Wednesday, 18 December 2013

DreamTrips Vacation Club Named “World’s Leading Travel Club” at 2013 World Travel Awards Grand Final

Industry Elite Recognizes DreamTrips for Excellence, Service and Diverse Offerings
PLANO, TX, DEC 18, 2013 DreamTrips™ Vacation Club, one of the world’s leading travel and vacation club membership organizations, was named “World’s Leading Travel Club” at the 2013 World Travel Awards Grand Final, the highest honor awarded in the global travel industry. The awards ceremony, which recognizes the elite in the travel and hospitality industry, took place at La Cigale Hotel in Doha, Qatar, on November 30, 2013.
“It is a great honor to be recognized by our global industry as the world’s best travel and vacation club,” said Jim Menge, Vice President, DreamTrips Product Marketing. “The award reflects the high standards we strive to maintain in the quality of our travel experiences, the caliber of our travel provider, Rovia, hospitality partners, and the energy and commitment of our worldwide staff.”
Since 1993, World Travel Awards (WTA) has acknowledged and celebrated excellence across all sectors of the global tourism industry. DreamTrips received top honors in the travel club category in recognition of its outstanding service and product offering as voted by travel agents and consumers around the world. Winners in other travel categories include Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ritz-Carlton, One World Alliance, Beaches Resorts and American Cruise Lines.
The Grand Tour of WTA gala ceremonies are regarded as milestone events in the industry calendar, attended by the industry’s key decision makers, chief figure heads and the leading trade and consumer media.
“The Grand Final is a very competitive evening for our World Travel Awards nominees from all over the world, and these particular winners continue to serve as an example of the most luxurious and innovative brands with unique hospitality products and services,” said Graham E. Cooke, President and Founder, World Travel Awards. “This year’s recipients, like DreamTrips, strive to set the highest possible bar to raise the standards of excellence in travel and tourism and they carry these accolades into 2014 with pride and passion.”

 About DreamTrips
DreamTrips delivers high-quality, one-of-a-kind curated travel and vacation experiences to its vacation club members.  More information can be found at https://www.dreamtrips.com/experience-more.
 About World Travel Awards

The World Travel Awards was launched in 1993 to acknowledge and recognize excellence in the global travel and tourism industry. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, it is regarded as the highest achievement that a travel product or service could hope to receive. More information can be found at http://www.worldtravelawards.com.

Monday, 18 November 2013

SAP’s Rajesh Kumar coveted as the Chairperson for the 3rd DMAi 2014 International Marketing Convention


Illustrious advisory board to curate the Mega Opus in Delhi from Jan 22-24, 2014; Convention themed as ‘Be the Change’ adds 20 new features & improvements, aims to unravel what future holds for marketers.


New Delhi : November 18, 2013 : Rajesh Kumar, Marketing Head, SAP, Indian Subcontinent has been announced as the chair for the third edition of the DMAi’s (Association for Data Driven Marketing & Advertising in India) International Marketing Convention scheduled to be held in January 2014 at New Delhi.

Umang Bedi, Managing Director – South Asia, Adobe & member of the DMAi Board of Governors, received the chairperson enthusiastically by saying “We are glad to welcome an experienced industry professional as Rajesh to chair the 3rd edition of the DMAi International Marketing Convention. I have seen the format of the show grow in the recent years to become a real power packed show that is of immense value to any traditional or digital marketer alike and we look forward to the change that Rajesh ushers in.“

The convention aims to addresses the quest of CMO’s and agency professionals who want to leverage data and ‘Re-define customer understanding’ – due to richer context, stronger behavior insights beyond simple demographic construct. The agenda accent this year remains on harnessing data responsibly to ultra-segment our customers, hyper personalize marketing programs through specific product, pricing & promotion actions resulting to innovation, delightful customer experience and improvement on marketing ROI.

Speaking at his appointment Rajesh Kumar said "The world today is experiencing dramatic shifts in the economy, technology, demographics, and the environment. The collective impact of the big data, social & mobile revolution has given people a new voice – as consumers, as employees, as citizens, and as societies. Organizations like DMAi have the responsibility to orchestrate conversations amongst marketers to champion this change and harness innovation to drive growth. I am happy to be associated with DMAi and look forward to working with peers in the industry to bring together content, best practices and experiences that will drive this agenda and unravel together what future holds for us”.

