Richard Kunz,
Principal Consultant, Travel & Hospitality
T4G Ltd.

Richard Kunz leads T4G's travel and hospitality consulting practice and provides management consulting for corporate strategies, multi-channel distribution, eCommerce strategies & solutions, reservation systems and marketing programs.

Prior to joining T4G Mr. Kunz was the Vice President of Advance Sales Technology at Intrawest, one of the world's biggest resort operators, where he was responsible for the development and support of the company's reservation systems, and eCommerce platform.

Mr. Kunz has twenty five years of experience as a consultant and senior executive for leading travel and hospitality firms around the world in areas such as IT, marketing, sales, strategic planning and supply chain optimization. His skills span most travel industry verticals including retail and wholesale travel, hospitality firms, cruise lines, airlines, technology providers and global distribution systems.

Mr. Kunz's accomplishments include the development of various IT solutions involving central reservation systems (CRSs), global distribution systems (GDSs), eCommerce solutions, as well as tour, hotel and fares distribution systems. On the business side his background includes the authorship and implementation of an array of corporate strategies and marketing programs.

Having been involved with travel eCommerce for over ten years Mr. Kunz was a pioneer in dynamic packaging and most recently he is focused on defining strategies for clients around the latest trends such as Web 2.0, multi-channel supply chain optimization, experiential travel solutions and catalogue-driven shopping.

Mr. Kunz has been a guest lecturer in the past at Humber College, Toronto, Canada, and with Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He holds a MA-Marketing from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

Patricia Brusha
E-Analyst & Co-Founder
A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing

Patricia Brusha is the co-chair and co-founder of Online Revealed Canada - the Canadian Tourism e-Marketing Conference produced in association with Yahoo! Canada and www.acoupleofchicks.com - an Internet Marketing Company focused on travel and tourism. She has spent 26 years working in the Hospitality Industry in the United States and Canada in the fields of Sales, Hotel Marketing, Internet Distribution and Revenue Management. Together, the "Chicks" have published over 30 articles, launched www.chicksaway.com - a new social media portal for women who travel.

The Chicks have worked with such notable brands as Marriott International and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, to develop innovative online marketing strategies, and their popular e-marketing workshops have also lead to the upcoming book focused on the "Chicks" non-intimidating approach to marketing online to be launched Spring 2008. Patricia is a Google Certified Professional and a Yahoo Search Ambassador. She has also been on numerous industry panels including; the Distribution Summit in Chicago www.eyefortravel.com , and the Search Engine Strategy Conference in Toronto, www.searchenginewatch.com., and is a regular speaker at leading industry events such as the Travel Alberta Annual Conference, and the Hotel Conference Association of Canada.

Hari Nair
Vice President, Lodging
Expedia Inc.

Hari Nair is the Vice President of Lodging at Expedia, Inc., which includes Expedia and Hotels.com, the two largest online sellers of hotel rooms in the world. Hari oversees various aspects of Expedia and Hotels.com's hotel supplier relations efforts and heads the lodging division for Canada, Eastern US, Caribbean and Mexico. In 2003, Hari was awarded the "Market Manager of the Year" award by Expedia, Inc. for having initiated best practices in the field of Internet distribution strategies in the company's operations.

Prior to joining Expedia, Inc., Hari was the Corporate Training Manager at Oberoi Hotels, a leading luxury hotel chain which owns and manages thirty hotels and five luxury cruisers across six countries under the 'Oberoi' & 'Trident' brands. Hari also has several years of experience in Food & Beverage operations. Prior to transitioning into training, Hari was the Food & Beverage Manager at the Oberoi's flagship hotel, The Oberoi Towers in Mumbai, a 1000 room hotel with over 14 food & beverage outlets.

Hari holds a Masters Degree from The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.

Don Dees
Founder
DóndeEs.com

Don Dees is one of the founders of DóndeEs.com, the leading local search and Web 2.0 company in Puerto Rico. While working some 15+ years within information technology (IT), Don held many positions including analyst, consultant, and Director of Software Development, mostly within the telecommunications industry. After leaving corporate IT in 2002, Don has been focusing on open source software, Web2.0, and being an entrepreneur. During that time Don has written for O'Reilly Network, Linux Journal, and TUX Magazine. In addition he has presented at major software and technology conferences such as, O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Linux World, and Software Development Conference. A self-acknowledged geek (and proud of it) Don has both a Bachelors and Masters degree in Computer Science.

