ARCHIVE: NDE FORUM 2020
Supporting Each Other: sharing strategies and best practices
New Deal Europe 2020 Forum was our keynote seminar dealing with the main issue in travel. We assembled senior travel industry figures, both buyers and suppliers, to address the issues affecting them, and discuss how to get through the Covid crisis. The debate shone a light on best practices to keep travel businesses afloat and suggested strategies to attract new business.
Speakers
- Jennifer Tombaugh, President of leading US tour operator, Tauck
- Andrea Godfrey, Brand Manager of Regent Holidays, the first UK travel company to operate in Albania
- Dominic Burke, Managing Director of Travel Centres, the leading independent travel agency consortia in Ireland
- Antonia Urlić, Executive Director of Croatian luxury hotel brand, Stories Hotels
- Alp Ozaman, the New York based Regional Marketing Manager of Turkish Airlines
Moderator
- Lee Hayhurst, Executive Director of Travolution
SPEAKERS and moderator
Jennifer Tombaugh
Jennifer Tombaugh
Jennifer Tombaugh
Jennifer Tombaugh is President of Tauck, the family-owned US-based tour operator serving all seven continents with more than 170 guided travel experiences and events for culturally curious travelers on land, small ship and river cruises. Jennifer oversees Tauck’s Worldwide Operations, Brand Management, Reservations, Guest Relations, Global Sales, and Digital & Direct Marketing teams.
Andrea Godfrey
Jennifer Tombaugh
Jennifer Tombaugh
Andrea Godfrey has worked for Regent Holidays for a total of 22 years starting in sales after graduation, and after a break working in Ukraine, returned to a General Manager role. In recent years, her role has involved mostly product and contracting in a wide variety of destinations from Iceland to Russia, including Ukraine and the Balkans.
Dominic Burke
Jennifer Tombaugh
Dominic Burke
Dominic Burke, Managing Director of Travel Centres has 40 years' experience in the travel agency sector in Ireland.. Travel Centres is Ireland's largest grouping of independently-owned and managed professional travel agents.
Antonia Urlić
Lee Hayhurst - moderator
Dominic Burke
Antonia Urlic is the Executive Director of Croatian upscale hotel brand, Stories Luxury Hotels. She has previously held senior marketing and promotions roles at Valamar Hotels and Croatian Airlines and was the director of the tourism sector at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce.
Alp Ozaman
Lee Hayhurst - moderator
Lee Hayhurst - moderator
Alp Ozaman is an accomplished airline executive with 18 years of travel industry experience and has been the Regional Marketing Manager for Turkish Airlines in New York for the last 11 years. His role also encompasses tour operations and corporate sales. In addition Alp is a lecturer in the Hospitality Department at the School of Professional Studies, New York University. More info.
Lee Hayhurst - moderator
Lee Hayhurst - moderator
Lee Hayhurst - moderator
Lee Hayhurst has been one of the leading figures in British travel trade journalism over the last 14 years. As the Editor and Executive Director of Travolution, he is at the forefront of the technology and digital revolution in travel. Lee is a regular contributor to the UK’s leading trade magazine Travel Weekly and has covered various travel sectors including cruise, travel agents and tour operators. He regularly moderates both Travolution and partner events and conferences.