The theme for the third edition is Be the Change’ and the convention spread over 3 days will host a strategic summit for the C-Suite, keynotes, debates, 15 dynamic conference streams, live certification & workshops, an expo and an awards program. Over 24 Marketing Masterminds have come together to shape the agenda & format of the convention. The convention will have over 100+ finest marketing minds as speakers and over 164 sessions to choose from.

The convention is backed by an illustrious leadership ensuring active participation from leading brand marketers of India and overseas. Participating in curating the mega opus at the 3rd edition of the International DMAi 2014 Convention are leaders from Adobe, SAP, Select Direct, Godfrey Phillips, Komli, IBM, Urja, MRM, AIMIA, Ogilvy One, Kotak Mahindra Group, Aravato, HDFC Life, Harley Davidson, Starwood’s, HCL, Motorola, Oberoi, NIIT, Yatra, Religare, Quikr, IprospectCommunicate2, SVG Media, Percept, HSBC, ICICI,  Synergy, Merck, Dynaflex, HP, Saatchi, Monster, Bacardi, Perfetti, Accenture, Citi, Infiniti Retail, Tata AIG,  UTI, CNH, Borges, Abott, M & C Saatchi, Ad Magnet, Hansa Cequity, Raymond, Tata Trent, Tribal DDB & RAPP India, Star TV, Shoppers Stop, Page Traffic & Octane. International fraternity participation led by global DMA’s & ADMA (Australian DMA), DDV (Germany),  South Africa & GAB Members from DMA USA, Gurus from Denmark, UK & Argentina.

With so much to offer in an action-oriented & practical platter, the 3rd DMAi International Marketing Convention is the Marketing event to watch out for.  Vatsal Asher, CEO, DMAi, noted “Rajesh has been involved over several weeks on shaping the event. The format & experience of the show has been redesigned from scratch to encompass the needs of our attendees He added, “At this point we are both humbled & overwhelmed with unflinching support from the global DMA’s, the international fraternity and the marketing leadership in India to create India’s most comprehensive & largest marketing convention ever. With this we are confident of the Convention becoming a landmark event for all real time marketers.”

Never before have there been so many channels open to marketers. That’s why the DMAi 2014 Convention has an agenda that covers ten of the most vital issues when it comes to marketing your company in 2014:

1.     A Strategic Summit - Board Room challenges & opportunities
2.     Acquisition & Lead Generation
3.     Social, SEO, Web, Email & Content Marketing
4.     Copy, Data Driven Creative, Production & Application, Branding
5.     CRM, Engagement and Loyalty
6.     Data & Analytics
7.     Cross-Channel-Strategies (Including PR, Print, TV, Radio in a Digital era)
8.     Mobile Marketing
9.     Real-time Automated Marketing
10.  Vertical focus on Retail, E-commerce, BFSI

Attendees that are a mix of client side senior marketers & agency professionals will get industry insight, backed by real case studies, into each one of these topics, to be fully-equipped to draft an integrated marketing plan that will drive their brand and company forward in 2014. To sum it up we advise Be there. Be the change.


About DMAi


As an apex, not for profit DMAi, since 1992, brings about collective action for advancing & protecting responsible Data Driven Marketing and Advertising. As the key to making marketing relevant and provide sustained customer engagement DMAi advocates for creating industry standards for ethical conduct and effective self-regulation of the Data driven, Marketing & Advertising community. DMAi is also co-founder of the International Federation of DMA’s.

The DMAi, in recent times, has successfully conducted two annual global conventions drawing participation from over 125 corporations from India & afar. DMAi also sets stage for learning opportunities & intra vertical networking forums like-Day Learning Events called Masterclasses, peer to peer networking forums like the UNWIND, the CxO Roundtable. As a platform for motivation, the DMAi has established a credible Awards & Recognition program with industry participation. The DMAi Awards instituted in alliance with the DMA International ECHO Awards aim at providing global recognition for response driven and result oriented marketing. The Hall of Fame awards felicitates individuals with lifetime awards for their noteworthy contribution.

For more information, please contact –
Rachana Chowdhary |  +91-9619776084 | rachana@mediavalueworks.com
Sudiksha Singhal | +918285603924 | secretary@dmai.co

Tags – DMAi, Rajesh Kumar, SAP, Umang Bedi, Adobe, Vatsal Asher, Marketing, Advertising, Media, Digital, Social Media.


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