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    Program

    The focus will be on the outlook for 2023, the opportunities of digitalization for travel agencies, the development of aviation after the chaos summer and the potential of new technologies and business models such as blockchain, metaverse and augmented reality.

    The first day will feature a mix of presentations, panels and live interviews. Top managers from tourism and travel technology as well as experts with a different perspective guarantee lively debates.
    And best of all: all speakers will be live on site.

    On the second day, time will be used intensively to delve deeper into topics in deep-dive sessions and master classes in a smaller circle.
    Day 1
    Day 2

    program day 1: Congress on the main stage

    8:30 a.m.

    Registration and coffee

    9:00 a.m.

    Welcome and introduction
    • FVW Media
    • Greetings from the Turkish travel industry

    9:30 a.m.

    Presentation

    Turkey's tourism future
    • Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey

    10:00 a.m.

    Interview

    Where is Europe's largest tourism group headed?
    • Sebastian Ebel, CEO TUI Group
    • Live interview on site with Editor-in-Chief Klaus Hildebrandt

    10:30 a.m.

    Lecture

    Big Picture – which forces and megatrends are shaping our future?
    • Andreas Steinle, Managing Director Zukunftsinstitut Workshop

    11:00 a.m.

    Panel

    CEO Panel: cost explosion, corona impact, structural changes – where is tourism heading in 2023 and beyond?
    • Ingo Burmester, CEO Central Europe, DER Touristik
    • Ralph Schiller, CEO FTI Group
    • Stefan Baumert, CEO TUI Central Europe
    • Gerald Kassner, Managing Director Schauinsland-Reisen
    • Georg Welbers, Managing Director Alltours
    • hosted by Klaus Hildebrandt (fvw|TravelTalk)

    11:45 a.m.

    Panel

    Aviation panel: challenges everywhere you look – how will aviation tackle the problems?
    • Max Kownatzki, CEO Sun Express
    • Ralph Beisel, Managing Director of the German Airports Association (ADV)
    • Jens Bischof, CEO Eurowings
    • Heike Birlenbach, SVP Customer Experience, Lufthansa Group
    • hosted by Rita Münck (fvw|TavelTalk)

    12:30 a.m.

    Presentation

    Sustainability: Why the travel industry must live up to its responsibility even more strongly
    • Sören Hartmann

    13:00 p.m.

    Lunch break

    14:30 p.m.

    Panel

    Sales panel: AI, social media, chatbots – how fit is sales for the customer of the future?
    • Thomas Bösl, Managing Director RTK and Spokesperson QTA
    • Dominik Faber, Managing Director Travel Check24
    • Ute Dallmeier, Managing Director LCC Niederrhein
    • Markus Orth, Managing Director Lufthansa City Center
    • hosted by Rita Münck (fvw|TavelTalk)

    15:15 p.m.

    Interview

    Media, banking and now CEO of a European travel company: What tourism can learn from other industries – and vice versa
    • Live talk with Laura Meyer, CEO Hotelplan Group

    15:45 p.m.

    Coffee break/networking

    16:15 p.m.

    Competition

    Talent competition Top under 30: How the new generation wants to shake up the tourism industry

    16:45 p.m.

    Presentation

    The potential of blockchain technology: the new operating system of tourism?
    • Ralf Usbeck, CEO Chain4 Travel and Peakwork

    17:15 p.m.

    Presentation

    How travel technology shapes the business of the future
    • Traci L. Mercer, Senior Vice President Leisure Travel, Sabre
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    program day 2: Deep dives and masterclasses

    9:00 a.m.

    Deep dive

    Blockchain
    • How the technology works in tourism practice

    10:00 a.m.

    Deep dive

    Augmented Reality
    • New marketing opportunities for destinations and tourism providers
    • Deniz Ugur, Managing Director Bentour Reisen
    • Önder Sancarbarlaz, Travel agency Sancarbalaz Tours and DRV-Working group cultural tourism
    • Altan Tarakci, Head of Yield & Product, Öger Tours

    10:45 a.m.

    Coffee & Networking

    11:30 a.m.

    Deep dive

    Active and cultural travel in Turkey
    • The potentials away from sun and beach
    • Jerome Güls, Head of Business Development der YONA App

    11:30 a.m.

    Masterclasses

    Cost increases, quality assurance, distribution channels: The challenges of the vacation hotel industry - and how Iberostar tackles them
    • Finn Ackermann, Executive Vice President Commercial EMEA Iberostar (Interview)

    12:15 p.m.

    Deep dive

    Metaverse: The potentials of the virtual world for tourism
    • Prof. Armin Brysch, Faculty of Tourism Management, University Kempten

    2:00 p.m. –
    6:00 p.m.

    • Excursions: culture and shopping in Antalya region
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    Contact

    For organizational questions concerning the congress, please contact Kim Soltau,
    for questions regarding your presence, Jörn Schmieding-Dieck is your contact person:

    Kim Soltau

    Senior Projektmanagerin Events

    +49-40-41448-665 or
    events@fvw-medien.de

    Jörn Schmieding-Dieck

    Director Media & Brand Solutions

    +49-40-41448-830 or
    j.schmieding-dieck@fvw-medien.de
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