For the past 14th years wbe.travel has been attending some of the largest travel trade shows in the world and is preparing to attend this autumn some of the most important events in our industry. First on the list is the World Travel Market where George Dumitru, the co-founder of wbe.travel, has been invited to co-host the tech-related conference about the shifting trends of travel software and its impact on businesses.
For this edition, George will be part of an extended team of travel & tech professionals, invited as speakers to talk about “How the Tech Talent Landscape is Shaping Travel.” Alongside wbe.travel’s CEO will be:
- Paula Felstead, Chief Technology & Operating Officer, Hotelbeds
- Keyvan Nasehi, MD, Founder, SKYPATH
- Alan French, CEO, Thomas Cook
- Alex Medovoi, CEO, AltexSoft Inc.
The session will be moderated by Charlotte Lamp Davies, Founder, A Bright Approach.

Event World Travel Market, London – Technology Stage
Tuesday, 8th Nov
12:00 – 12:45
“How the Tech Talent Landscape is Shaping Travel”
Whether in or outsourcing – many don’t have the opportunity to just insource, talent is sparse and expensive and travel companies are struggling to attract tech talent. Key areas of focus to discuss include Elastic IT – scale up and down according to need with an outsourcing tech company, add specific skills for a limited period of time, pros and cons of In versus outsourcing and buying off shelf, own core IP options.
EVENTS CALENDAR

Meet wbe.travel at World Travel Market (WTM)
Dates: 7-9 November 2022
Location: ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom

Meet wbe.travel at Uzakrota Travel Summit
Dates: 29 November 2022
Location: Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey

Meet & greet the CEO
wbe·travel’s CEO & Co-founder – George Dumitru, has been invited by Uzakrota to co-host a conference session on: “How travel technology & innovation will be a powerful enabler of change”. You’ll have the opportunity to meet & ask him how you can make the most of travel software.
Where: Technology Hall
When: Tuesday, 29th November 2022
What time: 10:00 – 10:45
About Uzakrota
Uzakrota is one of the greatest events to end a successful year of tradeshows and conferences. George Dumitru has been invited to co-host an insightful session alongside Zeynep Mutlu Bigalı from Skyscanner, Bas Lemmens from Meetings.com and Marc Hofmann from CheckMyBus.
The session, moderated by Michael Pichler from Salesforce, will offer information about “How travel technology & innovation will be a powerful enabler of change”.
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