Tahnee Perry, a 10-year veteran in marketing and communications, will head the development efforts for PhoCusWright's new travel technology trade show.
Leveraging her broad marketing experience, Perry will lead the fast paced growth and success of TRAVDEX. "Tahnee's experience makes her the perfect leader for a new and innovative event like TRAVDEX," said Philip Wolf, president and CEO of PhoCusWright. "She is an enterprising and tech-savvy marketer and her energy will match the fast-paced deal making environment of TRAVDEX."
Perry and the TRAVDEX team have already created strategic partnerships with ATME, Hospitality Upgrade magazine, HSMAI, OpenTravel, i-Meet, ABA, BLLA and the Southeast Tourism Society to bring a diverse range of exhibitors and attendees to Atlanta in May.
Perry has previously held positions with Stay Aspen Snowmass, Aspen Skiing Company and Totalcare Industries. TRAVDEX is a one-stop-shopping environment, where buyers and sellers exchange the most innovative travel technologies.
PhoCusWright is a travel industry research authority on how travelers, suppliers and intermediaries connect. Independent, rigorous and unbiased, PhoCusWright fosters smart strategic planning and tactical decision-making.
PhoCusWright delivers qualitative and quantitative research on the evolving dynamics that influence travel, tourism and hospitality distribution. Its marketplace intelligence is an industry standard for segmentation, sizing, forecasting, trends, analysis and consumer travel planning behavior. Every day around the world, senior executives, marketers, strategists and research professionals from all segments of the industry value chain use PhoCusWright research for competitive advantage.
To complement its primary research in North America, Europe and Asia, PhoCusWright produces several high-profile conferences in the United States and Germany, and partners with conferences in the United Kingdom, China and Singapore. Industry leaders and company analysts bring this intelligence to life by debating issues, sharing ideas and defining the ever-evolving reality of travel commerce.
The company is headquartered in the United States, with offices in Germany and India.
TRAVDEX is a one-stop shopping trade show for travel technology products, solutions and professional services targeting the global travel tourism and hospitality industry. TRAVDEX is produced by PhoCusWright Inc., a travel industry research authority on how travelers, suppliers and intermediaries connect. The trade show features buyer-seller appointments, exhibition space, sponsored events and business networking opportunities for companies that sell technology products, solutions and professional services to the global travel industry. The inaugural TRAVDEX will be held May 5-7, 2010 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Ga.