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Airline conference in distribution focus

Airline Distribution 2007 is anticipating record attendance with an agenda that includes executives from a dozen airlines and industry expert panelists from around the globe. The interactive audience
format ensures ground breaking and news making discussions and debate over
critical distribution issues facing the airline industry in today’s price
sensitive and hyper-competitive market.
  Airline Distribution 2007, presented by UATP and Airline Business
magazine is also featuring two industry leaders in keynote addresses: Jeff
Smisek, president, Continental Airlines, Wednesday, 25 April and Duane
Futch, Director of Global Travel Services, Wal-Mart, on Thursday 26 April.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from these executives and how they are
handling the distribution challenges faced by airlines and corporations!
  Kicking off the conference is an executive panel featuring senior
commercial executives from AirTran Airways, US Airways and British Airways
who will discuss their strategies for maximizing sales and lowering
distribution costs in a highly competitive environment. Other panels
include an international session where carriers from Latin America and the
Asia/Pacific markets will discuss strategy and market dynamics of
distribution; a payment panel examining the next wave of distribution cost
cutting measures and how alternative suppliers are building market share;
exploring new revenue streams and dynamic packaging; distribution deals
where leading players will debate the future of distribution and the
winners and losers from the recent GDS deals and much more!
  Don’t miss your opportunity to network and learn from these top
industry executives and add your own expertise in our interactive sessions
with representatives from:
  AirTran Airways, US Airways, British Airways, COPA, Qantas, SH&E,
Continental Airlines, Inc., Edgar Dunn & Company, Delta Air Lines,
Eurocommerce, IATA, LOT Polish, Datalex, Air Canada, Brussels Airlines,
TACA, Sabre, American Airlines, Travel Technology Research, Galileo,
Forrester Research, Innovata, ITA Software and many more!!!
  If you attend one distribution conference this year, make it Airline
Distribution 2007!
  http://uatp.com/distribution2007
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