Interview: Lou La Grange, Lonely Planet

Graeme Frost, CEO of Cadabra talks about his explosive business at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

Industry veteran Yen Lee, President and Founder of UpTake speaking about the future strategy, challenges and opportunities at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Kelly Tompkins, CEO of AdventureLink talks about the phenomenal growth and future strategy of his online travel business at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Alex Shore, President of TripChill giving an exclusive interview to Breaking Travel News at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

An exclusive interview with John Diamond and Andrew McDonald from ekit where they talk about their future strategy and growth plans for their innovative mobile online travel business at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Scott Berkley, Society of Leisure Enthusiasts talks about travel innovation at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Martin Schobert from the Austrian National Tourist Office talks about Austria’s innovative digital destination marketing strategy.  Interviewed by BTN.

Bratati Ghosh, Global Head Strategy & Business Development, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality talks about travel innovation at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

Exclusive interview with Nadav Gur, CEO of WorldMate where he talks about his company strategy and the online mobile user experience at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Linda Swart Founder & CEO of TripSketch talks about travel innovation at PhoCusWright 08.  Interviewed by BTN.

Walter Schut from Dutch Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators talks about travel innovation and how web 2.0 technology can be useful to travel agents at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Kevin Bidner, CEO of Hotel Communication Network talks at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

And the winner of PhoCusWright’s Travel Innovation award is…

Rob Flynn, VP and Global Publisher at Frommer’s shares his insight on some of the most innovative new products and services in online travel.  Interviewed by BTN at PhoCusWright 2009.

Exclusive interview with Gene Quinn, Chairman, PhoCusWright talking about their new travel technology event in association with ITB Berlin in Atlanta in September 2009.  Interviewed by BTN at PhoCusWright 2008.

Julian B. Castelli, CEO of VacationRoost.com talks about travel innovation at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

Scott Hintz, Co-Founder of TripIt speaks at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Kevin Fliess, CEO, of TravelMuse speaks at PhoCusWright 2008 talks about travel innovation at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

Sebastian Heinzel, CEO of Tripwolf talks about Web 2.0 and travel innovation at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

Dara Khosrowshahi, President and CEO of Expedia talks about the major challenges the online travel industry currently faces and how Expedia is tackling them.  Interviewed by BTN at PhoCusWright 2008.

TripAdvisor President and CEO Stephen Kaufer on staying one step ahead of the competition at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

An exclusive Breaking Travel News interview with Jeffery Boyd, President and CEO of Priceline.com at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Sharlene Wang, Chief Product Officer of triporati talks about travel innovation at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Worktopia targets the business traveller needing meeting time, space and tech tools to support them; a $78m potential business segment. Joan talks to BTN at PhocusWright 2008.

Sabre, owners of Lastminute.com and Travelocity, is “stuffing our money in the mattress” and not spending unless the investment proves hard ROI.  Interviewed by BTN.

The WTTC has started lobbying hard for governments to support the multi-billion dollar tourist industry with tax breaks that will get tourist economies moving again. It’s President talks to us at PhocusWright. 

Yahoo! Travel describes how it’s trying to grow market share in a shrinking market.  Interviewed by BTN at PhoCusWright 2008.

David Krauter, SD, Smarter Travel Media part of the Trip Advisor Group talks about the new Deal Buddy product and future strategy at PhoCusWright 2008.

One of the innovators of meta-search and price comparison, Kayak is determined to keep ahead of an increasingly crowded metasearch market; for Brian Harniman, it’s all about improving the user experience… 

Citigroup’s digital investment analyst Mark Mahaney has been looking hard at the travel sector. Who will win and lose in the coming 12 months?

Gillian Gibson, Group VP, Amadeus talks about current and future strategy with a strong focus on open search at PhoCusWright 2008.

Brian Sharples, CEO, HomeAway talks to BTN at PhoCusWright 2008.

Megan Kiernan from Yapta talks about travel innovation at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Stephen Holmes, Chairman and CEO of Wyndham Worldwide talks about Wyndham’s digital strategy and provides some valuable market insight at PhoCusWright 2008.

Sol Melia have hundreds of hotels and resorts; Antonio Batanero’s challenge is to bring the local knowledge and individuality of each one alive on their website.

Sam shares with us his his hopes that Dealbase.com, which launched on 18 November,  will be the right product for cost-conscious travellers in these challenging times for travel.

Wandrian is one of six companies to have been shortlisted for the Travel Innovation Summit Award at PhoCusWright. Wandrian’s Senior VP for Experience William Phillipson talks exclusively to BTN.

Sabre Holdings VP of Product and Marketing Kyle Moore on the Sabre’s future product strategy. A must view interview from the online travel gorilla - Sabre, not Kyle. 

John Schliesser, CEO of deciZium talks about his exciting new product now in advanced beta ‘Your Tour’ at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

What an epilogue - the Wolf man can truly bebop, rap and jive. A great epilogue to an awesome PhoCusWright 2008.

Graeme Frost, CEO of Cadabra talks about his explosive business at PhoCusWright 2008, Hollywood.  Interviewed by BTN.

Industry veteran Yen Lee, President and Founder of UpTake speaking about the future strategy, challenges and opportunities at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.

Kelly Tompkins, CEO of AdventureLink talks about the phenomenal growth and future strategy of his online travel business at PhoCusWright 2008.  Interviewed by BTN.