SPEAKER PROFILES

Ian Taylor

Ian Taylor is executive editor of Travel Weekly Group, reporting online and in print for Travel Weekly and Travel Weekly Business:am and editing Travel Weekly Insight. He is one of the few travel journalists to report sector-wide on leisure and corporate travel, inbound and outbound. Ian specialises in aviation, is responsible for much of Travel Weekly’s analysis and moderates many Travel Weekly Business events. He is a career journalist who has worked in travel for most of the last 20 years.

Panel - Chaired by board member John Speers

Luca Romozzi

Luca Romozzi is Sojern's Senior Commercial Director, responsible for the sales team focused on strategic partnerships with Travel Enterprises and Destinations (DMOs) across Europe. Before joining Sojern, Luca spent nearly a decade expanding the Expedia Media Solutions team in EMEA across travel verticals. Luca completed a Masters in Tourism Economics and Management at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy.

Sojern provides digital marketing solutions for the travel industry. Powered by artificial intelligence and traveler intent data, Sojern activates multi-channel marketing solutions to drive direct demand. More than 10,000 hotels, attractions, tourism boards and travel marketers rely on Sojern to engage and convert travelers around the world.

Benjamin Bryant

Benjamin Bryant is MD & Founder of Bryant Media Group, a full service video production company with a specialism for creating and distributing viral-worthy social content. Benjamin is also a commercial drone pilot and travel influencer, having gained over 130 million views across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. He owns and manages a number of travel-focussed social media accounts with an audience of over 3.5 million followers, and has worked with many national tourism boards in some of the world's most exotic locations, also counting many of the top luxury hotel groups as his clients.

Prior to starting Bryant Media Group, Benjamin had a successful career in Professional Services with KPMG and Grant Thornton, where is was National Business Development Lead for the Tourism, Travel and Consumer sector, giving him a unique view on the industry from a number of different angles and perspectives.

Sponsor - AdSmart from Sky

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Steve Wild

A senior media executive, with a wealth of experience, delivering solutions where traditional and non traditional media connect, to provide positive outcomes for brand challenges.

Working at Sky Media for over 4 years on the hottest property in media - AdSmart from Sky … the world leading Addressable TV platform. Delivering targeted marketing for clients of all shapes and sizes across the UK.

Andy Charlton

Andy has been involved in Media for over 20 years, with 16 of those spent as a peripheral part of the travel industry. Starting his career in bonnie Scotland with DC Thompson, Andy has excelled in all positions, many of which were spent as the Head of Travel at Northern & Shell Media. Andy has forged many client and agency relationships to their benefit, introducing travel clients to many new Print, Digital, and now TV Broadcast opportunities and much more. An avid participant in ITT, ABTA, and many other conferences, Andy loves the industry and has many proven years of helping clients grow revenues.

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