WASHINGTON, DC | A highly impressive group of leading industry speakers will provide valuable insight into the latest trends in ROI, technology learning and development at the Travel Industry Association’s (TIA) TravelCom 2008 conference, to be held April 8 – 10 in Chicago, IL.

Renowned speakers include Suzy Reider, Chief Marketing Officer of YouTube, Jeff Boyd, President and Chief Executive Officer of Priceline, Michelle Peluso, President and Chief Executive Officer of Travelocity, Eric Pearson, Senior Vice President of Distribution for Intercontinental Hotel Group and Christine Petersen, Vice President of Marketing for TripAdvisor.

All presentations will support TravelCom’s theme of Destination Unknown: Predicting Tomorrow’s Travel Environment, a timely topic in the travel industry’s rapidly evolving marketplace.

Henry Harteveldt, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research will open the conference with a keynote presentation designed to help eCommerce, distribution, marketing and customer service executives lead their firms through an uncertain economy, a decline in the number of online travel buyers, and evolving distribution models.

Other topics to be addressed during the TravelCom 2008 conference include ROI-boosting insights on how to grab prospects by the ears and eyeballs, hit moving prospects with new mobile media, convert your consumers into fervent brand evangelists and turn green tourism into black ink.

TIA members registering prior to December 31, 2007 will receive a significant discount off of the registration rate. For more information, visit www.tia.org or click here.