CAPA Perth Aviation & Corporate Travel Summit

• What is the business case for connectivity to/from PER
• Working with and delivering value for key airline partners
• Accommodating future growth through infrastructure upgrades and the new international terminal
• What improvements are underway to enhance the travel experience for the corporate traveller?

Perth Airport, Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Brown

• Perth the mono-destination: Can industry collaboration improve messaging and funding available to stimulate inbound markets?
• Building a successful hub and transit offering: what are the key elements? What’s the early evidence of PER-LON showing?
• What does WA need to do to entice travellers to stay?
• Can Perth compete with new premium routes being offered for business travel to the US east coast via Singapore?

Moderator: Tourism WA, Chairman, Nathan Harding

• Australian Hotels Association, Chief Executive Officer - WA, Bradley Woods
• Perth Airport, Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Brown
• Tourism WA, Executive Director - Strategy, Brand & Marketing Services, Louise Scott
• Western Australia Indigenous Tourism Operators Council (WAITOC), Chief Executive Officer, Robert Taylor

• Perth is experiencing an upswing in growth from key markets such as China, but what about elsewhere in Asia - or even west or east? What are the growth prospects for those markets?
• What is the unique value proposition that Perth offers in order to compete with the east coast ports?
• Creating aviation access to WA’s regional centres - a critical enabler in capturing bleisure travellers when incremental growth in the leisure tourism market is limited

Moderator: CAPA - Centre for Aviation, Executive Chairman, Peter Harbison

• Areka Consulting, Partner, Mike Mannix
• Karratha Airport, Manager Airport, Amol Virkar
• Tourism WA, Director Aviation Development and Policy, Claire Werkmeister

• What’s the current demand and operating environment?
• Are market conditions favourable?
•  Is Garuda planning to grow or maintain capacity into PER?
• How is Garuda planning to grow its share of the Perth business traveller market?

• How to balance the often conflicting interests of business travel needs, safety and welfare, and personal traveller demands
• Managed travel, unmanaged travel, something in between?
• As more and more digital natives enter the workforce and seek the freedom to make their own travel choices, what are the wider implications on the organisation’s travel programme?
• How do you deliver cost efficiencies and ensure travellers comply with policy guidelines?

• CBH Group, Spend Smart Integration Manager, Ralph Goodman
• Curtin University, Manager Travel Operations, James Evers
• Fortescue Metals Group, Senior Category Specialist, Gina Gill
• International SOS, Manager, People Risk, Beth King

• Profiling travel - how does it measure up against other procurement categories?
• Defining the objectives of the travel programme
• Developing a sourcing strategy plan: defining supplier selection criteria, conducting supplier analysis and negotiating contracts
• What are the procurement challenges that are unique to the PER market and how to address them?

Facilitator: Areka Consulting, Partner, Mike Mannix

• Automotive Holdings Group, Procurement Manager - Corporate Services, Des Sit
• Wesfarmers, Group Procurement Manager, Stephen Turner

• How can buyers create a high performing hotel programme in current market conditions?
• Understanding the latest with pricing strategies, non-LRA and dynamic pricing - who is using what and why?
• New players from the sharing economy and minimising risk
• Role of bleisure in influencing booking patterns: The importance of tourism/leisure interest to demand for corporate travel.

Moderator: Amadeus IT Pacific, Manager, Hotel Distribution - Pacific, Benjamin Weinmann

• The Westin Perth, General Manager, Peter Brampton
• 4th Dimension Business Consulting, Manager, Accommodation Sourcing, Dean Easton
• Fraser Suites Perth, Director of Sales and Marketing, Lulu Fox
• Corporate Travel Management, Acting General Manager, Birgit Patenall