Tradeshows & Events

2016 has been a fantastic year for Tourplan with new product releases and 28 new clients from around the world. We’re excited to be at WTM London again and welcome the opportunity to meet current and prospective clients alike, with demonstrations of our latest software and the opportunity to discuss your technology requirements.

We’re bringing senior management and sales execs from our Europe, Asia-Pacific, Southern Africa and Americas regional Tourplan offices so you can chat to someone who knows your local tourism market. Come and say hi, we are on stand TT600. Look forward to seeing you there!

Tourplan a Highlight of the Travel Technology Section at WTM 2015

A record number of pre-booked meetings was an early indicator of a busy four days. “WTM 2015 was an action-packed show for us with stronger than usual interest from the Far East and South America” reports Stuart Charles, Sales Manager for Europe and the Middle East.

Senior Tourplan staff from all five global offices were at WTM meeting existing and prospective clients alike. Topics of key interest for existing clients were accessing hotel dynamic rates via Tourplan’s range of supplier connections, and new online distribution strategies.

“There’s no doubt Tourplan stands out as the world’s leading software solution for tour operators. Prospective clients are always hugely impressed by the depth of functionality Tourplan offers across all aspects of their businesses”, notes Stuart.

We are excited again to be a part of the World Travel Market 2015. We will be turning the spotlight on our latest technology and service solutions for tour operators. We welcome the opportunity to meet current and prospective clients alike at this major global travel industry event. Come and say hi, we are on stand TT600. There will be free demonstrations and the opportunity to discuss your technology requirements. Look forward to seeing you there!

Tourplan Roadshow 2014 – Copies of the Roadshow Presentation

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Tourplan has received an unprecedented level of requests for “a copy of the Roadshow”.

We regret we are unable to deliver a list of powerpoint slides to achieve this. Why?

• While all 10 Roadshow presentations were similar, each was tuned to the audience on the day, with the result that there is no single version.
• The Roadshow was conducted as an event, rather than a presentation. Depending on the audience interest levels and responses various points were emphasised, or at the other extreme skipped altogether if irrelevant to the group.
• The bullet points in themselves were deliberately pared back to have little meaning without the verbal explanation – again – that explanation dependant on the target audience and level of audience engagement on the day.

This was an immensely powerful event and we can’t trivialise the synergy and engagement achieved each day. The slides on their own would be a diluted and generic expression of the content, with room for mis-interpretation.

For example, the impact of Online Travel Agents on traditional business is in many regions a fait accompli, while in others represents a future threat. This leads to different business strategies appropriate to each case. In turn this leads to different elements of Tourplan’s technology having been showcased during the Roadshow.

We are thrilled that so many are looking for a recap of the general themes, so we offer the following information to assist as much as we can.

We also welcome any specific questions on any content of your Roadshows. These should be directed to your Local office manager in the first instance.

The Key Roadshow Points

• Our vision – 5 business strategy steps
  1. Go Online with Trade Business
  2. Connect to Channel Managers to offer OTA-equivalent rates and availability
  3. Continue to offer traditional Destination Specialist benefits and rates
  4. Consider emerging B2C opportunities
  5. Look at existing OTA market share as an opportunity to expand your business
• New browser based touch enabled, multi-device UI under way
• 3 Major channel managers online in 2014 – SiteMinder, TravelClick, RateTiger
• License free retail sites with integrated booking engine
• New release V3.1 includes multi-company accounting and new admin utilities

Vision, Technology, Universal Acclaim, the 2014 Tourplan Roadshow Visits 5 Continents.

Senior Tourplan team members recently completed the 10th and final Tourplan Roadshow for 2014 in Lima. As in all 9 previous Roadshows the venue was full to capacity, with 95% of Peruvian Tourplan companies represented alongside guests from as far away as Bolivia, Colombia and Uruguay.

In keeping with prior events an intense level of interest and excitement occurred during and after the morning presentations. Across the board attendees enthusiastically endorsed Tourplan vision for future and current technology opportunities provided by the latest release Tourplan V3.1.

CEO Peter Trumic comments the concept of a global Roadshow delivered across 5 continents has come to fruition.

“We are ecstatic about the level of participation and engagement with our clients, and with their support for our current suite of technology, our strategies and forward direction. Other system suppliers expend huge resources in pursuit of sales and in attempting to satisfy sales driven promises. At Tourplan we prefer to focus first on adding value to existing client relationships. This creates new sales for us through industry talk leading to an understanding of what works and what doesn’t, who you can trust and who you can. It is always good to have competitors but I believe our customer-led philosophy is why we are the market leader by several degrees of magnitude.”

A range of typical comments received post-presentations

• “That was amazing, I learnt so much”
• “Game changing in the course of this morning we have reshaped our entire future business strategy”
• “I didn’t realise Tourplan had such a huge range of technology”
• “I didn’t realise Tourplan has so many users here”
• “We feel really happy knowing we are on the right track in using Tourplan as our core system”
• “You should do this more often!”

In celebrating the success of the 2014 Roadshow, Tourplan expresses gratitude to all those involved: attendees (with especial acknowledgement of those who travelled long distances and internationally), local offices, our staff, and clients who assisted with logistics.