Based in KL since 2010, Gary Bowerman is an experienced Asia business, travel and consumer trends analyst. He moved to China in 2004, and became editor of Shanghai Business Review before co founding Check-in Asia, a travel research and marketing consultancy whose clients include The Peninsula Hotels & Hyatt Hotels.

Author of The New Chinese Traveler: Business Opportunities from the Chinese Travel Revolution, Gary is a regular contributor on CNA, and has been interviewed by CNN, China Daily, Nikkei Asia Review, WSJ and South China Morning Post.

Hannah Pearson is the director of Pear Anderson, a boutique consultancy firm specialising in the Muslim and South East Asian tourism industry. 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. She has authored reports on the economic impact of Muslim travel and has spoken on numerous occasions at prestigious travel conferences, such as ITB Asia. Her reports have been cited in publications such as Forbes Middle East, Web in Travel and Travel Weekly Asia.

Philip See is the CEO of Firefly Airlines. Prior to this, he was the head of Strategy for Malaysia Aviation Group. Phil's career spans multiple industries and roles from running his own business to being a management consultant. Preceding to joining the airline in 2004, Phil was with Deutsche Bank as a financial analyst in the London office and a consultant at McKinsey and Arthur D Little covering clients in the Middle East, South East Asia and Malaysia. He wonders why he decided to pursue his degree in Chemical Engineering but he has no regrets and is enjoying every single moment in the aviation industry despite its incredible challenges.

During the weekend, he loves hiking and he teaches Sunday School. His boss wonders how he can take so many holidays because he is obsessed with traveling and taking unpaid leave. He is at the moment in the process of coaxing his boss to give him a 1 month unpaid leave in September to celebrate his 40th birthday for him to do his 2nd pilgrimage on the Camino in Spain.