opentravel 2012 advisory forum chairman welcome
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OpenTravel Alliance 2012 Chairman Stephen Joyce welcomes audience and gives update on past year's growth.TRANSCRIPT
Welcome and Chairman’s Update
Stephen JoyceChair, OpenTravel Board of Directors
CEO, Rezgo
Organizational Update
• Staff and support continues to grow– MA Neff, Project Manager
– Technical and business development support
• Positive member growth• Global outreach via conferences and travel• Continued proactive outreach to develop new
markets and solutions• Vacation rental, hostels, helicopter transport
2011
2012
since 2011 Forum (May 2011- April 2012)
New Members - 24
+13
+4
+2
+3
+1
+1
Industry Penetration
2011
2012
57
16
10
8
5
3
2
7
2
1
1
32% growth in membership organizations since May 2011
Global Growth
Total of 21 countries – 7 new since last Advisory Forum
2011
new - click
Mexico
Kenya
Bahamas ChinaTurkey
Italy
Denmark
Canada
USA
Brazil
ChinaIran
France
UK
Switzerland
Click to see countries
2012 Attendee Snapshot
Bahamas
Notable Work in 2011OpenTravel 2.0
• Tooling
•Resource builder
•Library compiler
•Library Definition
•Objects
•Reference services
•SOAP and RESTful
•OpenTravel Developers Network
Semantic Technologies
•Working with Avis Budget to make semantic offers possible
•Will begin working in other segments later this year
•A strong focus for 2012 and 2013
Home Page
Current and Upcoming Projects
• OpenTravel 2.0• Air Operations• Air Seat Maps• Semantic Technologies• Vacation Rental• Tours and Activities
Upcoming Events
• 2012A publication in June • 2012 Elections• Travel Distribution Summit in London next
week• Distribution Session at HITEC in June in
Baltimore• WIT in October in Singapore• World Travel Market in November in London
Conference Highlights
• Introduction to OpenTravel breakfast sessions• Awards Luncheon today• New Projects Roundtables Thursday morning• Big Ideas Session on Thursday
Housekeeping
• Please mute mobile phones• Wifi available
• Use the code you received when you checked in
• If you’re not staying in the hotel, see Caliene
• Dietary restrictions – see Caliene• Twitter #opentravel
OpenTravel Board of Directors
• Gianni Cataldo, Datalex• Andrew Rubinacci,
InterContinental Hotels Group
• Buddy Altus, Avis Budget
• Cindy Falschlehner, HP• Vicki Bias, United• Stu Waldron, Amtrak
• Harold Dibler, Best Western
• Lisa Fues, Marriott International
• Lew Harasymiw, Sabre Hospitality Solutions
• Vincent Lextrait, Amadeus IT Group
• James White, Hertz
OpenTravel Staff
• Valyn Perini, CEO• Bonnie Lowell, Specification Architect• Sandy Angel, Specification Manager• MA Neff, Project Manager• Caliene Isaacs, Office Manager
Welcome and Chairman’s Update
Stephen JoyceChair, OpenTravel Board of Directors
CEO, Rezgo