Welcome and Chairman’s Update

Stephen JoyceChair, OpenTravel Board of Directors

CEO, Rezgo

Organizational Update

• Staff and support continues to grow– MA Neff, Project Manager

– Technical and business development support

• Positive member growth• Global outreach via conferences and travel• Continued proactive outreach to develop new

markets and solutions• Vacation rental, hostels, helicopter transport

2011

2012

since 2011 Forum (May 2011- April 2012)

New Members - 24

+13

+4

+2

+3

+1

+1

Industry Penetration

2011

2012

57

16

10

8

5

3

2

7

2

1

1

32% growth in membership organizations since May 2011

Global Growth

Total of 21 countries – 7 new since last Advisory Forum

2011

new - click

Mexico

Kenya

Bahamas ChinaTurkey

Italy

Denmark

Canada

USA

Brazil

ChinaIran

France

UK

Switzerland

Click to see countries

2012 Attendee Snapshot

Bahamas

Notable Work in 2011OpenTravel 2.0

• Tooling

•Resource builder

•Library compiler

•Library Definition

•Objects

•Reference services

•SOAP and RESTful

•OpenTravel Developers Network

Semantic Technologies

•Working with Avis Budget to make semantic offers possible

•Will begin working in other segments later this year

•A strong focus for 2012 and 2013

Home Page

Current and Upcoming Projects

• OpenTravel 2.0• Air Operations• Air Seat Maps• Semantic Technologies• Vacation Rental• Tours and Activities

Upcoming Events

• 2012A publication in June • 2012 Elections• Travel Distribution Summit in London next

week• Distribution Session at HITEC in June in

Baltimore• WIT in October in Singapore• World Travel Market in November in London

Conference Highlights

• Introduction to OpenTravel breakfast sessions• Awards Luncheon today• New Projects Roundtables Thursday morning• Big Ideas Session on Thursday

Housekeeping

• Please mute mobile phones• Wifi available

• Use the code you received when you checked in

• If you’re not staying in the hotel, see Caliene

• Dietary restrictions – see Caliene• Twitter #opentravel

OpenTravel Board of Directors

• Gianni Cataldo, Datalex• Andrew Rubinacci,

InterContinental Hotels Group

• Buddy Altus, Avis Budget

• Cindy Falschlehner, HP• Vicki Bias, United• Stu Waldron, Amtrak

• Harold Dibler, Best Western

• Lisa Fues, Marriott International

• Lew Harasymiw, Sabre Hospitality Solutions

• Vincent Lextrait, Amadeus IT Group

• James White, Hertz

OpenTravel Staff

• Valyn Perini, CEO• Bonnie Lowell, Specification Architect• Sandy Angel, Specification Manager• MA Neff, Project Manager• Caliene Isaacs, Office Manager

Welcome and Chairman’s Update

Stephen JoyceChair, OpenTravel Board of Directors

CEO, Rezgo