e-Business Academy 2009  -  Riga

Welcome to the home page for this year's e-Business Academy. 

Register online and join us in Latvia for what promises to be a fascinating academy.  

Programme highlights

• Keynote speech on NTOs in the online world by Paul Richer, Senior Partner for Genesys, The Travel Technology Consultancy.
• Presentations by
• William Bakker, Director, e-Business for Tourism British Columbia 
• Rodney Harrex, Regional General Manager, Europe for Tourism Australia
• Helena Egan, Sales Manager - Destination Marketing, TripAdvisor
• Andrew Pozniak, Head of Travel and Retail, Google Emerging Markets, Google
• Jared Salter, Co-Founder, Joobili.com
• NTO case studies
• Workshops led by all commercial sponsors 

Acclaim for the e-Business Academy

Andrew Daines, Partnerships Manager, VisitBritain says:

"For me, the e-Business Academy is a unique, 'must attend' event: the opportunity to increase your knowledge of the latest marketing and technology innovations for travel and tourism, whilst at the same time building valuable contacts and relationships with colleagues from NTOs across Europe."  

Olaf Schlieper, Director of Media Management, German National Tourist Board, adds simply:

"A fantastic event, state of the art and very close to the needs of NTOs." 

Dave Van den Broeck, IT Manager, Tourist Office for Flanders, stresses the value of the academy to his work:

"The e-Business Academy is really valuable to me in getting to know my counterparts in the other European NTOs and sharing knowledge with them.  We all learn a great deal from the discussions of best practice - and become wise to less-successful practice too.  And the fact that it's a small, informal event aimed solely at NTOs adds to its importance, helping me to make the most of my time away from the office and to take back new insights that will benefit my work in Flanders."

Book now!

You can register and book your accommodation online.  Visit our imaginatively named online registration page.

Registration for workshops and meeting the sponsors will take place nearer the event.  We will let you know when this registration opens.