The 2010 GeoDomain Expo will be held in the Big Easy at the luxurious Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel (part of the Waldorf Astoria Collection) April 28-30. Associated Cities, who produces the annual domain developers conference, announced their keynote speaker today 

David Litman
Hotels.com co-founder will be 
the keynote speaker at the 
2010 GeoDomain Expo

and they came up with a winner. David Litman, the co-founder of Hotels.com, will deliver the featured address. Litman, a highly successful serial entrepreneur, has spent the last 25 years founding, building and growing five profitable companies with his partner, Bob Diener (who was the keynote speakers at the annual SedoPro Partners Forum held in Key West, Florida last October).  

Together Litman and Diener grew their best-known venture, HRN (later rechristened Hotels.com), from scratch to become the world’s largest hotel website. From a $1,200 investment they developed the company into an industry innovator and leader that quickly became one of the Internet’s primary sources of discount accommodations. They sold the company in 2003 at a business valuation of more than $5.5 billion but recently returned to the lodging industry by launching Getaroom.com, an innovative hotel booking site focused on carefully selected hotel values in major cities.

Early bird registration for the 2010 GeoDomain Expo opened today but to take advantage of the heavily discounted $795 rate you will have to act quickly as it expires Feb. 28. The registration fee will be $995 starting March 1 and will increase again to $1195 on April 1. Those who do not register before the show begins April 28 will have to pay the full $1395 registration fee. 

Hotel rooms at the historic Roosevelt Hotel may be reserved at the show's guaranteed lowest rate of $229 per night by visiting the online booking engine or by calling 504-648 1200 and referencing the GeoDomain Expo group rate.

The world famous New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will be going on at the same time as the GoeDomain Expo, giving registrants a chance to see some of the world's greatest musicians while they are in town. This year's line up includes Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Van Morrison, Simon & Garfunkel, Pearl Jam, the Allman Brothers, the Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Jeff Beck, the Black Crowes and Elvis Costello to name just a few.