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A Premier Sales & Marketing Event for Hospitality Professionals30 November 2009
Mövenpick Karon Resort
Phuket, Thailand

The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association is hosting two ASIA CONNECT conferences, one in Hong Kong on the 26th of November and the other, an inaugural event in Thailand on the 30th of November. Both conferences explore the impact of new media on sales and marketing for the hospitality industry.

Held at the Mövenpick Karon Resort, Phuket, the inaugural Thai event is a one day conference with an optional workshop on the second day. It features the infamous travel journalist, Yeoh Siew Hoon, who will impart the “Lessons learned” from the recent Web in Travel event, held alongside ITB Asia.

The Thai ASIA CONNECT also explores themes of Social Media, taking a quantitative look at social media. A special session on sales will address the matter of Selling in a Buyers’ Market and Optimizing Revenues, along with matters of Rate Parity and Best Available Rate Guarantee.

“We are very proud to be hosting the first ASIA CONNECT forum in Phuket,” said Craig Fong, a founding HSMAI Asia Pacific member and Chapter Lead for the drive to start a chapter for the organisation in Thailand. “We have received a tremendous amount of support for the event from local travel organisations, and we hope that the hotels in Thailand will embrace this opportunity to network and learn.” Mr Fong is the Director of Sales & Marketing for the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach, Phuket.

Contact Information

Illka Gobius for HSMAI Asia
Phone: +65 6728 3820
Email: hsmai@verve.com.sg

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