The organisers of ARC2011 Asia-Pacific are delighted to announce that Stuart Benzal (United Airlines), John Garner (DFASS) and John Goodman (Ogilvy & Mather) have all agreed to participate as speakers at the conference on 11th – 12th January.

• Stuart Benzal is Head of Onboard Global Product at United Airlines. He will be one of two panellists looking at the importance of Creative Product Selection for Stronger Inflight Sales
• John Garner is the Vice-President, Purchasing for concessionaire DFASS. He will head up a panel to discuss Increasing Revenues through Concessionaire-Brand Partnerships
• John Goodman is a director of Ogilvy & Mather and President of OgilvyAction Asia-Pacific. He will join the panel considering How and Why Brands Need to Promote Inflight Retail

They join an already impressive list of speakers taking part in the inaugural Macau event, including:

• Azran Osman Rani, CEO, AirAsia X
• Patee Sarasin, CEO, Nok Air
• Samyuth Sridharan, COO, Spicejet
• Dave McLaughlan, Senior Business Development Manager, Microsoft Zune
• Cecilia Leung, General Manager Inflight Services, DragonAir
• Augustin Bondonneau, Regional Manager Europe, L’Oréal Travel Retail
• Steven Greenway, Principal, Mango Aviation Partners
• and lead moderator Dermot Davitt, Deputy Publisher, Moodie Report

Of the new speakers, ARC event director Alex Vail says: “The quality of speakers and relevance of the topics being discussed are fundamental to the success of this conference. We are so happy with the calibre of speakers and look forward to confirming more high-profile names in the weeks to come.”

The event will take place on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th January at the Grand Hyatt Macau.