Bangkok (Thailand) – April 17, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Over 20 experts from leading online providers and suppliers have been confirmed to attend the Arrival Asia Pacific event, which is dedicated to the rapidly changing sector of tours, activities and attractions.

The Arival conference, the only one of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region, will take place in Bangkok from June 24-26. The event will address the latest travel trends, the rapid rise of online travel agencies (OTAs), the future of distribution, and the tension between local experiences and traditional tourist attractions – in a sector that Phocuswright estimates now has an annual value of US$170 billion.

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The keynote speakers announced so far include Baidi Li, Regional Director (APAC) TripAdvisor Experiences; Wilfred Fan, Chief Commercial Officer, Klook; Joost Timmer, CEO iVenture Card; Blanca Menchaca, Co-Founder and CEO, BeMyGuest; Laurent Kuenzle, CEO, Asian Trails; Jeannie Lim, Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board; Mario Hardy, CEO, PATA; Weiping Liao, Deputy Chief Executive, Ctrip; Laura Blackhall, Founder and CEO, Hello! Tours; Lien Nguyen, CEO, I Love Asia Tour, and others.

They will address issues specific to the domestic travel sector. “The way travelers plan and book experiences is fundamentally different from how they book hotels and airline tickets,” says Douglas Quinby, CEO and co-founder of Arival.

“This is the third largest and fastest growing sector of travel, and it’s high time that tour operators in what I call the ‘best part of travel’ held a conference where they can learn about the trends and gain real insights that are important to them,” he says.

The “Arrival in Bangkok” event offers tactical workshops and sponsored demo labs from leading technology and sales companies to help operators learn best practices and grow their business.

Speakers from leading technology and distribution companies, destination management companies, national tourism organizations and tour, activity and attraction organizers will address over 400 attendees on topics such as consumer booking trends, reservation technology, social enterprises and sustainability, dealing with online travel agencies and the massive changes in the experiences travelers desire.

Arival is bringing its successful in-destination event to the Asia-Pacific region, which has already mobilized the industry over the past two years with conferences in Las Vegas and Berlin.

“Culinary tours, day trip operators, activity and experience providers, attractions, parks, events, ground transportation and destinations can all develop their business by participating,” says Bruce Rosard, COO of Arival.

Early bird prices for the Arival event in Bangkok are available until April 30th.

ABOUT ARIVAL: Arival is the event dedicated to advancing the industry for unforgettable travel experiences. Arival's goal is to establish tours, attractions, and activities—the "best part of travel"—as the most important sector of the global travel and tourism industry. Since its founding in 2017 by Douglas Quinby, Bruce Rosard, and Alex Kremer, Arival has hosted groundbreaking industry events in Las Vegas (2017 & 2018) and Berlin (March 2019). The revolution continues in Bangkok (June 24–26, 2019), Orlando (October 28–31, 2019), and Berlin (March 1–3, 2020).