Covid-19 Landscape Assessment & Action Plan

Brett Henry is a travel industry leader and a keen seed investor in travel tech ventures, who was appointed President Director of MG in February 2019.Bringing more than 20 years of B2B travel technology industry experience in leadership roles spanning organisational functions such as product marketing, business development, strategy, planning and sales; Brett is committed to leading MG on a journey of transformation. He is zealous about the opportunity to steer the dynamic and multiculturally diverse MG team, toward a larger focus on technology, marketing and analytics capabilities to drive further growth for hotels and travel agencies in an increasingly complex sales and distribution landscape.Prior to joining MG, Brett was CEO of Travel Daily he was instrumental in the creation of a dedicated platform to inform, connect and further develop the travel professionals globally. He also previously served as Vice President, Sales at Sabre Corporation for more than 5 years.Brett has a big passion to educate and share his experiences with the travel community at events like Digital Travel Summit, Aviation Summit, Webintravel, EyeforTravel, China Travel Distribution Summit, as well as speaking at regional and global industry events.

Hannah is a Southeast Asia travel analyst and speaker and director of Pear Anderson (www.pearanderson.com), a research & sales travel consultancy specialising in SEA and Muslim travel.

She arrived in Malaysia in 2012 and has since immersed herself thoroughly into the South East Asian travel industry through both B2C and B2B roles, from working at a traditional travel agency in KL to founding her own travel startup which was subsequently acquired. In 2018, she launched her own boutique consulting and sales representation company, Pear Anderson.

Over the past 8 years, Hannah has criss-crossed South East Asia, and gained a deep, first-hand insight into the trends developing in the region, as well as a passion for the potential of both the Southeast Asian and Muslim travel sectors.

At Pear Anderson, her past and present clients include a variety of travel organisations, from NTOs to attractions and tour operators, with the likes of Visit Britain, the Catalan Tourist Board, London Designer Outlet, Go West and Pilatus-Bahnen.

Hannah has authored reports on the economic impact of Muslim travel and has spoken on numerous occasions at prestigious travel conferences, such as the Federation of ASEAN Travel Agents, and ITB Asia. Her reports have been cited in publications such as Forbes Middle East, Web in Travel and Travel Weekly Asia.