ATME to Host Travel Marketing Conference in Chicago

The Association of Travel Marketing Executives (ATME) will host its annual conference June 26-27, 2012, at the W Chicago – City Center Hotel. The keynote speakers this year will be: Mark Bergsrud, senior vice president marketing, United Airlines; Robert Cole, CEO, Rock Cheetah; and Henry Harteveldt, founder, Atmosphere Research Group.

This year’s theme will be “Relevance: The New Marketing Imperative,” and will focus on questions like: Is your brand / product still relevant? Are your marketing messages still relevant? Are you still relevant?

The conference will provide the opportunity to network with peers, experts and thought leaders. Notable attendees include Simon Bradley, VP marketing, Virgin Atlantic Airways; Adam Goldstein, CEO, Hipmunk; Elizabeth Crabill, VP sales & marketing, Lindblad Expeditions; Jeffrey DeKorte, VP digital marketing, Royal Caribbean International; Kevin Fliess, GM & VP product, Room 77; John Peters, SVP digital marketing, Rand McNally; Rob Torres, managing director, Travel, Google; Will Seccombe, CMO, VisitFlorida; Maggie Land, senior director of loyalty, Kimpton Hotels; David Canty, director of loyalty, JetBlue; Susan Black, EVP, global e-commerce, American Express Vacations; Claudia Kozman Kaplan, CMO, Leading Hotels of the World; and Pamela Johnston, CEO, Cloud12PR.