Evan Konwiser, American Express Global Business Travel speaking at DataArt, America Question 2016

Evan Konwiser, VP Digital Traveler, American Express Global Business Travel, speaking at DataArt America Question Time Event, September 26th 2016. https://www.linkedin.com/in/evankonwiser https://www.amexglobalbusinesstravel.com/blog/american-express-global-business-travel-continues-grow-technology-innovation-leadership-team/ http://www.dataart.com/pressroom/press-release/dataart-american-travel-question-time Leaders of the travel and hospitality industry met September 26th at DataArt’s Fifth Travel Question Time event at the Harvard Club of NYC to discuss the future of business travel. Phocuswright’s Vice-President of Marketing Tahnee Perry moderated the annual event. In a packed auditorium, delegates gathered to hear some of the leading lights of the travel industry debate the key issues facing business travel. The discussion revealed the new collaboration between small and large companies that is seeing innovators drive change forward while the big players that hold the large financial resources are needed to make change a reality. All the while, “megas” and small TMCs remain locked in competition for customers. The discussion also focused on the increased use and collection of data, as well as the new technology and priorities in business travel. Greg Abbott, Senior Vice President of DataArt Travel and Hospitality Practice, who sat on the panel said: “This was an extremely lively, and friendly yet controversial debate addressing the most important issues facing business travel. “We are entering a period of untold disruption for the travel industry, technology is today moving faster than at any time in recent memory. The industry, which on occasion has lagged behind, is now set to be at the forefront of the tech revolution. The issues discussed at DataArt Travel Question Time 5 will change the travel industry forever. Watch this space.” Organised by Janie Fox of DataArt’s Travel and Hospitality Practice and introduced by Vice-President of Travel and Hospitality Europe, Charlotte Lamp Davies, the event replicated DataArt’s highly successful Travel Question Time London series. The panel was composed of industry big hitters Evan Konwiser, Vice President Digital Traveler, American Express Global Business Travel; Miriam Moscovici, Director, Emerging Technologies, BCD Travel; Mat Orrego, Co-Founder and CEO, Cornerstone Information Systems; Chip Coyle – Senior Vice President & CMO, Infor and DataArt’s Greg Abbott. The audience comprised of delegates from a wide range of business travel providers and stakeholders including Phocuswright, Dropbox, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, UBS, the Barbados Tourism Authority and Nasdaq.