Elman Wall Travel Directors' Summit 2017
LATEST SPEAKER LINE-UP
'Don't Take Me Out': Trading Legally in 2018
Simon Bunce, Director of Legal Affairs, ABTA
Simon Blanchard, Senior Associate, Opt-4
With changes to ATOL and Package Travel Regulations coming in 2018, travel businesses have significant potential changes to deal with. To explain the latest positions, Simon Bunce, Director of Legal Affairs, ABTA, will be speaking and answering your questions. We will also have an expert in the field, Simon Blanchard, on the new General Data Protection Regulation who will clearly guide us through the requirements and how to manage them.
'Britain's Got Talent': Economic Update Post-Brexit
Stephen Blackman,
Principal Economist, Strategy & Corporate Development, RBS
Stephen Blackman serves as Head of Consumer Economics at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. He served as the Senior Economic Advisor of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and manages the UK household sector for Group Economics. In his session, Stephen will cover the latest trends in the travel industry and how the country is coping in the lead up to Brexit.
'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?':Trade Sale v Private Equity
Terry Williamson
Former CEO, JacTravel
Terry Williamson, CEO JacTravel, is one of the few people in the Travel Industry with insider knowledge and experience of selling both to trade and private equity.Terry has just led the sale of JacTravel from Vitruvian Partners to Webjet for £200 million (2 Aug 2017).
In March 2015, Terry led the acquisition of The TotalStay Group for JacTravel and in 2014 he oversaw the sale of JacTravel to Vitruvian Partners for £80m, netting its former owner, Bowmark Capital, a return of five times its original investment.
Prior to joining JacTravel, Terry was CEO at School Travel Group and led the business in 2008 to £97m t/o, achieving a four times return in less than three years. Previous roles include CEO of Tour Operations for Monarch Travel Group, and Managing Director of UK Tour Operations for Thomas Cook Group. Terry has spent nearly 30 years in the travel industry,
'The Only Way is Alexa': Harnessing Voice Technology
Ben Sauer
User Experience Strategist, Clearleft
Alexa, Siri, Google Home, Cortana: the rise of voice assistants is upon us. As voice recognition comes into its own, what will it do, how will you and your customers interact with it… and are we *really* comfortable talking to machines?
Clearleft is a strategic design consultancy in Brighton: they help organisations like the BBC, Channel 4, Mozilla, Virgin, and Penguin Random House deliver better digital products and services. Their own products have been used by organisations like NASA, the US Government, and the Obama administration.
Ben Sauer specialises in research and product strategy for companies large and small across the world, including the BBC, Penguin Random House, Tata, and Tesco; he also mentors startups. Organisations often hire Ben to upgrade their design skills and digital culture. Recently he’s been speaking about voice interfaces and training teams in how to design voice applications across Europe.
'I'm a Tourist: Get Me Out of Here': When Your Destination is Evacuated
Chris Rowles
Managing Director, The Gambia Experience
What to do and not to do when the FCO advises the immediate evacuation of your destination. Chris Rowles gives a gripping first-hand account of how he and his business coped with the evacuation of all their customers from The Gambia in January 2017, and its aftermath.
'The F Factor': Overcoming Fear in Your Business
Deri Llewellyn-Davies
Business Strategist & Global Adventurer
Understanding and unravelling fear for better leadership and life.
Fear is implicit to bravery, a supposed essential trait for success in business and life, but what is it really and how can you use it your advantage?
Deri has climbed five of the highest mountains in the world, run the infamous Marathon des Sables, completed the legendary Ironman and attempted to scale Everest. He famously held the 'Highest Dinner Party' on Mount Everest in 2015 with a team of British businessmen who all hold a passion for mountaineering and with a real desire to give something back to the Sherpa community. From an entrepreneurial, working class background Deri built a successful corporate and consultancy career with business giants including Mars and Cable & Wireless before going on to establish his own extremely successful boutique consultancy. Deri has worked with more than 250 businesses and independent entrepreneurs at board level, owned 20 businesses of his own, earned an MBA and sits on many boards including the charity Global Angels.
'Call the Experts'
Elman Wall & Friends
Ensure you are up to date & aware of latest developments & opportunities for your travel business. Hear from senior directors from Elman Wall, Marketing Radar, C&M Recruitment, Cork Bays & Fisher, Moneycorp and more.
'Zoo under the Hammer’: From Dartmoor to Hollywood
Benjamin Mee
Owner & Author
Inspiration for the Hollywood film ‘We Bought a Zoo’, hear the incredible story of how Ben and his family fought against all odds to save Dartmoor Zoo & its animals – a charity & tourist attraction. Played by Matt Damon in the movie, Ben’s story is an emotive tale of resilience and leadership. Ben was a contributing editor to Men's Health Magazine and a columnist for The Guardian for many years. He is committed to the role of zoos in conservation and the necessity to protect and conserve the wild.
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The Best Summit to date!
As ever, a great mix of stimulating content & networking opportunities; a valuable day away from the desk!
The Elman Wall Summit is the culmination of a unique company culture & the programme content proves they have their finger on the pulse of the Travel Industry.
Yet again Elman Wall gathered an eclectic mix of speakers that makes this day a regular for the early autumn diary
An excellent day as always - one of my favourite travel networking events
This is my 3rd Elman Wall Summit and so far the best. The team are fabulous & this is the best way to get to know them & understand the true value the whole team (including the extended EW family) can add to your business. I am proud to be an EW customer.
Once again the Elman Wall team has successfully assembled leaders from all walks of the travel industry, & challenged with them some thought provoking presentations.
I rarely take time out to assess the bigger picture & this is both a time to do this and to network.
Congratulations, the event was a real success. It's been a brilliant & very interesting day. It was a pleasure to see many old colleagues, friends & share ideas and catch up with everyone.
Once again, an excellent day with a high quality programme of speakers & delegates
Thoroughly enjoyable, relevant & thought provoking as always. Thank you.