We are pleased to announce the next Travel Massive Glasgow event on Tuesday 29th January 2019, at 6:30pm.
--Alex Bainbridge--
Our first speaker, flying up from Southampton specifically for this event, has been confirmed as Alex Bainbridge, founder of TourCMS and Autoura.
Alex's influence within the industry should not be underestimated and is responsible for global industry firsts including:
- First to Software as a Service (SaaS) tours & activity reservation platform (2006/7) – alongside Rezgo
- First reservation system connection to Expedia, GetYourGuide, HotelBeds, Veltra & TourRadar – i.e. most of the leading intermediary platforms of the era used Alex’s expertise for their first supplier connectivity projects
Alex founded TourCMS, the original leader in tours & activities online travel agent distribution providing reservation system and distribution technology to hundreds of local tour operators, and ran that business for 10 years until its successful sale in October 2015.
Highlights of this period include working with the industry leading sightseeing brand Gray Line providing online travel agent distribution services from 2012 onwards (TourCMS still runs this service today). In multi-day tour distribution Alex also created, with TourRadar, the first industry end-to-end solution connecting live reservation system availability with travel agent distribution.
--Peter Syme--
Our second speaker is seasoned adventure travel and Expedition professional Peter Syme owner of 1000 Mile Journey’s and Splash White Water Rafting, amounts other small adventure businesses.
Peter has been providing adventure tours since he was a teenager 1984 and has vast knowledge of the industry. Peter is also known for his speaking roles are various travel focused events worldwide and is not afraid to speak his mind on the current state of the industry, as shown in his recent discussion at Arival in Las Vegas, which drew rapturous applause.
Lead by Chris Torres, this discussion panel will chat about the current state, and the future, of tours and activities in Scotland and beyond.
Info
Food: A buffet and refreshments will be provided.
Venue: The CitizenM Screening Room, 60 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3BW
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Glasgow is a top tourism destination in Scotland and our aim here at the Tourism Marketing Agency is to create a community of passionate local travel and tourism professionals to share ideas and make new connections.
Whether you work in hospitality, a local attraction, a tour operator, a local vlogger, blogger or travel start-up or in the digital or tech sector, we want you to get involved and help promote Glasgow as one of the top travel destinations in the world.
Each event will contain guest speakers and workshops from industry experts whilst providing networking and business opportunities.
