OpenTravel Alliance 2012 Chairman Stephen Joyce welcomes audience and gives update on past year's growth.

1. Welcome and Chairman’s
Update
Stephen Joyce
Chair, OpenTravel Board of Directors
CEO, Rezgo

2. 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

3. New Members - 24
+13
+4 2011
+2 2012
+1
+3 +1
since 2011 Forum (May 2011- April 2012)

4. Industry Penetration
57
16
10
8
5
3
2011
2
2012
7
2
1
1
32% growth in membership organizations since May 2011

5. Global Growth
Denmark
Italy
Turkey
Bahamas China
Mexico
Kenya
2011
new - click
Total of 21 countries – 7 new since last Advisory
Forum

6. 2012 Attendee Snapshot
UK
Canada
Switzerland
France
USA
Bahamas Iran
China
Brazil
Click to see countries

7. Notable Work in 2011
Semantic Technologies OpenTravel 2.0
•Working with Avis Budget • Tooling
to make semantic offers •Resource builder
possible •Library compiler
•Will begin working in •Library Definition
other segments later this •Objects
year •Reference services
•A strong focus for 2012 •SOAP and RESTful
and 2013 •OpenTravel Developers
Network

8. Home Page

9. Current and Upcoming Projects
• OpenTravel 2.0
• Air Operations
• Air Seat Maps
• Semantic Technologies
• Vacation Rental
• Tours and Activities

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. OpenTravel Board of Directors
• Gianni Cataldo, Datalex • Harold Dibler, Best
• Andrew Rubinacci, Western
InterContinental Hotels • Lisa Fues, Marriott
Group International
• Buddy Altus, Avis • Lew Harasymiw, Sabre
Budget Hospitality Solutions
• Cindy Falschlehner, HP • Vincent Lextrait,
• Vicki Bias, United Amadeus IT Group
• Stu Waldron, Amtrak • James White, Hertz

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

15. Welcome and Chairman’s Update
Stephen Joyce
Chair, OpenTravel Board of Directors
CEO, Rezgo