Mega Event 2025
| Date: | 20-21 May, Dublin |
| Location: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Delegates: | 500+ |
| Attend: | REGISTER NOW! Pricing: Merchants, Airlines, Hotels & OTA´s: $299 USD / Vendors: $1699 USD (Until Friday 2 of May) |
Lead Sponsor
Loyalty Programs, and especially co-branded credit card revenues, as well as Ancillary incomes, are many airline and travel companies’ top profit centers. Mega Event 2025 is the place to gain the best practices and contacts related to these areas. The theme for 2025’s conference is: Revenue, Retail and Results.
Mega Event 2025 is being held concurrently with Airline Information’s Airline & Travel Payments Summit 2025 (ATPS) and the Loyalty Security Alliance Spring Conference 2025, so it’s expected to sell-out in advance. Register now to get a place!
If you might have interest in speaking at this event, please click the link here Michael Smith or email direct at speaking@aiconnects.us.
With so much going on for airlines, hotels and travel companies in loyalty, ancillary and co-brands there is lots to debate and discuss! Everyone is chasing increasing revenues and retailing is a key part to achieve that – but, who is doing it well and what are the associated results? From NDC to One Order, it is a fast changing environment and here are just a few of the areas that we’ll be covering:
- AI, Machine Learning and Big Data – what are they and who is actually using them to deliver results now?
- Personalisation – the holy grail for modern retailing but, beyond seat and meal choices is it all talk?
- Dynamic Pricing and Bundling – both cash and redemption prices are more and more subject to using big data, but will the regulators come calling?
- Modern Offer and Order Management – is NDC working and what hope is there for One Order? Can the retailing platforms being offered by numerous vendors actually deliver and do they move beyond the PSS?
- Retailing Platforms – much has been promised with the likes of NDC but do the new GDS platforms like SabreMosaic do as they promise?
- Loyalty and Ancillary meets Payments – loyalty points are an alternative payment method, embedded app payments to make purchasing upgrades, bags and seats are just two areas where getting your payment strategy is meeting Loyalty and Ancillaries. Delegates at Mega 2025 will get a chance to gain an insight into these critical areas both on the Mega Agenda and by being able to choose to attend session at the Airline and Travel Payment Summit (ATPS) running alongside Mega 2025
If you are interested in sharing your company’s insights in to any of these (or other relevant) topics. Please email the Conference Chairman, by clicking here: Michael Smith or by emailing at speaking@aiconnects.us.
Sponsors of combined Dublin Conferences
Venue
The venue for this event is the conference centre at the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport in Santry Park in Dublin.
Special Price of €239 (includes taxes and breakfast)
Venue for Mega & ATPS 2025:
Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport
Northwood Park, Santry Demesne, Dublin, D09 KN66, Ireland
Phone: +35318628888
Agenda
Day 1
20 May 2025
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Registration
2:00pm – 2:30pm
ChatGPT, AI, Machine Learning And Big Data | Everything you need to know for airlines & travel
We’ve all heard of them. We all know a bit about them, but what beyond the hype are they? Everything you wanted to know, explained in a relevant way!
– Kevin O’Shaughnessy, CEO, CityHook
2:30pm – 3:00pm
What the “cloud” is and how it can benefit your business
– Tedd Evers, Global Partner Leader Travel & Hospitality, Amazon Web Services
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Loyalty, Ancillaries, Payments and Fraud | Implications of these topics converging
– Phil Shelper, CEO, Loyalty & Reward Co and Author of Loyalty Programs, The Complete Guide (invited)
3:30pm – 4:10pm
Coffee Break Sponsored by Discover
4:10pm – 5:00pm
The Famous Airline Information Lions’ Den | Product Pitching Competition
Back by popular demand the Lions’ Den new products and service pitching contest returns to Mega 2025 and ATPS. The session is for innovative start-ups (or brand new products from established players) who pitch for 5 minutes each. Then take 5 minutes of questions from our experienced judges. Judges will choose which they believe is the best product, while the audience will choose the most entertaining pitch.
This is a paid for pitching session and it is a popular option selling out in previous years.
If you have a product that you would like to pitch, please email MSmith@AiConnects.us or speaking@AiConnects.us for more details.
Ringmaster and Lions (Judges)
– Pauline Egan, Business Advisor & former Head of Marketing for Royal Bank of Canada/British Airways joint venture (Chief Judge)
Pitchers
– Leeway
– Luggit (invited)
….others to be announced
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Welcome Reception in Association with Travel Massive
Day 2
21 May 2025
09:00am – 09:30am
Case Study: Using AI to maximise ancillary revenue
– Eduardo Rivas, Advanced Analytics Team Leader, LATAM Airlines (invited)
– Joaquin Perez, Senior Data Scientist, LATAM Airlines (invited)
Hover for ATPS Tracks
9:30am – 10:00am
Who’s getting it right in airline retail and ancillary revenue?
