NORTHSTAR TRAVEL GROUP - Key Persons
Andy Boyce started his travel career working in various business roles for the UK's leading Travel businesses and Tour Operators. At Thomas Cook, Andy managed several large-scale IT projects using all of his unique skills and knowledge of business processes and technology.
He has been instrumental in successfully assisting travel companies of all sizes to select, procure and implement reservations and selling systems, dynamic packaging solutions, content management, CRM, finance and resort systems as well as leading travel websites and e-commerce solutions.
He supports clients within the travel and leisure industry on all aspects of technology and IT.
Andy has provided technical due diligence advice for several high profile travel industry mergers and acquisitions.
Andy has extensive first-hand experience in many aspects of the travel market and an in-depth knowledge of the solutions available in the market.
Job Titles:
- Head of Travel & Leisure
- Head of Travel & Leisure, Stripe
Prior to Stripe, James had 15 years of travel industry experience, including founding & exiting mentoring & peer-to-peer platform start-up, Otolo, and working across the travel industry including hotels, property management, tech, and advising start-ups & Private Equity.
James is a regular passionate speaker in travel, having spoken at Websummit, ITB Asia, Phocuswright, Travolution, Mews Unfold, Arival, HEDNA, and many industry keynotes, webinars and podcasts. His previous industry experience includes Hostmaker, as COO of the short stay property management company that launched Marriott Homes & Villas, plus leading commercial and strategy teams for hotel chains (IHG) and traveltech (Travelport). James is also kept busy as a father of 2 and based in Wimbledon in the UK.
Job Titles:
- Chief Revenue Officer
- Chief Revenue Officer, Inspiretec
As the Chief Revenue Officer at Inspiretec, Jon is responsible for driving revenue and business growth, focusing on product and overall responsibility for the company-wide marketing strategy. He has over 30 years of experience in the travel technology industry, where he has founded, led, and consulted for several successful software companies and enterprise clients.
His core competencies include CRM, data, analytics, 360 customer view, Salesforce, Service Cloud, and digital transformation. He has also been recognized by The Data 50 Awards and the Saugatuck Technology Beacon Award for his innovative and impactful use of data and cloud technologies in the travel sector. Jon's mission is to build the next-gen travel platform that connects travel and leisure businesses to their customers every step of their journey.
Job Titles:
- BTN Group Marketing Director
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Sales - Phocuswright
Job Titles:
- Owner
- Owner, Genesys Digital Transformation
Paul is Senior Partner of the world's leading independent travel technology consultancy, Genesys Digital Transformation (www.genesys.net). Paul founded the consultancy nearly 25 years ago and during that time Genesys has helped many travel companies select and implement new technology.
Job Titles:
- Head of Communications
- Moderator
Job Titles:
- Chief Sales Officer
- Chief Sales Officer, Pax2pay
Tony has successfully driven extensive business growth across the FinTech and Travel sectors over the last 25 years. He brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise, having scaled teams and consistently exceeded revenue targets at businesses such as Ixaris, eNett and Opodo. Tony is an experienced commercial leader who will help Pax2pay meet its ambitious growth plans.
Job Titles:
- Global Business and Technology Creative Advisor
Walter is a global business and technology creative advisor ( now retired ) with deep experience in major business opportunities, strategic marketing alliances and innovative solutions development. He is a leader leveraging leading-edge technology transfer to provide competitive advantage deliverables and a strategist focused on business environment positioning and opportunities development and creation, builder of long-term alliances and win-win model scenarios.
Walter possesses multi-sector vertical experience, including aviation chartering, tour operation, hospitality, general transportation, network distribution and telecoms. He is a pro-bono mentor and business advisor to selected European-based travel-focused startups.
Interests: Tourism Industry's interoperability, International standardisation processes