Facebook, Youtube to present at E-Tourism Africa

Organisers of the fifth E-Tourism Africa Summit, which takes place from September 13-14 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, have announced that international presenters from both Facebook and YouTube will speak at the summit.

Roel Spree, a travel specialist from Facebook will be presenting as a keynote speaker and Will Rocklin, a global brand specialist will be presenting for YouTube.

“With Facebook set to have one billion users by the end of 2012 and YouTube increasing its content to over 30 billion hours of online video each month, it is absolutely vital that our tourism sector knows how to manage and leverage these two super powers of social media,” said William Price Global eMarketing Manager for South African Tourism (SAT), title sponsor of the event.

The summit will also feature a host of new speakers, including presentations from Wanderfly, a fast growing global travel site that seeks to inspire travellers and allows them to use visual content and recommendations to find their ideal travel destinations and suppliers. Another new speaker will be Humanity TV, a new web-based travel series that showcases destinations via engaging and entertaining travel experiences.

Also returning for this year’s summit will be Expedia, TripAdvisor and Justin Reid, former Head of Digital for Visit Britain and now with Betapond, a preferred Facebook developer. Reid will host a special session on how tourism companies can better manage and have more success with online travel-focused campaigns.

The first day of the summit will feature a packed programme of international speakers followed by an optional day of training seminars on digital marketing, social media, mobile solutions, real-time reservations and e-commerce.

All delegates attending the summit will also receive the updated online tourism textbook – ‘E Tourism Frontier’s Guide to Online Tourism – the South African Edition’ –  which is sponsored by SAT.

Registration for the summit is now open.

For more information, visit www.e-tourismfrontiers.com