Mark Lenahan

A bunch of logos - there's a much more accessible list in Google sheet form linked from the blog post on marklenahan.com

marklenahan.com/2026/02/18/i...

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Global Travel Tech Conferences 2026

The (almost) complete list of international travel technology conferences. Covering: aviation, hospitality, leisure & business travel, destinations, tours, transport, meetings, payments, loyalty, startups, and innovation.

Let me know if I'm missing any:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

#TravelTech

Architecture of key components and vendors incl. IBM, Adobe, Sabre (Schedule, Network, Offer Pricing), Flyr (Offer, Order), Ink (Delivery), Noon & Cellpoint digital (payment), Sutherland & Oracle (settlement), Accenture and Lufthansa Systems

This is how Riyadh Air built their next-generation passenger system. Although I am not personally involved in this project, what we can see from public sources is fascinating!

#OOSD #TravelTech #Airlines

More details on my LinkedIn post : www.linkedin.com/posts/markle...

Carcinisation - Wikipedia

Evolution already decided the ideal all-purpose shape. It's crab shape. I think spider shape is pretty close though.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcini...

My knees and the seat back in front of me, onboard E190 - plenty of room

Photo of TAP Air Portugal E190 at jetbridge at Dublin airport, evening

Who's going to #AviationFest in Lisbon?
#legroom

- Dubai Airport prefer to host in-premises where possible, can do cloud but concerned about the cost of on-demand computing

- Dimitris/Wyndham - of course we will use AI, everyone will, but it will not replace the human aspects of hospitality - instead, use tech to make the human connections better

- Sabre now 95% cloud based - Sabre Mosaic the new cloud based AI powered marketplace for airlines

- Trip's Genie AI - customers who use the AI twice as likely to complete the booking - overall strategy: ake the trip smarter, easier and more personalised

Now at #TTShow - The Think Tank: travel's leaders share their views

Charlotte Lamp Davies - A Bright Approach, moderator
Sally Bunnell - NaviSavi
Tess Longfield - Sabre
Dimitris Manikis - Wyndham Hotels
Tareque Choudhury - Dubai Airport ls
Kate Xiong-Britton - Trip.com Group

So the agenda was incorrect, and this session actually started on time in the Turing Theatre, so a bunch of us missed the first 10 minutes.

A quick run around the stands at TravelTech Show #TTS2025 #TTShow #BTShowEU #ForTheLoveOfTravel

Up next at #TTShow - The New World of Airline Distribution
Starting in the TechHuddle room in 10 minutes!

With:
Alessandro Ciancimino, Sabre Corporation
Alice Ferrari, CEO, Kyte
Alexandra Goga, Lufthansa Group Airlines
Barbara Moreno, Accelya
Moderator: Lee Hayhurst, Aviation Business News

Just finished "The Battle of Ideas" at #TTShow with:
Alex Bainbridge – Autoura
Ante Dagelić - Traveling.com
Annabel Illingworth - Vocalista
Sefton Monk - My Kind of Cruise

Summary: 1. Look for the missing data and make new data 2. It's not just travel - renaissance, therapy, glow-up - emotional weight 3. Train and empower your people. AI colab, human curated

Summary:
1. Look for the missing data and make new data
2. It's not just travel - renaissance, therapy, glow-up - emotional weight
3. Train and empower your people. AI colab, human curated

- Future is AI collaboration, not replacement; give people context they need.
- AI doesn’t dedicate itself to finding the element of surprise – difficult to integrate.
- How to stay relevant when everyone is using AI to build answers? Needs to have a human element. Travel is a human experience.

First session up at #TTShow is @ljrich.bsky.social at Turing Theatre - we're a promised a multimedia journey on the future of travel experience!

#TTShow #BTShowEU #TTS2025 at ExCel London, today and tomorrow

I asked about privacy - all of these deals are data agnostic, and obviously there are privacy concerns and need to optin to go further with data sharing.

This isn't just advertising or selling customer data - but ads, product placement, even purchases accross all digital and physical channels

Stephan Heinz on LATAMs partnerships with brands like Claro, Globo, Audi at #FTE

Jamie Heaslip - Stripe (also something to do with Rugby) interviews:

- Dave O’Donovan, Chief Digital & Transformation Officer, Aer Lingus

- Vincent Harrison, Chief Commercial & Development Officer, daa (Dublin Airport)

Now at #FTE

This is the story of Tony Ryan, Declan Ryan, GPA, Ryanair, Irlandia and proving the low cost carrier model all over the world from Allegiant to Viva.

Ryan Ghee, COO, Future Travel Experience interviews Tom Lyons, Author of Aer Dogs: How a small group of Irish entrepreneurs brought low-fare air travel around the world #FTE

Joining Kevin on stage:

- Alan Dunne, Chief Product Officer, Datalex
- Anne-Marie Tremblay-Quenneville, Ancillary Revenue Strategy Manager, Icelandair
- Claire Walraven, Program Manager, Ancillary Revenue, WestJet

Joining Kevin on stage:

- Alan Dunne, Chief Product Officer, Datalex
- Anne-Marie Tremblay-Quenneville, Ancillary Revenue Strategy Manager, Icelandair
- Claire Walraven, Program Manager, Ancillary Revenue, WestJet

Now at #FTE - Ancillary Revenue

Kevin O’Shaughnessy, Founder & CEO, CityHook & Chapter Leader, Travel Massive Dublin

Pictured here:
Oana Savu - Threedot
Carlos Ruiz - CVG Airport
Juan Pablo Lafosse - TravelX
Baris Findik - Pegasus Airlines

Manager Savu from Threedot will run a panel now on AI in travel at #FTE