Mega Event 2025

Date: 20-21 May, Dublin
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Delegates: 500+
Attend: REGISTER NOW! Pricing: Merchants, Airlines, Hotels & OTA´s: $399 USD  / Vendors: $1899 USD

Lead Sponsor

IDData

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

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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 – 2:15pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Conference Chairs

Michael Smith, Board Advisor, Ai Connects
Mustafa Ozalcin, Founder, UKasii
William Pershke, VP Airline Consulting, Elavon
Mark Lenahan, Consultant Director, Lenahan Consulting
– Sol Zia, Executive Director, Calgary Hotel Association
– Erik Knoester, Senior Travel Risk Consultant , Visa

2:15pm – 3:00pm

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

 

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Airlines in The Cloud – transforming travel amid uncertainty

Tedd Evers, Global Partner Leader Travel & Hospitality, Amazon Web Services

3:30pm – 4:10pm

Diners-Club-New

Coffee Break Sponsored by Diners Club International

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)

Phoebe Tan, VP Financial Services & Insurance, IAG Loyalty
Jason Clampet, Chief Product Officer & Co-founder, Skift
Michael Pool, VP Global Credit Cards, Marriott
Amanda Campbell, Director, Sparkling Communications


Pitchers

– Sherpa

– Obsidian

– Brainpay

….only one pitching slot left!

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Travel-Massive

Welcome Reception in Association with Travel Massive

Day 2
21 May 2025

8:30am – 9:00am

Welcome Coffee

09:00am – 09:30am

Case Study:  Using AI to maximise ancillary revenue

– Eduardo Rivas, Data Chapter Lead – eBusiness, LATAM Airlines
– Joaquin Perez, Senior Data Scientist, LATAM Airlines

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

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
– Sol Zia, Executive Director, Calgary Hotel Association

Hover for ATPS Tracks

10:30am – 11:10am

Coffee Break

11.10am – 11:40am

Innovation Session:  How United is driving uptake and spend across its co-brand portfolio

– Bob Daly, Managing Director Global Cobrand, United Airlines in conversation with
– Jay Sorensen, President,  IdeaWorksCompany

Hover for ATPS Tracks

11:40am – 12:00pm

Modern Airline Retailing – using AI and Dynamic pricing to drive your core proposition

Ruairi O’Driscoll, Head of Data Science, Protect Group
Nick Ashton, Global Lead, Protect Group

Hover for ATPS Tracks

12:00pm – 12:30pm

A Loyalty Call to Action:  Trends in program member attitudes & behaviours

Rob Daniel, EVP, Bond Brand Loyalty

Hover for ATPS Tracks

12:30pm – 2:00pm

Lunch

Loyalty Track
Ancillary Track

2:00pm – 2:30pm

Status Matching:  A loyalty driver or ancillary revenue stream?

– Phil Gunter, Co-founder and CCO, Loyalty Status Co

How Payments can drive Loyalty & Ancillary Sales

Varun Dhupar, Product Manager, Juspay

Bashant Tahiliani, Head of Digitial Marketplaces, Indigo Airlines

Hover for ATPS Tracks

2:30pm – 3:00pm

How to prove the ROI of your Loyalty Program

Len Llaguno, Founder & Managing Partner, Kyros

 

 

A novel approach to promoting co-brands and micro-redemptions

– Steve Mathwig, Senior Manager Loyalty Program Engagement, Best Western Hotels
George Wilson, SVP Business Development, SKUx

Hover for ATPS Tracks

3:00pm – 3:40pm

Loyalty Panel:  Are programs innovating to drive loyalty and repeat business?  Or is it just about the program revenues?

