The 19th Travel Centres conference is under way at a new venue, Lawlor’s Hotel in Naas, bringing together just under 200 delegates, including 40 suppliers.
This year’s theme is “You are the Difference,” inspired by the keynote presentation from Alf Dunbar, creator and founder of the You Are The Difference sales training programme.
Speakers include industry experts such as Andy Harmer from CLIA, sustainability specialist Jo Linehan, legal expert John Sheehy from DAC Beachcroft, Angela Walsh (ITAA President), Suzanne Rowe (MSC Cruises), Russell Meara (Hablo), Blaithin O’Donnell (Air Canada), Aoife Gregg (United Airlines), Gary Murphy (AmaWaterways), Val Murphy (Celebrity Cruises), Amanda Middler (Silversea), John Booty (Royal Caribbean), Adam Weatherley and Tony Hart (Pax2Pay).
The conference gala diner is this evening, renowned for its entertainment programme drawn up by organisers Dominic and Bernie Burke and set, as all Travel centres conferences are, against Dominic Burke’s aphorism: “information is what you get online, knowledge is what you get from a travel agent.”
