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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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