– Jay Sorensen, President, IdeasWorksCompany
Hover for ATPS Tracks
10:00am – 10:30am
Practical Use Case for AI for airlines
– Peter Marriott, Co-founder, Dataiera (invited)
Hover for ATPS Tracks
10:30am – 11:10am
Coffee Break
Loyalty Track
Ancillary Track
11.10am – 11:40am
Seamless Redemption: Optimising the Order Process to Boost Loyalty Program Satisfaction
Speaker to be announced
Dynamic Bundling: Crafting Irresistible Offers to Maximise Ancillary Revenue
– Andrea Caulfied-Smith, MD Global Business Travel, Advantage Travel Partnership
– Aleks Kaczmarek, VP Loyalty, CarTrawler in conversation with
– Michael Smith, Board Advisor, AiConnects
Hover for ATPS Tracks
11:40am – 12:00pm
The Regulator’s View: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Modern Loyalty Programs
Speaker to be announced
Order Management Revolution: Streamlining Ancillary Purchases for Enhanced Conversions
Speaker to be announced
Hover for ATPS Tracks
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Mobile-First Loyalty: Engaging Travellers On-the-Go for Maximum Revenue Impact
Speaker to be announced
Partnerships That Pay: Collaborating to Expand Your Ancillary Reach
– Max Tremaine, CEO, sherpa and airline client (invited)
Hover for ATPS Tracks
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Loyalty Points as Currency: Revolutionising Payment Strategies for Enhanced Customer Retention
Speaker to be announced
Payment Innovations: Frictionless Purchases Drive Ancillary Sales
– James Lloyd, Senior Director International, Juspay and Indigo Airlines
Hover for ATPS Tracks
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Key Drivers of Loyalty Program Revenue Generation
Speaker to be announced
The Power of Data: Using Machine Learning to Predict & Influence Ancillary Purchases
Speaker to be announced
Hover for ATPS Tracks
3:00pm – 3:40pm
Panel Session: Balancing member engagement with short term program profitability
Moderator
– Sol Zia, Executive Director, Calgary Hotel Association
Panellists to be announced
Panel Session: The State of Airline Retailing: From NDC, One Order which airlines and travel companies are getting results?
Moderator
– Mark Lenahan, Consultant Director, Lenahan Consulting
Panellists
– Ann Cederhall, Consultant, LeapShift
– Bryan Porter, Chief Revenue Officer, Datalex (invited)
– Veronica Hull, Head of Transformation, Vueling (invited)
Hover for ATPS Tracks
3:40pm – 4:20pm
Coffee Break
4:20pm – 5:00pm
Closing Panel
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Networking Reception Sponsored by Discover
Companies that have registered for the Dublin event 2025:
Note: Companies will be added as they register!
Accertify Inc.
actuary.aero
Advantage Travel Partnership
Aegean Airlines
Aer Lingus
Aerticket GmbH
Air Europa
Air France KLM
Air India
Amazon Web Services
AMEX GBT
APEXX Global
ARC
arrivia Travel
Bankhawk
Belvera Partners
Best Western Hotels
BICS
Booking.com
British Airways
Calgary Hotel Association
Caravelo
CellPoint Digital
CITYHOOK
Continuum Commerce
Delta Airlines
Discover
Duffel
ECTAA – The European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Associations
Edgar, Dunn & Company
Elavon/US Bank
Engage People Inc
Etihad Airways
Etraveli group
evervault
Expedia Group
Fexco
Fyorin
Hands In
Head for Points
Hertz
Hilton
Hopper
IAG Loyalty
ID Dataweb
Jet2.com & Jet2holidays
JP Morgan
Juspay
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Korapay
lastminute.com
Leeway
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
LOT
Loyalty Partner Solutions
Loyalty Status Co
Lufthansa Systems
Marriott International
Mastercard
Merit Incentives
MONEX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
MyNetWatchman
Nuvei
Obsidian
Odynn
PCI Proxy by Planet
Pegasus Airlines
Pipl
Planitas
Plusgrade
POINTS
Protect Group
Retail inMotion
Ryanair
S7 Airlines
Sherpa: Easy travel visas
Shift4
Sift
Signifyd
SkyTeam
Smartnumbers
Sparkling Communication
Spirit Airlines
StatusMatch.com
Swiss
Telesign
Transmit Security
Travel FraudGuard
Travel in Motion AG
Travelstart
Travolution
Turkish Airlines
TWAI
UATP
United Airlines
Upgrade
US Bank (Elavon)
VELA Payments
Visa
Vueling Airlines
Widerøe
Worldline
Worldpay
Ypsilon.net
Mega 2025 Hot Topics
- Maximizing the relationships between Loyalty Programs and Ancillary Departments to drive revenues
- Loyalty Fraud: Staying ahead of rising ATOs and Mileage Brokering
- What’s the Next Big Source of Ancillary Revenue?
- Merchandising Miles & Points: where does Loyalty fit into NDC & ONE Order
- Leveraging Loyalty Status to Drive Ancillary Revenues
- Applying Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning to Drive Ancillary Sales
- Innovations in Co-Brand: latest best practices for more card-driven Ancillary Revenues
- Using Loyalty Data for Merchandising and Ancillary Revenue Generation
Are we missing a topic/area that you think needs addressed for the 2025 event? Please drop an email to Michael Smith, the Conference Chairman so that we can add it!
Sponsorship Hot Items
Logo on Conference Site – Event website logo placement in list of sponsors with hyperlink and on the event app
$1,799 USD or $4,299 with 3 Attendees
Signage at Conference – for 2 vertical or hanging signs/displays in conference rooms
$1,499 USD
Video Interview – Onsite video interview of your participants sent to our database and promoted via Social Media
$2,999 USD
Coffee Break, Lunch or Breakfast Sponsorship – Coffee stations will bear place-cards with your logo & great exposure on the agenda. Includes 1 attendee
$3,999 USD (1 of 3 Coffee Breaks Sold)
Podium Plaque – The conference podium will bear your logo front and center
$1,499 USD (Ancillary room available. Payments, Fraud & Loyalty – Sold)
Post Conference Drinks – An exclusive client networking event featuring a planespotting experience and drinks for 20 guests at the 28 Runways Bar.
$3,499
AIRLINE / TRAVEL MERCHANTS
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- $299 – Until Friday 2 of May
- Payment by Credit Card.
- Note: Registration prices are $100 additional by bank transfer.
VENDORS, BANKS & FINANCIAL SERVICES
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- $1699 – Until Friday 2 of May
- Payment by Credit Card.
- Note: Registration prices are $100 additional by bank transfer.
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