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There is more to the Forum than just numbers. Our elite cadre of industry experts will provide the insight needed to turn all the research and analysis into actionable take-aways to benefit your business in the year ahead.

2007 Fast Track Thought Leaders

Advanced Reservation Systems, Inc. (ARES) is a leading provider of private-label online travel solutions. ARES powers some of the Nation's most popular destination sites and provides travel products for sale online and via our branded reservations call center including hotels, print@home activity ticketing, dynamic packages, airline tickets and car reservations.

Fast Track discussion topic: Discover the benefits of a private label booking engine for your destination, organization and member/supplier community.

Dana Communications is a full-service hospitality and travel lifestyle agency with offices in New York, New Jersey, California and the Carolinas. We use our analytical abilities, creative concepts and marketing strategies to help our clients dream, define, discover and deliver. At Dana, marketing is about increasing your top-line revenues.

Fast Track discussion topic: Blog, blog, blog!   With the dramatic increase in social networking, learn more about the internet's social tools and how to use them in your marketing efforts as we present, "Social Networking, Beyond the Blog."

Quotient Marketing helps leading travel brands develop dynamic and successful online marketing campaigns.  Clients such as Liberty Travel, OARS and Silversea Cruises rely on our advanced technology, marketing savvy, and stellar service to create programs that drive sales and provide attractive ROI. For more information, please go to www.quotientmarketing.com.

Fast Track discussion topic: In this interactive session, we'll help you get smarter about e-mail marketing by providing the tools, tips and actionable intelligence you need to take your program to the next level.

Ruf Strategic Solutions delivers a full suite of travel related intelligence solutions to help organizations attract new and repeat travelers/visitors and develop one-to-one relationships. Ruf's unique ability to integrate vast arrays of data, technology tools, and over 30 years of expertise empowers tourism organizations with truly actionable and measurable intelligence.

Fast Track discussion topic: Integrated marketing databases to measure, monitor and maximize marketing return on investment (ROI).

simpleview, Inc. (formerly cvbTV.com), designs websites and implements web-based solutions for a diverse range of travel and tourism organizations.  These solutions enable your business to centralize data, streamline processes, and optimize organizational efficiencies to enhance marketing initiatives and improve sales operations. To learn more, please visit www.simpleviewinc.com.

Fast Track discussion topic: Attract and engage visitors to your website – Create lifetime value and establish metrics to measure success.

TNS is one of the world's leading market information groups. Through our global network, we collect, analyze and interpret information, as well as deliver innovative thinking and excellent service, to help local and multi-national clients better understand the needs and wants of their customers.

Fast Track discussion topic: Explore the impact of long-term trends in the travel industry.

Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, combines tourism understanding with rigorous economics in order to answer the most important questions facing destinations, developers, and global strategic planners. By combining quantitative methods with industry knowledge, Tourism Economics designs market strategies, forecast models, policy analysis, and economic impact studies.

Fast Track discussion topic: Identifying the most responsive international visitor markets to destination marketing.

VOLLMER is the largest independent, full-service public relations and marketing communications firm headquartered in the Southwest with offices in Austin, Houston, Dallas and New York City.  VOLLMER is particularly well known for its travel and tourism expertise.  Clients include: Travelocity, the Hotel Crescent Court, and Hotel ICON among others. 

Fast Track discussion topic: Learn about promoting and marketing your travel destination to the domestic and international media, travel trade, and consumers – from one of the most seasoned PR professionals in the travel and tourism industry.


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