We are grateful for the close partnerships that have been forged with key industry stakeholders and associations, each of which are uniquely contributing to the content, promotion and execution of this landmark event.
International Airlines Group (IAG) - Headline Partner
International Airlines Group (IAG) is one of the world's largest airline groups with 558 aircraft flying to over 250 destinations and carrying around 94 million passengers each year. Formed in January 2011, IAG is the parent company of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and LEVEL. It is a Spanish registered company with shares traded on the London Stock Exchange and Spanish Stock Exchanges. The corporate head office for IAG is in London, UK. IAG combines leading airlines in the UK, Ireland and Spain, enabling them to enhance their presence in the aviation market while retaining their individual brands and current operations. The airlines' customers benefit from a larger combined network for both passengers and cargo, and a greater ability to invest in new products and services through improved financial robustness.
APEX - Headline Partner
As a global non-profit and one of the world’s largest international airline associations, APEX accelerates our industry with the backing of nearly every major airline and valued supplier. In conjunction with both the International Flight Services Association (IFSA) and Future Travel Experience (FTE), APEX serves the full spectrum of the end-to-end travel experience. APEX reinvests all of its resources to serving its members, strengthening the worldwide airline industry, advancing thought-leadership, fostering business opportunities via events, developing global initiatives, setting key airline standards, and highlighting well-deserved recognition across our industry.
APEX serves as a resource to the businesses and professionals that create, deliver, and manage the airline passenger experience, and the association provides the industry with a forum for knowledge sharing, collaboration and networking.
Dublin Airport - Headline Partner
Dublin Airport is the principal international gateway to the island of Ireland handling nearly 32 million passengers in 2023. Part of daa Group, the airport’s mission is to continue the legacy of anticipating the future and create the vision for how Dublin Airport will serve Ireland over the coming decade. Dublin Airport’s national strategic role is to deliver high quality international connectivity for Ireland and become a leading European secondary hub. Dublin Airport’s Vision seeks to demonstrate a holistic approach to the development of Dublin Airport in the near, medium and longer term. Three principles underpin this Vision, which are to: meet the needs of today, deliver infrastructure for tomorrow, and safeguard for future development.
Ryanair - Headline Partner
Ryanair Holdings plc is Europe’s largest airline group and parent company of Ryanair, Ryanair UK, Buzz, Lauda and Malta Air. They have ambitious sustainability goals for 2030 and connect over 240 destinations in over 40 countries and offer the lowest fares in Europe.
Fáilte Ireland - Supported by
As the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland’s role is to support the long-term sustainable growth in the economic, social, cultural and environmental contribution of tourism to Ireland.
Working in partnership with Government, State agencies, Local Authorities, representative groups and industry, to develop tourism across Ireland by creating destination development plans and networks, investing in infrastructure, activities, visitor attractions and festivals. Fáilte Ireland also provides consumer and buyer insights, mentoring, business supports and training programmes and buyer platforms to help tourism businesses innovate and grow.
In addition, Fáilte Ireland supports Business Tourism, managing the bidding for and securing of larger conferences, meetings and events to be hosted in Ireland.
CAVU - Platinum Sponsor
For airports, for partners, for people. We are CAVU. Founded by MAG (Manchester Airports Group) and backed by over 80 years of aviation expertise, we’re striving to revolutionise airport travel, creating value for passengers, and importantly, the businesses that serve them. Pre-book, online or in the airport, our solutions make travel more seamless and enjoyable for passengers and more profitable for our clients and partners. More than just a name, CAVU is our mindset. It represents all that we stand for. Our proud aviation heritage, our drive to push boundaries, and the very essence of what we do: creating seamless, enjoyable travel experiences for airport passengers.
HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions) - Platinum Sponsor
HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions) is the B2B division of the global travel platform, Hopper, that uses data to bring transparency, flexibility, and savings to travelers globally. The company has developed several unique fintech ancillaries that address everything from pricing volatility to trip disruptions. Working with the world's leading banks, airlines and travel providers, HTS supercharges its partners’ direct channels with its travel agency and travel fintech products. To find out more about HTS, visit hts.hopper.com.
TravelX - Platinum Sponsor
Through Blockchain technology and a simple technical integration, TravelX helps airlines distribute Tickets as NFTickets, which strongly increases ownership to customers at the same time that improves Revenue and Operation automation for airlines.
