Houston, Texas – February 5, 2004 —PROS Revenue Management, a world leader in pricing and revenue optimization science and software, and the pioneer and dominant provider of revenue management to the travel & transportation industries, announces its 10th Annual Pricing and Revenue Optimization Conference to be held March 1 – March 3, 2004 at the Houstonian Hotel, Club, and Spa in Houston, Texas. 

Learn how the power of cargo revenue management can enhance your company’s revenues and profits through:

• State-of-the-art forecasting and revenue optimization
• Optimization of posted list prices
• Upfront negotiation of pricing terms for contracts
• Customer centric pricing optimization for ad hoc single purchase deals as well as non-negotiated deals where each request is individually evaluated
• Maximization of capacity utilization

Workshop Case Studies and Roundtable Discussions by cargo revenue management experts such as Kevin Steele of British Airways World Cargo include:

• Maximize profitability throughout the cargo network
• Key issues in implementing cargo revenue management
• How to optimize prices in the face of aggressive competition to maximize profits
• Application of cargo revenue management techniques
• Contract Pricing Optimization; know the best use of your capacity and sell it at the right price
• Ensure utilization of your O&D network to a competitive advantage
• Strategies for differentiating prices for specific customer groups without price discrimination

Benefits of participating in the conference:

• Join industry colleagues, academics, and representatives from the international business community to discuss relevant pricing topics specific to your industry
• Interact with pricing and revenue optimization practitioners from around the world
• Discover how pricing and revenue optimization is evolving and how it can help your company
• Increase revenues by investing in best practice pricing processes
• Learn what will keep you at the leading edge of your field

“Advanced revenue management is essential to the cargo industry as airlines seek ways to maximize profit across the entire aircraft, and PROS is the leader in such a product,” says Benson Yuen, president of PROS travel and transportation group.  “Come join us at the 2004 Pricing and Revenue Optimization Conference. Your attendance at this conference will provide an opportunity to learn and share experiences with some of the most sophisticated pricing and revenue optimization professionals in the world.”

PROS Cargo provides the air-cargo industry’s only installed and operating, web-enabled, true O&D cargo revenue management system.  Functionality includes dynamic economic evaluation of every shipment at time of request, and the system supports short-term air-cargo sales pricing and ad hoc pricing decisions, mid-term capacity allocation, as well as real-time decision support performance and revenue reporting tools.  PROS Cargo is supported by PROS’ state-of-the-art RM science capacity and demand forecasting models and a real-time AWB Data Mart.  The product also supports carriers’ freighter, lower-deck, express, integrators, as well as roadway freight feeder (RFS) trucking networks.

Who should attend: All levels of the organization interested in pricing and revenue optimization - including senior executives, department managers, and pricing and revenue optimization analysts, as well as members of the Planning/Scheduling, Sales and Marketing, and IT departments. 

This year’s conference will highlight training, case studies, product workshops, panel discussions, and some of our most intriguing seminar speakers.  Join pricing and revenue optimization specialists as they discuss innovative trends, explore scientific advances, and reveal what is and isn’t working in the pricing and revenue optimization realm.  More information including registration can be found at http://www.prosrm.com/revenue-management/conference/conf2004.htm.

Registration Fees

The $2000 conference registration fee includes three night accommodations, meals and materials.  Full payment is required prior to the conference to validate attendance.  Make checks payable to PROS Revenue Management or contact PROS for wire transfer instructions. 

If any single company sends four paid registrants, the fifth registrant may attend the conference free of charge (discount to be applied only once per company).

Organizations sponsoring receptions, breaks, and/or dinners will receive complimentary positions for as many as four attendees, as well as other benefits (contact Andrea Balfour at +1.713.335.5132 or by e-mail at abalfour@prospricing for further sponsorship information).

  

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PROS Corporate Communications

email: info@prospricing

phone: 713.335.5151 / fax: 713.335.8144