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Study Group: Online Travel Agency and Industry Experts (North America)

Council Members in this Study Group: 257

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Hong Jiang, President and Chief Executive Officer, HJ Solutions, LLCHong Jiang

President and Chief Executive Officer
HJ Solutions, LLC
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Hong Jiang, PhD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of HJ Solutions, a technology consulting firm. Dr. Jiang is an expert on LTE, WiMax and China 3G. Dr. Jiang has over 10 years of experience in wireless technologies including LTE and WiMax. Previously, she was the Founder and Chief Technology...

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Ken Heit, Director of Sales, WORLD WIDE CRUISES INCKen Heit

Director of Sales
WORLD WIDE CRUISES INC
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Ken Heit is the Director of Sales of Worldwide Cruises, a subsidiary of American Express Travel specializing in the cruise industry. He oversees $30 million in annual cruise sales revenue and supervises 25 employees. Mr. Heit has more than 20 years of experience in the travel industry. As a resultof...

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Michael Bonfils, President and Worldwide Director, SEM InternationalMichael Bonfils

President and Worldwide Director
SEM International
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Michael Bonfils is the President of International Media Management known for its global online advertising and search engine consulting and service divisions of SEM International and WebCertain (SEMI/WC). Mr. Bonfils represents Fortune 100 advertisers and agencies on Google, Yahoo, Bing, Baidu, Yandex...

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Christopher Dane, President-HRG Afilliates, LLC, HOGG ROBINSON GROUP P L CChristopher Dane

President-HRG Afilliates, LLC
HOGG ROBINSON GROUP P L C
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Christopher Dane is the President of HRG Affiliates which is a part of Hogg Robinson Group, the third largest travel management company in the world, where he has worked since June 2006. At HRG, Mr. Dane has launched and oversees the North American Affiliates Program that is designed to allow large...

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Thomas DePaoli, President & Marketing Consultant, MERCURY SOLUTIONSThomas DePaoli

President & Marketing Consultant
MERCURY SOLUTIONS
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Tom DePaoli is the Principal of Mercury Advising, an online marketing and market research firm that provides service in search engine marketing, retail and B2B e-commerce, web analytics, and affiliate lead generation. Prior to Mercury Advising, Mr. DePaoli served as Director of Online Marketing atThe...

Tony Pribyl, Vice President of Advertising Sales, MamapediaTony Pribyl

Vice President of Advertising Sales
Mamapedia
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Tony Pribyl is the Vice President of Advertising Sales at Mamapedia.com (Division of Mamasource, Inc) a publishing platform and thriving community of 3+M moms online. Formerly, he was the VP Advertising Sales at Technorati Media, blog data management, search utility for users and partners and an advertising...

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Chicke Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer, Solutionz Group International, Inc.Chicke Fitzgerald

Chief Executive Officer
Solutionz Group International, Inc.
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Chicke Fitzgerald is the Chief Executive Officer of the Solutionz Group, a consulting company specializing in travel industry which she formed in 1995. She also recently founded the Solutionz Media Group and the Solutionz Live! social broadcasting network. Ms. Fitzgerald has over 30 years of experience...

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Steve Mott, CEO, BetterbuydesignSteve Mott

CEO
Betterbuydesign
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Steve Mott is Chief Executive Officer of BetterBuyDesign, a payments systems consultancy serving clients that range from major banks and processors to technology startups and investment capital/equity firms. Mr. Mott is a 20-year veteran of the electronic payments industry with specialization in online...

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Texas Cities vs. PCLN, EXPE, OWW et al: A Draw at Best

November 3, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Texas Cities Win $20M Verdict in Tax Case | dallas.bizjournals.com

Late last week, a jury in San Antonio delivered a verdict on a class-action suit against the major OTAs that was brought by around 170 cities in Texas. The verdict against Expedia, Orbitz.com, Travelocity and Priceline.com is for $20M plus court imposed penalties and interest.

Choice Hotels International and Expedia: We've Seen This Movie Before

October 19, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Growing Tension Between Hoteliers, OTAs | www.hotelsmag.com

Choice Hotels International and Expedia are in a tiff resulting in Choice brands not displaying on Expedia and Hotels.com

You Tube: A dominant role in the movie ecosystem? Not Likely...

October 14, 2009

Alan Cohen, Vice President- Strategic Business Development, GUITAR CENTER, INC.

YouTube Explores Renting Movies Online | www.businessweek.com

You Tube might capture some of the movie distribution market if and only if they are able to work closely with the studios to develop a model that is beneficial to both the studios and consumer.  Stiff competition awaits You Tube from multiple angles, not all movie industry related. The consumer, and...

The Coming Commercial Aerospace Market Squeeze

October 6, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Report: Upstarts will slash Airbus and Boeing Market Share | blog.seattlepi.com

The 100-200 seat aircraft market is currently shared by Airbus, Boeing and Embraer, with Boeing and Airbus taking 88% of the market.  10 new models from 5 new competitors are currently on the drawing board, all aiming to take share from Boeing and Airbus.Chinese and Russian manufacturers will focus...

Resort Real Estate & Recovery Speed: What Comes Back Quickest?

September 30, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Resort Real Estate: Preparing for the Recovery | www.hvs.com

In the current crisis it seems that just about all resort real estate segments—hotels; condo hotels; fractional and wholly-owned residential—have fallen equally far and equally fast. In fact, not all resort real estate segments fell as fast or far, nor, accordingly, will they recover at equal speed...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Hotels - Corporate
  • Travel Consultants
  • Travel Agents
  • Online Travel
  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Independent Consulting Firm
  • Hotel Consultancy

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • Director
  • Principal
  • President
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Consultant
  • Owner
  • Operations Executive
  • General Manager

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