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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 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 events@abta.co.uk 020 3693 0199 @ABTAevents abta.com/abtaevents
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 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 abta.com/eventstermsandconditions ABTA Member/Partner number or your application must be in progress when 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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