Impressive Speaker Line Up Confirmed for Airline Retail Conference 2012

Airline Retail Conference 2012 (ARC2012) has unveiled an impressive speaker line up for next month’s conference on 9-11 July at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in London. The two day conference will focus on three main themes:

• Capitalising on Emerging Markets
• Innovation in Inflight Retail
• Improving Onboard Food & Beverage

“Understanding new and emerging markets, the need for increased innovation and improving the passenger experience are all critical to our industry right now,” said Jeffrey O’Rourke, Chief Executive of Ink, which produces ARC. “The success of ARC over the last few years has been based on its ability to address the most pressing issues affecting our industry and we believe that the themes and the excellent speaker line up will make for another successful and memorable event.”

Confirmed speakers for ARC2012 include:

• Bjorn Ulfberg, CEO & President, Inflight Service
• Chris Bell, Senior Manager In-Flight Services & Product, Arik Air
• Tichatonga Magongwa, Marketing Director, Tourvest Duty Free
• Amanda Felix, Publisher, DFNI
• David Loft, President, IFSA
• Mark Tazzioli, Menu Design Manager, British Airways
• Dorothy Burton, Inflight Product Manager, DHL
• Inflight food blogger, Nikos Loukas
• David Rodriguez, Manager Onboard retail Programs, Alaska Airlines
• James Woudhuysen, Author & Professor, Forecasting & Innovation, de Montfort University
• Jonathan Chippindale, CEO, Holition
• Chris Bauer, President, AirMeals
• Colin Shaddick, Director, BDRC Continental

ARC2012 will take place 9, 10 and 11 July 2012 at the Hilton London Metropole in London. Registration is required.

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