We are pleased to announce the next Travel Massive Glasgow event on Tuesday 18th August 2020, at 6pm.
Venue: Online
* Alex Bainbridge - The Rise of the Artificial Intelligent Tour Guide
Alex's influence within the industry should not be underestimated and is responsible for global industry firsts including:
- First to Software as a Service (SaaS) tours & activity reservation platform (2006/7) – alongside Rezgo
- First reservation system connection to Expedia, GetYourGuide, HotelBeds, Veltra & TourRadar – i.e. most of the leading intermediary platforms of the era used Alex’s expertise for their first supplier connectivity projects
Alex founded TourCMS, the original leader in tours & activities online travel agent distribution providing reservation system and distribution technology to hundreds of local tour operators, and ran that business for 10 years until its successful sale in October 2015.
Highlights of this period include working with the industry leading sightseeing brand Gray Line providing online travel agent distribution services from 2012 onwards (TourCMS still runs this service today). In multi-day tour distribution Alex also created, with TourRadar, the first industry end-to-end solution connecting live reservation system availability with travel agent distribution.
Alex will be discussing his new venture, Autoura a platform for autonomous vehicles, and Sahra, an artificial intelligent tour guide.
* Chris Torres - Ask Me Anything: Tourism Marketing & Business Growth***
Chris Torres has 26 years’ experience working in brand development and marketing, and he’s spent the last 14 years running his own company, Tourism Marketing Agency and his mission is a simple but challenging one... his wish to educate the tour, activity and travel sector on how to better acquire customers and grow their business through direct bookings.
Chris speaks at many tourism events worldwide, offering advice and guidance on how travel, tourism and destination businesses can gain brand recognition and increase bookings.
Over 90% of Chris’ customers come from outside the UK (where he is based), working with some of the biggest players in the industry. This knowledge on international markets gives Chris and his team a unique insight into how destination businesses should market themselves internationally.
Chris will answer your marketing questions in a 'Ask Me Anything' session.
