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Travel Distribution Summit 2008 in London was a great opportunity for zanox to present its unique value for the online travel industry.

The zanox seminar “co-opetitions dealt with cooperation and competition scenarios between players in the online travel world. Suppliers, intermediaries and publishers each have their own value for the other two parties. At the same time, there are differentiating factors which are vital to understand before engaging in a cooperation, or to understand why dismissing an opportunity might disregard a potential pillar of the online travel business tomorrow.

Thanks to all participants of the zanox workshop who engaged in the discussion afterwards and even joined us for a couple of beers to continue the conversations.

Please find here the workshop presentation as a free PDF download.

Back in the hotel from day one of the Travel Distribution Summit in London. The focus of the event clearly lay on the panels and conferences that went on all day from 9am to 6pm. For zanox, the series of online travel conferences was the obvious choice, and I had the chance to listen to amazing presentations and heated discussions between online travel heavy weight players like Ryanair, easyJet, Skyscanner, Datalex and Hilton.

zanox seized the opportuntiy to present a workshop about co-opetition (competition+cooperation) scenarios in Online-Travel, comparing the business models of suppliers like airlines and tour operators, intermediaries like online travel agents and publishers like travel price comparison sites.

Unfortunately I missed the Travel’s Dragon’s Den final in the afternoon where four travel entrepreneurs pitched their business plans to a group of VC investors live on stage – a bit like Pop Idol, but with suit and tie.

Day one of the Travel Distribution summit ended with us taking a couple of publishers and advertisers to a nearby bar and finish the day off with some pints of lager – zanox-style. Looking forward to tomorrow!

Robert Schneider

Global Industry Manager Travel

zanox will be presenting at the Travel Distribution Summit 2008 in London, the leading trade show for suppliers to the Travel industry. The Travel Distribution Summit will take place on the 2oth and 21st of May in London. In addition to having a booth at the event, zanox will also be hosting a workshop about co-opetition scenarios in Online Travel.

Please visit zanox at booth 52. Both the admission to the trade show and the participation in the zanox workshop are 100% free!

Get more information here:

• About Travel Distribution Summit: http://events.eyefortravel.com/tds/travel-distribution-summit-overview.asp


• zanox seminar: http://events.eyefortravel.com/tds/seminar-booking.asp?q=tds/seminar-booking.asp


• Floor plan: http://events.eyefortravel.com/tds/floorplan.asp?q=tds/floorplan.asp

See you there!