Web 2.0 Specialist at ICTravel by piramide.net srl
Milan Area, Italy
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- Italy Country Manager at Hotelzon International
- CEO at www.piramidenet.it
- Past
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- Lecturer at MIB School of Management
- Istruttore alle 3 armi at Sala Scherma Piccolo Teatro Milano
- Managing Directory at Orient Country Italia Srl
- Freelance at Central Production
- Education
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- MIP-Politecnico Di Milano
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Alex Kornfeind’s Summary
Alex Kornfeind is an influential commentator and strategist on emerging software travel industry trends. He first spotted the significance of OTA services in 1995 when he set up his own IATA travel agency online which rapidly became a standard-bearer for the nascent web travel industry in Italy. He sold the first goAirline ticket in a travel agency, via web on 1998, changing the financial stream while asking a fee at the traveller instead being paid by the GDS.
He sold the majority of the stocks of the OTA and went on to found www.piramide.net, a specialist website covering enterprise adoption of web services and business process for the travel industry. Panelist in Europe and US for www.eyefortravel.com meetings and forum. Past PATA Italy Chapter President and former member of the Steering Europe PATA Committee and member of the most relevant travel associations.
He recently become member of www.mib.edu and www.ttgitalia.com as a Travel Web 2.0 Specialist meanwhile he is involved in many Seminars and Summit Strategies meetings on current travel trends in software/platform-as-services and Web 2.0.
Alex Kornfeind’s Specialties:
Travel Web 2.0, Web marketing
Alex Kornfeind’s Experience
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Italy Country Manager
Hotelzon International
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)
Hotelzon is a leading corporate online hotel booking company that offers booking services and technology to corporate clients, hotels and agency partners. The Hotelzon proprietary booking system offers the availability and price information and booking functionality to over 90 000 hotels worldwide including an exclusive hotel inventory in Finland, Sweden, China and UK.
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CEO
www.piramidenet.it
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)
Travel Web 2.0 Specialist
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Lecturer
MIB School of Management
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
November 2007 — September 2008 (11 months)
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Istruttore alle 3 armi
Sala Scherma Piccolo Teatro Milano
(Sports industry)
September 2007 — July 2008 (11 months)
Sport vari e fra questi la scherma. Spadista ha iniziato la scherma a 21 anni. Ex allievo di Dario Mangiarotti ora Istruttore alle 3 armi della Sala Piccolo Teatro di Milano;
• Medaglia di argento individuale campionati italiani 3/4cat. nel 1987
• Due volte campione italiano 3/4cat. individuale e a squadre nel 1989 e nel 1990
• Partecipante a diverse prove di coppa del mondo assoluta dal 1988 al 1990 fra Londra, Parigi, Poitiers, Berna, Legnano.
Varie sessioni di allenamento con la nazionale di scherma di spada presso la Mangiarotti Milano dal 1985 al 1994 tirando con Bellone, Cuomo, Mazzoni, Manzi, Resegotti, Randazzo, Pantano, Candiani, Molinario, Pauly e altri nonchè con la nazionale di Pentathlon moderno tirando con i fratelli Masala, Massullo, Cristofori, Toraldo, Bomprezzi -
Managing Directory
Orient Country Italia Srl
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
July 1995 — November 1999 (4 years 5 months)
Fondatore e Marketing Manager Co Titolare di Tour Operator e Agenzia di Viaggi IATA. Organizzazione di viaggi turistici ed eventi sportivi in USA e in Asia. Past President PATA Italy Chapter www.pata.org
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Freelance
Central Production
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
1991 — May 1995 (4 years)
Produzione e Regia di filmati e video per conto di case musicali e società di produzione.
Alex Kornfeind’s Education
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MIP-Politecnico Di Milano
Master , Management e-business , 2004 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- SMAU 2005, Advisory Board Member
pMImprese, Fondatore
IT board member Assotravel Confindustria
Formaper,Docente web marketing Turismo
IFOA, Docente web marketing Turismo
Advisory panelist, McKinsey e Forbes
Additional Information
Alex Kornfeind’s Websites:
Alex Kornfeind’s Interests:
• Titolare Agenzia Viaggi IATA e Tour Operator dal 1995 • Past President PATA Italy Chapter • Past PATA Europe Steering Committee Board Member • IT Board Member Assotravel (Confindustria) • Board Advisory Member’s SMAU 2005 • Advisory panelist for McKinsey e Forbes • Consulente IT per società ed enti • Docente Web Mktg per MIB Trieste, Fiavet Lombardia, Formaper, IFOA, Capac, Cesma • Editore e giornalista freelance dal 1985 • Co-organizzatore primo Travel Camp in Italia nel 2007 • Autore Blog ADV Italia
Alex Kornfeind’s Groups:
http://www.assotravel.it, http://www.aipmt.it/
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Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network -
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Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide -
twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters -
Dell PartnerDirect -
impresecreative -
Visit Italy
Alex Kornfeind’s Honors:
Media: Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, IlSole24Ore,Italia Oggi,Bloomberg, Immedi@press,Wireless,RAI1 TGEconomia,RAI2, RAI3,TGCom Can5,TG Ita1,NetSystem,TTG,Trend,l'agenzia di viaggi.
(2005)Advisory Board Member SMAU2005
(2003)Premio "Piazza Mercanti" CCIAA MI cat. Nuova Imprenditoria.
Tesi Università degli Studi MI, Diploma Universitario in Informatica Olga Eberini “Magazine elettronico per promozione e vendita di servizi nei settori della comunicazione e del marketing”.
Tra le 44 top IT Start Up europee candidate al al 10th European Investment Forum.
(2002)Invitata con Buongiorno.it, Loquendo,MPEsperia, dall'Ambasciata di Finlandia come panelist.
Invitata da Regione Lombardia in Svezia per educational sullo stato dell'arte telefonia mobile.
Contributo innovazione 25.000E da Provincia MI Bando Misura 2/2000
Riconosciuta come Start Up innovativa su 15 aziende selezionate progetto Matrend Regione Lombardia.
(2001)Business Plan selezionato primo First Tuesday - Matchmaking
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