiesner, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Bangkok Airways
Mr Mohamed Sallauddin Mat Sah, General Manager Marketing, MAHB
Session 2 - Winning the Airlines - What are the major influences in the airline decision making process and who wins, the tourism or the business market?
Mr Joe Lopano, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Terminal Management at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Professor David Timothy Duval, Associate Professor, University of Otago
Mr John Korenic, Director Aviation Marketing, Vancouver Airport Authority
Mr George Karamanos, Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications, Abu Dhabi Airports Co
Mr James Fong, Assistant Director, Airline Development, Changi Airport Group
Session 3 - The Recovery Road - Who will "bounce back" first, low cost or full service?
Mr Peter Hoslin, Head of Airline Marketing, Abu Dhabi Airports Company
Mr Senthil Balan, Head of Route Planning & Regulatory Affairs, Air Asia X
Mr Hans Mitterlechner, Head of Aviation Business Development, Sydney Airport
Mr Phil Baker, Managing Director, Adelaide Airport Ltd
Forum Closing Remarks
Mr Gordon Bevan, Vice President Consultancy Services, Airport Strategy and Marketing Limited (ASM)
Presentation by PATA
Mr Chris Flynn, Regional Director Pacific, PATA
Welcome Reception in the Routes Networking Village
About Routes
- § Routes - The World Route Development Forum - is the world renowned annual airline and airport networking event. Routes facilitates and encourages the role of airports in the development of air services through organising global and region specific airline/airport networking forums.
- § This year's World Route Development Forum will take place in Vancouver, Canada, 18th-21st September.
- § Routes Regional events include Routes Americas, Routes Asia, Routes Europe and Routes Africa.
- § Routes was founded in 1995 by Chairman Mike Howarth as part of the Manchester UK-based ASM Ltd., a consultancy specialising in the field of route development for airports. www.asm-global.com.
- § Both companies are now subsidiaries of RDG -The Route Development Group - which is the leading global solutions provider in the strategically important 'route development' sector of air transport. www.routedevgroup.com
- § In April 2007, Routes also won the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2007. The award, for outstanding business performance and commercial success, recognised Routes' sustained contribution to aviation route development through its innovative Regional and World Route Development Forums.
For further press information please contact Nadine Wenn at:
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