Marvin Dejean
Senior Vice President Media Strategies
POWERi Technologies

Marvin Dejean is the Senior Vice President of Media Strategies at POWERi Technologies , a fully interactive marketing and digital public relations firm in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He leads the interactive and digital public relations initiatives at the company. He also oversees the company's expansion throughout the Caribbean by providing interactive strategies for the Travel & Tourism industry throughout the region.

Dejean provides strategic direction to various multi-national companies seeking to tap into the ever growing need for digital and interactive campaigns. He provides strategic intelligence to companies such as TEMPO, Broward Health and the Caribbean Tourism Organization to help them develop online strategies using social media, digital public relations and Online Reputation Management.

Prior to working at POWERi, he served as the VP of Public Relations for Innovative Communications Corporation where he handled all marketing strategies for the company's Caribbean Telecommunications assets. He currently serves as the president-elect of the Gulfstream Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Mr. Dejean is the host of his own television commentary show entitled "Caribbean Pulse" on Island TV in Miami where he has the opportunity to interview prominent individuals such as Dr. Donna Shalala, the president of The University of Miami and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez on issues affecting the Caribbean communities in South Florida.

Mindy Joyce
Senior Marketing Director
Travelzoo

Mindy Joyce is the Senior Marketing Director for travel deal publisher, Travelzoo, leading the company to success in brand advertising, public relations, trade marketing and events to generate brand awareness, drive traffic and attain subscribers for the company's email publications. In addition to her North American focused role, Mindy is also responsible for Travelzoo's global brand management.

Since December 2005, Mindy has been involved in developing new branding initiatives and consumer research for Travelzoo. Mindy's accomplishments include initiating and implementing the company's first brand advertising campaign, attaining national media exposure on over 300 TV morning shows including NBC's Today Show, and produced numerous high level trade events and specialized online video content.

Between 2000 and 2005, Joyce held several marketing roles at Tourism New Zealand based in Los Angeles. Mindy managed the media strategy and placements in the US market, brand advertising, partnership marketing, events and sponsorships including The Food & Wine Classic at Aspen and the New Yorker Festival. Mindy led the development and execution of "Maori Art Meets America" a week-long promotion in San Francisco involving seven days of events, advertising and publicity.

In 1996, Joyce relocated from New Zealand to the United States to join travel wholesaler Newmans Vacations. Mindy graduated from Otago University in New Zealand with a bachelor's degree majoring in marketing management.

Edward Perry
Senior Director of E-Commerce
WORLDHOTELS

With over 20 years of industry exposure, Edward Perry has been with WORLDHOTELS for over eight years. During his tenure at WORLDHOTELS, he began in the corporate sales division, managing sales for the Northeastern USA. His most current appointment is as Senior Director of E-Commerce. In this position, Edward manages strategic alliances in the Americas and Asia between online booking and technology partners and WORLDHOTELS' portfolio of close to 500 properties worldwide.

Prior to his work at WORLDHOTELS, Edward took on a variety of industry positions in sales and marketing at various hotel levels, including in the area of corporate housing. His most recent position prior to WORLDHOTELS was the role as travel manager for Macy's West in San Francisco where he oversaw an air budget of ten million as well as the company's corporate credit card, hotel, car and calling card programs. He was instrumental in the roll-out of Macy's West's first online travel booking engine.

Edward has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and German from Schiller International University in Heidelberg, Germany and a MBA in Global Business Management from the University of Phoenix. He currently sits on the Board of HEDNA and is a Destination Educational Leader for Online Revealed and Co-Chair of Online Revealed Caribbean.

Carson Pierce
Project Manager
Idea Market

Since beginning his professional website development career seven years ago, Carson has been involved in nearly every facet of the industry; from marketing to design to coding. By 2004, he realized that he just wasn't that good of a designer and teamed up with someone who was to form Idea Market Design. Within a few years, a second company - Point B Marketing - was created to focus in on the needs of the marketing and design needs of the tourism industry.

While Carson still ends up doing a bit of everything, his day-to-day role now is Project Manager. His breadth of experience helps him understand each stage of the website development process... and get them done.

Carson has a BComm in Marketing, parents two small children and has won his fantasy hockey league two years in a row.

Gil Schmidt

A business consultant and biz-tech writer for over 20 years, Gil C. Schmidt has helped launched over 135 successful companies in Puerto Rico, Central America, the U.S. and Europe. Born in Puerto Rico, he grew up an Air Force brat living in 5 States before the age of 9. Precocious, he entered high school at 13, college at 15 and puberty at perhaps 17. Author of over 840 articles and more than 30 published stories in English and Spanish, Mr. Schmidt began blogging in 2005 and developed his signature blog Gil The Jenius over a cup of very bitter coffee. The results are still evident.

