Norm Rose is a recognized expert on all aspects of travel technology and travel industry trends. He is a seasoned travel industry visionary who provides a clear picture of the future of travel. Whether it is addressing changes in the airport experience or how mobile and social media is reshaping the planning and booking of travel, Norm brings the future of the world’s largest industry, travel and tourism, into clear focus.
Norm’s keynote speeches touches on all parts of the travel value chain including suppliers (airlines, airport, hoteliers, car rental, ground transportation, activity providers), online travel (OTAs, Meta-search, aggregators, Google Flight and Google Hotel Search, Bing! Travel), traditional travel companies (travel agents, tour operators, theme parks, tourism organizations and DMOs), corporate travel (corporate travel managers and buyers, TMCs, corporate booking tools, expense management tools), travel distribution (GDS, new forms of distribution such as Farelogix and the OpenAxis Group), government travel (federal and state government travel trends) and travel innovation (mobile, social). As keynote speaker, Norm’s vision inspires the audience to embrace the next wave of technology innovation. Here is a brief list of topics Norm can address:
- Airport and airline trends
- Airlines as a travel retailers
- Corporate travel trends
- Distribution evolution
- Emerging technology impact on travel business practices
- Evolution of the GDS and alternate distribution
- Evolution of online for theme park distribution
- Google’s Impact on travel distribution
- Government travel trends
- Hospitality technology trends
- Innovation in Travel
- Leisure distribution and dynamic packaging trends
- Mobile technologies impact on the travel process
- Online travel trends
- Social Media – Network analysis
- Tourism e-commerce and m-commerce evolution
Here is a brief summary of speeches given by Norm over the last 3 years:
LA Group and Waag Society E-Tourism Strategy Symposium Amsterdam, The Netherlands , November 2011 Topic: Technological e-Trends in the
Travel and Tourism Sectors (on behalf of PhoCusWright)
Travelport Annual e-Volve Online Summit Rome, Italy, November 2011 Topics: Travel Unleashed, The Future of Search and The Importance of Content (on behalf of PhoCusWright)
AmericInn Annual ConferenceLas Vegas, NV April 2011 Topic: Mobile, Social, Local and the Hospitality Industry (on behalf of PhoCusWright)
Amadeus Airline E-commerce Conference, Cannes, France June 2011 Topic: The Always-connected Traveler: How Mobile will Transform the Future of Air Travel
Amadeus Airport Showcase 2011, Cannes France, March 2011 Topic: Navigating the Airport of tomorrow
Israel Tourist and Travel Agent Association, Eilat, Israel March 2011 Topic: The Impact of the Emerging Technologies and the Evolution of Distribution Systems on the Global Tourism Industry
WCIT Amsterdam May 2010- Topic: Mobile Travel Innovation
Society for Government Travel Professions (SGTP) April 2010- Topic: Emerging Technologies Impact on Government Travel
Defense Department Connect 2010 April 2010 – Topic: Emerging Technologies Impact on Government Travel
PhoCusWright@ITB March 2010 – Topic: Mobile Technology Update
EzRez Thought Leadership Conference February 2010 – Topic: Emerging Technologies Impact on the Global Travel Industry
Tickets.com Executive Summit February 2010 – Topic: Dynamic Pricing
CASMA – October 2009 – Topic: Emerging Technologies Impacting The Global Airline Industry
Navitaire Customer Conference: October 2009 – Topic: Emerging Technologies Impacting The Global Airline Industry
Amadeus The 16th Amadeus Airline e-Commerce October 2009 – Topic : Innovating Online Travel Business
Amadeus LATAM Travel Industry Leaders Forum September 2009 – Topic: Corporate Travel Distribution and Technology Trends for Latin America
