Irish Travel Trade News is pleased to announce that Martin Skelly, Managing Director of Travalue.ie/Navan Travel and Past-President of the Irish Travel Agents Association, will be the Chairman for the inaugural Irish Travel Industry Summit.
The Summit will take place on Friday 24th November 2017 at the Clayton Hotel Burlington Road, Dublin 4, from 2.00pm to 5.30pm. The cost to attend is €75 plus VAT and all attendees can register here: https://advantagepco.eventsair.com/travel-industry-summit/irish/Site/Register
The Summit will be officially opened by Brian Hayes MEP and will focus on two key issues: the three leisure travel sectors that are generating increased bookings for travel agents – ocean and river cruising, long-haul holidays, and adventure holidays – as well as the new EU Package Travel Directive and its pending Irish legislation.
Speakers will include Veronica Manfredi, Head of Unit E2 ‘Consumer and Marketing Law’, European Commission, on the forthcoming EU Package Travel Directive; Cormac Meehan, ITAA President, will address the challenges of Brexit; and Andy Harman, Director UK & Ireland, Cruise Lines International Association, will highlight the continuing growth in the cruise market.
SESSION ONE: Leisure Travel Opportunities
Speakers:
Andy Harman, CLIA: The Continued Growth in Cruising
Deirdre Sweeny: Sunway: Operating as a Multi-Destination Boutique Operator
Brian Young, G Adventures: Adventure Travel Grows in Popularity
John Booty, Wendy Wu Tours: The Booming Market to China
Andrew McCarroll, AIB Merchant Services: Is Your IT System Credit Card Compliant?
Q&A with Speakers Panel
COFFEE BREAK
SESSION TWO: New EU Package Travel Directive
Speakers:
Veronica Manfredi, Unit E2, European Commission: The Package Travel Directive 2018
David Hodnett, Commission for Aviation Regulation: Options Arising in the Transposition of the Directive (2015/2302/EU)
Cormac Meehan, ITAA President: Brexit – Opportunity or Threat?
Q&A with Speakers Panel
END OF SUMMIT
