Handango Partner Summit 2005 in Miami - The Business Part (Eng)

Early in the morning at the Malpensa Airport near Milan, while waiting to get onboard the flight to London I took this curious pic of a big Jumbo of Thai Airways followed by a small DC-9 of ...

2009-06-12T15:29:11Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Early in the morning at the Malpensa Airport near Milan, while waiting to get onboard the flight to London I took this curious pic of a big Jumbo of Thai Airways followed by a small DC-9 of ...

Me and Christian near the big windows of the Terminal 1. My friend Christian followed me in this trip across the ocean and proved to be the best company I could ever wish for, especially fro ...

2009-06-12T15:06:03Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Me and Christian near the big windows of the Terminal 1. My friend Christian followed me in this trip across the ocean and proved to be the best company I could ever wish for, especially fro ...

A wonderful pic of our British Airways' Airbus A319 flying over the Alps.

2009-06-12T15:22:45Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
A wonderful pic of our British Airways' Airbus A319 flying over the Alps.

Over Britain just across the Channel, called La Manica in Italian. When I showed this pic to a friend of mine he couldn't help but mention that all over these skies they fought such fierce b ...

2009-06-12T15:12:10Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Over Britain just across the Channel, called La Manica in Italian. When I showed this pic to a friend of mine he couldn't help but mention that all over these skies they fought such fierce b ...

Above London, getting ready to land at the Heathrow Airport. You can clearly see the Millennium Dome, but it's so sad to know the City has been shaked by that terrible terrorist attack just ...

2009-06-12T15:43:22Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Above London, getting ready to land at the Heathrow Airport. You can clearly see the Millennium Dome, but it's so sad to know the City has been shaked by that terrible terrorist attack just ...

We got onboard the big boy of Virgin Atlantic, a Boeing 747-400, named Ruby Tuesday. We seated just above the left wing and I managed to take this pic on the ground and surprised myself for ...

2009-06-12T15:26:19Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
We got onboard the big boy of Virgin Atlantic, a Boeing 747-400, named Ruby Tuesday. We seated just above the left wing and I managed to take this pic on the ground and surprised myself for ...

Just look at how much the wing did bend during the flight... I didn't know it could be so flexible! It was my first time on such a big plane after all. :D

2009-06-12T15:08:45Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Just look at how much the wing did bend during the flight... I didn't know it could be so flexible! It was my first time on such a big plane after all. :D

And it actually was my first time in the US. Florida... here we come!

2009-06-12T15:04:14Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
And it actually was my first time in the US. Florida... here we come!

The Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort. When we landed we immediately started suffering for the incredibly high humidity level. The air was so heavy, but fortunately the air conditioning was ...

2009-06-12T15:14:57Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
The Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort. When we landed we immediately started suffering for the incredibly high humidity level. The air was so heavy, but fortunately the air conditioning was ...

The nice view towards the ocean from the window of our comfortable bedroom at the 5th floor of the North Tower of the Sheraton.

2009-06-12T15:43:27Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
The nice view towards the ocean from the window of our comfortable bedroom at the 5th floor of the North Tower of the Sheraton.

I took this pic because I greeted the man who was cutting the palms just above the Lagoon-style poolside of the Sheraton. The people of the resort were very friendly. They were kind with us ...

2009-06-12T15:59:08Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
I took this pic because I greeted the man who was cutting the palms just above the Lagoon-style poolside of the Sheraton. The people of the resort were very friendly. They were kind with us ...

On the other side of the Collins Avenue, just in front of the Sheraton, there were the Bal Harbour Shops, a series of high level shops, many of which from well known Italian fashion firms.

2009-06-12T15:13:52Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
On the other side of the Collins Avenue, just in front of the Sheraton, there were the Bal Harbour Shops, a series of high level shops, many of which from well known Italian fashion firms.

That's me on the second level of the Bal Harbour Shops while I was testing some formulas I recalled from the printed pages of my physics books so many years ago! :D

2009-06-12T15:28:12Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
That's me on the second level of the Bal Harbour Shops while I was testing some formulas I recalled from the printed pages of my physics books so many years ago! :D

The Flanigan's! Here we rested and dined during our first evening in Miami and we had the real american Hamburger with a well deserved capital H and with all those sausages so dangerous for ...

2009-06-12T15:22:49Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
The Flanigan's! Here we rested and dined during our first evening in Miami and we had the real american Hamburger with a well deserved capital H and with all those sausages so dangerous for ...

Inside the Sheraton, just at the entrance of the main conference halls there was the list of the finalists of the Champion Awards 2005. Here you can read the list of the winners.

2009-06-12T15:25:42Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Inside the Sheraton, just at the entrance of the main conference halls there was the list of the finalists of the Champion Awards 2005. Here you can read the list of the winners.

One of the most interesting and useful moments of the event were certainly the Birds of a Feather sessions, a series of roundtables each one about different specific arguments moderated by t ...

