Question Time - Meet your panel #2 - Mr Cooke

With a month to go until the latest Travolution Question Time on the 23 September, brought to you in association with Fortune Cookie, it's time to introduce another member of the panel in more detail.

So, similar to Mr Tanzer, appearing at a Travolution event for the first time is Justin Cooke, managing director of leading digital agency and sponsor of the event, Fortune Cookie.

So here is the official biography:

Justin graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Computers in Theatre.

His first job was at BBC Films, which led to a role as a creative director for Rondor Music (part of Universal Music).

Justin joined the travel division of Miller Freeman (part of United News & Media) in 1995 and developed its first online strategy.

Justin founded Fortune Cookie in 1997 with the aim of making it one of the most respected interactive design agencies in the world.

Management Today once called Justin the ‘Internet in Human Form’ - something that he is both extremely embarrassed about and secretly proud of.

He is an Executive Member of the British Interactive Media Association.

And some unofficial stuff from us:

London-based Fortune Cookie has grown massively in recent years and become a significant player in web design for the travel industry.

Its work with Kuoni has been praised for transforming the operator's online presence and the agency won a Travolution Award in 2007 for its work with Kuoni-brand Voyages Jules Verne.

It also won a Travolution Award this year for design work on Small Luxury Hotels on the World. The agency's work in the field of accessibility is also widely regarded as industry leading.

Tickets and more information.

Kevin May, editor, Travolution

Travo Question Time - September. A cosmic panel!

The next Travolution Question Time brings together a stellar line-up of executives from across the travel industry for an intimate and engaging evening of debate.

September 23rd in London. Full details here.

Expedia’s new vice president for EMEA, Alex Zivoder, will make his UK travel event debut alongside other well known figures in the online sector, Paul Evans (Lowcostbeds) and Chris Loughlin (Travelzoo). Joining them will be Mark Tanzer, chief executive of Abta, and Justin Cooke, the man behind award winning digital agency, Fortune Cookie.

This, the fourth in the series of Travolution Question Time events, promises to be yet another excellent opportunity to interrogate and network with some of the leading lights in the industry.

Get a ticket (£65+VAT).

Kevin May, editor, Travolution

Accessibility or bust

Our recent article on major changes to online accessibility regulations is getting a fair bit of coverage across the media.

It's a massively important issue.

Julie Howell, an accessibility guru in the UK who co-wrote the piece with Rune Leth Andersen, a colleague from Fortune Cookie, spoke to the BBC earlier this week.

Here is the interview.

More coverage, some of which explores the issue even further and adds some interesting analysis, can be found here:

• E-Consultancy.
• TMCNet.com.
• Rolling Rains.
• BizReport.com.
• HotelMarketing.
• IT Backbones.
• Marketing Services Talk.
  

Howell will be speaking on this issue at the E-Access: Technology For All conference in London on April 23.

Kevin May, editor, Travolution

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Travolution Autumn Conf: Quotes #2

Jilly Welch of Fortune Cookie begs websites to ease up on the error messages:

Don't tell users they're wrong; they'll think they're rubbish

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Nathan Midgley