Inaugural Event to be held at 10th Anniversary Advisory Forum
The OpenTravel Alliance, the travel industry's leading specification development organization, today unveiled OpenTravel University. OpenTravel University is an ambitious initiative that will provide to any distribution professional in the travel industry a comprehensive education about OpenTravel's processes and schema, about the role of standards in the travel industry and about how participants in OpenTravel can reap benefits for themselves and their companies.
'OpenTravel has long held orientation sessions and webinars covering OpenTravel's process and schema,' said Valyn Perini, executive director of OpenTravel, 'but in today's economic environment, distribution professionals need every tool possible to prove their value to their companies, and companies need to be sure their employees are educated. This initiative combines specially-developed content delivered by an industry professional to support the business and technical needs of those individuals who make their living in the travel distribution segment.'
The first OpenTravel University session will be held in Seattle, Washington on Monday, April 20 2009.
Event:
First OpenTravel University
Date:
Monday April 20, 2009
Location:
Marriott Seattle Waterfront
2100 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98121 USA
Time:
1:00pm - 5:30pm, followed by a networking reception at 6:00pm
Cost:
Free to attendees of the Advisory Forum, $99 per person if not attending the Forum
About the OpenTravel Advisory Forum
Electronic distribution of travel and traveler information has come a long way in the last ten years, but travel distribution professionals need to understand what's going to happen next.
This year's Advisory Forum will celebrate the 10th anniversary of OpenTravel Alliance while also presenting events and speakers to further the advancement of travel distribution.
The event will include presentations from speakers such as Anne Cole, vice-president of distribution and content delivery for Hilton Hotels and Jim Young, vice-president and chief marketing officer of Frontier Airlines.
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About the OpenTravel Alliance
OpenTravel's mission is to engineer specifications that make data transmission flow smoothly throughout travel, tourism and hospitality. OpenTravel creates, expands and drives adoption of open universal data specifications, including but not limited to the use of XML, for the electronic exchange of business information among all sectors of the travel industry.
With a diversified membership representing influential names in all sectors of the travel industry, OpenTravel is comprised of representatives from airlines, car rental firms, hotels, cruise lines, leisure suppliers, service providers, tour operators, travel agencies, and trade associations. For more information, visit www.opentravel.org.
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