The Electronic Union of Travel Industry (EUOTI) -- together with The Arab Tourism Organization (ATO) and the Co-operation of International Federation of Information Technology and Travel and Tourism (IFITT) under the supervision of the Arab League Organization and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism – will hold the International Arab Conference for e-Tourism and e-Marketing on Dec. 15-19, 2008 at the Continental Reef Garden Resort in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
The importance of the conference: E-tourism includes a group of travel and tourism services related to e-commerce and the Internet. E-tourism represents the biggest section in the e-commerce pie.
The aim of the conference is to endorse the strategy to develop the information and communication techniques required by the main interacting poles in the e-travel system. Conference participants will learn to perform major roles in the new hierarchy of the international tourism sector through cooperation between the government and the private sector via the following phases:
Make required changes in the infrastructure and distribution of the travel products
Strengthen the bonds between providers and tourists through updated systems that promote travel products
Develop and maintain supportive systems that aid tourists with making good travel choices
A successful marketing program is one that provides continuous contact between the e-tourism industry and consumers, which requires a comprehensive marketing plan as well as efforts rendered through travel companies and hotels on an individual basis
Time and place: The conference will be held at the Continental Reef Garden Resort, Sharm El-Sheikh, on Dec. 15-19, 2008 from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Conference outlines and important topics:
Web development and Web designing
e-commerce and e-marketing
SEM and SEO
Online sales and marketing techniques
Mobile marketing strategies
Online hotel reservation systems appliance
Online video marketing
Measures and quality control for the e-travel systems
Hotel and restaurants e-marketing
Travel companies business promoting
Duplicating investments aspects
Broadening the e-travel business horizon
Web site marketing
Flight booking through the Internet
Copyright protection for software and digital contents
Banking and e-travel workshop
Bank funding and tourism projects
The Arab Travel Bank Experiment
Money laundry in financial travel transactions
e-government and the numeric travel transactions
e-contracting and e-signature
e-arbitrage to solve numeric travel transaction disputes
Legislation and laws governing the e-travel sector on local, Arab and international levels
e-crime and its impact on e-travel
Privacy and information protection and its impact on travel information infrastructure
The economic sample of the e-travel sector:
Providers: Flight companies, transport companies, hotels, restaurants, etc.
Distributors: travel agencies, tour operators, etc.
Consumers
e-banking
e-payment companies, e-intermediary
Conference committees, counselors
The conference organizer: Mr. Hossam Darwish (e-travel expert and EUOTI, GM)
The scientific organizer: Judge; Mohamed M. El-Alfy (The Arab Union of E-arbitrage, board member and Egyptian Committee for fighting Internet crimes, Deputy Chairman)
The scientific committee: A selected group of academic experts and professors specialized in the fields of travel, marketing, economy, technology and Law
The media counselor
The conference's scientific counselor
Experts: Fifteen international experts -- as well as professors and academics -- are lecturing at the conference, covering all e-marketing fields including travel, media, communications, economy, banking, IT, managerial development and law
Panel heads and speakers: The conference will feature experts in the fields of law, technology, marketing and economy representing various Arab and European countries
Program:
An opening and closing ceremony, in addition to five working days
The final conference agenda will be sent three weeks prior to the event
Attendees:
Government sectors specialized in tourism, media and communication (ministries, institutions, and organizations)
Companies, agencies, and travel committees
Heads of hotel committees, hotel managers, resort managers and travel company managers
Heads of travel agency committees
University professors in the field of hotel management and travel and tourism
Heads of training departments in the government sector, ministries and private sector
Heads of IT and technology development
Academics interested in training, management and technology development
Bank unions
Representatives from the chambers of commerce, industry and tourism
Unions representing money markets, stock markets and banks
Judges and lawyers interested in traveling and tourism
Money laundry fighting committees, protecting the confidentiality unions of the banking sector as well as those in the Ministries of Tourism, Commerce, and Information
Subscription fees cover the following:
International certificate in the field of e-marketing, e-commerce, and e-travel
Meeting famous international individuals in the field of e-commerce
Attendance at educational seminars
Four nights, five days in a five-star resort at Sharm El-Sheikh
Attendance at the opening and closing ceremonies
Instant translation from English to Arabic and vice versa for all sessions – as requested
Two coffee breaks and one light lunch per day
Airport welcoming as well as transportation to and from the hotel
Air-conditioned buses for transportation to and from the airport -- and the resort in Sharm El-Sheikh in case passengers arrive from Cairo
All transportation listed in the conference agenda
Prices in USD ($1750 per person -- single room)
Prices don't include:
All items that are not mentioned above
Internal and international flight tickets
Optional tours in Cairo and Sharm el-sheikh
All personal expenses
For further information on the conference, please contact:
Mr. Hossam Darwish
General Manager
EUOTI -- Electronic Union of Travel Industry
Tel: +20 (2) 27 9272 50
Fax: +20 (2) 27 9272 52
Mob: +2 12 329 3909
e-mail: info @ euoti.net www.Euoticonf.com
