The Biggest Global CEOs Converge at Skift Global Forum 2016

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Please join us in Manhattan for our third annual Skift Global Forum.
Skift Global Forum 2016 is shaping up to be our biggest and best Forum yet.
Spread over two days of Sep 27-28 at the magnificent Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City, this year's Forum will be the largest creative business conference in travel, with 800+ travel industry executives expected to attend.
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We're busy at work building up the program for it — along with bringing in a slew of creative new formats on stage — and today we're announcing the first batch of CEO and creative speakers for the Forum.
- Arne M. Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International
- Brett Tollman, CEO of The Travel Corporation
- James Hogan, CEO of Etihad Airways
- Ije Nwokorie, CEO of Wolff Olins
- Sally Balcombe, CEO of VisitBritain
- Roger Dow, CEO of U.S. Travel Association
- Niki Leondakis, CEO of Commune Hotels
- Aaron Gowell, CEO of SilverRail
- Fredrik Korallus, CEO of Generator Hostels
- Paul English, CEO of Lola Travel
- Robert Albert, CEO of Routehappy
- Clayton Reid, CEO of MMGY Global
- Amar Lalvani, Managing Partner of Standard Hotels International
- Liz Lambert, Founder and Creative Director of Bunkhouse Group
- Anand Sanwal, CEO of CB Insights
- Richard Goodstone, Co-Founder of Superfly and co-creator of music festivals Bonnaroo/Outside Lands
- Shakil Khan, Co-Founder of Student.com
- Jay Walker, Founder of Priceline.com
- James Sanders, Principal, James Sanders + Associates & Author of "Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies"
- Matthias C. Hühne, Publisher at Callisto Publishers GmbH and Author of "Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975"
We will announce other speakers, topics and stage formats in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
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