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Travel Finance Conference - Host partner - Abta
Travel Finance
                          Conference
                          10-11 March 2020
                          KPMG, 15 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5GL

Host partner           Sponsors

   events@abta.co.uk      020 3693 0199          @ABTAevents                      abta.com/abtaevents
Travel Finance Conference - Host partner - Abta
Travel Finance Conference
          10-11 March 2020
          KPMG, 15 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5GL

          Agenda – day one
          09:30 Registration, tea and coffee                        14:00 Welcome back
          10:00 Welcome and opening remarks                         14:05 The future of payments in 2020
                Carolyn Watson, Director of Finance and                      What to expect from the industry in the future
                Resources, ABTA                                            	Key tech innovations that are having a big
                                                                             impact on trends within payments
          10:10 Keynote address – market update
                                                                    	    Astrid Masle-Boer, Commercial Director, EMEA,
                  The current economic climate
                                                                          WEX
                  Consumer spending in 2020
                Yael Selfin, Chief Economist, KPMG UK               14:25 PSD2 – Strong Customer Authentication
                                                                    	Representative from an ABTA accountancy
          10:30 Financial trends in the travel industry                   partner
                Reviewing the key financial trends and indicators
                to help you benchmark your business and identify    14:55	
                                                                          Technology for finance professionals in travel –
                opportunities, including:                                 panel discussion
                    Consumer appetite                                        	Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
                    Operator/agent appetite                                    Technology improvements for travel
                    Stakeholder appetite                                     	Are cloud platforms the way forward for payroll?
                    Regulator appetite                                       	Research and development (R&D) tax credits
                                                                               and technology
                Martin Alcock, Director, Travel Trade
                                                                          Moderated by: Carolyn Watson, Director of
                Consultancy
                                                                           Finance and Resources, ABTA
          10:40	Financial trends – panel discussion
                                                                           Alison Ralston CTA, R&D Tax Credits Consultant,
                  Moderated by: Martin Alcock, Director, Travel             Elman Wall Travel Accountants
                 Trade Consultancy                                       Additional speakers to be announced
                  Dominic Binefa, CFO, Travelopia
                  Emma Pickering, CFO, ITC Travel Group             15:25 Networking tea and coffee break
                  Additional speaker to be announced                15:50 Future foreign exchange market view
          11:15 Networking tea and coffee break                             	Learn which events will have the biggest impact
                                                                              on currency in 2020 so you can plan ahead with
          11:45 Accounting and reporting update                               confidence
                  A look at the current accounting issues you               	Will EU trade negotiations or the US election
                  should be aware of in 2020 and beyond                       affect travel businesses? Understand the
                  Revenue recognition rules                                   potential scenarios for currency and how to
                  IFRS 16 – property and leasing                              develop actionable strategies for your business
                  IFRS 9 – financial instruments                              to manage risk
                Neil Kester, Accounting and Financial Reporting             	Find out how to leverage currency volatility to
                Director, Travel, RSM                                         benefit your business
                                                                          Hamish Muress, Senior Currency Strategist and
          12:05 Tax insights – an update on the current issues             Business Development Manager, OFX
                  Changes to off-payroll working (IR35) rules –
                                                                    16:10 Financial instruments – industry case study
                  ensure you are ready for April 2020
                                                                           	Practical tips for FX hedging
                Jamie Freed, Director, Indirect Tax, KPMG
                                                                          Matt Quinlisk, Finance Director, DER Touristik
          12:40 Travel VAT and TOMS
                  An update on the effect Brexit will have on       16:30 Foreign exchange risk Q&A
                  TOMS                                                    Moderated by: Carolyn Watson, Director of
                  VAT issues to be aware of in 2020                        Finance and Resources, ABTA
                David Bennett, VAT Consultant, Elman Wall                  Matt Quinlisk, Finance Director, DER Touristik
                Bennett                                                    Hamish Muress, Senior Currency Strategist and
                                                                            Business Development Manager, OFX
          13:10 Networking lunch
                                                                    16:50 Close and networking drinks

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Travel Finance Conference - Host partner - Abta
Agenda – day two
09:30 Registration, tea and coffee                                       	Supplier fraud prevention
                                                                     Moderated by: Carolyn Watson, Director of
10:00 Welcome and opening remarks                                       Finance and Resources, ABTA
      Carolyn Watson, Director of Finance and                        John de Vial, Director of Financial Protection and
      Resources, ABTA                                                   Financial Services, ABTA
      Travel regulatory update for finance
10:10	                                                                Trevor Price, Managing Director, CBF
      professionals                                                    Daniel Stanbridge, Head of EU Risk and Global
      Simon Bunce, Director of Legal Affairs, ABTA                      Credit Risk, Paysafe
                                                                     Samuel Parker, CFO, Cosmos
10:35	2019 with the benefit of hindsight – lessons on               Farina Azam, Partner and Travel Lead, Kemp Little
      financial protection
         	
         Steps you can take to protect your business           13:10 Networking lunch
         against a supplier failure                            13:55 Welcome back
         	
         Lessons  learnt from Short Breaks Limited,
                                                               14:00	The current mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
         Superbreak Mini Holidays and Thomas Cook Group
                                                                       climate
         	
         Options   for protecting the monies that agents
                                                                          	 analysis of M&A in 2019/2020
                                                                          An
         collect on behalf of tour operators
                                                                          	