Moderator:
– Sol Zia, Executive Director, Calgary Hotel Association

Panellists:
Chris Daugherty, Director of Loyalty & Co-Brand, Spirit Airlines
– Sinead Archer, Commercial Director, Head for Points
– Oliver Ross, Head of Loyalty & CRM, KM Malta Airline

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
Veronica Hull, Head of Transformation, Vueling

Hover for ATPS Tracks

3:40pm – 4:20pm

Access-New

Coffee Break Sponsored by Access Development

4:20pm – 5:00pm

Closing Panel:  Conference Roundup and Key Lessons

– Michael Smith, Board Advisor, Ai Connects
William Pershke, VP Airline Consulting, Elavon
– Sol Zia, Executive Director, Calgary Hotel Association
– Mark Lenahan, Consultant Director, Lenahan Consulting
– Erik Knoester, Senior Travel Risk Consultant , Visa

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Diners-Club-New

Coffee Break Sponsored by Diners Club International

Companies that have registered for the Dublin event 2025:
Note: Companies will be added as they register!

3Toro Consulting
Accertify Inc.
Access Development
actuary.aero
Advantage Travel Partnership
Aegean Airlines
Aer Lingus
Aerticket GmbH
Agent Flights Limited
Air Caraïbes
Air Europa
Air France KLM
Air India
Airportr
Amazon Web Services
AMEX GBT
APEXX Global
ARC
Arkose Labs
Arrivia Travel
Atlantic Airways
Bankhawk
Belvera Partners
Best Western Hotels
BICS
Boeing Ireland
Bond
Booking.com
brainpay.de
British Airways
Calgary Hotel Association
Caravelo
Caribbean Airlines
Cathay Pacific
CELITECH
CellPoint Digital
CITYHOOK
Continuum Commerce
Coras
Delta Airlines
Discover
DoiT
Dublin City Tourism Unit
Duffel
EBANX
ECTAA – The European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Associations
Edgar, Dunn & Company
Elavon/US Bank
Engage People Inc
Enterprise Mobility
Etihad Airways
Etraveli group
Euroairlines
evervault
Expedia Group
Experian
Fexco
Fingeprint
Fyorin
Gigak Holdings
Groopeze
Hands In
Head for Points
Hertz
Hilton
Hopper
IAG Loyalty
Icelandair
ID Dataweb
IdeaWorksCompany
Indigo Airline
Jet2.com & Jet2holidays
JM Consulting
JP Morgan
Juspay
Justt Fintech
Kerry Airport
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KM Malta Airlines
Korapay
KYROS
lastminute.com
LATAM Airlines
Leeway
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
LOT
Loyalty Partner Solutions
Loyalty Status Co
Lufthansa Systems
Marriott International
Mastercard
Merit Incentives
Modulr
Monavate.
MONEX FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
MyNetWatchman
Norse Atlantic
Nuvei
Obsidian
Odynn
Paybyrd
Payments Taking Off
PCI Proxy by Planet
Pegasus Airlines
Pipl
Planitas
Plusgrade
POINTS
Porter Airlines
Protect Group
Qatar Airways
Retail inMotion
Riverty
Ryanair
S7 Airlines
Sabre
Sherpa: Easy travel visas
Shift4
Sift
Signifyd
Skift
SKUx
SkyTeam
Smartnumbers
Sparkling Communication
Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines
StatusMatch.com
Stein Secure
Swiss
TAROM
Telesign
Tenable
The 30 Group
The 30 Group
THINKINK Communications
Transmit Security
Travel FraudGuard
Travel in Motion AG
Travelport
Travelstart
Travolution
TreviPay
Tribe Payments
Trustly
Turkish Airlines
TWAI
UATP
UKasii
United Airlines
Up in the Air
Upgrade
US Bank (Elavon)
VELA Payments
Visa
Volotea
Vueling Airlines
WEX
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

    • $399 USD
    • Payment by Credit Card.
    • Note: Registration prices are $100 additional by bank transfer.

    Register Now!

  • VENDORS, BANKS & FINANCIAL SERVICES

    • $1899 USD
    • Payment by Credit Card.
    • Note: Registration prices are $100 additional by bank transfer.

    Register Now!

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