Speaker Bios

Rajitha Dahanayake
Founder / CEO of eMarketingEye

Possessing 10+ years experience in Internet Marketing, Rajitha is a well-known figure and thought-leader in the Asian Online Marketing Arena. eMarketingEye with Rajitha at the helm, has become an award-winning, trend setter in Asia, boasting over 300 individual hotels and travel companies, currently serving some of the best brands in Hospitality.

Prior to founding eMarketingEye, Rajitha headed the Online Marketing team at Open World, a multinational company providing e-commerce solutions to the travel and hospitality industry.

An E-Marketer to the core, Rajitha possesses numerous industry qualifications, a Postgraduate Diploma from the Charted Institute of Marketing and a Postgraduate Diploma from the University of Colombo to complement his unique experience. Rajitha is also a Chartered Marketer with The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) United Kingdom.

João Cabral
Online Sales and Operations Manager of Google

João Cabral is an Online Sales and Operations Manager overseeing the sales and strategic accounts teams for Southeast Asia, based in Singapore.

Prior to that, João was responsible for the AdWords Online Sales and Operations teams for Central/Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. In this role, João managed all AdWords sales and operations, including small businesses and strategic advertiser support.

João holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics with Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa in Lisbon, Portugal and joined Google in 2003 as part of the AdWords International team based in Mountain View, before becoming one of Google Ireland's first employees.

Saurabh Rai Bhatnagar
Regional Director, India of Preferred Hotel Group

Saurabh Rai Bhatnagar, most recently takes over the mantle of Regional Director – India, having previously worked in the capacity of the Director Global Sales & Development, India & Middle East for the Preferred Hotel Group. Saurabh oversees the development and expansion of the Preferred Hotel Group and its family of brands in this region, along with maximizing outbound sales from India and Middle East to all member hotels worldwide. Since joining the Preferred Hotel Group in early 2008, he augmented the group’s presence in India from five hotels to a four-fold expansion in just over a year.

His Industry expertise of ten years in the Hospitality domain includes Development Consulting, Sales & Marketing, Hotel Operations, Market Studies and Quality Assurance. He began his career with The Oberoi Hotels and Resorts and moved on to The Imperial, New Delhi, where he last worked in the capacity of Director of Sales.

Naveen Marasinghe
Social Media Specialist, of eMarketingEye

With extensive experience in various Online Marketing streams from SEO to PPC, Naveen is currently the resident expert on Social Media at eMarketingEye. He has been the brains behind Social Media implementation on various Online Marketing campaigns bringing Social Interaction to the overall marketing efforts of eMarketingEye clients.

His expertise spans across various Social Media platforms with a focus on developing effective integrated Social Media campaigns, building customer relationships that translate to increased visibility, revenue generation and an overall building of brand value.