Datalex - Gold Sponsor
Datalex’s purpose is to transform airline retail. We empower airlines to be great retailers by digitising the end-to-end travel retail experience on every device, across every distribution channel and at every touchpoint in the customer journey.
Datalex provides airlines with unique products to drive revenues and profit as digital retailers. Our products enable airlines to cut through legacy complexity and better connect with their customers while also offering airlines the ability to deliver a competitive and differentiated airline retail experience. In addition to that, our products are architected deliberately for an Offers & Orders compliant future – enabling our airline customers to better meet the needs of its travellers with a single source of truth for the order.
Datalex has a strong track record of delivering digital retail transformation for airline brands worldwide including Aer Lingus, easyJet, JetBlue, LATAM Airlines, Edelweiss, Air China, Air Transat and Air Macau. In addition, Datalex is an IATA Strategic and ARMi partner. The Group is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and maintains offices across Europe, UK, USA and China. In 2024, Datalex was awarded as a ‘Great Place to Work’ in Ireland. Datalex plc is a publicly listed company on Euronext Growth, Dublin.
eSIM Go - Gold Sponsor
eSIM Go empowers businesses of any size to offer their own digital connectivity solutions to customers, providing everything needed to scale their global opportunity and go to market fast.
Any commercial model can be aligned with eSIM Go's complete eSIM product ecosystem, enabling business partners to embed our capabilities into their product via API, co-brand a fully managed eSIM service or pursue an affiliate route.
Global brands in travel, MNO/MVNO, fintech and more trust eSIM Go to generate revenue and increase customer loyalty. Our relentless commitment to quality and choice equips them with eSIM data bundles based on over 1,000 tier-1 operator networks in 180+ countries.
Quality is paramount at eSIM Go and we pride ourselves on the performance and reliability of network services, offering 5G and multi-net eSIM options in major destinations. We also champion fairness, innovation and inclusivity, believing strongly that everyone should be able to enjoy the transformative power of eSIM with a fantastic experience.
We understand that the way to be successful is to build long-standing partnerships with our customers. We listen. We share their ambition. We’re invested in their success and collaborate to achieve it.
NEC - Gold Sponsor
NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.
Protect Group - Gold Sponsor
Protect Group is a global provider of technology-powered protection services.
Our multi-product Dynamic Widget offers relevant and tailored services to online customers of airlines, rail companies, ferry operators and car rental businesses amongst others.
Our industry-leading Refund Protect service has been delivering significant ancillary revenue and enhancing customer experience for some of the world biggest names in travel, tourism and events for almost a decade.
Development of our dynamic capability has already enabled AI pricing that maximises revenue and delivers tailored positioning for each consumer. We have further developed our Dynamic Platform to facilitate the delivery of multi-product curated ancillary services. Hosting both our own protection services as well as best in class ancillary staples like lounge access and carbon offset.
Our combination of a global team of experts with AI-driven dynamic content and pricing provides optimised services for retailers. We currently work with over 400 member organisations globally, supporting millions of their customers across 75 countries worldwide.
Stripe - Gold Sponsor
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
TWAI - Gold Sponsor
TWAI is a leading travel technology provider offering innovative solutions tailored for airlines and travel agencies, offering a holistic approach to streamline operations and enhance customer experience. TWAI's modern omnichannel retailing platform is designed to seamlessly integrate with major Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and Passenger Service Systems (PSS). This platform not only facilitates flight bookings but also extends support for ancillaries, hotel reservations, ground transportation, insurance, and other travel-related services. The platform can be further extended to offer a complete Dynamic Packaging Platform for airline holidays website.
Complementing their retailing platform is TWAI's robust payment orchestration solution, which consolidates multiple payment options across various currencies and languages into a unified checkout experience. By simplifying the payment process, TWAI helps to minimize friction and increase conversion rates for its clients.
Moreover, TWAI extends its offerings beyond transactional capabilities by providing CMS-based websites specifically tailored for airlines and agencies. These websites serve as powerful tools for enhancing brand visibility, engaging with customers, and driving business growth in the digital landscape.
TWAI also offers NDC solutions offering Offer and Order Management for airlines to distribute and manage their API connections. This can be further extended to the retailing platform to offer a B2C and B2B platform based on NDC.
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