ABOUT US
Presentation
ITRAVLOCAL (ITL) understands the global Asian traveler better than any other agency, providing unique insights and innovative research about their travel habits, preferences and decision making. Our extensive experience in the B2B and B2C travel and tourism industry has established us as the leading authority in international travel destination marketing.
Our unparalleled expertise in international travel destination marketing focuses on a holistic and comprehensive digital strategy approach that launches destinations to the next level. ITL accomplishes tangible results through integrated marketing, advertising, public relations, customer research, surveys and social media strategies. Tourism boards and DMOs all leverage the benefits of our expertise, backed by the most insightful research in the industry. With offices located throughout Asia, our fully integrated B2C and B2B strategies promise economies of scale that maximize your investment ROI and strengthens your brand.
Our Mission
Our mission comes to what travelers want, it’s about a true sense of place and being immersed in the destination. We target niche travelers by pairing specific uniqueness of the destination for a trip along with personalized interests with relevant history and culture, attractions, activities and tours.
Our Offices
The Team
Dennis Suo
Co-Founder and CEO
Alexander Wong
COO and CFO
Alexander Wong has over 20+ years global travel retail experience specializing in global finance, accounting and travel retail and tourism operations management. Alexander also has an excellent track record for rollout of new programs to enhance customer service, brand loyalty, team development and tourism education programs.
Davy Wang
CTO
Davy Wang is the author of two popular books about public cloud computing. He was the founding team member of AWS China and Ali Cloud and Senior Consulting Manager in IBM. He was part of the first batch of senior experts certified by Amazon as a Professional Solution Architect. He has a successful track record of optimizing the architecture of the top Chinese internet companies as well as larger financial institutions.
William Zhang
Director Travel Trade
William Zhang has an extensive business network with Chinese airport authorities and OTAs in China. Founder of China Air Media and PTY Travel Club and has organized numerous luxury groups to North America. He also worked with celebrity chef Roy Yamaguchi in the organization of a large number of Chinese entrepreneurs’ participation in the Annual Hawaiʻi Food & Wine Festival.
Zijing Wan
Director Travel Trade Education
Since 2006, Zijing has served as the chief editor of Travel Agency Information. She graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication of Peking University. She co-founded Travel Agency Information, Decheng Tourism Training Institutions, and other tourism-related businesses and provided services such as publicity, conferences and training for the vast number of tourism practitioners in China.
Sarah Wang
Director Public Relations & Social Media
Sarah Wang is responsible for managing content development as well as coordinating all public relations scheduling and work, including media trips. Sarah has done many creative projects in luxury goods and tourism industries, and she is an A-list celebrity high-end wedding planner and owns extensive relationships with tourism related media and influencers in China.
Strategic Advisors
Tim DeLessio
Tim DeLessio is a seasoned travel retail executive with over 35 years leadership experience in the Luxury International sector. Tim retired from DFS Group, a global travel retailer of luxury goods and majority controlled by Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), at the end of 2019, capping a 22-year career where he was President of Global Operations, focusing on Store Operations, Finance, and Design/Construction. Tim has extensive experience in the travel and tourism industry with many different nationality groups.
Jim Beighley
Jim Beighley has over 30 years of experience in luxury retail, travel trade and tourism. He was the former Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development with DFS Group, overseeing the long-term strategic planning for the Group as well as having responsibility for DFS’s Tourism Development and Travel Industry Marketing initiatives. He once served as Vice Chairman of the Guam Visitor’s Bureau, testifying before the US Congress three times on issues related to economic policy and tourism development for the US territories.
Affiliates
Yvonne Ma
Hong Kong
Yvonne Ma is the Founder and Managing Director of Eighty20 Marketing Limited, which focuses on strategic marketing for the tourism, property, and lifestyle brands. She has directed the overall business strategy and expanded the digital, social marketing, and branding operations. She was also the Director of the Hawai’i Tourism Authority and the Brand USA Tourism Board in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia between 2014-2019. Yvonne served as the governor of the Visit USA Committee in Hong Kong.
Andrew Koh
Taiwan & SE Asia
Andrew is a 20+ year veteran in the tourism and hospitality industry with proven track records and owns extensive industry network in Taiwan and Southeast Asia Markets. He has spearheaded large MICE groups from greater China to the US market. Andrew recently served as the Regional Director for Meet Hawaii Asia and Managing Director for Hawaii Tourism Taiwan.