2009-06-12T15:01:05Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
One of the most interesting and useful moments of the event were certainly the Birds of a Feather sessions, a series of roundtables each one about different specific arguments moderated by t ...

Dining at the Sheraton Beach Restaurant with Gregor, Head of Enterprise Business Solution of Sony Ericsson. It has been a pleasure talking with him although I still haven't a direct developm ...

2009-06-12T15:09:47Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Dining at the Sheraton Beach Restaurant with Gregor, Head of Enterprise Business Solution of Sony Ericsson. It has been a pleasure talking with him although I still haven't a direct developm ...

The main conference hall where most of the presentations took place. The theme was Unleash your potential, which sounded very good to my ears. I remember Randy Eisenman, CEO of Handango, ask ...

2009-06-12T15:26:37Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
The main conference hall where most of the presentations took place. The theme was Unleash your potential, which sounded very good to my ears. I remember Randy Eisenman, CEO of Handango, ask ...

After a brief cocktail this stylish shuttle brought us to a wonderful four floors yacht in the Biscayne Bay where the Awards Ceremony took place.

2009-06-12T15:30:17Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
After a brief cocktail this stylish shuttle brought us to a wonderful four floors yacht in the Biscayne Bay where the Awards Ceremony took place.

The forth floor of the yacht, full of developers dressed in developer's style, which is always pretty casual of course. :)

2009-06-12T15:43:23Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
The forth floor of the yacht, full of developers dressed in developer's style, which is always pretty casual of course. :)

Me and Christian. We actually weren't the only Italians there since we met Agostino, president of CNetX. He now lives and runs his business in California, so he didn't count as an italian co ...

2009-06-12T15:12:14Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Me and Christian. We actually weren't the only Italians there since we met Agostino, president of CNetX. He now lives and runs his business in California, so he didn't count as an italian co ...

This is me pic!

2009-02-14T12:46:54Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
This is me pic!

A nice view from the back side of the yacht making its way around Biscayne Bay. The weather was getting worse and it actually started raining a few moments later.

2009-06-12T15:07:32Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
A nice view from the back side of the yacht making its way around Biscayne Bay. The weather was getting worse and it actually started raining a few moments later.

Some pics with the nice Handango staff. Here's Lindsay, Marketing Director, the main performer together with Jason of a nice presentation about the secrets files of Handango. They played as ...

2009-06-12T15:22:31Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Some pics with the nice Handango staff. Here's Lindsay, Marketing Director, the main performer together with Jason of a nice presentation about the secrets files of Handango. They played as ...

Emily, Business Development Manager. I still thank her for the invitation. What really made a difference was having the chance to meet in person the people you're used to deal with only by e ...

2009-06-12T14:54:38Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Emily, Business Development Manager. I still thank her for the invitation. What really made a difference was having the chance to meet in person the people you're used to deal with only by e ...

Shawn and Janell, husband and wife working for Handango, although with different duties. A very nice and polite couple.

2009-06-12T15:16:46Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Shawn and Janell, husband and wife working for Handango, although with different duties. A very nice and polite couple.

Megan, Business Development Manager, working at the Handango's London offices. Probably she has been most pleasant girl to deal with among the Handango staff since she was the most smiling o ...

2009-06-12T15:03:46Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Megan, Business Development Manager, working at the Handango's London offices. Probably she has been most pleasant girl to deal with among the Handango staff since she was the most smiling o ...

Clint, VP of Marketing. I already met him in Cannes at the 3GSM World Congress in February and I already did appreciate his enthusiasm for his work. I heard he was talking about me and those ...

2009-06-12T15:42:55Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Clint, VP of Marketing. I already met him in Cannes at the 3GSM World Congress in February and I already did appreciate his enthusiasm for his work. I heard he was talking about me and those ...

Randy, in the Captain's Salon... where else, by the way? ;) He's the only founder of Handango, he did it in 1999, he had the right idea, managed to hire some great staff and all went well un ...

2009-06-12T15:04:46Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
Randy, in the Captain's Salon... where else, by the way? ;) He's the only founder of Handango, he did it in 1999, he had the right idea, managed to hire some great staff and all went well un ...

A pic of the Sir Winston, we spent a really nice evening on it! :D

2009-06-12T14:59:59Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
A pic of the Sir Winston, we spent a really nice evening on it! :D

The last presentations of the next morning. Outside the main conference hall there was a booth were you could test some new cool devices. I had the chance to use the HTC Universal with WM 5. ...

2009-11-12T16:22:54Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
The last presentations of the next morning. Outside the main conference hall there was a booth were you could test some new cool devices. I had the chance to use the HTC Universal with WM 5. ...

The whole Handango staff after the final greeting. Surprised I've found more than one people surprised to see such a young and nice looking staff. Arthur, CEO of LDW software, a really cool ...

2009-06-12T15:11:29Z

Davide Orlando (albegor)
The whole Handango staff after the final greeting. Surprised I've found more than one people surprised to see such a young and nice looking staff. Arthur, CEO of LDW software, a really cool ...