                                                                          Trends in travel M&A
         Pipeline
         	       guidance and claims rules
                                                                     	Peter Hemington, Partner, National Head of M&A,
      John de Vial, Director of Financial Protection and
                                                                       BDO
      Financial Services, ABTA
                                                               14:30 Mergers and acquisitions – panel discussion
11:05	
      The success of consumer financial protection in                  	
                                                                       Which   sectors in travel are currently attractive to
      2019 and some lessons from the Thomas Cook                       investors?
      Group collapse
                                                                       What
                                                                       	     differentiates one firm from another to
        Corporate recovery plans (while also preparing for             make it more attractive and valuable?
        the worst)
                                                                       What
                                                                       	     characteristics are investors looking for in
        Operation Matterhorn: phase one – the                          travel companies?
        repatriation operation
                                                                       Predictions
                                                                       	           for the future of travel M&A
        Operation Matterhorn: phase two – claims on an
                                                               	    Moderated by: Mike McDonald, Managing
        unprecedented scale, accredited bodies and
                                                                     Director, KPMG Corporate Finance
        fulfilment
                                                                     Nick Newbury, Director, Original Travel
        Communication and working with the industry
                                                               	    Leah McGimpsey, Investment Manager, Waterland
        Early view of learnings to take forward
                                                                     Private Equity Limited
	    Michael Budge, Head of Operations – Aviation &
                                                                     Deborah Potts, Director, Summit Advisory
      Travel: Finance & Licensing, CAA
                                                               15:10 Networking tea and coffee break
11:30 Networking tea and coffee break
                                                               15:35	
                                                                     Economic update from the Bank of England
12:00 Managing risk with trade partners                              To be held under Chatham House Rule
      E	 ach speaker will be given 5-10 minutes to present,         Rob Elder, Agent, Greater London, Bank of England
       followed by an in-depth panel discussion
                                                               15:50	Budget 2020 and the impact on the travel
           How
           	   do merchant acquirers, insurance companies
                                                                      industry
           and banks react to large supplier failures?
           	 regulatory bodies need to make any changes
           Do                                                  16:00 Managing a business in challenging times
           to the protection offered to customers and travel           	
                                                                       Hear first-hand experience on how to be a good
           industry operators?                                         leader when faced with adversity
           How
           	   should tour operators protect themselves       	    Special guest speaker: Rachel Elnaugh,
           against situations such as supplier failures?             Entrepreneur & Former Dragon’s Den Investor
           	
           Following  the recent supplier failures, have you   16:30 Close
           updated your agency agreements to ensure you
           have robust payment terms?

     events@abta.co.uk                     020 3693 0199                   @ABTAevents                             abta.com/abtaevents
Travel Finance Conference - Host partner - Abta
Travel Finance Conference
10-11 March 2020
KPMG, 15 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5GL

                                                                         Prices
                                                                         ABTA Member/ABTA Partner rates*
                                                                         Full two-day rate – £395 plus VAT
                                                                         One-day rate – £275 plus VAT

                                                                         Non-Member rates:
                                                                         Full two-day rate – £599 plus VAT
                                                                         One-day rate – £399 plus VAT
How to register                                                          You may attend one day and nominate a colleague to attend
                                                                         the other day. Please register your place for both days then
You can book online and pay by credit card or request an invoice.        email events@abta.co.uk with the name and job title of your
Visit abta.co.uk/abtaevents to book.                                     colleague and which day they would like to attend.
You can view our terms and conditions on the event webpage at            *To qualify for the ABTA Member/Partner discount you must have a current
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                                                                         the event takes place. For details on becoming an ABTA Members or Partner
Benefits of attending                                                    visit abta.com/join

   Listen to an update on all the key travel finance issues facing      Who should attend?
   companies today, including the latest accounting and tax issues
    Hear first-hand experience from industry leaders and finance        The event is ideal for large and small companies within the travel
   directors from large and small businesses                             industry, including the following:
 Understand how you can better manage your foreign                        CEOs and directors
 exchange risk and take away practical tips for FX hedging                 Finance directors and managers
     Have the chance to ask ABTA, industry speakers and finance           Finance, audit and commercial teams.
   and regulatory experts your burning questions
      Hear an update on the current financial trends and listen to               For information on sponsorship and exhibition
   discussion on with the future might bring                                       opportunities please contact Matt Turton on
  Use the two-day event to contribute towards your Continuing                    020 3693 0194 or email mturton@abta.co.uk
 Professional Development accreditation

The conference
Returning in March 2020 ABTA’s annual Travel Finance                     exchange risk, innovative technology for finance such as
Conference provides a complete update on all the finance issues          enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, the latest accounting
facing companies in the travel industry. It’s vital that you keep well   and tax issues and the changes you may need to make following
informed on the latest accounting, tax and regulatory issues as the      the Airline Insolvency Review.
implications of getting it wrong can be costly.                          Attend to hear first-hand experience from a panel of industry
The last year has seen a number of higher profile failures, with         leaders and via a session on how to manage a business during
Short Breaks Limited; Superbreak Mini-holidays Limited                   challenging times.
and the Thomas Cook Group, bringing to the fore issues for               Understand what the implications of the new PSD2 Strong
consumers, retailers and tour operators alike – as well as many          Customer Authentication legislation might be to your business
successes with fulfilment, repatriation and refund operations. The       and hear an update on the future of payments. Listen to in-depth
conference will look at the key themes and lessons from a difficult      discussion on how to manage risk with trade partners and take
year, overshadowed by Brexit and consumer uncertainty.                   away top tips on how to protect your business.
Hear from ABTA, finance experts, travel industry representatives         Make sure you don’t miss the industry’s biggest finance event
and regulatory bodies on topics including understanding your             tailored specifically for travel companies. Take this opportunity to
legal responsibilities as finance professionals, managing foreign        question the expert speakers on the key issues you are facing.

      events@abta.co.uk                     020 3693 0199                  @ABTAevents                                   abta.com/abtaevents
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