James Shan
Strategic Global Markets Advisor
POWERi Technologies

Before James Shan came to the USA, he worked for the China Youth Travel Services, the second largest travel company in China, as the Assistant General Manager for CYTS' overseas travel department. During his seven years of service with CYTS, James created the brand "Global Island Specialist" and successfully introduced high-end tropical destinations such as the Maldives and Mauritius into the Chinese Market. He also worked with the Philippines and Malaysian Tourism Bureaus to improve their market awareness significantly in the Chinese Market.

In 2004, James lectured on Chinese Market Entry Strategies to delegates from 30 countries at the World Seminar of PATA, as a guest speaker from North China. In addition to his experience in China, he also interned with Regent Seven Seas in Fort Lauderdale on luxury brand strategy and online marketing in 2006, while pursuing his MBA from the University of Michigan. We believe his rich experience in promoting foreign destinations in the Chinese market and his understanding of the US high-end travel businesses will add value to the business of the audience.

Mike Sottak
Founder
Wired Island

Mike is the founder of Wired Island, the largest full service marketing agency in the Turks & Caicos Islands. He has more than 20 years experience in tourism and high-tech marketing, business development, public relations and journalism. He is a 11-year and permanent resident of Turks and Caicos and has consulted for many of the leading businesses, media and government organizations in the islands, including the Turks & Caicos Tourist Board, the Turks & Caicos Hotel & Tourism Association, the TCI Immigration and Labour Departments, The Department of Environmental & Coastal Resources, and a variety of businesses in the hospitality, financial services, real estate and travel industries. Mike combines award-winning writing and journalism skills with a strong background in Internet and digital marketing to help develop effective communications and business development programs for Wired Island clients. He is actively involved in the local community in TCI, serving as president of the annual Turks & Caicos Conch Festival, a director of the Rotary Club of Providenciales, and a volunteer and contributor to many community events and causes.

Prior to starting Wired Island in 1997, he spent ten years at Cadence Design Systems, one of the ten largest software companies in the world, where he was Director of Public Relations, overseeing the $1 billion firm's global PR program. He has worked as a journalist at daily newspapers in Boston and Houston, winning several Associated Press awards for writing during his career. Mike also worked in the public relations and marketing department of the Boston Celtics during their 1986 world championship season in the National Basketball Association.

Mike graduated with honors with a degree in Public Relations and Journalism from Boston University's prestigious College of Communication.

Alicia Whalen
Co-Founder
A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing

Alicia Whalen is the co-founder of www.acoupleofchicks.com and www.onlinerevealed.com - recognized as the prominent hospitality and travel Internet marketing strategy consultancy firm in Canada and beyond. She has also developed a successful online tourism marketing Blog; www.ideahatching.com and continues to educate about search engine optimization and Online Marketing best practices with the "Chicks" popular e-Marketing workshops and speaking engagements, which include; Quebec Tourism Annual Conference, the Student Youth and Travel Association Conference, and the Travel Media Association of Canada Conference. Alicia has worked to develop online marketing strategies for such notable companies and Marriott International, Nova Scotia Tourism, Niagara Falls Tourism and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. Together, the "Chicks" have published over 30 articles on search marketing best practices and they are currently working on their first Online Marketing Guide to be published this Fall 2008.

Speaking & Workshop Requirements

What differentiates Online Revealed from other conferences is the unique practical applications provided in our workshops. Positioned as the "how to" conference for online travel marketing, we appreciate your application in teaching these valuable workshops.

Our mandate is to provide quality education for the Caribbean Travel Professional in a non-intimidating environment.

All proposals are due by August 25, 2008

• Please provide a brief outline or agenda of your workshop or presentation topics
• Please indicate whether you are interested in Sponsorship Opportunities
• Please provide a brief Bio
• Please provide a list of recent speaking engagements

All speakers are responsible for their own transportation and expenses. Complimentary registration for the event will be given for anyone confirmed as a speaker, panellist or workshop leader.

We highly encourage sponsors of the event to apply to enhance your conference exposure. If you meet the above guidelines, please send your speaking request to:
Patricia Brusha
Co-Founder & Co-Chair
pbrusha@acoupleofchicks.com