Skift Global Forum 2018 | Skift | 27 September 2018 | Jazz at Lincoln Center’s, Frederick P. Rose Hall Time Warner Center, NYC

The first event and also helped launch a series the most creative business gatherings in the global travel industry. Over the last four years they have become what media, speakers, and attendees have called the "TED of travel."

Skift Global Forum is the premier travel conference focused on the top marketers, strategists, and technologists in the industry — the people creating and defining the future of travel. Skift carefully curates topics and speakers for this two day conference in order to inspire our fellow professionals in travel about the business and creative potential of world’s largest industry.

1,100+Attendees
40+Countries
550+Companies

2018 Speakers:

Scott Kirby
President, United Airlines

Joanna Geraghty
President & COO, JetBlue

Carla Campos
Executive Director, Puerto Rico Tourism Company

Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
President & CEO, Celebrity Cruises

Chip Conley
Strategic Advisor for Hospitality and Leadership, Airbnb

James McBride
CEO, Nihi Hotels

Matthew Upchurch
Chairman & CEO, Virtuoso

Glenn Fogel
CEO & President, Booking Holdings

Mark Hoplamazian
President & CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Ian Schrager
Founder, Ian Schrager Company

Ken Himmel
President & CEO, Related Urban

Steve Kaufer
CEO, TripAdvisor, Inc.

Rafat Ali
Founder & CEO, Skift

Ed Bastian
CEO, Delta Air Lines

Mark Okerstrom
President & CEO, Expedia Group, Inc.

Richard Holden
V.P., Product Management, Google

Barney Harford
Chief Operating Officer, Uber

Rob Torres
Managing Director of Advertising & Marketing - Travel Sector, Google

J. Allen Smith
President & CEO, Four Seasons

Geetika Agrawal
CEO, VAWAA

Christine Duffy
President, Carnival Cruise Line

Jan Swartz
President, Princess Cruises

Robert Chavez
President & CEO, Hermès of Paris, Inc.

Jack Ezon
President, Ovation Vacations

Arne Sorenson
President & CEO, Marriott International

Muna Haddad
Founder & Managing Director, BARAKA

Thomas Keller
Chef / Proprietor, TKRG

Robert Isom
President, American Airlines Group

Sponsor Speakers:

Dr. Anand Medepalli
Chief Product Officer, RateGain

Margaret Shine
Senior Vice President, Travel, Mastercard

Bruno Chauvat
Co-Founder and CEO, Travelsify

Phillip Jones
President and CEO, VisitDallas

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

• VISIT DALLAS
• TRAVELSIFY
• accenture / AMADEUS
• SOJERN
• AIG
• SWITCHFLY
• accenture
• Fareportal
• hotel GROUP
• tinyclues
• LiveRamp
• RateGain
• FIVE STAR ALLIANCE
• cvent
• LIVEPERSON
• mastercard
• MediaAlpha

PARTNERS:
• hotelnews
• GLOBAL WELLNESS
• PATA
• YOUR BIG YEAR
• FLYWELL
• ArrivalGuides
• WINIT
• profi + travel
• AWAY
• EUROMONITOR INTERNATIONAL